30 Day Song Challenge Podcast - Days 6, 7 & 8

Day 6- A song that makes you want to Dance 

I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston  

Bust a move - Young MC

Call on Me - Eric Prydz 

Thought about “Call your girlfriend” to go head to head with "Dancing on my own today"

Rosco’s Pick - “Don’t Leave me this way” by Thelma Houston - Disco pick - nice. 

Day 7 - A song to drive to 

Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty

La Grange - ZZ Top (Sharp dressed man, She’s got Legs, Gimme All your Lovin’)

Knocked up - Kings of Leon (they’ve got a ton of these)

Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Hells Bells - AC/DC 

The Heat is On - Glenn Frey (Beverly Hills Cop ) - opening scene 

Born to be Wild -  Steppen Wolf 

Low Rider -which until today I didn’t realize was by the band War ( I also didn’t know until today that War sang "Why can’t we be Friends?"

Regulators - Nate Dogg and Warren G 

We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel 

Turn the Page - Seger 

Day 8 - Song about drugs or alcohol 

OT Genasis - Cut it, CoCo 

311 - who’s got the herb 

Sublime - smoke two joints, 40oz to Freedom, Let’s go get stoned   

Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice 

Cheers (Drink to that) Rhianna) 

Bob Marley - Reggae 

One Bourbon One Scotch and One Beer - George Thorogood & the Destroyers 

Cypress Hill - Hits from the Bong 

Friends in Low places (Garth Brooks)

Country Music times a million 

Mr. Brownstone - GNR 

Night Train - GNR 

Dr. Feelgood 

Blame It - Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Tequila Makes her Clothes Fall Off

It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere 

Love is the Drug - Roxy Music

I took a Pill In Ibiza - Mike Posner 

Not and Addict - K’s Choice 

Lit Up - Buck Cherry 

Eric Caption - Cocaine 

Mary Jane - Rick James - might be about a lady named that, but I’m not sure if it’s not a metaphor 

Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar 

Cold Gin - Kiss 

Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys

Rosco’s Brainstorm - Sweat Leaf (Black Sabbath), Lucy in the Sky w Diamonds, Juice (Lizzo), Purple Haze, Puff the magic dragon, Under the Bridge, Trippin’ on a hole in a paper heart, Bad & Boujee 

Turning 40

To Quote Mike Gundy, “I’m a man, I’m 40!”

Places listening: Turkey #2, Mexico #3, Spain #4 - UK, Russia, Colombia, Philippines, Ireland, Germany, Egypt, India, France, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Libya, Senegal, Belgium and more - awesome stuff 

Also - an interesting influx in the amount of downloads in Saudi Arabia lately - that’s interesting timing 

You know the “birds fans” come out when we talk eagles - ambler Pa, cherry hill NJ, and philly were 3 of top 4... Mountain View Ca #3. Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir all rounds out top two cities. Three tukish cities pretty amazing 

Do me a favor and subscribe to the podcast on apple podcast, follow us on twitter @gavinviano and tell 1 friend to check out the podcast 

I’m going to keep grinding on this thing, trying to grow it - and when the freestyle turns 4 this january — Drew Brees (saints QB will turn 40) which means if the saints make Super Bowl, we’d have 2 different 40 years old’s start at QB in consecutive super bowls. I think it’ll happen. Also, why does nobody give Drew Brees the same “ageless wonder” credit they give Tom Brady — he’s also basically 5’11’’ - what he does is amazing 

Biggest issues w jay bilas’ “restructuring of college basketball”

If we take out amateurism- what happens to “max years of eligibility” - if it’s a business- you can’t tell employees they’re too old 

If we downsize division 1 - then many average teams that pad their win totals currently, will be exposed as being bad. Fans don’t flock to see bad teams.

Down sizing also makes it “minor leagues”. Americans don’t like minor league sports en masse. 

College basketball being an “open entry national championship” is the best thing it has going for it. Limiting d1 teams to like 80 is bad Idea. 

Only good way to downsize d1 - would be adopting soccer style promotion and relegation - and March madness would still need to be open entry- in fact it could be like the FA cup. That actually could expand March madness

Players should get to profit from their likeness. Period. Open market decides what they are worth. If they want a salary they should go to the G league or play overseas. If they’re not good enough to get endorsements and/or play in a professional league, then guess what - they’re not professional 

Americans don’t like minor league sports. You remove amateurism ethos- I think you kill the mystique and kill the golden goose 

I hate when 23 year olds on instagram try to give sage drinking advice to their 19 year old selves. Me at 19 vs me at 23. Listen if you can’t find an extra gear at 23, you’re doing it wrong. 

The only thing that should slow you down before age 27 is lack of money and/or having a child - anything else - you’re doing it wrong. 

Instagram

You’re allowed to complain a tad at 27 and then every three years after that. 

Why can’t Biggie say “gats in holsters” w/o getting edited - but anyone can buy a gun. How can a country so in love w guns - allow censorship around talking about guns in  pop song. 

Best rock: pop songs featuring bag pipes. 

Long way to the top of you wanna rock n roll

Shipping up to Boston 

Back in the highlife again

So I married an axe murder version of do ya think I’m sexy (rod stewart) 

Amazing Grace (not fair)

Malibu has essentially burned down and we’re thinking about everyone effected by fires there and elsewhere. 

Thanksgiving is the best holiday to enjoy with your friends and family. Enjoy!!!

Ultimate Christmas Song Hard Rock Mixtape Playlist - show notes

The quintessential Rock & Roll Christmas song mixtape playlist aka how to “Bro-out Christmas” 

Do a Paul Stanley voice - I don’t want no, Mariah Carey, I’m not trying to listen to any Bing Crosby — I’m looking for some Cold Gin!

Carl’s initial playlist:

“Father Christmas” by the Kinks- Love this one - original concept. Total rocker! Song about a dept store santa getting mugged and robbed. They just want cash money! Straight Cash HOMIE!!!!  Great use of xylophone, too

“Little Saint Nick” by the Beach Boys - It’s a jam - cuz the beach boys harmonies are the best Damn harmonies of the 20th century

Cover “You’re a mean one mr grinch” by the Whirling Dervishes — Yeah i’ll give you this one… good rock version of an all-time favorite of mine

“The season’s upon us” by DropKick Murphy’s - The drop kicks basically just stole the Pogues sound, added a bag pipe guy, and a pinch of Mighty Might Bosstones Bravado — this song reminds me of “I’m an a-hole” by Dennis Leary — This song does not get on my mixtape — I mean it’s a fun video and all - Convince me Carl!!!!

“Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo” Trans Siberian Orchestra — This band is basically if Metallica had only done Christmas songs for a career. Def a cool and and song to see live Def cool for those christmas lights / synched to music shows on people’s houses and in Miller Light commercials

“Christmas is the time to say I love you” Billy Squire- Video of the 1981 MTV staff/ VJ’s in Billy’s chorus is what it’s all about — also this is the first time I’ve ever seen what Billy Squier looked like back in the day — Good feel good one - a sing a long to hopefully start a sing a long at your house

“Christmas in Hollis” Run DMC - I mean this is my all-time fave!

“Merry Christmas (I don’t want to fight tonight)” The Ramones - Such a LONG ISLAND Video (with accents and everything) - It’s a video that crosses Beastie Boys “Fight for your right” with Christmas party domestic squabbles

“2000 Miles” the Pretenders - This is such a great song - are the pretenders the most under rated band ever? Crissy Hynde is a gifted singer, total Hall of Famer. This song sounds more like a pretenders song than a christmas song, which is a GREAT THING — that’s what makes a real badass Christmas song - do something cool and original and it will be “Forever” - Love this pick, Carl!

“thank god it’s Christmas” Queen - Can honestly say until last night, I had never heard this song in my life — it’s good, cuz It’s Queen and Freddie Mercury - how did i miss this song for the better part of 4 decades

“Fairy Tale of New York” the Pogues- might be a top 3 song about the city of new york (All time, including Jay-Z & Alicia Keys and Frank Sinatra) - Matt Dillon plans a cop in the video - And any time you can feature a tin whistle and questionable epithets in the same christmas song, you’ve got a winner. Video pretty much makes me want to cry in a good way — so it’s the jam of jams in my mind

Christmas all over again - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - end of Home Alone Too: Lost in New York - I like this jam cuz it’s more of a Petty song than a Christmas song

“Run Run Rudolph” - Chuck Berry - great jam. Also from Home Along - but this chuck berry song isof the one John Travolta and Uma Thurman dance to in Pulp Fiction. Nothing say Christmas like that  

AC/DC “Mistress for Christmas” - Sounds exactly how you think an AC/DC Christmas song would sound. Jingle bells, power chords and sexual innuendos galore. It’s on the Razor’s Edge Album too.  Released in 1990 this record also featured Thunderstruck and Money talks

Happy Christmas (War is over) by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (who I always think is Blondie) - Straight out of the 70’s - got a punk/ Disco/ hip-hop groove. Questions from the video, who is the lead singer of the waitresses? She’s handsome lady — and the rest of the bandare apparently “male waitress” which is cool. Hold the phone, the bass player is also a lady - NICE!!!!  Great 80s graphics

U2 - Christmas (Baby Please come home) - Still Gives me goose bumps They made this back in the Joshua Tree days - complete with Black & White video and all. Is U2 the only band with a money Christmas song that also has a money New year’s song? “New Year’s Day” 

Wham - Last Christmas - totally thought that was just George Michael solo

Great Big Sled - by the KIllers - Great jam — another one that sounds like a Killers song with Christmas lyrics - these are the type of tunes i’m most down with - and they also have a parody Christmas song - “Don’t shoot me santa” which i actually really like upon 1 listen last night