INT. ELI MANNING’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
DANIEL JONES removes the set of earplugs that ELI MANNING had provided him with.
DANIEL: Hey, that was pretty boss!
ELI: [wary of sarcasm] Really?
DANIEL: [seemingly genuine] Yeah man, totally.
ELI: [smiles bashfully] Yeah, I guess it’s pretty cool.
DANIEL: [points to the speakers attached to ELI’s computer] Let’s crank it up some of that Bow Wow Wow and shake the foundations.
ELI: [considers, then shakes his head] Nah, I don’t want to deal with that kind of heat from Mo…I mean Olivia. Especially on book club night.
DANIEL: Well speaking of candy, man…[makes exaggerated sniffing noise, then raises eyebrows]…do you like to party?
ELI: What do you mean?
DANIEL looks around conspiratorially, then opens up his duffel bag and begins laying items out onto Eli’s desk.
ELI: Holy sh…ugar!
DANIEL: As soon as they called my name on April 25th, I said to myself “Daniel, it’s time to turn your drug problem into a drug collection.” Sweet, right? That’s like one-third of my signing bonus right there.
ELI: [very, very nervously] Listen, man, I don’t want you to think I’m a narc or anything, but…I’m really not into that stuff.
DANIEL: Huh. Kind of feels like you don’t trust me, man.
ELI: No, no, it’s not that. It’s just that, you know, the NFL’s drug testing policy…
DANIEL: You already got tested though, right?
ELI nods.
DANIEL: What, you think I brought a shitload of drugs along just to get you popped and suspended by the NFL so I could take over the starting spot? That’s not what I’m about, man. Here, let me show you that I’m on the level. [points to drug collection] Pick something at random. Anything you want.
ELI: I don’t want to do drugs, Daniel.
DANIEL: You’re not doing drugs, I’m doing drugs. Just pick something.
ELI swallows and pokes his finger down over one of the various bags.
DANIEL: [eyes widen] Holy shit, this Eli the Barrow Boy character rolls hard. Fucking sweet, man, I’ll hit it.
DANIEL takes a capsule from the baggie, opens it up and dumps the powder into the crook of his thumb, then with a single gulping huff snorts the entire amount.
DANIEL: It’s gonna be a little bit before this really starts to hit – you got a Playstation we can jam on while we’re waiting?
ELI: I got a Sega Genesis.
DANIEL: Cool, cool. [reaches back into the duffel bag, pulls out a mylar zip-lock bag while concealing the label from ELI, and dumps its contents into his hands] And here, man. I don’t want you getting left behind, so how about a good old-fashioned sugar rush to keep you on pace with me?
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Note: Today’s topic is DRUGS. Specifically, drugs that DANIEL JONES would be into, though if you’ve got your own proclivities that’s fine too. This is probably the richest topic in Request Line history, so the limit is FIVE songs per person. So make ’em count. I’ll get us started with one of the greatest odes to a substance ever recorded.
As commissioner I’m assigning the following player to someone’s squad. It’s about tripping and it’s got “crystal meth” in the musician’s name; it belongs here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJZR_hinI0
What round pick was this? I wish I had remembered it, but drugs.
It was a supplemental draft pick for, oh, let’s say…Moe.
Wasn’t someone around here championing Lil’ Xan a few months ago? He’s gotta have something
Modest Mouse- Dramamine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1bi4emEkk
Not what I would call good music, but teenage me liked it on some level
Chrome Sparks- Marijuana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUX4OMkSRpI
5. ALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ0n3itoII
That was on my board with a fifth round grade – nice pick.
4. Codine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YVvMfXXG7E
3. Weed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKXflPq2fU
2. Poppers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAszapI0unE
That’s a nice one too, not enough love for classic amphetamines here.
1. Novocaine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2yy141q8HQ
Man, it’s like you had a mole in my war room.
I almost went with Beck.
Chamaco Ramírez – Adivínalo (Guess It)
Most
Festive
Tune
About
Heroin
Eva
https://youtube.com/watch?v=c8ix0dD-F4E
Madvillain – America’s Most Blunted
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jytxkJUM_7U
Bad Bunny – Krippy Kush
https://youtube.com/watch?v=j1_JW7An2l0
Oasis – Cigs & Alkyhal
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zimbLqJozuk
Mother, I can never come home again. ‘Cause I feel I left an important part of my brain somewhere, somewhere, on a field in Hampshire. Alright!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DikWW4pOehk
Also a drastic oversight:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HWxMj6IQbJc&feature=youtu.be
Shit, just saw Spam had this. Ctrl + F failed me again.
Is this really still on the board?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=t0OVpyvey4U&feature=youtu.be
Hey, the morphine might nae heal mah heart, but it sure makes me give less of a shit! And…Hippo out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8klIHNzpzk
To hell with rehab!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heEKC_PgWe4
I saw Ween twice, like 10 years apart. They closed with this each time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuVA4NOm0I
Weezer makes lots of drug songs. This is one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQbXhdJYqhE
Easy first pick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvq4LdngkD4
Almost the very best song about addiction is wandering around at the end of the thread-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iunE-X78e3U
I’m surprised there hasn’t been any Elliot Smith.