WEBVTT 00:00:11.489 --> 00:00:14.050 Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that 00:00:14.050 --> 00:00:17.030 takes the classic mixtape approach to building 00:00:17.030 --> 00:00:19.629 a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. 00:00:19.829 --> 00:00:22.489 Joining me tonight as guest curator is Patreon 00:00:22.489 --> 00:00:25.170 mixtaper Tom Hutchinson. Tom, welcome to the 00:00:25.170 --> 00:00:27.730 program, man. Thank you very much, Brian. It 00:00:27.730 --> 00:00:30.370 is an absolute pleasure. I love this show. I 00:00:30.370 --> 00:00:33.030 listen to it all the time in the car. So this 00:00:33.030 --> 00:00:35.689 is an absolute pleasure for me. Well, it's a 00:00:35.689 --> 00:00:37.990 pleasure to have you. And now you get to answer 00:00:37.990 --> 00:00:41.159 the question that I ask. all of my first -time 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:44.320 guests, and that is Tom, what does the word mixtape 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:48.299 mean to you? Oh, mixtape. So for me, it was mixed 00:00:48.299 --> 00:00:53.079 CDs. It was going to the library, using the library's 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.299 computer to download LimeWire and burn as many 00:00:56.299 --> 00:00:59.600 CDs as I could. But when you think of mixtape, 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:02.119 it also brings me back to riding in my dad's 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:04.480 pickup truck and grabbing all the tapes out of 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:07.290 the glove box and just shoving them in. and whatever 00:01:07.290 --> 00:01:09.670 played played because nothing was labeled and 00:01:09.670 --> 00:01:12.010 it was always a good time and it was almost always 00:01:12.010 --> 00:01:15.250 heavy metal no matter what it was all right i 00:01:15.250 --> 00:01:17.689 love it i love it and you know you only minorly 00:01:17.689 --> 00:01:19.930 incriminated yourself with the library stuff 00:01:19.930 --> 00:01:23.109 we'll just let that slide i was gonna say my 00:01:23.109 --> 00:01:25.109 mom worked at the library she would take me to 00:01:25.109 --> 00:01:28.030 sit there and i would just burn cds all day long 00:01:28.030 --> 00:01:30.109 while i waited for her to be off her shift so 00:01:30.109 --> 00:01:34.459 well i'm gonna be perfectly honest Tonight is 00:01:34.459 --> 00:01:37.859 a first on my weekly mixtape as we are diving 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:42.180 into the world of video game soundtracks with 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:46.019 the extremely popular Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 00:01:46.019 --> 00:01:50.459 series. Now, the honesty part here, I have to 00:01:50.459 --> 00:01:54.959 make a confession. I have never played any of 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:58.879 the Tony Hawk games. However, I have friends 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:03.450 who have, and I'm very familiar. With the soundtracks 00:02:03.450 --> 00:02:06.269 and the music. So the first thing I want to do, 00:02:06.349 --> 00:02:09.550 Tom, is thank you for bringing a video game topic 00:02:09.550 --> 00:02:12.270 to the table because I have received a lot of 00:02:12.270 --> 00:02:15.490 requests for these in the past. And I'm always 00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:17.949 responding to them like, sure. And in my brain, 00:02:17.969 --> 00:02:23.090 I'm going, you've played Tetris and Tekken. Any 00:02:23.090 --> 00:02:25.729 button mashers you can think of is basically 00:02:25.729 --> 00:02:30.030 like my video game knowledge is so. 101. It's 00:02:30.030 --> 00:02:33.449 ridiculous. So I'd like to ask you, why did you 00:02:33.449 --> 00:02:35.990 choose the Tony Hawk series for tonight's topic? 00:02:36.349 --> 00:02:39.530 So for me, Tony Hawk was one of those things 00:02:39.530 --> 00:02:41.569 that, you know, as a kid, I liked the skateboard 00:02:41.569 --> 00:02:44.590 and I got super into the X Games. And I was right 00:02:44.590 --> 00:02:47.689 at that age, about six, seven years old when 00:02:47.689 --> 00:02:49.789 Tony Hawk started getting popular. I mean, he 00:02:49.789 --> 00:02:52.090 was doing bagel bites commercials. He was on 00:02:52.090 --> 00:02:55.430 TV constantly for everything other than skateboarding. 00:02:55.810 --> 00:02:59.210 And it was one of the first. game series I actually 00:02:59.210 --> 00:03:01.990 got. So I got a PlayStation given to me by my 00:03:01.990 --> 00:03:04.530 cousin when he got his first Xbox. And one of 00:03:04.530 --> 00:03:06.569 the first games I had with it was Tony Hawk's 00:03:06.569 --> 00:03:09.729 Pro Skater 3. And not having a lot of money growing 00:03:09.729 --> 00:03:11.870 up, my mom was like, you have three games, play 00:03:11.870 --> 00:03:15.110 them as much as you can. And it got burned into 00:03:15.110 --> 00:03:18.210 my mind. And when I started growing up, they 00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:20.650 were making Tony Hawk games every year. So you 00:03:20.650 --> 00:03:22.509 just buy the new game every year. And it was 00:03:22.509 --> 00:03:24.050 always something different, something unique. 00:03:24.250 --> 00:03:28.080 And it stuck with me. The soundtracks for Tony 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.900 Hawk games were what's opened me up to my music 00:03:31.900 --> 00:03:36.099 now. I mean, a lot of 80s California punk stuff. 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.819 So Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Circle Jerks all 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:41.599 came through those games. That's how I found 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:43.659 out about them. It's how I found out about Slayer 00:03:43.659 --> 00:03:47.020 and even like the Pixies and some of these alternative 00:03:47.020 --> 00:03:50.020 artists that I've come to love is due to this 00:03:50.020 --> 00:03:52.379 game's soundtrack over the years. It was always 00:03:52.379 --> 00:03:54.680 advancing and it always had something that would 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.780 catch my eye. Love it. Like I said, never played 00:03:57.780 --> 00:04:00.219 the games, but my buddies did. And I've always, 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:02.939 when we were hanging out back in the day, they 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:05.259 would have it on and the songs would be playing 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:10.159 and I would start chiming in with my music nerd 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:13.159 them over their game, which sometimes they didn't 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.780 appreciate. But sometimes they did, especially 00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:19.060 like, yo, what's that one again? That was where 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:22.519 my Tony Hawk skills came into play. I even own 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:26.220 the American Wasteland soundtrack on CD. For 00:04:26.220 --> 00:04:28.180 those of you that don't know, that soundtrack 00:04:28.180 --> 00:04:32.779 came out in the 2000s and it is chock full of 00:04:32.779 --> 00:04:36.480 punk cover songs, which even if you're not a 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:38.480 fan of the video game, this soundtrack was just 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:41.399 worth owning because it's got some classics on 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:45.720 it. So while I can't offer any commentary on 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.620 the actual game tonight, I'm going to leave that 00:04:48.620 --> 00:04:51.439 up to you, Tom, and I'll do my best to keep up 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:53.399 with you on the musical side of the spectrum. 00:04:53.819 --> 00:04:57.220 That is fair enough with me. And you are right 00:04:57.220 --> 00:05:00.459 that American Wasteland CD, it's one of the best 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:03.920 cover CDs I have heard. The only thing that tops 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:06.779 it for me is the four year strong cover CD that 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:09.399 they did of all the 90s and 2000s and did a pop 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:14.189 punk cover. Oh, my God. That is a killer album. 00:05:14.610 --> 00:05:18.470 It is one of my favorite albums to this day. 00:05:18.730 --> 00:05:22.509 And I hate to say it, their cover of So Much 00:05:22.509 --> 00:05:24.610 for the Afterglow is better than Everclear's. 00:05:24.810 --> 00:05:28.730 Ooh, I like that take. To me, Ironic is the go 00:05:28.730 --> 00:05:31.589 -to track on that album. Because the first time 00:05:31.589 --> 00:05:32.949 I heard it, I'm going, how are they going to 00:05:32.949 --> 00:05:34.730 approach Alanis? Like, what are they going to 00:05:34.730 --> 00:05:36.930 do here? And in the beginning, I'm going. Are 00:05:36.930 --> 00:05:39.009 they taking this seriously or it sounds like 00:05:39.009 --> 00:05:40.329 they're kidding. And then when it kicked into 00:05:40.329 --> 00:05:43.170 that first chorus, pin that pedal to the metal, 00:05:43.189 --> 00:05:46.170 go 100 miles an hour. And that's one of my favorite 00:05:46.170 --> 00:05:49.129 songs to work out to. I love it. It's so good. 00:05:49.149 --> 00:05:51.569 And that album, it had, I mean, even the She's 00:05:51.569 --> 00:05:54.430 So High cover that they did was absolutely incredible. 00:05:54.810 --> 00:05:57.430 Like I said, it's my favorite covers album and 00:05:57.430 --> 00:05:59.889 the American Wasteland is next to it. I mean, 00:05:59.910 --> 00:06:03.560 both are fantastic records. Well, let's get down 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.519 to Tony Hawk business. Tonight, as I mentioned 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:08.740 at the top of the show, Tom and I will be curating 00:06:08.740 --> 00:06:11.779 the ultimate Tony Hawk pro skater mixtape, and 00:06:11.779 --> 00:06:14.160 we'll use the old cassette deck approach. Maybe 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.060 it'll be one that Tom will find in his car like 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:20.240 he did growing up. Now, Tom, as my special guest, 00:06:20.300 --> 00:06:22.480 will begin side A with his first song choice, 00:06:22.699 --> 00:06:25.339 and then I'll add a song that I feel best follows 00:06:25.339 --> 00:06:27.579 up that choice. We'll then flip -flop choosing 00:06:27.579 --> 00:06:30.600 songs until we've mapped out 10 tracks for side 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.370 A. We'll then give our mixtape a proverbial flip 00:06:33.370 --> 00:06:35.790 and we'll map outside. Be only this time. I'll 00:06:35.790 --> 00:06:38.550 kick things off with Tom choosing second. Our 00:06:38.550 --> 00:06:41.170 overall goal for the episode is to craft the 00:06:41.170 --> 00:06:45.069 best Tony Hawk pro skater mixtape possible through 00:06:45.069 --> 00:06:47.990 only 20 songs. At the end of the show, you could 00:06:47.990 --> 00:06:50.649 take our conversation to the next level by visiting 00:06:50.649 --> 00:06:54.170 the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com to give 00:06:54.170 --> 00:06:56.709 our final mixtape a listen. via the embedded 00:06:56.709 --> 00:06:58.870 playlist. And if you like what you're hearing 00:06:58.870 --> 00:07:01.209 on the show, you can help me out by either telling 00:07:01.209 --> 00:07:03.810 a friend, leaving the show a five -star review 00:07:03.810 --> 00:07:07.310 wherever you're tuning in, or, like Tom, becoming 00:07:07.310 --> 00:07:10.430 a Patreon mixtaper at patreon .com forward slash 00:07:10.430 --> 00:07:14.149 myweeklymixtape. And a few of the mixtapers chimed 00:07:14.149 --> 00:07:17.089 in with songs they would use to kick off a Tony 00:07:17.089 --> 00:07:19.829 Hawk pro skater mixtape, and I want to give a 00:07:19.829 --> 00:07:23.009 shout -out to a few. Chad LaMassa chimed in with 00:07:23.009 --> 00:07:26.009 anthrax and public enemies bring the noise, saying 00:07:26.009 --> 00:07:29.490 full disclosure, like myself, he never played 00:07:29.490 --> 00:07:32.430 the games. Philip Bergman chimed in with can 00:07:32.430 --> 00:07:35.709 I kick it from a tribe called Quest, saying mixtape 00:07:35.709 --> 00:07:38.370 kickoffs and attention grabbers don't always 00:07:38.370 --> 00:07:41.629 have to start with both barrels blazing. Kind 00:07:41.629 --> 00:07:44.189 of like that approach. And that is a good one 00:07:44.189 --> 00:07:47.029 to pick. Yeah, right? Like that would just be 00:07:47.029 --> 00:07:51.240 a jam to kick things off. david owens chimed 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:54.319 in with power man 5000s when worlds collide and 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:57.860 he also brought up the connections to wwe which 00:07:57.860 --> 00:08:01.500 all i have to say about that is stay tuned david 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:05.819 oh i can't wait for that that one for me i'm 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:08.939 big wrestling nut too so that oh that could be 00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:11.779 good i have a few coals in the fire for that 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:14.860 one right now we'll see where that goes ben from 00:08:14.860 --> 00:08:17.439 the too vague podcast chimed in with dell the 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:21.220 funky homo sapiens if you must and tom hutchinson 00:08:21.220 --> 00:08:23.480 chimed actually wait never mind you're here i 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:27.899 can't read that tom with that musical food for 00:08:27.899 --> 00:08:29.740 thought out in the atmosphere i'm officially 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:32.360 pressing the record button on our mixtape and 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.639 turning things over to you why don't you dive 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:39.019 into the song you chose to kick off side a so 00:08:39.019 --> 00:08:42.039 this is a tough one for me It's going to come 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.039 down to a coin flip because there's two songs 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.200 that I love to pick. And I'm going to roll with 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.740 this coin flip here. And I know how I'm going 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:54.820 to start. So starting it off, it's a song that 00:08:54.820 --> 00:08:58.200 was kind of burned into the 2000s. And even if 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.000 you didn't play the Tony Hawk Pro Skater games, 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.139 you know this song. And that is 96 Quite Bitter 00:09:03.139 --> 00:09:06.919 Beings by CKY out of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3. 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:10.100 If you watch Jackass, you heard this song. If 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:13.559 you watch Bam Manjaro's CKY 2K tape, you know 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:17.279 this song. If you watched MTV at all in the 2000s, 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:19.799 you heard this song. And that riff to open the 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:24.100 song will rip your face off. And it is a pedal 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:26.879 to the metal, let's go type of start to this 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.460 mixtape. Love where you're going with this, Tom. 00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:33.100 Anybody who watches Jackass should be familiar 00:09:33.100 --> 00:09:36.840 with CKY. I feel like CKY, those videos they 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:39.799 put out in the 90s, was kind of the humble beginnings 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:44.340 of where Jackass went. And the music just speaks 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:49.120 to that show's nature. And I can't, again, attest 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:52.820 to how it would fit in with the game. But knowing 00:09:52.820 --> 00:09:55.460 the song and knowing the heft you're going with 00:09:55.460 --> 00:10:00.299 to kick things off. Now I have the tough choice 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:04.559 of how to follow that up. And I think I'm going 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:07.100 to lean into the punk side of things a little 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:10.379 bit. And you said the track that you chose was 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:13.620 from Tony Hawk's pro skater three. All right. 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.500 I'm going to jump up one game and go to Tony 00:10:16.500 --> 00:10:19.860 Hawk's pro skater four and go with another song 00:10:19.860 --> 00:10:24.850 that at least for me. was a big part of the 2000s. 00:10:24.850 --> 00:10:29.230 One of my favorite songs of the decade and a 00:10:29.230 --> 00:10:31.870 band that I've gotten to see live many, many 00:10:31.870 --> 00:10:34.929 times. And every time I've seen them, it's blown 00:10:34.929 --> 00:10:39.769 me away. Flogging Molly from the 2002 album of 00:10:39.769 --> 00:10:43.129 the same name, the title track, Drunken Lullabies. 00:10:43.269 --> 00:10:47.029 My thought is coming out of 96 quite bitter beings. 00:10:47.429 --> 00:10:51.980 The song ends. And then you've got and it just 00:10:51.980 --> 00:10:54.980 kicks into that punk vibe. And it's yes, it's 00:10:54.980 --> 00:10:57.720 bringing that Irish style of punk into it. But 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:00.379 I'm just picturing that this was a punk concert 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:03.100 that we were at. My God, that second song, The 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:06.879 Roof, would just explode. And it's just such 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:09.700 an amazing track. Dave King, the lead singer 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:15.080 of Flogging Molly, sang for Fastway in the 1980s. 00:11:15.529 --> 00:11:20.009 the 80s hair metal sound if you listen to fastway 00:11:20.009 --> 00:11:22.850 and then you follow it up with a flogging molly 00:11:22.850 --> 00:11:28.289 song you might think i'm lying but he is a ridiculous 00:11:28.289 --> 00:11:31.769 singer and this is just a killer song so flogging 00:11:31.769 --> 00:11:35.049 molly's drunken lullabies no no it's it's definitely 00:11:35.049 --> 00:11:37.190 one of my favorites it's actually the first flogging 00:11:37.190 --> 00:11:40.490 molly song i heard and i learned that whole fastway 00:11:40.490 --> 00:11:43.309 bit from your podcast i didn't know that ever 00:11:43.870 --> 00:11:47.370 And I dug into it and I was like, no way. So 00:11:47.370 --> 00:11:50.529 my mind's been blown twice over that fact. It 00:11:50.529 --> 00:11:53.950 still cracks me up. But that's a awesome follow 00:11:53.950 --> 00:11:56.909 up. Now I got to pick that up. And that's, you 00:11:56.909 --> 00:11:58.990 know, I want to stay in that punk vibe. And I 00:11:58.990 --> 00:12:03.210 have a lot of it on this list. Ah, where do I 00:12:03.210 --> 00:12:07.429 want to go? Where do I want to go? All right. 00:12:07.570 --> 00:12:10.889 So I am going to stay in the punk realm, but 00:12:10.889 --> 00:12:13.679 I'm going to speed it up. And I'm going to go 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:18.000 up to Tony Hawk's Proving Ground from 2007. And 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.559 I am going to go with Banned in D .C. by the 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:26.159 Bad Brains. Now, this album, this song is one 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:29.720 of my personal favorites. It's fast. It's loud. 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:33.159 It gets people going. And it has that same style 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.159 of drive that Drunken Lullabies has where everybody 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.980 knows the song. And you can imagine yourself 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:42.259 in a pit just pushing and shoving each other 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:45.360 around and having a good time. And it really 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:47.500 replicates the whole Skate and Destroy type of 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:50.639 vibe. And that's what I'm going after. So, like 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.179 I said, Band in D .C. by the Bad Brains. I mean, 00:12:54.220 --> 00:12:57.779 you're going legendary punk here. Bad Brains, 00:12:57.820 --> 00:13:00.240 to me, are one of the most underrated punk bands 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:05.179 maybe ever. They're so influential. Done so much 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:08.139 for the scene and inspired so many countless 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:12.120 bands. I am so happy that they made the list 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:16.340 tonight. Like that is frigging perfect. And what 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:21.320 a one, two, three punch we have here. CKY, Flogging 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:25.309 Molly, and Bad Brains. All right. I'm going to 00:13:25.309 --> 00:13:27.710 bring a little Jersey into this. Okay. Okay. 00:13:27.809 --> 00:13:30.110 Let's see what you got. I'm going to stick with 00:13:30.110 --> 00:13:32.429 Tony Hawk's pro skater for, I don't know why. 00:13:32.509 --> 00:13:34.429 Apparently this might be one of the games I should 00:13:34.429 --> 00:13:36.230 probably start with. Cause a lot of the songs 00:13:36.230 --> 00:13:39.269 I picked came from four and I'm going to give 00:13:39.269 --> 00:13:42.490 a shout out to one of New Jersey's finest punk 00:13:42.490 --> 00:13:45.769 bands, the bouncing souls. And I'm going to go 00:13:45.769 --> 00:13:50.070 with Mantham off of 2001 is how I spent my summer 00:13:50.070 --> 00:13:55.879 vacation. This song to me. it's fun and obnoxious 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:58.919 punk. Everybody's screaming the always over and 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:02.740 over together. I could just feel me and my buddies 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:04.860 together with our arms around each other, singing 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:07.419 this chorus, just dance and having a great time. 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:10.559 This is just, it's literally what the song is 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:12.740 about. It's about me and the boys, man, just 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:16.840 having a night out. And it's so anthemic in its 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.529 delivery. It takes that dropkick Murphy style 00:14:20.529 --> 00:14:23.929 of just sing along, except pulls the Irishness 00:14:23.929 --> 00:14:27.330 out of it and just injects that Jersey swagger. 00:14:27.509 --> 00:14:30.110 And I think that's why the bouncing souls are 00:14:30.110 --> 00:14:33.870 so iconic to me, at least in punk rock, because 00:14:33.870 --> 00:14:37.929 they're not the quote unquote Jersey shore thing 00:14:37.929 --> 00:14:41.070 that the rest of the country thinks New Jersey's 00:14:41.070 --> 00:14:44.070 all about. The bouncing souls are what New Jersey's 00:14:44.070 --> 00:14:48.639 all about. And it's such an. a great song. I 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.799 mean, I played Tony Hawk's first year for love 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:54.120 the game and the soundtrack is probably the best 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.620 one out of all the games. Like to this day, it 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:59.539 gets played very heavily in my Spotify playlist 00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:02.860 rotation. And Anthem is one of those songs that 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:05.159 you just hear it and it comes on and you just 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.879 want to sing with it and you know all the words 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.679 to it and it just makes you feel alive. And it's 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:13.639 a song that I've gotten to see them play live 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:17.320 and it is a blast to see it done. Yeah, I'm kind 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:21.440 of torn between Mantham and Argyle for my favorite 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.759 Bouncing Souls track. It's really tough. Both 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.419 are very fantastic song and it's just a fun band. 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:29.899 Like you just can't be in a bad mood listening 00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:33.259 to the Bouncing Souls. No, I challenge anybody 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:35.919 out there. Put on some Bouncing Souls and see 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:42.039 if you could sulk through it. All right, so we 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:44.159 are going to go into the next song. And this 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.899 is going to be a weird one because I'm debating 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:49.919 how I want to do this, but I know where I want 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:54.320 to go. And this is going to stay with probably 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:59.019 my favorite band that I have. And that song would 00:15:59.019 --> 00:16:02.279 be Rise Above by Black Flag off the Tony Hawk's 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:05.480 American Wasteland soundtrack. This is a band 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:10.159 that I adore. Henry Rollins is a fantastic person. 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:13.299 Love to learn about him. But this song is one 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:16.440 of those songs that you sing along with. It hits 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.159 you in the face. It's fast. It's fun. And it 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:22.539 comes right out of Mantham with the same sing 00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:26.240 along type of beat and just fun for everyone. 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:30.879 Man, we are pulling out iconic punk in this first 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:35.120 half here. Black Flag, Henry Rollins. And I mean. 00:16:35.690 --> 00:16:39.429 This is probably a perfect song to encapsulate 00:16:39.429 --> 00:16:42.850 what Black Flag is to punk rock. 100%. I can't 00:16:42.850 --> 00:16:45.429 compare it to what it is to the game, but to 00:16:45.429 --> 00:16:49.129 me, Bad Brains, Bouncing Souls, and Black Flag, 00:16:49.370 --> 00:16:52.909 that's just down and dirty punk the way it ought 00:16:52.909 --> 00:16:55.970 to be. I love where this is heading right now. 00:16:57.179 --> 00:17:00.000 It's a good start, and there's still a few more 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.379 that I could pull out. Depending on how you go, 00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:05.460 we could make this a whole punk mixtape on the 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:08.559 first side. All right, let's do that then. We're 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:11.559 going with iconic punk here. I'm going to go 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:15.180 off of Tony Hawk's Shred Game from their 2004 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:18.000 album Sex, Love, and Rock and Roll. Reach for 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.119 the Sky. Let's get some social distortion in 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:24.259 there. Mike Ness, iconic frontman, iconic band. 00:17:25.210 --> 00:17:29.009 I can't say enough good things about Social Distortion. 00:17:29.309 --> 00:17:33.109 When I discovered them, it was their self -titled 00:17:33.109 --> 00:17:36.349 album with Ball and Chain. So I was quote unquote 00:17:36.349 --> 00:17:39.029 late to the party, but I was also only 11, 12 00:17:39.029 --> 00:17:42.430 years old at the time. And Ball and Chain blew 00:17:42.430 --> 00:17:45.190 my mind because to me, it was different than 00:17:45.190 --> 00:17:47.549 anything that was being played on the radio and 00:17:47.549 --> 00:17:50.029 on MTV at the time. So I went out and got the 00:17:50.029 --> 00:17:54.359 album and I would. Pretty much say that between 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:57.480 the misfits and social distortion, that was my 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:01.140 earliest introductions into punk rock. And I 00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:02.819 don't think I could have gotten a better education. 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:05.500 That self -titled album to me is a masterpiece. 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:08.140 But then you fast forward all the way to 2004, 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:11.539 sex, love and rock and roll between nickels and 00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:15.039 dimes and footprints on the ceiling. And then 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.559 this opening track again, I'm a sucker for album 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:20.619 openers, but. Reach for the Sky, Social Distortion, 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:24.400 Mike Ness at his finest. Yeah, and in Social 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:27.460 Distortion is fantastic. The Ring of Fire cover 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:30.119 is one of the best out there. But the song that 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.059 got my attention from Social Distortion was Far 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:37.039 Behind. Oh, yeah. Great song, but it's later 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:40.759 on in Social Distortion's discography and people 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:43.099 are like, oh, it's not really. true social distortion, 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:45.619 but I remember that song being played on alternative 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:49.460 radio, the local station in Detroit, 89 X, and 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:51.680 it would come on and I'd be like, Oh my God, 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:54.599 this is awesome. What is this? And I found out 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:57.880 who social distortion was. And I did some digging 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:00.380 and found out that like blink one 82 love these 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:02.940 guys. And I love blink one 82 at the time. And 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:05.500 I was like, I got to dive in. And you're right. 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:08.509 That's self -titled album. Fantastic. The cover 00:19:08.509 --> 00:19:10.529 is burned into my mind. Everybody knows what 00:19:10.529 --> 00:19:13.470 it looks like. The ball and chain. God, Story 00:19:13.470 --> 00:19:17.569 of My Life. I mean, just fantastic music. And 00:19:17.569 --> 00:19:20.690 one of my favorite bands to just put on and put 00:19:20.690 --> 00:19:23.309 in the background. They don't disappoint. And 00:19:23.309 --> 00:19:26.410 they're so iconic and so influential. Even bands 00:19:26.410 --> 00:19:29.829 like Real Big Fish. Real Big Fish has a ska cover 00:19:29.829 --> 00:19:33.670 of Story of My Life done in like the two -tone 00:19:33.670 --> 00:19:37.460 ska style. And believe it or not, It works real 00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:40.119 well, and they wouldn't have covered it if they 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:43.259 weren't influenced and a fan of Social D. And 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:46.539 yeah, iconic, iconic, iconic. This is a heavy 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:50.099 hitting punk side, man. It is. And I'm about 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:53.779 to turn it up to 11 with the next one. So this 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:57.559 is a song off the first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:00.720 game and a song that surprised everybody that 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:03.740 was on this game. And that would be Police Truck 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:08.460 by the Dead Kennedys. opening riff and just jello's 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:12.440 vocals just shredding into you and just listening 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:14.980 to it and everybody goes oh it's just you know 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:17.240 it's a song it's all about police corruption 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:21.259 and just putting the man down but it is so iconic 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:25.599 that opening riff probably one of the most iconic 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:30.039 dead kennedy riffs i mean they have so many but 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:33.019 it made the game for a reason i feel like the 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:35.890 songs that made this game are the dare I use 00:20:35.890 --> 00:20:40.089 creme de la creme for these bands because Tony 00:20:40.089 --> 00:20:43.910 Hawk came from this scene. This was the music 00:20:43.910 --> 00:20:47.170 that he enjoyed. I know that much about Tony 00:20:47.170 --> 00:20:51.309 Hawk having not played the game to know that 00:20:51.309 --> 00:20:54.029 these are songs that are important to him as 00:20:54.029 --> 00:20:56.069 a person. He wasn't just out there licensing. 00:20:56.990 --> 00:21:00.329 any band to throw on there. This is diving deep 00:21:00.329 --> 00:21:03.250 into punk's history. And that shows that there 00:21:03.250 --> 00:21:05.630 was an admiration and a love for it. And that 00:21:05.630 --> 00:21:09.890 speaks volumes for why, when people talk about 00:21:09.890 --> 00:21:13.630 video game soundtracks, why this series is one 00:21:13.630 --> 00:21:16.990 of the first ones to come up. Oh, yeah. And I 00:21:16.990 --> 00:21:20.569 hate to say it. Dead Kennedys was all anti -establishment. 00:21:20.609 --> 00:21:23.410 They wanted to be that way. And they didn't license 00:21:23.410 --> 00:21:27.230 music almost ever. And if they did, Jello would 00:21:27.230 --> 00:21:29.430 slap them down and be like, we're not doing that. 00:21:29.569 --> 00:21:31.210 You know, I'm out of the band, but you're not 00:21:31.210 --> 00:21:33.329 going to do that with our music. And for this 00:21:33.329 --> 00:21:36.250 song to get licensed in the Tony Hawk series, 00:21:36.589 --> 00:21:39.470 strings were pulled. It was not easy for them 00:21:39.470 --> 00:21:43.170 to get this song put on this game. And it's a 00:21:43.170 --> 00:21:46.230 song that when I think of it, my brain automatically 00:21:46.230 --> 00:21:48.470 goes back to that first game. I mean, I even 00:21:48.470 --> 00:21:51.490 have the whole first game soundtrack on vinyl. 00:21:51.549 --> 00:21:54.369 That's how much I love this soundtrack. It's 00:21:54.369 --> 00:21:58.589 awesome. Well, I'm going to follow up Police 00:21:58.589 --> 00:22:03.130 Truck with another amazing punk band covered 00:22:03.130 --> 00:22:07.910 by, for at least me in New Jersey, a local favorite 00:22:07.910 --> 00:22:10.369 because this band is from Long Island, New York, 00:22:10.369 --> 00:22:14.710 and cut their teeth in the tri -state area. And 00:22:14.710 --> 00:22:17.549 the band that they're covering came on the American 00:22:17.549 --> 00:22:20.529 Wasteland soundtrack, the one that I had mentioned 00:22:20.529 --> 00:22:22.950 at the top of the show I have on CD. And that 00:22:22.950 --> 00:22:26.599 band is one of my... favorite punk bands growing 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:31.559 up, the Descendants. I drew Milo on every single 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:35.759 notebook that I had at school. When you used 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.900 to have to wrap your books with the paper bags, 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:41.599 I'd always make sure Milo was somewhere on it. 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:45.680 And on the American Wasteland soundtrack, Taking 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:49.480 Back Sunday did a medley of Suburban Home into 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:54.109 I Like Food. Yes, yes, yes. This is just one 00:22:54.109 --> 00:22:56.549 of my favorite covers because Descendants are 00:22:56.549 --> 00:22:59.269 so fast, so furious and so heavy. And Taking 00:22:59.269 --> 00:23:01.809 Back Sunday brought that energy, brought their 00:23:01.809 --> 00:23:06.589 style to it, upped the ampage just enough where 00:23:06.589 --> 00:23:10.890 it wasn't overboard because the Descendants have 00:23:10.890 --> 00:23:13.869 a specific sound to their punk. And if you go 00:23:13.869 --> 00:23:15.970 too heavy, you might blow it out of the water. 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:19.619 But taking back Sunday's cover of Suburban Home 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:23.759 and I Like Food is right up there for me as face 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:27.140 -to -face's cover of Bikage. Like to me, those 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:29.640 are your – if you're going to cover the Descendants, 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:33.160 these are the crown jewels of Descendants covers. 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:38.880 And I Like Food, so frigging fun. Just puts a 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.140 smile on my face every time I hear it. So taking 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:44.539 back Sunday's medley of Suburban Home and I Like 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:49.000 Food. Food tastes good. Fantastic choice, Brian. 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:51.039 I mean, Taking Back Sunday is one of my personal 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:53.900 favorite bands. I mean, you can't say anything 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:57.240 they did in the early 2000s was bad. And Descendants, 00:23:57.339 --> 00:24:00.640 another band that blew my mind when I got to 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.359 see them live. And they still brought the energy. 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:06.160 And they're old guys. And they're telling you 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:08.500 they're old guys. And we're not moving like we 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:11.839 are. And they still blew the doors off the place 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:14.910 I saw them. So where are we at with songs? What 00:24:14.910 --> 00:24:17.970 number are we on? Is this seven or is this track 00:24:17.970 --> 00:24:21.069 nine? We have one song each for Side A. We have 00:24:21.069 --> 00:24:23.930 blown this thing apart. This has gone quick. 00:24:24.269 --> 00:24:28.109 Let me go through my list here. Oh, man, there's 00:24:28.109 --> 00:24:31.250 so many good songs, but I don't want to want 00:24:31.250 --> 00:24:34.029 to make a bad vibe out of this. You know, we're 00:24:34.029 --> 00:24:37.170 having fun. This is a punk mixtape. This is what 00:24:37.170 --> 00:24:39.269 you would hear at the skate park, what you would 00:24:39.269 --> 00:24:42.200 hear. And any of these games and any of these 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:45.359 songs would catch your attention. All right, 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:47.799 I know where I'm going to go on this. Another 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:51.759 punk band, not their most well -known song, but 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:55.160 my personal favorite. And that would be Added 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:57.940 Up by the Violent Femmes off the Tony Hawk's 00:24:57.940 --> 00:25:02.299 Underground 2 soundtrack. Yes! The start of that 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:07.039 song, the day after day, it just draws you in 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:11.259 slowly. And then the pace starts moving and you 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:13.900 start going. And by the end of the song, it is 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:17.200 a full blown punk song, but it starts out mellow 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:19.700 and it catches your attention and you don't know 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:22.519 what it is. But by the end of it, you're like, 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:26.740 holy, how did that blow my mind? What is going 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:30.200 on? And for me, I didn't even realize it was 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:33.259 the same band that sang Blister in the Sun when 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:35.440 I found that out. I thought it was two different 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:39.769 bands. I am going to go with that. Added Up by 00:25:39.769 --> 00:25:43.710 the Violent Femmes. Added Up. Added Up. Day after 00:25:43.710 --> 00:25:47.569 day. Love it. Yes. And the Violent Femmes are 00:25:47.569 --> 00:25:50.829 one of those bands that a lot of people sadly 00:25:50.829 --> 00:25:54.869 only know for Blister in the Sun. And I love 00:25:54.869 --> 00:25:56.750 Blister in the Sun. Colburn and Company has been 00:25:56.750 --> 00:25:59.269 performing that since day one. Because I'll tell 00:25:59.269 --> 00:26:02.549 you, it doesn't matter the room you're in. People 00:26:02.549 --> 00:26:07.000 light up. And the smile and joy you see on their 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:09.759 face, whether it's people from that grew up in 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:12.839 the 80s that grew up with the original run or 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:16.940 90s kids grew up with the song through its inclusion 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:20.140 in my so -called life. When Claire Danes was 00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:22.759 dancing around to it, it brought the song back 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:25.519 a decade later and made it iconic for a whole 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:29.019 new generation. So the fact that they touched 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:31.640 on something deeper in the catalog, again, from 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:34.500 that self -titled album, but still. a classic 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:36.859 song, anything that you could do to point to 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:38.819 the Violent Femmes music, I think is a plus. 00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:42.539 And I'm so glad you did that. I had a song I 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:45.519 thought would end the side. However, now that 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:48.440 you took it to Violent Femmes territory, I'm 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:51.160 going to switch it up and save the song I was 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:54.019 thinking about putting here, maybe putting that 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:57.299 for side two, because following up the Violent 00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:59.460 Femmes, I have a song on my list that's just 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:04.910 ideal. From Tony Hawk's Project 8. I'm going 00:27:04.910 --> 00:27:11.089 to go back to 1988. And sadly, we just lost the 00:27:11.089 --> 00:27:15.029 alternative country icon, Mojo Nixon. And if 00:27:15.029 --> 00:27:17.109 you don't have Mojo Nixon, then your store could 00:27:17.109 --> 00:27:20.730 use some fixin'. From 1988's Beelzebub, a dead 00:27:20.730 --> 00:27:24.630 milkman, punk rock girl to close out Side A. 00:27:24.869 --> 00:27:27.509 I'm just thinking about the ending of that song. 00:27:27.869 --> 00:27:33.000 Just you and me. punk rocker, like just to close 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:35.900 out this side. Perfection. I have the biggest 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:38.720 smile on my face right now. You can't, the Violent 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:40.740 Femmes and Dead Milkman, if you are listening 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:43.960 to this, please do a tour together. How frigging 00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:46.200 amazing would those two be on a lineup together? 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:49.319 Oh, it would, it would be one of the better shows 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:52.200 I've seen in my life, but that song, oh God, 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:55.160 I remember playing Project 8 and I remember my 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:57.960 cousin had it and we were camping and I borrowed 00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:00.079 it from him and I was like, I haven't played 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.880 this one yet. Can I borrow your copy? He's like, 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.420 sure, sure. Take it home. And I remember playing 00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:06.819 the game and you go through and you unlock characters. 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:09.200 And I remember there's one female skater in the 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:12.140 whole game. And that woman is married to Travis 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:15.759 Vistrana now. Fun fact. But in her skate video 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:18.259 to bring her entrance into the game, they use 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:20.299 punk rock girl. And I was like, what is this 00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:24.900 song? Who is this band? And it got me hooked 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:27.730 on him. And that song. burned into my head and 00:28:27.730 --> 00:28:30.609 the first thing I saw when Mojo Nixon did pass 00:28:30.609 --> 00:28:33.329 was that's the first thing I heard was you're 00:28:33.329 --> 00:28:35.670 snorting all you got Mojo Nixon then your store 00:28:35.670 --> 00:28:37.890 could use some fixing it's burned into my head 00:28:37.890 --> 00:28:41.230 but that whole song is full of just classic fun 00:28:41.230 --> 00:28:44.869 lines about talking about stolen cars going to 00:28:44.869 --> 00:28:47.710 dinner with parents that dislike you it's such 00:28:47.710 --> 00:28:51.799 a fun song and a perfect ending brian you killed 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:55.880 that one well i appreciate it and i do want to 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:57.819 throw out there if you're a fan of the original 00:28:57.819 --> 00:29:02.759 diesel boy does an incredible cover of this song 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:07.940 on their album sofa king cool say it fast enough 00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:12.500 you'll figure it out came out in 1999 they do 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:16.069 a full throttle punk version of this song Guns 00:29:16.069 --> 00:29:19.029 blazing, amped up the energy. So it's a totally 00:29:19.029 --> 00:29:21.349 different vibe than the original, but you could 00:29:21.349 --> 00:29:24.529 tell how much they love the dead milkman in their 00:29:24.529 --> 00:29:27.309 version. So definitely worth checking out. And 00:29:27.309 --> 00:29:31.009 there you have it, folks. Side A of the ultimate 00:29:31.009 --> 00:29:34.670 Tony Hawk pro skater mixtape, which consists 00:29:34.670 --> 00:29:39.910 of CKY's 96 quite bitter beings, flogging Molly's 00:29:39.910 --> 00:29:43.880 drunken lullabies, bad brains, band in DC. The 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:47.319 Bouncing Souls Anthem, Black Flags Rise Above, 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:51.380 Social Distortions Reach for the Sky, Dead Kennedy's 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:54.579 Police Truck, Taking Back Sunday's Suburban Home, 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:58.279 I Like Food, Violent Femmes Add It Up, and Dead 00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:02.539 Milk Men's Punk Rock Girl. Head over to myweeklymixtape 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:05.160 .com to hear all the songs we've discussed in 00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:08.220 this mix through the playlist embedded on the 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:13.079 episode page. So Tom, we really... Brought the 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:17.319 punk for side A of this Tony Hawk Pro Skater 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:21.599 mixtape, man. Yeah, it is a killer side. That 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:25.039 is one of those that, you know, SST used to do 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:27.960 all these compilations of all these songs, you 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:30.000 know, back in the day. That is what that reminds 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.019 me of is just a couple songs from this couple 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:36.160 songs from that. And you just enjoy it no matter 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:39.700 what front to back. Now, from doing my research 00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:42.539 on. these soundtracks and going through all of 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:45.660 them. I know that Tony Hawk does have stuff outside 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:49.380 of punk. So I think to start off side B, I'm 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:52.099 going to veer us a little bit away from punk 00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:54.980 because the beautiful thing about a mixtape, 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:57.259 one side could be one thing and one side could 00:30:57.259 --> 00:31:00.480 be a completely different story. And what I'm 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:03.519 going to do is start off with something that 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:07.140 was featured on Tony Hawk's pro skater one plus 00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:10.990 two soundtrack. Okay. And it came out in 1991 00:31:10.990 --> 00:31:15.369 on two separate albums by two different bands 00:31:15.369 --> 00:31:18.809 that I was a huge fan of. Two different bands 00:31:18.809 --> 00:31:22.230 from two completely different genres. Two different 00:31:22.230 --> 00:31:27.309 bands that I didn't know if it would work when 00:31:27.309 --> 00:31:31.410 I read that this song was forthcoming. And in 00:31:31.410 --> 00:31:35.829 1991, Anthrax and Public Enemy blew my frigging 00:31:35.829 --> 00:31:39.660 mind. By covering Public Enemy's Bring the Noise 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:43.559 for Anthrax's 1991 compilation, Attack of the 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.799 Killer Bees, as well as Public Enemy's Apocalypse 00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:51.099 91, The Enemy Strikes Black album. This song 00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:55.900 to me was a game changer. Yes, I understand that 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:59.599 Run DMC and Aerosmith's Walk This Way came first. 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:05.700 But I truly believe that this collaboration. 00:32:06.829 --> 00:32:09.869 and the collaboration of Aerosmith and Run DMC 00:32:09.869 --> 00:32:14.769 are what helped birth Nu Metal. I don't think 00:32:14.769 --> 00:32:17.630 you get bands like Limp Bizkit if you don't get 00:32:17.630 --> 00:32:21.250 this collaboration and Aerosmith and Run DMC. 00:32:21.369 --> 00:32:24.250 This collaboration to me is an important moment 00:32:24.250 --> 00:32:26.910 in music. And I mean, come on, how better to 00:32:26.910 --> 00:32:29.529 kick off a side with bass? How low could you 00:32:29.529 --> 00:32:32.750 go? Let's go right into side B, Anthrax and Public 00:32:32.750 --> 00:32:37.480 Enemy. Bring the noise. So for me, Awesome song. 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.599 Love Anthrax. Love Scott Ian. I mean, they are 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:43.119 one of the four pioneers of thrash metal with 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:47.299 Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth. And you don't 00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:50.119 get any better, but you also have Public Enemy. 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:54.220 And Public Enemy had been featured before in 00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:57.039 a Tony Hawk game, but it wasn't really, quote 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:59.119 unquote, in the game. It was the menu music, 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:01.519 but it was by the time I get to Arizona. You 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.119 know, that's burned into my head. You get two 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:07.380 fantastic, super huge bands at the time and they 00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:11.380 do this together and the song just pounds. I 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:14.200 mean, there is nothing bad about that from Scott 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:18.160 Ian playing his mind off in that song. And like 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:20.420 you said, Chuck D just having fun with it. It 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:23.880 is a perfect kickoff song. This is going to be 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:28.000 a tough follow up, Brian. I had one in my wheelhouse 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:31.269 I was going to start with in that. That is a 00:33:31.269 --> 00:33:36.809 curveball here. Okay, let's take a look. Well, 00:33:36.930 --> 00:33:42.849 hmm. If we're going to go iconic hard riffs, 00:33:43.029 --> 00:33:47.089 this is tough because there is two songs right 00:33:47.089 --> 00:33:50.250 here that I could pick, and they would both kind 00:33:50.250 --> 00:33:53.549 of fit. But I'm going to go with the latter, 00:33:53.690 --> 00:33:57.250 and I'm going to start off with one of my favorite 00:33:57.250 --> 00:34:00.640 bands, and that would be Motley Crue. And the 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:04.039 song is Livewire off the Tony Hawk American Wasteland 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:07.940 soundtrack. This song is my favorite Motley Crue 00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:13.460 song. The McMars just bring in hard guitar riff 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:16.300 to start it off. And then the cowbell at the 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:19.420 end of the song, just chiming it all up. It fits 00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:22.420 the hard driving. You have the high vocals and 00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:26.239 it's not necessarily a metal. It's more of like 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:28.019 a hair metal. So it's a little bit peaceful. 00:34:28.590 --> 00:34:31.110 And I figure we can get a good run out of this, 00:34:31.150 --> 00:34:33.789 maybe transact into something different. All 00:34:33.789 --> 00:34:37.449 right. That riff again, that's an iconic riff. 00:34:37.710 --> 00:34:41.630 You don't get a future of Motley Crue without 00:34:41.630 --> 00:34:44.829 this song. This song is one of the pieces that 00:34:44.829 --> 00:34:48.929 really helped launch their career. It's Mick 00:34:48.929 --> 00:34:52.610 Mars doing what he does best. And I'll just say, 00:34:52.670 --> 00:34:55.130 I don't know if I'd want to see it live anymore. 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:59.079 It was not good when I saw it live. It was not 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:03.820 good. I love Motley Crue. Let me be very clear. 00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:08.659 I love Motley Crue. I grew up with them. Dr. 00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:11.199 Feelgood was an iconic album for me at a time 00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:17.000 when I was discovering music for myself. It's 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:22.219 hard to justify dropping hundreds of dollars 00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:29.150 to hear Vince. not do the songs justice. I like 00:35:29.150 --> 00:35:31.570 being positive on this show. So I'm trying to 00:35:31.570 --> 00:35:33.929 find a way. Let's just put it this way. Go on 00:35:33.929 --> 00:35:38.349 YouTube and look up, kickstart my heart live 00:35:38.349 --> 00:35:44.170 with subtitles. And you'll see what Tom has seen 00:35:44.170 --> 00:35:48.869 live in concert as of recent, but the song incredible. 00:35:49.130 --> 00:35:51.630 And if you're a country music fan listening, 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:55.300 I highly suggest you look up the Cadillac 3's 00:35:55.300 --> 00:36:00.000 cover of Livewire that came out in 2014 when 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:02.500 Motley Crue did the Nashville Outlaws album. 00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:07.599 They do a southern swamp country rock version 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.980 of Livewire, and they completely flipped the 00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:13.659 song on its ear, and it actually works. I friggin' 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:16.340 love it. It feels like two different songs back 00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:19.519 to back, and that to me is a good cover. Brian, 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:21.659 you blow my mind with these covers. Every time 00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:23.900 you give me something new and I look it up and 00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:26.260 I'm like, he knows what he's talking about. I 00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:29.739 mean, from the Madonna cover by H2O. I mean, 00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:32.820 that has been one of my favorite songs. And now 00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:35.599 to this, you do this to me. And now I have a 00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:39.000 whole covers playlist because of your show. So 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:42.340 add it to the list now. There you go. And I'll 00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:44.460 even throw one more on top of there with my next 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:46.980 song. The cover I'm going to mention right now, 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.760 I'll just say the band name that covers it, Drain 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:53.380 STH. They were around in the 90s. They're like 00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:57.360 a female answer to Alice in Chains. However, 00:36:57.619 --> 00:37:00.420 the song I'm going with, I'm going to tap into 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:04.059 the energy of Bring the Noise and Livewire. And 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:06.659 we're going to go with another iconic monster 00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:10.460 riff, another legendary band. And I'm going to 00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:13.980 go back to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. And we're 00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:18.039 going to go with the legendary Lemmy Motorhead 00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:24.119 1980s Ace of Spades. To me, I was actually thinking 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:28.300 about closing side A with this song and it would 00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:30.860 have worked. I know Motorhead's not a punk band, 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:33.980 but they are a metal band with punk all put together. 00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:36.619 It's Lemmy. He could do whatever the hell he 00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:39.739 wants. He could call Motorhead a polka band and 00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:41.940 you'd be like, you're right. It is. I'll take 00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:45.900 it. It's fine. Motorhead is the epitome of what 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:49.300 I love about rock and roll. And the Ace of Spades 00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:54.199 is just a legendary rock song, period. No matter 00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:57.940 the game, no matter the genre, all genres, hard 00:37:57.940 --> 00:38:03.340 rock, metal, punk, they all look to bands like 00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:06.179 Motorhead for an inspiration. And the fact that 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:09.679 you could inspire multiple genres makes you a 00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:12.639 legend. And it's Lemmy. Gotta be on the list. 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:15.920 I am so glad you picked that as the follow -up, 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:18.059 because that was the song I was touring with 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:20.900 with LiveWire. I didn't know. That was the two 00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:22.900 songs. I was going back and forth, and I said, 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:25.320 you know what? Ace of Spades would be a great 00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:27.760 follow -up, because that bass riff, it just eats 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:30.599 at you. But the LiveWire guitar riff will get 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:33.639 people from Anthrax. It'll tone it down just 00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:36.480 a little bit, but it's that sweet spot. But here 00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:39.119 we go. You're putting that car into fourth gear, 00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:41.619 and you're just pounding on the gas now. Here 00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:45.820 we go. Oh, God, such a good choice. But now this 00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:48.760 is where it gets fun. And I know exactly where 00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:52.840 I am going out of this. And that song is one 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:56.800 of my personal favorites. And it is the opening 00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:59.639 theme to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. And that is 00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:04.219 TNT by ACDC. I hear this song and I want to run 00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:08.420 through a brick wall. The opening video for Tony 00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:12.030 Hawk's Pro Skater 4 uses this song. And it just 00:39:12.030 --> 00:39:16.190 still blows my mind how well it was done. But 00:39:16.190 --> 00:39:20.969 this is the first ACDC song I remember. And I 00:39:20.969 --> 00:39:24.349 loved it ever since. And it is a perfect follow 00:39:24.349 --> 00:39:27.510 up to the Ace of Spades. One of my first favorite 00:39:27.510 --> 00:39:32.210 bands, ACDC, 1976 is High Voltage. As a kid, 00:39:32.269 --> 00:39:35.670 I just remember being three and vividly remember 00:39:35.670 --> 00:39:38.389 being three and four years old, like the toddler. 00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:41.300 We'd go over my aunt's house and my cousin would 00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:44.659 always be rocking ACDC. And I always asked him 00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:48.300 to put on the Oi, Oi, Oi song. And he would put 00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:50.440 it on and I would just start stomping around 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:56.659 the room. Just Oi, Oi. And I loved this song. 00:39:56.760 --> 00:40:00.059 I am so happy you put it into this mix. The first 00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:02.940 time I saw them play it live, I'm literally sitting 00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:04.679 there with my buddies and you've got our hands 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.199 up in the air and we're like this. And then I'm 00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:10.400 kind of like, am I? Is somebody cutting on you? 00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:12.239 Like, cause it's just such a childhood memory. 00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:15.059 It's so important to me. Hearing it live for 00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:17.599 the first time was almost otherworldly. It sent 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:20.699 me to a different place. So yeah, I welled up 00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:24.280 during TNT at me. I don't care. That is fair. 00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:28.039 That is fair. It is. It is one of the greatest 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:31.340 songs in my personal opinion from this whole 00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:34.619 Tony Hawk series, stretching 11, 12 games. I 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:37.619 mean, this is top five people. You can't not 00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:40.360 put this on the list. And following up a band 00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:45.800 as iconic as ACDC is not easy. But I think if 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:48.880 I go up to Tony Hawk's Underground 2, I can make 00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:55.000 that happen. This song turned 40 years old last 00:40:55.000 --> 00:41:00.559 year. Came out in 1983. And kind of cut from 00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:04.809 the same cloth of Motley Crue. And I'm talking 00:41:04.809 --> 00:41:08.309 riff wise here, Motorhead, ACDC. We're going 00:41:08.309 --> 00:41:11.050 to add a little bit of thrash to this. And we're 00:41:11.050 --> 00:41:14.070 going to go off of 83's Kill Em All, Metallica, 00:41:14.230 --> 00:41:18.630 Whiplash. Yes, it's thrash. But again, just looking 00:41:18.630 --> 00:41:20.690 at these songs back to back to back to back, 00:41:20.849 --> 00:41:24.710 this just works. Acting like a maniac. To me, 00:41:24.829 --> 00:41:28.190 this is bringing the other side of the punk side. 00:41:28.630 --> 00:41:31.650 While it's not punk, there's still that punk 00:41:31.650 --> 00:41:35.440 energy and that punk. atmosphere in these songs 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:38.599 even though they're rock and metal i feel like 00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:42.079 the spirit from side a is really coming over 00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:45.539 into side b here i feel like you're also reading 00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:48.800 my mind brian because it's like i want to use 00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:50.519 this song but i don't know how it's going to 00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:53.179 work and as soon as i name one you pick the song 00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:56.199 that i was going to pick against it so perfect 00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:59.199 because whiplash is on the list and i I was like, 00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:00.920 man, I don't know where we're going to work with 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:03.440 flash in because you got to have Metallica on 00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:07.840 this list. And I mean, we could put all our effort 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:10.320 in the thrash. We could put all our effort into 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:15.699 like clam. It's a good true way. God. So now 00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:19.099 that has me questioning, where do I go from here? 00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:22.039 Do you palette cleanse and switch everything 00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:24.699 up for the second half of the side? Or do you 00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:28.550 continue down this road? I would love to continue 00:42:28.550 --> 00:42:32.710 down this road, but there is a song that I want 00:42:32.710 --> 00:42:35.030 to include here and it's going to slow things 00:42:35.030 --> 00:42:39.750 down, but it's still a heavy anthem. And to me, 00:42:39.769 --> 00:42:45.230 this is a very, how can I put this? A very kind 00:42:45.230 --> 00:42:48.750 of important song to me, an important band. And 00:42:48.750 --> 00:42:51.730 that band is Billy Talent. And this is going 00:42:51.730 --> 00:42:54.150 to come off the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 00:42:54.150 --> 00:42:57.119 2 remastered. And that song is Afraid of Heights. 00:42:57.340 --> 00:43:00.420 It's a little bit slower, still very aggressive. 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:03.440 But this band I got to see last summer for the 00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:06.719 first time in my life. I've been a fan for 15 00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:09.780 years and I had a very similar moment to what 00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:13.699 you had with TNT by ACDC. But it is Canadian 00:43:13.699 --> 00:43:17.699 at its finest. It is a Canadian pop metal band, 00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:20.760 I guess you can say. They, you know, are not 00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:23.719 super hard, but it is enough to kind of slow 00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:26.940 it down, but not. throw the person off that's 00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:28.820 listening to this mixtape they might go okay 00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:31.639 it's a little bit slower but i like it and i 00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:34.420 think jason whistle from the it's not that bad 00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:37.460 there can only be one podcast is smiling right 00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:39.940 now because we're bringing in the canada element 00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:43.099 into this mixtape and i love where you went with 00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:46.500 this because coming out of metallica it's definitely 00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:53.570 it's not a 180 i'd say it's like a 155 ish Like 00:43:53.570 --> 00:43:55.989 you're still in that range, but you're dialing 00:43:55.989 --> 00:43:58.349 it back a little bit. And that gives me something 00:43:58.349 --> 00:44:01.210 that I could really work with. And when I hear 00:44:01.210 --> 00:44:04.030 Benjamin Kowalewicz's vocals in Billy Talent, 00:44:04.269 --> 00:44:07.570 it also reminds me of something that I grew up 00:44:07.570 --> 00:44:09.949 with that I think is the next place we could 00:44:09.949 --> 00:44:13.670 take this. And I'm going to dial it back a little 00:44:13.670 --> 00:44:16.769 bit more with a band that I think is extremely 00:44:16.769 --> 00:44:20.690 iconic and one of the most underrated groups 00:44:20.690 --> 00:44:25.150 in my lifetime. A band that, yes, they sell out 00:44:25.150 --> 00:44:27.829 arenas, but I still think even at that level, 00:44:27.889 --> 00:44:30.650 musically, they're underrated because they've 00:44:30.650 --> 00:44:35.090 done so much over their career. It's really hard 00:44:35.090 --> 00:44:37.510 to put them into a musical bucket. You could 00:44:37.510 --> 00:44:39.909 say, yes, they're heavy, but they're also, they 00:44:39.909 --> 00:44:42.070 could do these brooding ballads that just rip 00:44:42.070 --> 00:44:44.829 your heart out and show it to you. And I'm going 00:44:44.829 --> 00:44:48.050 to go to Tony Hawk's Underground 2, and I'm going 00:44:48.050 --> 00:44:52.480 to go with 1992's Angel Dust. Faith No More, 00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:56.539 Midlife Crisis. Let's get a little tribal here. 00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:59.199 Let's get a groove going. Let's switch things 00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:03.039 up a lot. But this is a song that, make no mistake 00:45:03.039 --> 00:45:07.760 about it, it's heavy, but it's very brooding. 00:45:07.780 --> 00:45:11.179 And that tribal beat brings this different flair 00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:16.159 to what we've done. And look, Disturbed covered 00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:18.840 this song because it's such a huge influence 00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:22.019 on them. Faith No More can do songs like Dig 00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:24.639 in the Grave. This is on the following album, 00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:27.199 King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime, which is 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:30.300 just basically screaming bloody murder metal. 00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:35.019 And follow it up with a gut -wrenching song called 00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:37.380 Take This Bottle, which is kind of like an old 00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:41.619 school, almost outlaw country track. Angel Dust 00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:46.920 is a weird, twisted, heavy. powerful album and 00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:49.400 midlife crisis has always been a favorite of 00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:51.780 mine because i could put it on so many different 00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:54.920 mixtapes and everyone people look at me and go 00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:59.699 what how did this get because it's just so unique 00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:02.860 there's no way to put it into a bucket and i'm 00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:06.079 doing that tonight with this mixtape because 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:09.719 really where do you put this song it belongs 00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:13.159 everywhere and nowhere at the same time so faith 00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:16.460 no more is midlife crisis Brian, I'm going to 00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:18.239 be completely honest with you. I know the song. 00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:21.480 It's not one of my favorites. I'm not a huge 00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:23.460 Faith No More fan, but you're right. There's 00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:27.280 nowhere else on this list that you can slow it 00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:30.860 down and kind of turn to a sort of heavy song, 00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:33.860 but you're not going to kill your audience with 00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:36.659 it. It's one of those songs that if it comes 00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:38.539 on, you're not going to skip. I know I'm not 00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:40.300 going to skip it, but it's not something I would 00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:43.019 search out for. And that's kind of like my next 00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:45.679 song that you you open the door for this song. 00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:48.019 And I didn't see anywhere on this list. This 00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:52.460 song could work until now. And it's one of my 00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:56.039 favorite Queens of the Stone Age song. It's the 00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:59.300 lost art of keeping a secret. And that is off 00:46:59.300 --> 00:47:02.139 the Tony Hawk's Ride soundtrack. So not a very 00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:05.000 well -known Tony Hawk game and not a very well 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:08.300 -known Queens of the Stone Age song. But it just. 00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:10.679 What are those songs that piqued your attention? 00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:14.239 You go, what is that? I like that song. And it 00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:16.719 gets you thinking. And it's not like threes and 00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:20.380 sevens. It's not like no one knows. And it's 00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:22.860 just a totally different song. But it's, you 00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:26.880 know, a great, great just beat all the way through. 00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:30.380 Josh Jaime's voice is fantastic through it. And 00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:32.559 the lyrics, if you listen to it, tell a pretty 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:34.940 fun story. And the music video is pretty good 00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:37.440 to go along with it. So overall, thank you for 00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:40.199 opening the door to put this song in here because 00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:42.900 it is one of my personal favorites. This was 00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:44.579 the song that introduced me to Queens of the 00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:46.780 Stone Age. I know a lot of people that got introduced 00:47:46.780 --> 00:47:49.159 to them because of No One Knows, like you mentioned, 00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:51.440 and the Dave Grohl connection with that album. 00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:54.000 But this one was big when I was in college at 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:56.079 the college station. Then it made the move with 00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:59.059 me into radio. And I kind of saw this band grow 00:47:59.059 --> 00:48:03.699 from this album. And it is my favorite song from 00:48:03.699 --> 00:48:06.840 Rated R. And I couldn't agree more. Coming out 00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:10.110 of Midlife Crisis, it's just perfect. The two 00:48:10.110 --> 00:48:15.050 songs back to back, as weird as it is, work so 00:48:15.050 --> 00:48:17.590 well together. And here I am now regretting the 00:48:17.590 --> 00:48:20.809 fact that I said that Faith No More's Midlife 00:48:20.809 --> 00:48:22.989 Crisis could fit everywhere and nowhere at the 00:48:22.989 --> 00:48:26.010 same time because the lost art of keeping a secret, 00:48:26.190 --> 00:48:30.489 it's perfect. It's just such a weird song for 00:48:30.489 --> 00:48:33.210 Queens of the Stone Age. It's not, you know, 00:48:33.210 --> 00:48:35.070 if you listen to their self -titled album, it 00:48:35.070 --> 00:48:37.570 sounds like anything on that album. But you listen 00:48:37.570 --> 00:48:40.039 to, you know, Songs for the Deaf and You know, 00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:42.000 Arab, Bulgarian, anything after that. It sounds 00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:45.480 nothing like that. And it just it has such a 00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:47.940 sound that you have to listen to rated R and 00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:50.420 you have to listen to that song to understand 00:48:50.420 --> 00:48:53.340 the sound of it. And it's the perfect match. 00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:58.239 I mean, it just works so well. So now I have 00:48:58.239 --> 00:49:02.099 a conundrum, Tom, because the song that I'm going 00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:05.619 to pick is this is my last choice of the night. 00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:10.449 And I've never played the game. But I know that 00:49:10.449 --> 00:49:12.469 if I don't talk about this song, I'm doing this 00:49:12.469 --> 00:49:14.269 game a disservice because this is the song that 00:49:14.269 --> 00:49:17.650 I associate most with the game. However, this 00:49:17.650 --> 00:49:20.469 is a record scratch. What the hell just happened 00:49:20.469 --> 00:49:23.369 moment on this mixtape? Because we are going 00:49:23.369 --> 00:49:26.090 from Queens of the Stone Ages, the lost art of 00:49:26.090 --> 00:49:30.269 keeping a secret into Goldfinger's Superman from 00:49:30.269 --> 00:49:35.030 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. 1997's Hang Ups. Yes, 00:49:35.030 --> 00:49:37.590 on paper, going from Queens of the Stone Age 00:49:37.590 --> 00:49:41.210 into a ska song with horns doesn't make sense. 00:49:41.409 --> 00:49:44.269 But we're talking about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. 00:49:44.489 --> 00:49:48.070 And every time I've ever heard this video game 00:49:48.070 --> 00:49:51.369 mentioned, the first thing I hear somebody say 00:49:51.369 --> 00:49:55.329 is, oh, Goldfinger, Superman, like they're almost 00:49:55.329 --> 00:49:58.789 synonymous with each other. I'm guessing it's, 00:49:58.789 --> 00:50:01.750 quote unquote, the unofficial. theme song of 00:50:01.750 --> 00:50:05.489 the franchise and it i will say it has been mentioned 00:50:05.489 --> 00:50:09.829 in the top 10 list of most memorable and best 00:50:09.829 --> 00:50:14.670 licensed songs in video games so to me you gotta 00:50:14.670 --> 00:50:17.849 go with superman if we're talking tony hawk i 00:50:17.849 --> 00:50:21.730 i mean 100 and if we did do it in justice by 00:50:21.730 --> 00:50:24.570 not putting it on this playlist until the end 00:50:25.099 --> 00:50:27.059 And I felt like we were kind of playing chicken 00:50:27.059 --> 00:50:29.619 with each other on that one, to be quite honest 00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:32.619 with you. It's just a song that everybody knows. 00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:35.300 And like I said, you hear that and the, you know, 00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:39.039 the do -do -do -do, do -do -do -do -do. Everybody 00:50:39.039 --> 00:50:42.239 knows that beat. I mean, it takes nothing. But 00:50:42.239 --> 00:50:46.019 that song, I mean, that song blew that band up. 00:50:46.320 --> 00:50:49.719 That band was a huge ska band and same with like 00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:51.659 Less Than Jake and all that around that time. 00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:56.920 That song made that band and gold figures have 00:50:56.920 --> 00:50:59.800 been there ever since. And it's a fun band for 00:50:59.800 --> 00:51:02.360 me. It's always, I'm a huge sky guy. So it's 00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:04.139 one of those bands and one of those songs that 00:51:04.139 --> 00:51:08.119 everyone knows and everyone loves truly. Seeing 00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:11.179 it live to me was a transcendent experience. 00:51:11.480 --> 00:51:15.019 It's just so much fun. I'm not a dancer. I mean, 00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:19.170 I am not a dancer. My, my wife. always jokes 00:51:19.170 --> 00:51:21.690 at the fact that the night we met was at a dance 00:51:21.690 --> 00:51:25.269 club because I am the world's worst dancer. I 00:51:25.269 --> 00:51:27.949 am not even like the hitch level, keep it tight 00:51:27.949 --> 00:51:31.969 in the center. I suck. And when Goldfinger was 00:51:31.969 --> 00:51:34.289 playing Superman, I was skanking with everybody 00:51:34.289 --> 00:51:36.829 in that room as if my life depended on it and 00:51:36.829 --> 00:51:39.590 having such a blast. It was like the Humpty dance 00:51:39.590 --> 00:51:41.849 I was doing up there, but it worked and I was 00:51:41.849 --> 00:51:44.250 having a blast. I know you like cover songs. 00:51:44.409 --> 00:51:47.630 I have to point it out. Mark Herrera, who does 00:51:47.630 --> 00:51:51.090 play bass on and off now in Goldfinger, so depending 00:51:51.090 --> 00:51:54.650 on how MXPX and Goldfinger's tours line up, he 00:51:54.650 --> 00:51:57.889 does an acoustic cover that I'll embed on the 00:51:57.889 --> 00:52:03.190 episode page at myweeklymixtape .com. It is gorgeous. 00:52:03.429 --> 00:52:07.190 It's just him and an acoustic guitar flips the 00:52:07.190 --> 00:52:09.969 song on its side, and it brings the heart of 00:52:09.969 --> 00:52:13.679 the song out. You don't realize how powerful 00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:16.239 the lyrics are in this song until you hear this 00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:18.820 version. It's actually it's friggin beautiful. 00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:22.059 Mark Herrera's cover of it. So I hope I didn't 00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:24.059 take the wind out of your sail. I hope you said 00:52:24.059 --> 00:52:26.260 we were playing chicken with it. I hope that 00:52:26.260 --> 00:52:27.840 wasn't the one that you were looking to put a 00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:29.880 cherry on. And I just blew your whole game up 00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:33.340 here. Yes and no. But the good thing is, is you 00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:35.380 have two different branches of which way you 00:52:35.380 --> 00:52:37.639 want to go with this. Like I said, we were playing 00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:39.400 chicken with it. I knew it was going to come 00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:42.280 up. Fantastic choice. But this leaves me with 00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:46.119 closing this out. So this is what I'm going to 00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:49.400 roll with. It's one of those songs that, for 00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:52.719 me, I enjoy, and it's a good closer. And that 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:55.500 would be from Tony Hawk's Shred, but a personal 00:52:55.500 --> 00:52:58.219 favorite of mine. It's Be Quiet and Drive Far 00:52:58.219 --> 00:53:01.019 Away by the Deathtones. It's a perfect closer. 00:53:01.239 --> 00:53:04.300 You're driving away. The tape is ending. You've 00:53:04.300 --> 00:53:07.480 had your fun. Fantastic song. I know we talked 00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:09.539 about Nu Metal at the beginning of the list. 00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:12.840 with the Public Enemy Anthrax cover. We're going 00:53:12.840 --> 00:53:15.780 to put Deftones at the end because they're quote 00:53:15.780 --> 00:53:18.820 -unquote a new metal band, even though they hate 00:53:18.820 --> 00:53:22.360 the title of it. But just overall, just a real 00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:26.599 mellow song to drive you off in the sunset. And 00:53:26.599 --> 00:53:29.699 the problem was I was torn here, Brian. I could 00:53:29.699 --> 00:53:32.719 have went with that or the song that I was thinking 00:53:32.719 --> 00:53:35.179 about choosing, and that's Los Angeles by Frank 00:53:35.179 --> 00:53:40.260 Black. Ooh. Well, you know, At the end of side 00:53:40.260 --> 00:53:43.940 B, the tape flips back over if you had the automatic 00:53:43.940 --> 00:53:49.380 flip. And I think Be Quiet and Drive flips into 00:53:49.380 --> 00:53:53.340 96 Quite Bitter Beings quite well. It's a good 00:53:53.340 --> 00:53:56.699 batch, and it really is a good start over match. 00:53:57.039 --> 00:53:59.519 It's kind of leading you right back into side 00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:02.000 A if you want to relive the entire playlist. 00:54:02.219 --> 00:54:05.750 And it also... like you said, brings the Anthrax 00:54:05.750 --> 00:54:09.489 public enemy full circle for just Side B's story. 00:54:09.730 --> 00:54:12.869 So I applaud the pick. And there you have it, 00:54:12.889 --> 00:54:17.329 folks. Side B of our ultimate Tony Hawk pro skater 00:54:17.329 --> 00:54:20.389 mixtape, which kicked off with Anthrax and Public 00:54:20.389 --> 00:54:23.690 Enemy's Bring the Noise, Motley Crue's Livewire, 00:54:24.130 --> 00:54:29.289 Motorhead's Ace of Spades, ACDC's TNT, Metallica's 00:54:29.289 --> 00:54:32.750 Whiplash, Billy Talent's Afraid of Heights, Faith 00:54:32.750 --> 00:54:35.630 No More's Midlife Crisis, Queens of the Stone 00:54:35.630 --> 00:54:39.329 Age's The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, Goldfinger's 00:54:39.329 --> 00:54:43.170 Superman, and Deftone's Be Quiet and Drive Far 00:54:43.170 --> 00:54:46.670 Away. Head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear 00:54:46.670 --> 00:54:49.750 all the songs we've discussed in this mix through 00:54:49.750 --> 00:54:53.780 the playlist embedded on the episode page. Tom, 00:54:53.780 --> 00:54:57.039 this has been an absolute blast. First and foremost, 00:54:57.260 --> 00:55:00.440 thank you so much for being a part of the Patreon 00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:03.719 Mixtaper family. And more importantly, thanks 00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:05.539 for joining me on the show tonight. Look forward 00:55:05.539 --> 00:55:08.699 to having you back very soon. Tonight was a lot 00:55:08.699 --> 00:55:12.280 of fun. Absolutely, Brian. It has been a pleasure 00:55:12.280 --> 00:55:15.119 to get to do this. I have had a lot of fun with 00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:17.960 this. And I think this mixtape, for lack of a 00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:22.059 better term, is going to kick ass. Amen. And 00:55:22.059 --> 00:55:24.500 remember, Mixtapers, you can find My Weekly Mixtape 00:55:24.500 --> 00:55:28.039 on all the social media haunts at My Weekly Mixtape. 00:55:28.119 --> 00:55:30.880 You can also head to MyWeeklyMixtape .com to 00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:33.579 check out the full catalog of My Weekly Mixtape 00:55:33.579 --> 00:55:35.639 episodes. 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