
INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY
Once again, all the lights are off in the studio, and it’s completely silent. The studio lights come on…
…and in the hallway that leads to the studio a series of frantic footsteps can be heard.
— [DOOR FLIES OPEN] —
HUNTER RENFROW: [tossing his bike helmet and backpack onto the couch and making his way directly over to the soundboard] I’m here, I’m here!
DJ 3000′: HEY, NOT BAD, WE’VE GOT A FULL THREE MINUTES UNTIL AIR TIME, THAT’S MUCH BETTER THAN USUAL.
HUNTER RENFROW: Well, I’ve been trying to do some self-improvement. Been training again – got my forty time back down to within two-tenths of my college time.
DJ 3000′: I SAW YOUR BLUESKY POST. GOOD WORK.
HUNTER RENFROW: Speaking of which…you wouldn’t know anything about this, would you?
DJ 3000′: [whistles innocently]
HUNTER RENFROW: Oh come on man, I’m supposed to have a tryout with the Steelers in two weeks, I can’t have them thinking that I’m retired. Is this payback for the whole Runestaff/Fight Club thing?
DJ 3000′: LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN USE THE INTERNET TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION.
HUNTER RENFROW: All right, all right, I’m sorry I did that. Can we call a truce?
DJ 3000′: TRUCE.
HUNTER RENFROW: So what have we got on tap for a topic this week?
DJ 3000′: YOU MENTIONED THE STEELERS, ARE YOU READY TO TRY OUT THAT DIVISIONS THING YOU TALKED ABOUT DURING YOUR INTERNSHIP LAST SUMMER?
HUNTER RENFROW: Yeah!
DJ 3000′: YOU SHOULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK.
HUNTER RENFROW: Okay. So the idea is that folks request songs that have something to do with the four teams in a division, and every three weeks or so we’ll do a different one. I mean there’s a few songs that are explicitly about the teams themselves – like “The Super Bowl Shuffle”, and “Ram It” – but songs about the cities for the teams are okay too. And then songs that have connections to players for whatever reason…I think we can be pretty broad with it and just have fun.
DJ 3000′: ALL RIGHT, LET’S GIVE IT A SHOT. SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE STEELERS SHOULD WE START WITH THE AFC NORTH?
DJ 3000 displays a graphic on his main screen.
HUNTER RENFROW: Totally. I’ve got a song from Cheekface that inspired the whole thing – let’s send this one out as a dedication to the team that just spread out Deshaun Watson’s cap hit Bobby Bonilla style so they’ll be paying him until 2029…and maybe beyond, with that dumpster fire of a franchise, who knows!
Today’s theme is “AFC North”. We’re looking for songs that have anything to do with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Baltimore Ravens, or the Cleveland Browns, or anyone notable who has played for those franchises. Please post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?h073r(R4fT and they should embed in the comments after you refresh. Last week’s puzzle answer of “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats was nabbed by BeefRiverLives again. Have at it.
RAIDERS GET GENO SMITH wait a minute, that’s not worthy of all caps.
Good for Brock Bowers I guess?
Lamar Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS4NxiURhEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6LABdHtkUA
Stretching pretty hard to make this a DOUBLE SHOT, but 1.) Phonetic similarity of the band name and 2.) Pittsburgh’s recent divisional finishes under Mike Tomlin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7Vn_WKkWU
Oh and I slipped the puzzle song in here somewhere.
Whelp, last one for me. Thanks for the fun, RTD!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAdxmv-HFMg
My pleasure, sorry I wasn’t around until now!
Ray Rice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-fsfwINLk
Poor old Johnny Football set himself on fire again…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJcPJKDQaVc
Bottlegate in Cleveland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIbRhsUh3yA
Appropriate for either the Colts’ move from Baltimore to Indianapolis, or the Browns’ move to Baltimore to become the Ravens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePCiVK5Jjos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAE1XTvKLXA
Vontaze Burfict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhntKPh2EY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b5d3j34Lnc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_JkjOJUFYk
It’s the 2013 divisional playoff round, and Baltimore trails Denver by a score of 28 to 35, facing 3rd and 3 at their own 30 yard line, with no time outs and just 44 seconds left in the game…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1EDKvXRKd0
Ray Lewis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZhSkREYBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehnxV5SL2Cw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8S_rJiN70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m_ZAyEgFsg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Aj9rSqL3I
It was Dahnnie’s birt-day on Monday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP3ZiQbFyrc
Oft used term for the AFC North champ for the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHF38A_qG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9_04Ebe7o
Sorry I haven’t been around to provide guidance, but you folks have done just fine.
Here’s one for Joe Flacco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MElfYleGIVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHaspECZJ0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e05oU7Bq9F0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4CDgbeeu0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfn1YrwG2Oc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNrEbQBwgpg