INT. FREIGHT TRAIN BOXCAR – DAY
A pair of men are lounging on piles of straw inside of a boxcar. The train is moving slowly – no more than twenty miles per hour – and the car is rocking gently back and forth.
JIM TOMSULA: What did I tell you, buddy? Just like a crib.
PRODUCER: Hot damn, you were correct. I just wish you’d been as right when you told me I’d be able to keep down those freshwater clams.
TOMSULA: You still hungry? I got a couple of crab apples here somewhere.
JIM TOMSULA begins rummaging around in the hay surrounding his thighs.
PRODUCER: Um, maybe later. I’m just happy to be able to get comfortable for a bit. It’s not as comfy as that mattress we dragged aboard on the Witchita run, but this straw is getting the job done.
The producer stops for a moment and makes a funny face. He then erupts in an enormous sneeze.
PRODUCER: Could do without the hay fever, though.
TOMSULA: Ironically, hay fever isn’t actually caused by hay! There’s the little tiny creatures that…
PRODUCER: Yes, yes, they’re called bacteria, I know…
TOMSULA: Huh? No, the bacteria are the good guys. The little buggers causing the hay fever are called femptobots.
PRODUCER: The Austin Powers thing?
TOMSULA: No, no, fempt-o-bots. Like nanobots, but a lot smaller. See, originally the nanobots were at war with the picobots, and they tried to develop their own nanobots – relatively speaking, you know – to infect the picobots as a bioweapon – but they’re all robots, so less bio and more robo, you know – but they got out of control and infected humans instead. The bacteria eat ’em up pretty good but you gotta keep your flora in balance.
PRODUCER: Oh, so that’s why you were soaking all your clothes in that pool of rusty water at the last switching yard.
TOMSULA: [beaming] Yep. Tetanus gets a bad rap but it ain’t so bad if you keep it on the right side of your skin. Seems like you’re finally seeing the light!
PRODUCER: [apprehensively] Maybe, but…
TOMSULA: Shh! It’s time!
JIM TOMSULA pulls a device out of the hay, extends the antenna, and fiddles with the tuning dial.
DJ 3000: …AND TODAY’S THEME IS “SEEING THE LIGHT”. WE’RE LOOKING FOR SONGS ABOUT “THE LIGHT” – IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE IN THE TITLE, IT JUST HAS TO BE A BIG PART OF THE SONG. I’LL GET US STARTED WITH A STANDOUT FROM THE BLUES BROTHERS MOVIE – THOUGHT TO BE HONEST THEY WERE ALL STANDOUTS. ENJOY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTIEKDabSEo
& now it’s officially Marley time… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2FT5Ya2xYM
Wow! You don’t see help wanted ads for 747 pilots very often. I am totally applying for this job:
QUESTION: Can you fly a 747?
ANSWER: Sure, it looks easy enough.
QUESTION: Do you have a pilot’s license?
ANSWER: No. Is that really necessary? (see above answer)
Whelp, it’s not quite twenty minutes past four here on the best coast, but close enough for a Friday. Fuck it… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dczkMkTcGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qK7oVXVRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGnbyU91qZc
Scenic Kansas:
Not according to Dorothy and Toto.
These guys are underrated
https://youtu.be/ea1UTwKudsY
Nice take.
Mild even
Never before has an opening band made such a lasting impression on me. These guys are long gone, but for some reason I’ll never forget them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MToFw9Z0OQ0
Here’s another opening band I enjoyed very much!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekxx9dgA7q0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9nkzaOPP6g
Look at these amazing rock formations, carved by God, with his own fingers, 6000 years ago, on a Wednesday, in English.
White baby Jesus is smiling down on your American-made Chrysler right now.
“Well hey, since ‘blitz’ is German for lightning, I can poast “Blitzkrieg Bop” right? Right?!?!?!”
/Sigh “No, BRL, you cannot. You’ve poasted enough shit already, & if you reach any further on that you’re gonna dislocate yer shoulder, fer Chrissake”
“Awwww” /Puts hands in pockets, slumps shoulders, kicks rock…
Sorry…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07-yKnKRMQ
“I bet the guy she was singing about was real happy.”
“Actually, she was singing about God.”
“Oh, well, he’s always happy. No, wait, he’s always mad.”
DUDE.
Fun Fact
The guitarist for this song was fronting his own band (Michael Schenker Group) in 1983, and I guess they had a couple days off in Thailand. They were hanging out in a bar down at Pattaya Beach and were real cool with us (we were there for a liberty call after Indian Ocean deployment). The Thai dudes in the house band were starstruck, and invited the band up on stage, handed their instruments over, and sat down with us while we all enjoyed an hour-long short concert by MSG. Pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-uFp0m2xNs
Great live shows.
Double shot, kinda, sorta, maybe…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyqe9wyAIEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=the7gV99YRI
AWHOOOOOO ROB RYAN OUBLE SHOT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO7dulvDrt8
Well, if Phish is ok… /ducks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Q7CgBxRI4
Well, if Phish is okay . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Fq2Thntew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QFP6h31-9Q
Love the intro en francais… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFirg2wXcHo
This song is actually the reason I left the topic open as far as having the word “light” in the title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXzFCS72QIA
How’s she supposed to make money if she doesn’t turn on the red light? Man, Sting could really be stupid sometimes. Terrible pimp.
“I know, right?” – Joel Greenberg
People doing bad impressions of Eddie Murphy’s character from 48 Hours ruined that song for me for quite a few years.
Greatest rock vocalist? MAYBE
(Paul Rodgers has entered the chat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0eu3fZnhgY&ab_channel=StingWhoStones
Maria McKee could sing the phone book, except what the fuck is a phone book?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8c7lXo8910&ab_channel=ElectricFilms
I have worn out several copies of that. She is amazing! And yes, I too know so many ways to be wicked…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmzbPLbA9cA
“That’s my favorite kind of light!” – Riley Cooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJy0LP8iYPg
Not sure what song this is, but the album cover sucks. 😉
Here we go… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij46sqHkwfQ
Seamus is listening to this on repeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhXs0pkmEw&ab_channel=GreenDay-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIsPtDZMoXs
DOUBLE SHOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuQ47VBWVO0
TRIPLE SHOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7H3FQcI6ow
Quattuor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xQOb51qZ-c&ab_channel=IslandRecordsUK
QUINTIPUPPLE SHOT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zu_i4EMSvM
Love this version. I think the drummer got into Lou’s stash of dexoxys… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKPQNdxTnKE
“Shine the ever loving light on me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBPqlxZD-h8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHojo0fjIa0
Love the saw intro. Christina Marrs is one helluva singer & musician. Shame the Spankers broke up.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEqaiyC72_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWPgJkOdUZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDxVPN8quTM
Hope these kids put out another record soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiwPEGPWbFQ&ab_channel=Lyrics4Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-QKduja9wk
If there is fire, there is light:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE
I wonder if these guys had any influence on GWAR
For all the streetlight people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjzHMhBtf0
Ah yes, I remember the good old days in South Detroit.
In the video I posted, he changes it to “Houston,” and the crowd goes wild. Always amuses me when that happens. “HEY THAT’S OUR TOWN!”
But nobody rocks like (checks) Springfield!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaWwjZS50s&ab_channel=ThingsICantFindOtherwise
Double shot of Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP8_Dbvpi-A
From the best Led Zeppelin album, IMHO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNo1nS_JV5k
LOVE listening to this song with headphones. The stereo effects are magnificent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWlCD68oeu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZoDnqhpRh8
I just got their new album and am really loving it, covering old blues songs.
Their verson of “My Mind is Rambling” is really good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7xbF7OnxU
When people ask why I like Wilco so much, I point them to this album, Of course, no one’s ever asked that, but I’m ready if it happens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhxX5b_f8Ic&ab_channel=MusicCityMike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw
In honor of the Go-Gos’ election to the Hall of Fame:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7DOyqNtmgM
Finally, this guy is a Hall o’ Famer…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s43L0_NCyCY&ab_channel=MemoryLane
Huh. I wonder if he’s related to Redgrin Grumbholdt.
Ha. That guy is hilarious, especially his early stuff.
DOUBLE SHOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJlapdPiB4&ab_channel=TrueWizard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IslQx3_vWA
DOUBLE SHOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8St4TYLtGzI
https://youtu.be/ZGGSLyvn8YU
THAT’S GOOD SELF-CONTAINED DOUBLE SHOT HUSTLE
[slaps TheRevanchist on the ass, hard]
“Take me out, tonight…AS LONG AS YOU AREN’T SOME DIRTY MUDBLOODED IMMIGRANT!” – Morrissey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siO6dkqidc4
“If I had my way…the golden lights would say…GO BACK HOME YOU ILLEGAL ALIEN SCUM…” – Morrissey, again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQRjvjXzLVs
I think I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjxbOe7p8C0
Obligatory double shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI&ab_channel=MarkGraham
I don’t know the song, but I figure it’s worth double points.
https://youtu.be/1IBdZ645S-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsafEN0vEtI