Christmas List for the New England Patriots

The 2-5 Patriots would be 4-3 at best if they still had Brady -- so who cares, moving on was still the right decision for Tom and for the New England.

Bill is still rolling the dice that this season might not finish or that other teams will get caught with bad health luck and they could be in the mix at 8-8 or 9-7 for that 7 seed

Bill chould pull a FULL TANK and lose 9 more in a row, including 2 to the Jets — just to troll them in the most inexplicable way possible

Christmas List, what Christmas List? JJ from ManCookGood says “keep Cam for 2 years 40 million and see what happens”… don’t hate it!

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  

Christmas comes to Baltimore Ravens early

Christmas comes to Baltimore early - The Ravens could be a juggernaut

Places listening

Australia, Philippines, UK, Angola, Germany, Spain, Tunisia and Fiji

Walpole, MA. Chicago, Waxhaw, NC Philly, NYC, Irving, TX, Rockaway Park, Miami, Zulpich Germany / Luanda Angola, Heatley Australia

How Badly have the Patriots WR corps fallen since the Antonio Brown experiment ended?

How much did the loss to the Ravens matter (relative to the rest of the season)?

Are the Baltimore Ravens peaking too early or are they simply a juggernaut?

How much do the Pats need the win against the Eagles?

George HW Bush, Christmas Music hot takes and Portugal

The Azores are like the Revis island of Europe. All alone but more than enough to win the day. 

Swimming in the ocean downtown, driving into two different volcanic craters, black sand beaches, hydrangeas everywhere, New England like weather unpredictability, I also drove for the first time outside of America. Interesting. 

Ponta Delgada is like if Ireland, Puerto Rico, has a baby with Portugal- the geography and weather are like a weird combo of Ireland and Puerto Rico. 

Places listening: Canada, Philippines, France, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia , Jamaica, Mozambique, Gabon (1st time), Tanzania, New Zealand and more

Top Cities listening: Ashburn VA, Ugong Philippines, New Liskeard Canada, Athens Greece, Kuala Lumpur, Maputo Mozambique 

Is Christmas music the original Christian Rock - I mean not quite / cuz one is about Santa (mainly) and one is about Jesus... but there are a ton of Christmas classics that do have religious lyrics “oh come all ye faithful”, “silent night”, “little drummer boy”, “joy to the world.” - so I’m going with kinda 

If Steve perry said. I’ll play faithfully for your wedding ceremony and oh Sheri to kickoff your ceremony... but in the middle we need to play my whole newest album... are you in?

Feel in love w the Fast & the furious: Tokyo Drift In Ponta Delgada. Tokyo drift = fake band name of the week 

The actor who played Han, Sung Kang, is so beloved to me after fast & furious 4, fast 5, fast & furious 6 - that watching him in Tokyo drift was enough to get me excited. 

George HW Bush passes away. 94 years old. Rest In Peace. “Read his letter to Bill Clinton from Twitter”

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?

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