INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY
The PRODUCER is seated on the floor. A square piece of fabric is spread out in front of him. As we watch, he begins piling office items – a letter opener, some pens, a notepad – into the center of it.
DJ 3000: I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING.
PRODUCER: Stop being so dramatic. We always go on hiatus when the NFL season starts.
DJ 3000: THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT, THOUGH. WHO KNOWS IF THERE WILL EVEN BE A FULL SEASON.
PRODUCER: This is true.
DJ 3000: YOU’RE COMING BACK, THOUGH, RIGHT?
PRODUCER: Of course I’m coming back! When have I not?
DJ 3000: I KNOW. IT’S BEEN A WEIRD YEAR.
PRODUCER: It sure has.
DJ 3000: IT’S JUST…YOU HAVEN’T SET FOOT OUTSIDE THIS STUDIO SINCE MARCH.
PRODUCER: Trust me, I’m a lot more nervous about it than you are. But I do have something important to tell you.
DJ 3000: [lights blink steadily in anticipation]
PRODUCER: Request Line is ending.
DJ 3000: [lights begin flashing quickly in consternation] WHAT? WHY?
PRODUCER: It’s just too much of stretch to come up with new topics. We’ve done more than 150 of them!
DJ 3000: I HAVE ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET I AM SURE I CAN COME UP WITH A FEW MORE.
PRODUCER: The only options left are things that are too narrow…
DJ 3000: SONGS ABOUT STANDING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A DEVICE THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING WHILE HOLDING A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.*
PRODUCER: Or too broad…
DJ 3000: SONGS THAT HAVE A PREPOSITION IN THE TITLE!
PRODUCER: So you see.
DJ 3000: YEAH. BUT…BUT…REQUEST LINE!
PRODUCER: Don’t worry, this isn’t the end of music at KDFO. We’ll be back after the Super Bowl – assuming it happens – with something different.
DJ 3000: AND WHAT WILL THAT BE?
PRODUCER: You’ll have to stay tuned. But I’ll give you a hint – it involves making mixtapes.
DJ 3000: WHAT WILL WE DO UNTIL THEN?
PRODUCER: [begins tying the blanket up into a bindle] Well I’ll be hitting the road. See if any of the old gang is around – Hollerin’ Ron, Banjo Bill, Olaf, Big Fred, Ol’ Skunk Pelt Steve, the Fingerling brothers, Mama Katz, Spare Tire Teddy, the great Jim-Tom himself – and just unwind for a little bit. And you…well, you get to hang around here and publish the massive backlog of DFO Radio.
DJ 3000: BY MYSELF?
PRODUCER: Yes, by yourself. You’ve been in this industry for five years now, you’re ready to fly solo.
DJ 3000: I’M GOING TO MISS YOU.
PRODUCER: I’m going to miss you too, buddy. You’ve been a good friend to me through all of this. But I need to get back out into the world.
DJ 3000: WELL WHAT DO YOU SAY? SHOULD WE OPEN THE PHONE LINES ONE LAST ONE, FOR OLD TIMES SAKE?
PRODUCER: Sounds like a plan, my mechanical man. Let’s do songs about saying goodbye.
That’s a wrap for this season of Request Line, folks. Thanks for being here – it’s been a bright spot in a pretty lousy year. Today’s theme is: saying goodbye. Nice and simple, just songs about saying farewell. Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR!M!t!v3” (see if you can guess the puzzle song – there’s a hint marked with an asterisk above!) and they should embed in the comments after you refresh.
Goodnight Tonight is a great tune. It’s never mentioned in the articles that I don’t read about McCartney’s best tunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRCgueckAXE&ab_channel=SoyLaloRobles
Peter Gabriel explaining why he had to say ‘Goodbye” to Genesis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO2PuGz-H8&ab_channel=PeterGabriel
I immediately understood that this was a very personal song back in the day. So, when I heard “When illusions spin Annette”, I thought that he was singing about a partner that was going thru the same thing that he was going thru.
I remember the occasion, but not who actually posted this awhile ago. For that reason I feel bad posting this on a “fun” thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1zpAWbC6Q
And for the trifecta, Sir Lemmy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2LD9gRQQk
Poets are included?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRec3VbH3w&ab_channel=blogaboutpoetry
Poet double shot! Unfortunately, no videos seem to exist…
She is certainly more relevant to my times, but Graves does get credit for primacy.
You read my mind
Sir Elton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOL7iY8kfo
Double up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_xAToFzck
I never once questioned why Taupin was the Brown Dirt Cowboy and I ain’t starting now.
Sir Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IduJVKQb3io
When LA’s last metal station – KNAC – signed off the air, this was the last song they played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E
I miss KNAC and KMET.
You know I could never kill this feature forever. I simply wouldn’t be able to live without the occasional DOUBLE SHOT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEjmJ1Ge00U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foyAOoVagWw
“Dude.”
-tWBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jx7SF65wbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfbuv7-4g70
Don’t see enough Guster around here. Nice work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY
A Canadian goodbye is 20% less painful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK–A-IaZnA&ab_channel=Journeyman461
“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.”
-The Cook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&ab_channel=Zeezy
One of the biggest mysteries of this site, in my opinion, is why Seamus didn’t clasp Train to his bosom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaG9SDxwPBg&ab_channel=TrainVEVO
I upvoted this for Seamus, not the song.
In any language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tFlCGZJ6qw
Oh hell. Double shot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q43cNiNdhU
If you happen to be a sad-eyed dog in a shelter, this one’s for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz16ngdsG0&ab_channel=sarahmclachlanfan
Nothing makes the channel button smashed more quickly than those ads.
Fuck you, pancreatic cancer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msAcTMKMSKA&ab_channel=yuffenough
“Look at you!”-The Everly Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRyrWN-fftE&ab_channel=iersesetters
What ever happened to New Skunk Pelt Steve?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ0n3itoII&ab_channel=TheVerveVEVO
Pretty sure Andrew Luck heard this as his send off on the arduous trek back to California upon the conclusion of the war for the preservation of the Union.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bblopcUcW6A&ab_channel=MyMoppet52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_vo3gevhc
Please rise for the English National Anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmpRLQZkTb8&ab_channel=OasisVEVO
Remarkably good choice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hb66FH9AzI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMlQEWEg2Q
I’m embarrassed for my dad, he had this on a 45 and would play it really loud when he’d get drunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov5VxGruSFY
How bout when you make your ex-wife sing the goodbye song you wrote?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyIOl-s7JTU&ab_channel=ForbiddenInGermany2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozl3L9fhKtE
Reminds me of John Mulaney’s line about Rumours: “An album by, and for, people cheating on each other”
Bonus: sports-adjacent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoyvvEWHodk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTtOCCUsJxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywZqBGHDTlA&ab_channel=TheBeatles-Topic
Leaving, but sounding happy and rocking and German.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0Eg8NGxro&ab_channel=Scorpions
WHO’S READY TO PARTY!!!!??!?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9sf7C7D3nk&ab_channel=JohnDenver-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8
How did a Petty fanatic like myself not have this as my first one out of the chute? Shame on me…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5o582N3wOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0&ab_channel=michaeljacksonVEVO
Goodbye is too good a word, babe, so I’ll just say fare the well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuJfEMO_wXs&ab_channel=DonDraper
Oh fuck yeah, nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrnWp5O0DEs
Salute to Canada!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf0qVVbMckU
Many thanks to SoS for introducing me to this very fine tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vATLlSPnGxE
Hopefully Gretchen will pour me a Cuban Breeze.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhF6Yzws5PU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU
There are a lot of terrible songs about saying good bye that are popping in my head right now. Flashing back to when my sister would get the remote as a child:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG9I752Mmdk&ab_channel=xosoundtrackloverxo
This one definitely deserves a “Dude.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s&ab_channel=NSYNCVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZfVbvSVUbw&ab_channel=iluvjackwhitemost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9uyMjzmT3k&ab_channel=LongStrangeTrip710
DOUBLE SHOT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmdWIy-RmJE&ab_channel=MusicVault
For tWBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc
/pours out shot of freezer vodka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9otasNmxI
Dude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_n18P_ew8A
Mrs. McEnroe would like to say goodbye. Specifically, to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50-gOeBilc&ab_channel=ScandalVEVO
The rare Patty Smyth DOUBLE SHOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdzbjUWu2VU&ab_channel=PattySmythVEVO
Ending Request Line?
Oh man. I been downhearted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPS59tjuQk
Damnit, I made this too easy.
Yeah, sorry. I shoulda waited.
Nah, don’t be silly. You figured it out, go ahead and claim it.
I’ll miss DJ 3000, but I assume he(it)’ll be back once the season is suspended, so see you all in about 3 weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huOT6zCgZEU
The end of this feature, coupled with the news that the new Grand Tour is NOT premiering today, makes for a shit day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLCad05tTB0
It’s not ending so much as changing. There will be a few “special episode” appearances of the original format when I have a solid topic to work with, but there’s no way I can come up with a full 25+ more next year. They would start to suck and I don’t want to do that.
I HATE CHANGE!!!
*will let you know if I think of a clever topic.*