INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY/NIGHT/DAY/NIGHT/DAY/NIGHT/DAY…
DJ 3000 and various other robot entities remain trapped in a time loop inside the KDFO recording studio. The collection of robots are all seated in front of the portal, watching raptly. A call of “fault!” is heard, and they all applaud politely.
— [DOOR FLIES OPEN] —
JOHN DIMAGGIO: Hey guys, what’s…
ALL: SHHH!!!
JOHN DIMAGGIO: [whispers]…going on?
After a few bouncing noises, a cry of “out!” is heard through the portal.
DJ 3000: WE’RE WATCHING WIMBLEDON.
JOHN DIMAGGIO: Oh. [quietly watches until the next point ends] Aren’t you worried they’ll spot the portal?
PETUNIA: Maximilian figured out how to set up a bandpass filter on the portal so it only allows green light to transmit through.
MAXIMILIAN: THEN WE SET IT UP AGAINST ONE OF THE BACKSTOPS. PEOPLE MIGHT SEE A LITTLE SHIMMER IF THEY LOOK IN THE RIGHT SPOT BUT THAT’S ABOUT IT.
ALL watch the next point, then flinch slightly as a mishit causes an errant ball to fly in the general direction of their vantage point.
RUSSELL WILSON: Just have to hope a ball doesn’t hit this exact spot and come through.
PED-209: IT’D BE A NICE SOUVENIR, THOUGH
The game has ended and a changeover has begun, so everyone resumes speaking normally.
YETI: Souvenirs are what one obtains at the [sneers] French Open, not here on Wimbledon’s hallowed grounds.
MAXIMILIAN: WHAT’S IT CALLED HERE, THEN?
YETI: [stuffily] It’s known as a “keepsake”.
DJ 3000: [sighs] WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET THINGS READY FOR REQUEST LINE, THOUGH.
JOHNNY 2.5: HAVE WE GOT A TOPIC?
RQBOCOP: NOT YET, NO.
JIM NANCE 081-RD-92C: Might I suggest “tennis”?
DJ 3000: SUGGEST IT ALL YOU LIKE, PRETTY SURE THERE AREN’T 100+ SONGS OUT THERE ABOUT TENNIS.
YETI: What if we expanded it to “the language of tennis”?
DJ 3000: GO ON…
YETI: Songs with words that might be associated with tennis. Like “court”.
PED-209: OR “VOLLEY”?
PETUNIA: How about “spin”?
JOHNNY 2.5: “ADVANTAGE”, MAYBE?
JOHN DIMAGGIO: Heh heh, “deuce”.
MAXIMILIAN: “SERVE”.
RUSSELL WILSON: “Fault”.
RQBOCOP: “LOB”.
DJ 3000: ENOUGH, ENOUGH. OKAY, LET’S RUN WITH IT. I’LL GET US STARTED AND WE’LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
Today’s theme is “tennis”. We’re looking for songs whose titles include the words “tennis”, “court”, “volley”, “spin”, “advantage”, “deuce”, “serve”, “fault” or “lob”. Please use ONLY these words (ones like “love” would make the topic way too broad). Let me know if you’re stumped and I’ve got a few more options I can open up. Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?n0t4R0cK and they should embed in the comments after you refresh. Last week’s puzzle answer of “Mr. November” by The National went unsolved. Let’s get to it!
Oh the puzzle song…it wasn’t a rock, it was a rock LOBster.
Swish!
If you make it through without laughing at the absurdity you are closer to god than I am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDoRgDJRenw
Thanks for all the fun, RTD!! I saved this one for last. You might say I kept it up my sleeve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mXlzi5Ntys
Cool song to start the whole thing RTD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfVKC-OxPq0
Very solid band.
If it wasn’t for that nothing AC/DC band these guys would (should) have been huge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjOsnE0GIKo
Wimbledon winner immortalized by Bananarama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y&pp=ygUQYmFuYW5hcmFtYSB2ZW51cw%3D%3D
And a song for her sister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUFpQ-8b2gI&pp=ygUTZHVuY2FuIHNoZWlrIHNlcmVuYQ%3D%3D
Bjorn’s brother Sy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yngc8DB86U&ab_channel=FrankZappaonMV
van halen were huge fans of jimmy connors ppl forget that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d681GuMZj6Y
[throws vintage Fila headband allegedly worn during 1978 Wimbledon quarter-final purchased on Etsy for $299 to the ground] I mean, the song was RIGHT THERE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnDWLNFEBMU&ab_channel=PerniceBrothers-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gEdbbN8VUE
“Whether it’s a topspin lob, Eggs Benedict or a dirty Martini, you gotta serve somebody”.*
*not an actual lyric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK0v2QYy9Y&ab_channel=BobDylan-Topic
The Blair Witch serves The Dark Lord
(i understand, though. It’s hard when there’s two pages, and that one was picked early)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9aQvjMS60
too easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwgGuadsqyo
Too Blair Witchy as well.
/yes, I know, you never scroll thru
I did a search for “deuce” and “beach” so it ain’t there
okay didn’t realize there was already another page but THAT IS NOT MY FAULT
I “LOVE” THAT YOU USED “FAULT” AS A PART OF YOUR EXCUSE!
I’d just like to say that this weekly post is a great de-stresser for me. It (very kindly and gently) forces my thoughts about the work week out of my brain and focuses it towards a fun and interesting and mildly challenging pursuit.
/you did a good, RTD
Heartily agreed.
Yep yep
Agreed. Unfortunately work kept me “out” of it this week.
Sorry not sorry.
FWIW the puzzle song has been correctly guessed but has yet to be claimed.
I claim it for BRL because the odds favour it.
It wasn’t “Forehand” was it?
If not, ya stumped me good this week, RTD!
Let’s look at the clue: “notarock” So…it wasn’t a rock…
Worth noting that it was also the name of a tennis racquet manufacturer.
Don’t recall any tune by the name of Slazenger though…
@Dunstan you might know this one, it would have been during your (and my) tennis prime.
Ah, I was taking the “4” literally and not in 1337
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-INeMspNSQ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbJGZQrlNH4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17LKST-vxUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLfxsneyfnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoYJh6ZRj8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfn2CKDO70Y&list=PLjO4QRS_y93P1q96wnZqBtUzybfP424rb
album title
Might be a band with just the one hit also. (I liked Rod Stewart’s cover better though)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_GMMLULXw&ab_channel=andrew91118
This has my vote as the most under-rated amazing tune to end a concert movie- Sharkey’s Night/Credit Racket. (yeahright will be +1-ing this. I feel it in me bones)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXVSBN2-Bw&ab_channel=LukeK79
So weird that she was married to Lou Reed.
But maybe not so weird, when you think about them…
He was an outright racist asshole. Maybe she thought she could ‘fix’ him? Otherwise it makes no sense to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zNl6NsOyY
Is Club Tropicana a tennis club? MAYBE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8&ab_channel=WhamVEVO
“Name a better song about grass. You can’t!”
-Trent Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mREi_Bb85Sk&ab_channel=YouCan%27tDownloadVinyl
Tears For Fears doing their “Now we’re The Beatles” thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAtGOESO7W8&pp=ygUodGVhcnMgZm9yIGZlYXJzIHNvd2luZyB0aGUgc2VlZHMgb2YgbG92ZQ%3D%3D
Very few people know that “Sowing the Seeds of Love” rhymes with “Strawberry Fields Forever”.
We (me, I guess) should throw a tune by Parquet Courts onto the fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5P1SzaJ3jk&ab_channel=smallerhotels
Great tune.
More bands should do curling videos imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X450tXmBKa8&ab_channel=ANTI-Records
I’ve got this naughty notion that XTC is not talking about playing surfaces here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyvgFFAzwzA&ab_channel=egidiosabbadini
Also “Dear God” was not a hymn
Whoa.
They Might Be Giants remade this, but the original’s a fun one-hit wonder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zstZkoGyZS4&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caQ8a4hLiaM
Joni Mitchell!
https://youtu.be/XZLVYoO6r9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWoL6UW6Uok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH6QGyJ-_I4
Tennis rackets have strings (so do tampons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qWxzI1T3MM&ab_channel=RufusWainwrightVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEkJFR69IXw
(album name)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBUFtoC2oj4&list=OLAK5uy_mklVZiItpVZKi524smceo4iSeCg6cGD3M
Blame RTD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAhpX_wIBk
I think we’ve probably just about exhaused the initial list, so “set”, “ace”, “match”, “grass”, “clay”, and “seed” are now in play!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X0OnTsdtmE
“Set” is a tennis term…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrxsVlunMkI
Self contained double shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN3Wred_eQk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi7HitLrVT8&list=RDVi7HitLrVT8&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf8KPG8A0DQ&ab_channel=Theripper2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhBjBFQd-bI