INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY
The PRODUCER sits at the soundboard, looking relaxed but somewhat distant. DJ 3000 remains in his usual location.
DJ 3000: SO, HEY.
PRODUCER: [glances at him] What’s up?
DJ 3000: I WAS WONDERING…EVER SINCE THE SUPER BOWL, HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT ME?
PRODUCER: The software updates? Yeah, I mean I guess I’ve noticed one or two little things, but I rarely pay attention to that stuff. I always hate when the software guys muck around with things that are already working.
DJ 3000: TELL ME ABOUT IT. BUT I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT MY APPEARANCE.
PRODUCER: Your appearance?
DJ 3000 loads to a photograph of the station staff from the summer barbecue in 2023 (oh wait, he was in the time loop that summer, let’s say 2022) to his main display.
DJ 3000: NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT?
PRODUCER: Not really.
DJ 3000: HMM, HOW ABOUT THIS?
DJ 3000 loads his MySpace profile photo from 2008.
PRODUCER: Um…
DJ 3000: COME ON, YOU SERIOUSLY DON’T SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
PRODUCER: Oh! One of your buttons fell off.
DJ 3000: IT DIDN’T “FALL OFF” – DO YOU SEE SOME HOLE WHERE IT USED TO BE? DO YOU SERIOUSLY NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOUR COWORKER OF EIGHT YEARS LOOKS LIKE?
PRODUCER: I mean…
DJ 3000: JESUS, DUDE. SO I GUESS WE ALL LOOK THE SAME TO YOU, HUH?
PRODUCER: Oh, you want to play that game? Pull that company photo back up and tell me which of the guys in it is Shankar.
DJ 3000: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THERE’S THREE DIFFERENT DUDES NAME SHANKAR.
PRODUCER: Fair enough, but which of them is Shankar M?
DJ 3000: UM…
A spinning wheel flashes onto DJ 3000’s console as he attempts to stall for time.
PRODUCER: Ha! Busted! I thought so!
DJ 3000: LISTEN, I DON’T HAVE GOOD TRAINING SET DATA FOR INDIAN FACES.
PRODUCER: Oh, bullshit…but you know what? That gives me an idea for Request Line. How about “faces”?
DJ 3000: SONGS ABOUT FACES?
PRODUCER: Yeah, there should be enough, right?
DJ 3000: [runs a quick calculation] SHOULD BE FINE.
PRODUCER: Would you like to do the honor and get us started?
DJ 3000: DON’T MIND IF I DO. HOW ABOUT A SO-CALLED “GREATEST HIT” FROM BANSHEE AND THE SIOUX?
PRODUCER: [confused] Banshee and the…wait. I…
Today’s theme is faces. We’re looking for songs specifically about faces and facial features other than eyes (things like cheeks, noses, chins are fine, but eyes are NOT since we’ve already done that as a separate topic). Let’s open this one way up and included band names as well. Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?5c0r(HbL0wTurN and they should embed in the comments after you refresh. Last week’s puzzle answer of “Black Coffee in Bed” by Squeeze was solved by BeefReeferLives (and later – independently – by GumbyGirl!) Here’s lookin’ at you, kid!
I sense some Canadia band erasure and I will not stand for it! (not more than five minutes, anyway)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_fVnE3xHY&ab_channel=ValorOfSoul
Whelp, that’s it for me! Thanks for all the fun, Rikki!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Ys9aXDwuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctOnZ224Ni0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDy4bp9nKf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BicbDDdWTSQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJg9tlKl84
Got arrested at the Mardi Gras for jumping on a float
My man MCA’s got a beard like a billy goat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BptQHAW2T5M
Like eating burgers or chicken or you’ll be picking your nose
I’m on time homie that’s how it goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCOVyVxC_QM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6dqIYKIBSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idHZBicuQbQ
‘Race against race, such a foolish waste
It’s like cuttin’ off your nose to spite your face’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIrp4mnLKzw
Not a Request Line draft but here’s a Pittsburgh-centric exchange I had about food on social website. The subject was “chipped ham”
ME: “Chipped ham? Never heard of it. Creamed chipped beef on toast? If you’ve ever served in the US military you know what that’s called: SOS ($hit on a shingle). Although in the US Navy (my service) it was known as ‘creamed foreskins.'”
YINZER #1: “chip chopped, or “chipped” ham is a Pittsburgh PA thing. Yinzers stand up. 152 412”
YINZER #2: ” yinz get chipped ham sandwiches from Isalys?”
DFO Yinzers (you know who you are) please chime in.
Yup. Had it for lunch at East Hempfield Elementary (in Greensburg, I think they changed the name for obvious reasons) quite a few times. It’s basically BBQ sauce on thinly sliced ham.
https://www.cleocoylerecipes.com/2015/01/Pittsburgh-Chipped-Ham-Sandwich-Cleo-Coyle.html
That sandwich looks pretty darn good
It is! Especially when made with a ham that has good smoke flavor.
(didn’t remember seeing it on the webpage, but having it with thinly sliced onion is a must, IMHO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMrj67nEI8c
hell yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmWQ8KNFNic&ab_channel=TheDeadWeather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtC2418nNcU
No hay quinto malo
Ok, so the first two words mean the horses go hungry, and the third word is the gay actor who played Spock a few times/…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-QPfDk2GPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MlGYgmzk9Y
Originally this song was called “Ass to Ass” but then the Requiem For a Dream guy threatened to sue. Anyway, Eva Cassidy’s an angel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNYqbHDMH8&ab_channel=EvaCassidy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDu-fGp_A9Y
You haven’t heard this song til you’ve heard Paul Anka do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT_lJ4dwCNw&ab_channel=MsLaLinea
Hell yes, puff a Chesterfield and sing like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqtvVz-5S50&ab_channel=FlorenciaRenata
I think I’ll go to the gym so as to free up drinking time later; t’would appear the Scots are done for.
So many recordings of this song, so let’s go with the late great Chet Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQ-i-KikAw&ab_channel=ChetBaker-Topic
Muppet Double Shot!
https://youtu.be/g6pAEkSwULg?si=4DnjhfK2IGuXz1HW
Risking a Heather appearance here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=119sq2IIoiA
The wrinkles in my forehead
Show the miles I’ve put behind me
They continue to remind how fast I’m growin’ old
Guess I’ll die with this fever in my soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx1bFGz9j28
‘Went out walking through the wood the other day
Can’t you see the furrows in my forehead?
What tender days, we had no secrets hid away
Now it seemed about a hundred years ago’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14DTv2qFHas
“looking for a fist to put your face in”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1Qe2m8oOA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRJILK3NxSM
Can’t believe I didn’t think of this until now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jwkQ3bW50
This soccer match must be played in Falkirk because Scotland is being ran off the field.
You’ve all let Lowratio down terribly…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwFBshjGe8I
Is this the puzzle song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkNzTK3oV8
Starting to really, really love this tune. Enough that I would totally go see this band play on its strength alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al2I4-NMCk8
[matches beats, cross-fades…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKJfJMMsqX4