INT. TEENAGER’S BEDROOM – DAY
HUNTER RENFROW is seated in front of his gaming station, playing Grip: Combat Racing.
The lights in the room are out and he’s wearing headphones – he could not be more fully immersed in the game without being inside his double-sided, powered-up speedster. Suddenly…
DISEMBODIED VOICE: HUNTER….
HUNTER RENFROW puts on a quizzical expression as he taps his headphones, but otherwise ignores the ethereal voice.
DISEMBODIED VOICE: HUNTER RENFROW…
HUNTER RENFROW: Not right now, Coach Pierce, I’m practicing for my driver’s test.
DISEMBODIED VOICE: HUNTER, I AM NOT YOUR COACH. SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS. YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE.
HUNTER RENFROW: [chuckles involuntarily] Seriously, though, who is this?
DISEMBODIED VOICE: HUNTER, DID YOU FORGET SOMETHING IMPORTANT TODAY?
HUNTER RENFROW freezes. His vehicle continues driving straight until it crashes until several other vehicles and his game ends in a huge conflagration.
HUNTER RENFROW: Oh, no!
His main monitor (there are three) flashes blue for a second and then the screen fills up with…
HUNTER RENFROW: Oh no oh no oh no! Oh man they are gonna be so mad at me…
DJ 3000: IT’S ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN RELAX, I’VE GOT THINGS COVERED.
HUNTER RENFROW: Oh God thank you thank you thank you!
DJ 3000: I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU GET FIRED FROM YOUR DREAM JOB. BUT I AM ABOUT TO TAKE THE SHOW LIVE AND I NEED A TOPIC.
HUNTER RENFROW glances around the room frantically. His eyes return to the computer he’s seated in front of.
HUNTER RENFROW: How about…uh…car accidents?
DJ 3000: CAR ACCIDENTS?
HUNTER RENFROW: Yeah. I mean, it might be a thin field, but…can it work?
DJ 3000: WELL, WE WERE PRE-EMPTED BY THE OLYMPICS IN THE MORNING, SO IT’S A SHORTENED SESSION. YEAH, I THINK IT CAN WORK. GOT SOMETHING TO GET US ROLLING WITH?
HUNTER RENFROW: They’re a bit of an obscure band, but can you dig up a little Beulah for me?
DJ 3000: CAN DO. I’LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE STUDIO NEXT WEEK?
HUNTER RENFROW: Hundred percent.
Today’s theme is “car accidents”. It’s probably a pretty thin topic, but do your best! Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?6uDmUNd5d0Tt!r and they should embed in the comments after you refresh. Last week’s puzzle answer of “Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse” by Minus the Bear was once again solved by BeefRiverLives. Now let’s get this show on the road!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSgMjZYBDLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-MthLm7_m0
‘Indians scattered on dawn’s highway bleeding”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lnoM25D-js
“Sideswiped a truck” should count.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl038GkYhjU
Should and does!
Self contained double shot:
‘Once there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn’t come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The cars had smashed so hard’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeg1txDv8w
There it is! This would have made a good puzzle song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoe4dLzS9xs
‘Join the car crash set’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QErPDNcj4
“And then one night it happened ‘cos the devil had his way
He was clickin’ off the seconds that were left for them to play
There might have been a winner but they had no way to tell
For the couples all were dead and there was no one left to yell”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpqg4UNw0bc
He never hit the brakes when he was switching gears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKjZQ7kJdZY
Reach!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGp47YwDZ48
Turn it up and pogo
‘The wreck was on the highway just inside the line
Walter Browning lost his life and for a time
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones would surely die
But she lived long enough for her to testify’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ytEoR2pOc4
‘Dressed up like a car crash
Your wheels are turnin’ but you’re upside down’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAOstUIhpU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nwmwy21rAY
“For this daring young star
Met his death while in his car
No one knows the reason why
Screaming tire, flashing fire
And gone was this young star”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQFvobezpjI
“Jonee jumped in his Datsun
Drove out on the expressway
Went head-on into a semi
His guitar is all that’s left now”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbvXPYwzkvY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyCDicG0tDs
Is that where the band “Deacon Blue” got their name?
Here’s your chicken dinner. Lalo Schifrin’s “Shifting Gears” from the Bullitt soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EK5MHzqcaw&ab_channel=hunkatiel
I just love the moment when the “bad” driver clicks on his seatbelt.
/”Ok. We’re in the shit now.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXsrWrmbAg
You may recognize the MC.
I may recognize this song from SonofSpam’s post below…
Derp. Thought I searched
Time for a reach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-0vee1lU9w
And to think with Radiohead a reach was so unnecessary…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNY_wLukVW0
TRIPLE SHOT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkgzObf8uVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naXPoz1Du34
Oh, A+.
Better Not Look Down from the Thelma and Louise soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNy0ikw475Y&ab_channel=hedyfrancis
‘In December of ’74 Denny wrecked
His father’s car
Driving home that night he was singing
“You better Hang on to Yourself”‘
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH-JmRlhL1E
‘I see a car smashed at night
Cut the applause and dim the light
Monty’s face is broken on a wheel
Is he alive? Can he still feel?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh2Qxjy0iUg
It’s implied.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV3nn_de2k&ab_channel=SammyHagarVEVO
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-told-his-son-to-shut-the-hell-up-about-pokemon-while-talking-to-trump
EWAN VANCE: Dad, do you wish I was never born?
JD VANCE: Of course not! Why would you ever think something like that?
EWAN VANCE: Because you’re always talking about how you wished you had pulled out…
JD VANCE: No, no, I was saying I wish I had a pullout. A sofa, you know? So grandma can stay with us instead of having to stay in a hotel. And for, uh, other things. Now shut your stupid little pie-hole, Daddy’s friend is on the phone and they need to talk about what the new name for Project 2025 is going to be.
“They had a little argument
Sue took her foot off the brake
He drove the car into a wall”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz5wWotacq0
I mean. Come on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wnnTYPlNpk&ab_channel=FinnBourchier
“I drank a bottle of tequila and I feel real good
I had the tape deck roaring
But on the twenty-fifth lap at the canal turn
I went of exploring
I knew I wouldn’t make it the car just wouldn’t make it
I was turning tires burning
The ground was in my sky
I was laughing the bitch was trashed
And death was in my eye”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udsNiFV14qo
Forgot about this album. That’s Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) on vocals
“As he drove away on that rainy night
I begged him to go slow, whether he heard
I’ll never know (know, know, know, know, know, know)
Look out, look out, look out”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UKf65NOzM
Glad I looked back so I didn’t get Blair Witched
‘member when he did this song as a duet with Elton John? Did we need that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hfMtY&pp=ygULZW1pbmVtIHN0YW4%3D
‘That fateful night
The car was stalled
Upon the railroad track
I pulled you out and we were safe
But you went running back’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBmApe-frZY
Every other 50s song was about a tragic car accident.
Jesus Christ that’s grim.
I love Red Sovine. And I’ll not hear his name sullied!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mye3aikHBjc&ab_channel=AubreyDoory
Like JD Vance, Primus is weird.
Unlike JD Vance, Primus is talented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQ2305fLeA&ab_channel=PrimusVEVO
Let’s just assume this is somehow about a car accident based on the title because based on the lyrics God only knows what it’s *actually* about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAM7JLifHGQ
Death Car for Cutie?
It was a song before it was a band!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXsrWrmbAg&ab_channel=neilinnestube
Looks like we’ll have to get creative here. I’m sure you’ve seen some yellow stuff in a bottle by the side of the highway. The message? “I don’t giving a flying Truck Nutz about the environment”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE&ab_channel=ThePoliceVEVO
Always cool to get a song by James to make the list and this one is called…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lght4jOQah8
James is the best. They have a song about pretty much everything.
Like, think of something random, say…a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. There’s probably a James song about that.
It’s on Yummy Pudding
This goes to eleven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw7jOq0op5E&ab_channel=IDLES
This fits as long as you take it literally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhC7Gh84CdY&pp=ygUVbGlmZSBpbiB0aGUgZmFzdCBsYW5l
Black Flag with an instructional video. Might be pro, might be con, can’t tell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BA9S4EMRyU&ab_channel=RandallJahnson
The Pietasters used to cover this at live shows, it was so much fun.
Start with an oldie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukunx21UHCA&pp=ygURZGVhZCBtYW4ncyBjdXJ2ZSA%3D
No stretch here though, this is actually a really good one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsoPp3f5P_M
DOUBLE SHOT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZJtsSGR2sI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhvZ2y1V80
Slip the blood to me Bud
A bit of a stretch because it’s more about *avoiding* a car accident, but with a topic this tough stretches are very much welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jSOQBcz9hc
“And if a double-decker bus…crashes into us…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r-qDvD3F3c
“Oncoming car went out of control
It crushed my baby
And it crushed my soul”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wjyhABZSdE
Greetings fellow space wanderers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNDWJ_KDkAc
This is an excellent request for this topic, and would be a #1 overall pick for me in a “Songs You Hate By Bands You Like” draft.
You took the lyrics right outta my mouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgvmD9qYYWM
“I’m sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair
You were in a car crash, and you lost your hair
You said that you would be late, about an hour or two
I said that’s alright, I’m waiting here, just waiting to hear from you”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ivAZqWKH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESTSaRJwhFY
Ooh, good one!
Puzzle song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz9WNOkVTWo
Yeah, nicely done.
Woo!