Request Line: Stop Talking

INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY

A young man sits inside the studio.  The PRODUCER sits outside, looking vexed.

PRODUCER: I honestly don’t know what you’re trying to accomplish here.

ERIC REID:

PRODUCER: I get it.  I really do.  You’re making a commentary on how the NFL created a new policy that is deliberately intended to silence players from speaking out against police brutality in minority communities.

ERIC REID: [raises eyebrows]

PRODUCER: But you have to understand that nobody can see you right now.  This isn’t Mike and Mike – oh, right, it’s Golic and Wingo now – heh heh, doesn’t that sound like a good name for a joint that does garlic wings? – we don’t have a camera pointed inside the studio for no discernible reason.

ERIC REID: [blinks furiously]

PRODUCER: Unless…that was the whole point, that the NFL’s new rules make it possible to protest, but only in a place where no one can see you doing it!

ERIC REID: [exasperated nod]

PRODUCER: Oh, oh, oh.  Okay.  I guess that makes sense.  It’s a little abstract, especially for our listeners.  You realize half the folks listening are carryovers from the Jimmy and the Animal morning block.

ERIC REID: [shrugs]

PRODUCER: That’s true, the Jim Schwartz isn’t going to stop running the wide nine defense, just because those mouth-breathing troglodytes in Philadelphia don’t understand it. Fair point.

ERIC REID: [looks at watch]

PRODUCER: You’re right, we’d better get this show on the road.  What’s our theme for today?

ERIC REID: [points to mouth]

PRODUCER: Lips?  Like, as in, kissing?  I guess….

ERIC REID: [shakes head, points to ears and makes a tiny “X” with his index fingers]

PRODUCER: Sounds like…X…Eckstein?  Things that are gritty?

ERIC REID: [rips off tape] Silence, you jackass! The theme is being told to stay quiet! I swear to God the hardest part about these protests is getting you fat-headed morons to understand what the hell they’re even about.

Editor’s Note: Today’s theme is “silence” – songs about keeping quiet, listening, etc.  In order to have videos appear in comments, you don’t have to mess around with embed codes or anything, just post plain links as such: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuQ_g00d3LL”.  When you hit refresh it should show up as embedded and you can rock out at your leisure. If your link doesn’t pick up, an admin will try to help out.

 

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SonOfSpam

Brian Wilson bringin’ it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikGLzkKElw

SonOfSpam

I guess it deserves a quiet night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahJ6Kh8klM4

SonOfSpam

This is a fun song to do at karaoke when you’re trying to impress a girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSYr0etDzRM

scotchnaut

John and Yoko be fucking with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTQ7bmfAkNA

SonOfSpam

I will take a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man’s hat.

scotchnaut

I’d give you a +1 but you wouldn’t be able to tell who it came from.

SonOfSpam

Apparently the Duff sisters covered this. Never heard it, but it’s definitely terrible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQlzOi27M

scotchnaut

Gah! Can’t believe this hasn’t been taken before this!

SonOfSpam
SonOfSpam

Much better song than Smoke on the Water. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QBhC1uCP4

scotchnaut

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again-I love this drummer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQCpI4GbKQ

scotchnaut

Probably the best song in the genre since Bad Company’s “Bad Company”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLNKTCDAKn0

scotchnaut

“It’s like you haven’t even heard of us.”

-Big Country

SonOfSpam

“What’re we, chopped liver?”

– Black Sabbath

scotchnaut
scotchnaut

To all the 65+’s out there…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03g8nsaBro

ALXMAC
scotchnaut
scotchnaut

Great tune by Van Morrison and poet Paul Durcan about listening to the radio…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF9eu7vyOEQ

scotchnaut

Don’t gimme no lines and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdpAop7gp0w

ALXMAC
ALXMAC

‘So what if I take a Kicker and D/ST in the 1st two rounds? At least that way I can get the one’s I know I want!’

ALXMAC
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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ALXMAC
Spanky Datass

Normally I wouldn’t burden the Request Line with a nine minute long tune but this one is easy on the ears and brain.

Van Morrison — Hymns To The Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiFc5DHvaxo

Cuntler

Just for the line “you’re talking a lot, but you’re not saying anything,” which is how I feel about 99.999999% of twitter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6FsTIq6ls

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Downfield Matriculator

And even older — Elvis (with bonus movie footage!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlxRvhCB_A

Downfield Matriculator

Greg Allman for the oldtimers like me

https://youtu.be/EFhZXA1VCu0

Downfield Matriculator
yeah right

There are many subtle ways to ask someone to be quiet.
This…
Is not one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCXM5Xlw7o

yeah right
SonOfSpam

Yeah, it’s bad, but sorta charming in a bless-their-hearts way.

SonOfSpam

“Hey, what if we tried to be Pink Floyd, but not as good?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw

Brick Meathook
SonOfSpam

Do you ever hate that you like a song? For me, this is that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgtkPKZ2OPk

Cuntler

Phish – Silent in the Morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tvXGGiGHZE

Cuntler

The Wailing Wailers (Pre-Bob Marley Bob Marley) – Simmer Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhpcssHBXU

Cuntler

Quiet – Smashing Pumpkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxsEiYxvD3o

Cuntler

You Talk Too Much – Run-DMC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EheLN-MDzrA

SonOfSpam

“Hey tell us again how you saw these guys in concert this week!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0AKJMGxwpE

Game Time Decision
ArmedandHammered

Because I feel like being an asshole today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzMtlZjXpU

SonOfSpam

A catchy little tune that foisted Fergie upon the world.

SonOfSpam

I thought it’s what Pat Robertson says when he walks down the street in Hollywood.

Game Time Decision

Snow you say. Snow’s not talking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlMdNcvCJo

SonOfSpam

Here’s Björk at her Björkiest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htobTBlCvUU

SonOfSpam

I mean come on.

(And anyone who adds the Disturbed version for a double shot gets a stern look.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0

Game Time Decision

shut your mouth double shot..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=067YF8KHdTM

yeah right