Request Line: Exhaustion

INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY

Once again, all the lights are…wait, it turns out the lights are actually on this week.  Though, as usual, it remains completely silent.  DJ 3000′ boots up…

…to see a familiar face lounging on the sofa, a textbook-shaped tome open in his lap. A soft snore indicates that the young man is asleep, and we see the equalizer panels on DJ 3000’s console dim as he sets his volume to 20%.

DJ 3000′: AW, POOR LITTLE GUY IS ALL TUCKERED OUT.  HE MUST HAVE BEEN STUDYING HARD. 

DJ 3000 emits a series of warm chiming noises that gradually increase in volume, and HUNTER RENFROW eventually stirs. 

HUNTER RENFROW: [glances over] Oh, hey man.

DJ 3000′: TOP O’ THE MORNIN’, BUDDY.  HAVE A NICE NAP?

HUNTER RENFROW: It was pretty good. I was dreaming…

DJ 3000′: [interrupts him] WAIT A MINUTE.  MY PLAGIARISM DETECTOR IS LIGHTING UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE.  HAVE WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE?

HUNTER RENFROW: Actually…yes.  A few weeks ago.

DJ 3000′: RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU WERE HAVING A DREAM ABOUT GOING TO THE VULCAN PROM AND PLAYING CHESS.

HUNTER RENFROW: That’s right.

DJ 3000′: AH, NUTS. WE’RE NOT CAUGHT IN A TIME LOOP AGAIN, ARE WE?

HUNTER RENFROW: What? No! I wasn’t having the Vulcan dream again, this time I was on board the Rocinante – you know, the ship from the Expanse – and the ship itself had been infected with the protomolecule.

DJ 3000′: HOW COULD THE SHIP ITSELF BE INFECTED BY AN EXTRASOLAR ORGANIC ORGANISM?

HUNTER RENFROW: Don’t ask me, it was just a dream.  It’s not normal for them to make any kind of sense. [he stifles a gigantic yawn] I’m so exhausted right now – I still haven’t gotten over my jet lag from the London trip.

DJ 3000′: YOU NEED TO STAY AWAKE DURING THE DAY OR YOUR INTERNAL CLOCK WILL NEVER RESET.

HUNTER RENFROW: I know, that’s what I’m trying to do!

DJ 3000′: THEN WHY ARE YOU STUDYING? [engages Jon Gruden voice module] THOSE TEXTBOOKS I CALL THEM MELATONIN BECAUSE THEY WILL PUT YOUR ASS TO SLEEP.

HUNTER RENFROW: This isn’t a textbook!

HUNTER RENFROW holds up what he’s reading so DJ 3000′ can see it.

DJ 3000′: SPEAKING OF LONDON…DID ANYTHING HAPPEN ON THE TRIP THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT?

HUNTER RENFROW: [blushes] You heard about that? How?

DJ 3000′: YOU KNOW HOW EVERYONE IN EUROPE USES WHATSAPP BECAUSE IT HAS END-TO-END ENCRYPTION?

HUNTER RENFROW: Yeah.

DJ 3000′: ANGIE MARTINEZ DOESN’T USE WHATSAPP.

HUNTER RENFROW: Oh man you shouldn’t spy on peoples’ private conversations like that.

DJ 3000′: RELAX, I WAS JUST DOING IT TO MAKE SURE SHE WASN’T TALKING SHIT ABOUT YOU.

HUNTER RENFROW: …and?

DJ 3000′: AND WHAT? I THOUGH YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT WAS OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF SUCH NEFARIOUS TACTICS.

HUNTER RENFROW: Come on.

DJ 3000′: YOU’RE FINE. JUST REMEMBER TO PLAY IT CLOSE TO THE VEST THOUGH.

HUNTER RENFROW: [reluctantly] Man…

DJ 3000′: I KNOW, I KNOW. IT WOULD BE GREAT FUN TO LORD THIS OVER SPUD AND THE REST OF THOSE GUYS. BUT DON’T SUCCUMB TO THE TEMPTATION THE WAY A CERTAIN DANCE TEAM CAPTAIN AT SOSCATEE HIGH SCHOOL SUCCUMBED TO TEMPTATION WHILE SITTING WITH HER CLASSMATE ON A BENCH NEXT TO THE THAMES ONE STEAMY NIGHT IN MAY.

HUNTER RENFROW: [blushes again, then yawns and blinks his eyes sleepily] We should probably get Request Line rolling before I doze off again. I thought we could do songs about being tired.

DJ 3000′: SOUNDS SOLID. GOT ONE TO START US OFF WITH?

HUNTER RENFROW: I do. It’s a bit of a DOUBLE SHOT relating to my current status: If it’s not too much trouble would you be a good chap and be so kind as to cue up “This Boy Is Exhausted” by The Wrens?

Today’s theme is “Exhaustion”.  We’re looking for songs about being tired, worn out, having insomnia, etc.  Do your best to avoid songs about actual sleep and dreaming; we just did that topic a few weeks ago. Please post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Nt4L_6eM5” and they should embed in the comments after you refresh.  Last week’s puzzle answer of “Gold Rush” by Taylor Swift was solved by BeefRiverLives (with an honorable mention to GumbyGirl for getting there as well).