Christmas Past Songs from 2009 Podcast

Christmas Past (2009 Pop Song Redux) 

The return to podcasting after surgery begins

Places listening - Heavy in France, especially Paris thanks to Deezer podcast service 

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Places listening France has been number 1 for 2 weeks. USA 2, UK 3, followed by Canada, Pakistan, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Kenya, Australia, Philippines, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Seychelles (Say Shells), Poland, Peru, Netherlands, East Timor aka Timor-Leste, South Africa, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Fiji, Tanzania, Lithuania, Sweden, Bahamas  

25 countries on 6 continents — tell your friends doing research on Antartica that we want to go 7 for 7 

Little know fact - New Zealand is part of a submerged continent and Italy is also part of a submerged continent that smashed into europe and was most buried beneath it. Welcome to Plate Tectonics 

Top Cities: Paris by a mile followed by Tampa, Karachi, Georgetown (cayman), LA, Miami, NYC, Nairobi, Cairo, London, Walpole Mass, and Las Vegas  

Lightning round: Only in Boston’s twitter feed had a list of Billboard’s 2009 top songs - immediate reaction to them

#19 Kiss me thru the phone (garbage from Usher, he’s better than that)

#18 Live your life (Fire)

#17 I know you want me (Our introduction to Mr Worldwide, Mr 305, Pitbull — aka Mr. 1234 uno dos tres quatro

They skipped 16

#15 knock you down (can’t remember it)

#14 Use somebody (KOL’s coming out party was def in 2009)

They skipped 13

#12 Dead and Gone (can’t remember it)

#11 You belong to me (taylor swift’s coming out party in 2009 as well)

They skipped 10

#9 Heartless - can’t remember it

#8 Single Ladies (FIRE - prob most popular song on this list)

They Skipped 7

#6 Right Round (can’t remember it)

#5 Love Story (T Swift Killing it)

#4 I got a Feeling (Looking back, Black Eyed Peas we jumping the shark soon after 2009)

#3 Just Dance (Lady Gaga blew up in 2009)

#2 Poker Face (Like I just said Lady Gaga blew up in 2009) - this song is fire still

#1 Boom Boom Pow — this song looking back, was the beginning of the end for Blacked Eyed Peas magical run

Take aways - Taylor Swift, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, Kings of Leon were the Big Pop Music winners in 2009 - and they all kept it rolling  

All I want for Christmas is ... non Christmas, Christmas movies

The Best Christmas Music Playlist plus Christmas Movies that are non Christmas movies : 2017 Edition 

Disclaimer - Andrew Walks around a lot when he’s a guest — lots of times he’ll eat or take sips of home made Gatorade while on the pod — so be ready for anything.

Andrew Patterson - Do you have a rant? 

Top songs in the world right now on Spotify global top 50 - The top 5 are rockstar by post Malone, Havana by camila cabella, new rules by dua lipa, wolves by Selena Gomez, perfect (duet) by ed sheeran & Beyoncé, and number 7 is perfect by ed sheeran solo. 

 

Guess what song is #6 ? All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey - the next Christmas song is all the way down at #18- which is last Christmas by Wham!

 

So here’s my question- are these songs up this high cuz they’re somehow timeless classics - or are they being listened too ironically?

 

The “look at me” guy in a wedding party. 

 

He excels as an usher, owns the dance floor, and by the after party he realizes that coming solo didn’t help him meet any girls, so now he’s looking for a fight 

 

Mike Birbiglia Dennis eck story is literally why I had zero sympathy for him with David price fiasco this year

 

Carl Ray - Non Christmas movies based during Christmas (who is the other guy in Wham!)

Home alone - honorable mention. Because the premise could’ve worked without Christmas scenario (Home alone 2 not so much)

Honorable mention better off dead with John cusack. Also Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton in the 2005 dark comedy “the ice harvest” 

Lot of horror Christmas movies - from our friends at we are movie geeks dot com 

Santa’s Slay - Santa is wrestler Goldberg

1974’s Black Christmas 

1984’s banned Silent Night, Deadly Night 

There’s one called Elves 

Gary Busey in the gingerbread man 

1997’s Jack Frost 

1980’s Christmas evil

Rocky 4 - he fights in Moscow on Christmas Day - and he ends the Cold War - rocky 4 is the winner

Trading places - is perfect - premise is not Christmas dependent - it’s a phenomenal 80s Comedy. 

Mr & Mrs Smith w/ Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (great supporting work from Vince Vaughn in that one) 

Ghost Busters 2

Catch me if you can - with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio

Lethal Weapon, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Eyes Wide Shut (yikes)

Diehard counts - die hard 2 doesn’t count (die hard two is a Christmas movie- they had a choice and choose Christmas again)

What’s the pulse of Philadelphia Eagles nation after Wentz injury?

Lady Gaga's QB from Super Bowl LI - Brian Mann joints the Freestyle

Lady Gaga’s Quarterback at Super Bowl - Brian Mann

In the Boston Globe - I read about you being dressed in black and Gaga being able to see the ball. Were the rehearsals with full Stage lighting etc? 

Would Charlie Stevenson have allowed xaverian to use bedazzled footballs if they helped receivers see them during night games? 

Was the PSI of gaga's ball regulation? 

Did having a halftime job/role make first half easier to endure as a pats fans?

Assuming you gave up or had your doubts on a pats win - when did you hit rock bottom that pats were not gonna come back?

What's it like to be there when your fave team wins it all? 

How visceral was the heat Roger Goodell got from the fans ?? 

Former Dartmouth QB buddy teevens was in an SB commercial / you're part of the SB halftime - Brady and Ryan are repping Michigan and BC respectively - but let's face it you had the  highest QBR that night - 1-1 for a TD

Was there ever a discussion of Gaga taking a handoff of lateral instead? Or of her throwing a pass instead of catching it? Or perhaps her sacking a backup dancer/ QB? 

Did you hone your craft as a kid by having friends jump off of diving board trying catch nurf balls?

Do you think more artists will incorporate a post mic drop show stopper  with a athletic move? If so any predictions?

GV prediction : What if pitbull or Beyoncé does halftime of the World Cup final - will leonel Messi corner kick them a header opportunity or a chance to score of a bicycle kick?

Based on your knowledge of filming could you serve as both Sandler and Marky mark's stunt double in a football moving they were both starring in?

Did you ever get lit up (tackled hard) during filming? I.e. How real is the contact. Would you have passed today's concussion protocol? 

How has Sandler acquired some of the his "crew of movie regulars". 

Arena league - any favorite stories from those days? How pumped were you to be playing in LA vs say Des Moines like Kurt warner did w/ Iowa barnstormers? 

Hanover/ Dartmouth speed round - murphys or canoe club? 

Would you rather go to salt hill pub for trivia night or karaoke? 

What's been most different thing about living in Texas vs New England?  What do you miss most about New England ? 

Top 5 Philadelphia Music Acts of All Time w/ Carl Ray

 

Top 5 Philadelphia bands of all time

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Carl's list  bonus) Kenn Kweder 5) Cinderella 4) Joan Jett 3) Will Smith and Dj Jazzy Jeff 2) The Roots 1) Daryl Hall and John Oates

So many bands / acts out of philly - this podcast is essentially an impossible task - we may need to do a philly music bracket next March to do this full just but until then

Here who we are trying to whittle down-

The roots, Joan Jett, patty labelle, Erykah badu, eve, will smith and dj jazzy Jeff, hall & Oates, Cinderella, Jim Croce, jill Scott, boys II men, diplo, Pink, Jedi mind tricks, chubby checker, disco biscuits, g love & special sauce, dead milkmen, Britny Fox, teddy pendergrass, the delfonics. Left out freeway and charlie Baltimore, Beanie Seigel

 

This is a bit like boxing - the different genres are like different weight classes - so you’ve got to look at this as a bit of a pound for pound analogy 

 

 The Roots 1.3m monthly spotify listeners, the house band for Fallon (plus or minus depending), The backing band for J-Zay on  MTV unplugged, single handedly saved 4th of July  concert in Philly. Too many strong songs and albums to even count - staying power - first record was in 1993 - they will be tough to beat 

 

Joan Jett - 365,702 monthly listeners - Hate myself for loving you (pop metal punk mix) 11 mil listens (and the model for NFL on NBC sunday night theme song). Did i dirty deeds ac/dc cover. most of her most popular stuff is cover songs ranging from beach boys to ZZ top - all covers of male fronted songs - which makes it very easy on her vocally. I’m passing hard on Joan Jett - I do like what I believe are her originals "Little Liar" and "I wanna be your dog” 

Her similar artists are Billy Idol, Cheap Trick, the Runaways and Pat Benatar

 

Patti LaBelle - 342,942 listeners on spotify - Lady Marmalade 6 mil listens and it’s a 40 year old song or older and that song has been a mega hit twice. On my own, duet with Michael McDonald, The underrated “Stir it Up” on the Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack — not gonna lie — song is a sneaky good jam.

 

Patti didn’t sing a ton of songs in my wheel house - but mama can sing it and bring it — mega pipes, mega range - If we’re going by straight singing voices, Patti LeBelle is top 5 material 

 

Erykah Badu - 1.5m monthly spotify listeners - She might hold the record for most songs with 2 mil + listens on spotify that never got on main stream radio.

The song "Phone Down” heard it for first time last night and I love it - came out on a 2015 record and has 5.2m listens 

 

She sings the hook on the Roots’ You got me, and makes the song

 

Badu collaborated with great artists like Andre 3000 on “Hello” - this song is also on her 2015 record But you caint use my phone (Mixtape) 

 

Didn’t Cha know - Totally jam - 7 mil listens — a song that proves the Badu is the queen of chilled out soul 

 

If we’re talking artistic originality Erykah Badu is in the top 5 

 

Eve - 1.2 mil listeners per more on Spotify - Let me blow ya mind with Gwen Stefani - 38 mil plays / Cross over start who are up as part of the Rough Riders 

 

The track on Tambourine is actually about as hot as humanly possible — and then Eve ruins it by rapping - and here’s my point — Eve is a pop star whose medium is lackluster rhymes wrapped in mad street red — respect her pop star power, but not top 5 

 

Who’s that girl - total Jam - gotta give Eve that

 

Eve had fantastic producers - Even “Gotta Man” is catchy despite being whack lyrically  - Love is blind another example of this 

 

Gotta give props to Jill Scott — Mami takes a lot of the best elements of Patti LeBelle and Erykah Badu she’s got 10+ songs on spotify over a million plays with a couple near 7 mil 

 

Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff - I’m putting their whole body of work into one listing - Here’s an A-list movie star who still gets 2.4 mil spotify listens a month 

Getting Jiggy Wit it - 40 millions listens and Miami got 33 mil listens - He made the “Men in Black Theme Song” a “thing” like a mega thing in 1990s. 

Wild Wild west a terrible song that is somehow greats - cuz stevie wonder is involved,

 

Just the two of us - ballard about his song — which is just a remake with some rap lyrics - mega hit 

 

And when you combine the movies, and the high production of his solo career with his Epic run on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air — that’s unbelievable success. 

 

And then we see where he started — Girls Aren’t nothing but trouble (with the I dream of Genie track as a sample), Parents just don’t under stand — old school b-boy tracks — and this one was about parents - these guys “Cross over appeal” to the max 

 

It’s like comedy rap — Nightmare on my street … sampling Nightmare on elm street score and rapping about Freddy Kruger - genius 

 

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme song is an american hit And then we get “Summer Time” — this song is a MASTERPIECE — the vibe, the feel, the lyrics, the video, everything is perfect and still holds up - Will smith is Top 5 for sure 

 

Hall & Oates - 3 mil monthly listeners - hard to get these guys out of the number 1 spot in my mind 

You make my dreams come true, Rich Girl, Man-eater, Sara Smile, Out of Touch, I can’t go for that, She’s Gone, Private Eyes, Kiss is on my list - that’s 9 hits Ranging from 5 mil plays all the way to 69 mil plays 

 

Love me some Cinderella - they did very well in the Filibuster Freestyle Glam Rock Bracket - but i just don’t think they’ve got the chops to go top 5 here - These guys can write a ballard with the best of them - Don’t know what you got til it’s gone — fantastic. Nobody’s fool - very strong. And I love me some Gypsy Road — but I don’t even think Cinderella is better than…. wait for it… the Hooters  

 

The Hooters - much different type of 80’s band - more like Bryan Adams, Rick Springfield, and solo era Don Henley - but they have a cool Irish / Celtic vibe and their top 5 songs are arguably better and def more popular than Cinderella  

Johnny B 3.6 mil, And we Danced 2.1 mil listens (should be 100 times higher), All you Zombies 5 mil plays, 500 Miles has 10 mil plays somehow (my guess is people are confusing it with I would walk 500 miles by the proclaimers which has 74 mil plays - even Satellite has 5.2 mil plays 

 

Jim Croce — sorry Jim but, in my book, you’re a Junior Varsity love child of Cat Stevens and Bob Dylan - Time in a Bottle (Nope), LeRoy Brown (Nope), Operator (Still a hard pass), he’s a whiny, folksy jamoke and I can stand his stuff. 

 

Here’s the issue with Diplo - thanks to the rise of Electronic Music and his partnership with Beiber and Skrillex — he has 9.9 mil monthly listeners 

Where Are U Now has 548 million listens - Hey- Zues Cristos 

 

With that said — I saw him at some pool party in Vegas with my boy Ben Greene - he’s weak live and I actually was secretly beefing with Skrillex for about 4 years 

 

He’s very good and popular world wide — but my guess is Philly doesn’t embrace him like Vegas and Ibiza do

 

If we want to Talk electronic music - we gotta give a shout to the Disco Biscuits (they are electric like Diplo and do it with live instruments like the Roots do with Hip hop — these dudes are special and shout out to Alex Viano who’s a huge supporter of the band 

 

Boyz II Men - 1.6 mil monthly listeners - End of the Road 30 mil listens, I’ll make love to you 27 mil listens, Motown Philly 6.6 mil listens, one of the best videos of it’s era and all I can say is that they are a rich man’s version of Babyface, K-Ci& JoJo, Keith Sweat, et al 

 

Water Runs dry 8 mil listens, Hard to say good bye to yesterday - NO INSTRUMENTS - a cappella, playa! These guys spawned Silk, Shai & Jodeci, even Dru Hill - which means no Sisqo and no “Thong Song” 

 

Pink - Pink is from Norristown, PA - she has 9.3 million monthly spotify listeners 

She’s been doing this for about 15 years in the limelight in a genre that chew artists up and spits them up (Female Teen Pop singers) - Raise your glass is kind of a jam, Get the Party Started 31 mil listens and it came out around the time Napster did 

 

“Try" has 115 million listens - i don’t love it - but she basically out kelly clarkson’s kelly clarkson on this one 

 

Just give me a reason — 234 million plays — the ladies love it, man and this show is all about supporting the listening interests of the ladies (as well as the gents) 

 

Just like a Pill - another song that for some reason, only Pink can pull off and she does. 34 mil listens

 

So What 50 mil listens, Blow me one last kiss (61 mil) - Pink can write a jaded / jilted lovers jam better than most 

 

Pink’s “related artists” are listed as a Buzz Saw of the industry - Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Rhianna - that’s murder’s row of pop stars from late 90s to today 

 

I’m giving Pink props on this — i don’t want to — but the results are in 

 

I’m going   Boyz II Men, Will Smith and Jazz, Pink, the Roots, and Hall & Oates (Diplo, Cinderella and the Disco Biscuits all get an honorable mention)

 

Will Smith’s related artists include MC Hammer, Coolio an Sir Mix a lot / the Roots are related artists with Mos Def, Black Star, Taleb Kweli and Common - different level of rapper

 

Hall & Oates - related artists Huey Lewis, Steve Winwood, Kenny Loggins, Robert Palmer and Chicago - that’s real competition 

 

Carl's list  bonus) Kenn Kweder 5) Cinderella 4) Joan Jett 3) Will Smith and Dj Jazzy Jeff 2) The Roots 1) Daryl Hall and John Oates