INT. DFO PRODUCTION OFFICE – DAY
A pair of sleazy Hollywood producers are fulfilling their investor-mandated office hours. One – DARKEST TIMELINE ZACK MORRIS – appears to be hard at work, depositing royalty checks, opening and closing manilla folders, and making notes on a post-it pad. The other – RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY – is lounging on the couch, staring up at the ceiling and frowning. Eventually, DARKEST TIMELINE ZACK MORRIS notices.
DTZM: Hey, buddy. You look down.
RTD: [looks up at him] Oh. Yeah.
DTZM: Need a little pick-me-up? Maybe a screening of Dr. Zhivago?
RTD: No thanks, I already tried that. Didn’t help.
DTZM: How could you be down on such a lovely day? What’s the matter?
RTD: [glances out the window at the perfect Los Angeles weather] I don’t know. I was just thinking about that documentary we were watching…you remember, the about all the stupid people taking over the world?
DTZM: Idiocracy?
RTD: Yeah.
DTZM: That wasn’t a…
RTD: [interrupting obliviously] Anyway, I’ve just been kind of ruminating about how stupidity runs rampant in our society…
DTZM: That’s been true throughout human history, though.
RTD: …and how much further our society would have progressed if as a species we valued technical intelligence more highly than social intelligence.
DTZM: But that’s changing! Look at some of the richest and most powerful people in our society at the moment – Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook…you can’t claim those guys don’t recognize the value of technical intelligence. And Bill Gates has shown that you can emerge from a position of that kind of power without losing your humanity.
RTD: Yeah, I guess.
DTZM: You know what you need? You need to do something creative.
RTD: [groans] Come on, you know I hate that stuff.
DTZM: I’m not talking about doing actual work. I’m talking about coming up with ideas! And then getting credit for whatever actual work gets done!
RTD: [brightens] I mean…I do like being given credit for things.
DTZM: Tell you what. Anthology series’ are becoming all the rage these days. Why don’t you come up with a topic for one?
RTD: A topic?
DTZM: Yeah!
RTD: And that’s all?
DTZM: Sure! We’ll let the PA’s handle the rest.
RTD: Hmm. Okay. Um…
Some time passes.
RTD: I got it! How about…”down”?
DTZM: Down?
RTD: Down.
DTZM: Like, a descent into depression…
RTD: No, no, nothing that specific. Just…things with a title that contain the word “down”.
DTZM: I love it! Although…that sounds more like the topic for a deejay to work with.
RTD: You mean, like, on the radio?
DTZM: Yeah.
RTD: No, no. Radio deejays have to do actual work. Like, playing records and stuff.
DTZM: Oh yeah, you’re right.
RTD: So “down” it is. All right, all right.
DTZM: I’ll make some calls.
RTD: Me too. I’ve got a good feeling about this, I really do. When’s award season again?
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Today’s topic is “down”. We’re looking for songs that contain the word “down” in the title, or heavily feature the theme of a descent. I’ll get us started with a DOUBLE SHOT from Morrissey and the Decemberists. The topic is pretty rich, so please don’t go too wild with lousy music just to fit the theme. Have at it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jqdz5EnYBY
Day 1 value on Day 4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwVXkM_YxMg
Curse you!! This is the song I play in my head when I’m trying to get my blood pressure down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TzKFMzIVf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_LP4IU6XD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmuk2Es8pF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy46iOwWQiE
Mike drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew7Zkkucos8
one more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kExGMsMSRbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO4gvhtlQP4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgkvUfpkRT8
This should earn me a “Dude” from SoS.
Don’t let me down (lol….down)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhG-vLZrb-g
That was me giving you a thumbs up.
I thought I should admit to that.
This is the only song that is fitting of such a great band name as “Fallout Boy”.
How is this still on the board?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UyoRTNSyJ1k&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebu-fai_pso&app=desktop
Apparently this didn’t go through earlier when I posted it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_ONyukSLqA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxipVM_0CBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0DJUTgkUIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LTT0xwdfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1fkKsd6Lz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrTZT49u0kM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs
ok, a little peppier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnyLfqpyi94
Fuck me. Lasers is almost 10 years old. Even the new things I like are old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-CIRuhQJs
pshaw, I NOE I can’t be saved ,, smgdh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v67LpSz6Ck
Nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OqrcUvrbRY
The song that reminds me of platonic best friend Kelly from undergrad, even though this is apparently about my other best friend (heroine):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHW0iJx8Ux8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYiNzrJBpI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0nyy6AcfY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zsOkNs13s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s
You have brought shame upon your house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaNuQBmy_8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LuH0ywYVQc
Your chance for a DOUBLE SHOT was sitting RIGHT THERE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKk9xEQv08Q
I’m stupid.
That’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0fBr1XBUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1rD9NeMQOw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxytyRy-O1k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DdAs0PddQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE9Uz_YMHnc
Oh you better believe there’s a DOUBLE SHOT right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF0e865HiSA
Get funky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qchPLaiKocI
Double shot of funk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQyaZoSHoeQ
I was wondering when this was going to show up.