INT. DFO PRODUCTION OFFICE – DAY
A pair of sleazy Hollywood producers have broken their own personal record for how long they have remained hard at work in their office. One – DARKEST TIMELINE ZACK MORRIS – is standing in front of a blank whiteboard, a marker in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. The other – RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY – is seated in an office chair a few feet away, holding a copy of the script. A third person in the office is lounging on the couch, throwing a football up in the air to himself and catching it.
COLE BEASLEY: So lemme get this straight. You fellas are gonna figure out all the advertising stuff before we actually shoot the film?
RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY: Oh, absolutely.
DARKEST TIMELINE ZACK MORRIS: It’s fairly typical to have a good idea of how the film is going to be marketed before it’s shot.
RTD: That way the director can make informed choices when it’s time to make decisions.
DTZM: We’ll revisit this process once we’ve got a rough cut…
RTD: Obviously.
DTZM: …but in the movie business it’s important to stay in front of things.
COLE BEASLEY: Kind of like pre-snap motion so you can figure out if the defense is running man or zone?
RTD: Exactly like that!
DTZM: Right now we’re working on taglines.
COLE BEASLEY: How about “THE CHINA VIRUS IS A HOAX AND IT WILL GO AWAY LIKE A MIRACLE.”
RTD: Yeah…let’s put that one in the ‘maybe’ pile.
DTZM: We need something with a little more ‘snap’ to it.
COLE BEASLEY: “With just two weeks left until Reinstatement Day…THEY’VE GOT A LITTLE TIME TO KILL.”
RTD: That’s…really not consistent with the script you’ve written Cole.
COLE BEASLEY: Yeah but it sounds cool.
DTZM: It makes it sound like you and Surfin’ Jack are the ones who killed her.
RTD: When it was actually just…[pages through the script]…a heart attack.
DTZM: …that she happens to suffer after having been on a ventilator for twelve days.
COLE BEASLEY: Right, she died with COVID, not of COVID.
RTD: [reading on]…after [quoting directly from the script] “someone who looks exactly like Chuck Jew-mer” injected an air bubble into her IV drip…
DTZM: …because she knew too much about the pedophile ring operating out of the pizza shop in Mystic.
COLE BEASLEY: Yup.
RTD: So basically what we need is a tagline that gets that idea across.
DTZM: As well as informs the viewer that you and Surfin’ Jack will be pretending she’s still alive in order to draw her killers out from hiding…
RTD: And expose the conspiracy.
DTZM: It’s a lot to squeeze into a quip.
RTD: Maybe we should listen to some music while we’re at it.
DTZM: Oh, I like that idea. [raises Apple Watch to his mouth, with an exaggerated flourish so the others can see he’s able to do it with his hands full] SIRI, PLAY SOMETHING WITH A GOOD HOOK.
SIRI: ALL RIGHT. PLAYING “HOOK” BY BLUES TRAVELER.
DTZM: Damnit, SIRI, CANCEL. Know any songs that have a good hook?
RTD: Oh, I know a bunch. But this is the first one that comes to mind.
Today’s theme is: “hooks”. As defined by wikipedia, a hook is “a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to ‘catch the ear of the listener’.” We’re looking for songs that contain something like that – you should know it when you hear it. Last week’s puzzle spelled out “Andie Walsh” which was, of course, a hint for “Pretty in Pink”. Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=’p30P13_0n_5Tr33t5′ and they should embed in the comments after you refresh.
[…] of course. We’ve touched up the script, done all the casting, hired a director, got the tagline written, and we’ve already pinned down the target audience. You can basically phone it in […]
Value?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY
For sure. Just because we’re tired of it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a great hook.
Give me that funky beat right outta the gate. Paul’s Boutique kicks ass in every which way.
*did you see the Foghat 8 track tape at 39 seconds in?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf5uJYGoiU&ab_channel=BeastieBoysVEVO
As always, thanks for the fun, RTD!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HE9zWKgLOI
My pleasure. This was a super fun one.
That opening hook, just legendary. Stupid drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8HSd0GFH2k&ab_channel=ThePretenders-Topic
Love the synth line here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqqBs6kkzHE&ab_channel=TheHumanLeagueVEVO
It’s about that time (on the west coast, that is)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6QkVTx2d88
What does he want to legalize? Reproduction of the pictures, descriptions, and accounts of a game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball?
Come for the acoustic guitar hook, stay for the keyboards hook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzzdlpISFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkA7xQb6uPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoke1wUwEXY
These guys were so good…fucking greedy manager
Have we really not had a Beatles entry yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x5WY_jmsko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyV3zCq1OHM
Probably my least favorite song from Appetite, but the hook is proactive, a whole new paradigm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw&ab_channel=GunsNRosesVEVO
FLUTE HOOK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s&ab_channel=MenAtWorkVEVO
Also JUST NOW noticed that when the guy gives him the vegemite sandwich, he passes it like in Aussie Rules.
Yes! Someone posted that here recently, and it was the first time I noticed it, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG0e8_foDmU
Double shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6JJ1qoS_0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNEb2k_EmMg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nOpJMQ3-VE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osrb3SqpP90
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cq0SC3GQhzo
“Love this song. Saw these guys open for Purple Monkey Dishwasher at the Greek Bowl.” – Trent Green
Like the late round value here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mxBDuRaZ8&ab_channel=DangerbirdRecords
The B-52s basically made their living off of catchy riffs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs
IF YOU SEE A FARD SIGN AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT SAYS 15 MILES TO THE
Such a fucking great band
I’d have argued that Rock Lobster had a better hook. Mostly cause I like to argue.
I was just leaving it there for someone to claim the double shot…
Hmm. Says here “RTD chose violence today.”
No one claimed Double Shot? I’m taking Planet Claire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjAzI5zALo&ab_channel=terribletc
Play 🔂🔂🔂🔂
https://youtube.com/watch?v=76v5j_TWYUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQUCYl-ocs
I know I have posted this one previously on a separate subject, but the riff on this is what got my attention initially and I became and remain a rabid fan of the band and it’s different permutations..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZbFh7qlCQ
That first record is top-to-bottom excellent. Bottle and Fresh Horses was also good, but Fizzy Fuzzy has exactly zero skippable songs.
Everybody Wang Chung tonight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXu6QmxpJE
In fact, we’re gonna have a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xW76Jyn5rg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ForjNZpFQU
Very disappointed in y’all (At least I did not see on scroll-through). Mike Campbell is a beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs
See also: American Girl, You Wreck Me, Refugee, You Got Lucky, Here Comes My Girl, The Boys of Summer, the list goes on…
Hooks, eh?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q7p-ihYOG5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY
I mean come on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZJ4ESU52U
+1 FCC investigation
I gotta admit, I’m really loving this edition of Request Line. What makes it particularly funny is that I actually changed the theme midway through writing the intro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mBO1R6ybrA
Gonna have to invoke a DOUBLE SHOT since I can decide between these two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17t4bSaMvl4
That initial roll, man…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuEr6fheqDI
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaC041pQl4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk
This is a proper response.
Groovy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etviGf1uWlg&ab_channel=Deee-Lite
Dig.
Scientifically speaking, adding Bootsy Collins to any song makes it 35% cooler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsP4kBTa9X4