Hey, this is Tim McCarthy of 2010 Minutes, and
you're listening to My Weekly Mixtape with Brian
Colburn. Hey, Brian, pop that tape in. Welcome
to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that takes the
classic mixtape approach to building a modern
playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. Joining
me for tonight's collaboration is someone I connected
with way back around the time that Playlist Wars
was starting up. And we're finally, finally getting
a chance to collaborate on an episode, which
I'm extremely stoked about. I'd like to welcome
to the show Tim McCarthy, host of 20 Tim Minutes.
Tim, thank you so much for joining me tonight,
man. Yeah, I'm so excited. You know how pumped
I am. And thank you, Brian, for having me on.
I've been dying to come on, but I wasn't going
to ask. I just was waiting for the call -up.
I was like a minor league baseball player just
waiting for the call -up. Oh, dude, I should
have said from day one, you had a call up anytime
you want, man. So glad to have you on. I'm excited
about this. You and I have been going back and
forth with our various podcasts, helping each
other out when we can. And there's something
about indie podcasts. It's a community and you
don't realize it, but you become friends with
these other podcasters because you're all sharing
in these same goals to kind of work hard and
do your shows and put all the time and effort
in. And we try to help each other where we can.
I'm very glad to have you on tonight to do a
little music discussion with you. yeah man definitely
pumped about it and it is good to have a little
bit of a community within our podcasting game
i always thought that it was going to be like
a cutthroat but everyone always supports each
other in the indie podcast for the most part
everyone supports each other yeah for the most
part and look we've got a new york boston rivalry
going here and we're sitting here collaborating
tonight so this could be interesting but i want
to start this episode by asking you the same
question i ask everybody else and that is tim
what does the word mixtape mean to you oh man
mixtape it brings it back it brings it back for
a while like i'm 37 so i was making mixtapes
early on uh when i was a kid i used to love music
and um There was this song, I think it's, is
it REM? When it's like, oh, where, oh, where
can my baby be? What song is that? Oh, that was
Pearl Jam's Last Kiss cover. Yes, it was Pearl
Jam. And that song wasn't released out to the
public. You had to only listen to it on the radio.
So I remember recording that song and I was like,
I was so pumped to get it like perfectly. But
yeah, mixtape is just like, it was the shuffle
before the shuffle and it was perfect. And then
it came over to CDs and I feel like. every girl
would have like a mixtape and they would have
like, it would be drawn so perfectly of what
each like track would be. And like every CD had
matchbox 20 on it for some reason. You know what
I'm talking about? Every girl's mixtape had matchbox
20. But yeah, man, it's just, it's just like
a throwback. And with your podcast, it's bringing
it back. It's like, I feel like I have a ghetto
blaster with me right now, like ready to pop
something in and get this thing going. But yeah,
mixtapes were a big part of my life growing up
and I love music and I would always make some
tapes and CDs. Well, tonight we're going to use
that approach. to making a playlist because you
have to acknowledge the modernization of what
has happened in music. So I'm not oblivious to
it, but there was an approach you took to making
a mixtape back in the day that I'm trying to
apply to playlist curation. And that's what we're
going to do tonight. And tonight we're curating
a mixtape. of pump up and workout songs. We're
talking high energy, maximum overdrive, double
live gonzo, intensity intensities, live at Budokan
levels of adrenaline. I hope some people got
that reference. For me, this is keeping the list
to three main genres, metal, punk, and hip hop.
As my workout mix has been crafted since as long
as I started crafting mixes to work out to. Going
back. to when I was in high school. So Tim, what
were you looking for in the songs that you brought
to the table this evening? The songs I was looking
for were songs that just give you the goosebumps
and that songs that you can like run through
a brick wall through. Those are the type of songs
I was looking for. Like ones that like in my
podcast, I always ask what people, personal theme
songs would be. And like you come out and like,
like I'll be on the treadmill walking and I feel
like I'm walking to an arena sometimes. And it's
like those songs that you like pat your chest
to, or like you just give that extra flex. Like
it's those types of songs I was going for. All
right, let's get down to business. Tonight, as
I mentioned earlier, Tim and I will be curating
a pump -up workout mixtape, and we're going to
use the old cassette deck approach, meaning our
mixtape will be broken up into two sides, side
A and side B. Tim, as my special guest, will
begin side A with his first song choice, and
then I'll add a song that I feel best follows
up his choice. We'll then flip -flop choosing
songs until we've mapped out 10 songs for side
A. We'll then give that mixtape a proverbial
flip and we'll map outside. Be only this time.
I kick things off with Tim choosing second. Our
overall goal for this episode is to craft the
best pump up workout mixtape possible through
only 20 songs. Did someone say 20? There you
go. At the end of the show, you can take our
conversation to the next level by visiting the
Pump Up Workout Mix page at myweeklymixtape .com
and give our final mixtape a listen via the embedded
playlist. Finally, if you like what you're hearing
on the show, please consider becoming a Patreon
mixtape or at patreon .com forward slash myweeklymixtape.
Now, before we press the record button on this
mixtape, some of the fellow mixtapers chimed
in with songs they feel would best kick the night
off with. So I want to share those now. So, Tim,
you and I have some food for thought as we dive
into this. Yep. Patreon mixtaper Cactus Pete
chimed in with a few. Volbeat's Dead But Rising.
Van Halen's Pound Cake. Pop Evil's Let The Chaos
Reign. prodigies diesel power and texas hippie
coalitions no shame and patreon mixtaper too
vague podcast chimed in with get your fight on
from the prodigy so two patreon mixtapers and
two votes for check i like that yeah right they're
going hard here Elsewhere on social media, mixtapers
who follow me at My Weekly Mixtape on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok chimed in with
some as well. Michael Turner chimed in with Slipknot's
Duality. Jason Whistle from the It's Not That
Bad cast, as well as the new music show There
Can Only Be One, chimed in with We As Humans
Strike Back. Rob Jones said Pantera's mouth for
war is a statement of intent. That's for certain.
Bobby from the FN Cultured podcast chimed in
with Slipknot's sick. Kuya Ozzy chimed in with
Metallica's fuel. Hutchie chimed in with hate
breeds as diehard as they come for a weight workout.
And Dragon Force's three hammers for a cardio
workout. For the record, I love the distinction
between the two. Yep, yep. Coley Green chimed
in with Rage Against the Machine's first album,
as well as Dead Boy's Sonic Reducer. David Owens
chimed in with the Ramones' Blitzkrieg bop. Jen
Cohen chimed in with anything by Disturbed, but
added that Cher has a great beat for running,
which prompted another mixtaper to suggest that
Disturbed should cover a Cher song, which I'm
actually all ears for that one. I don't know
about you, man. Yeah. I'm always down for those
certain covers from like different genres. I
always think they, they, sometimes they hit.
It disturbed. I don't know. I can picture a heavy.
Do you believe in life? I can't do it. Yeah.
I'm feeling that. I don't know. All right. And
finally, Tim, you had some chime ins on your
channel. And while I don't know who wrote him
with these, we had little Uzi Vertz. I want to
rock under oats. Who Will Guard the Guardians,
and Disturbs the Game. So now, right there alone,
we've got a pretty large batch of songs to consider.
So Tim, I'm going to officially press the record
button on this mixtape. What song are you kicking
off the night with as we lean into Side A? Man,
this was so tough to think of the first song
to kick this off. And I had so many different
ideas that I definitely want to say at the end
of this, just in case that you have them. When
I think of like an intro, it has to build up
a little bit. You can't just crank it right away.
And I want to, I want to like people to get into
this album, this mixtape that we're doing. So
when you think of like a bad -ass song, like
you think of the baddest man on the planet and
you think Mike Tyson and Mike Tyson came out
to this song and it's not, it doesn't even have
a title. It's just intro. It's the DMX intro
from a it's dark and hell is hot. It's like doom,
doom, doom, doom, doom, doom. That's going to
be the first song on this mixtape, the intro
to that. that album. Ooh, that's an interesting
way to go. Cause I could go at any direction
with that. Yes. Yes. Cause it's one of those
ones that builds up and you just like the hair
stands up on your arms. And like, when you watch
that Mike Tyson intro, when he comes out, you're
like, he's not losing this fight. Like that song
alone is just like the best. And I think that's
good. Cause it kind of eases people into it.
And then we can start, we can start rocking and
rolling right after that. Alright, well then
let's do that, because I know what I'm going
to follow that up with. Because the first note
of my song that I'm going to pick to follow that
up is just... And then, you know, it's about
to go off as the song builds. I'm going back
to 1994's Ill Communication. And we are going
to turn this thing up to 11 with the Beastie
Boys, Sabotage, kicking this thing off. We are
breaking through the brick wall early in this
mix tonight. This song, if I'm driving in my
car and this song comes on. You bet your ass
I'm likely going to get a speeding ticket because
my foot goes down on the pedal. This song psychs
me up. It psyched me up for football games in
high school and in college. It psychs me up for
running, for working out. It psychs me up just
to get out of bed in the morning. If I'm feeling
like, man, I don't have it. I don't have it this
morning. As soon as you start hearing that, you
don't need caffeine anymore. You got the Beastie
Boys. So Beastie Boys, Sabotage. That is a great
pick, my friend. They go. That's like it's what
the Beastie Boys are like my top three favorite
artists of all time. And I had a Beastie Boys
song on my list. So you already took that away
from me. And I like that you took it away from
me because I knew you were going to come correct.
What did you have? I was going to have looking
down the barrel of a gun. All right. That's another
great one, though. I love it. I love it. Yeah.
Fantastic. I love that. All right. So now I'm
passing the baton back to you. What are you going
to follow that up with? OK, I was going to go
with with. I had an order that I was going with,
but obviously I have to go off you. And I feel
like 1996, it's the Beastie Boys are like, they
would probably go on tour with this band. And
this is another one where it just comes up with
the drum and you got Rage Against the Machine,
Bulls on Parade. I'm telling you, man, like you
go back to back on those songs, you're going
to keep on plowing through. I absolutely love
it. I obviously had. rage against the machine
on my list i had freedom from the first album
because at the end that's a great one when it's
just building up and you're running and then
all of a sudden he just starts yelling freedom
at the top of his lungs it just you feel it in
in the center of your chest and it's just blood
curdling screams and then the band starts picking
up the pace like it's on when you're hearing
that and it just get i'm psyched up just talking
about it and the song ain't even playing right
now Yeah. I was thinking about killing in the
name of two as well. Ooh, you can't go wrong
with rage against the machine. Nah, they, you
knew they were making it. Oh, absolutely. The
first time I heard that album back in 1992, I
knew I was listening to one of my favorite albums
of all time. And that really hasn't changed.
Yeah. I think I'm going to stay with this nineties
thing we got going on here. Okay. Okay. And I'm
going to go one year later to 1997. And I'm going
to go with one of the pioneers of new metal.
From the album Around the Fur, I'm going to go
with Deftones' My Own Summer, Shove It. Wow.
I didn't even think of the Deftones. That's a
great pick. That is one of those ones that it's
not 100 miles an hour. It's got a groove to it.
But when that chorus hits, if you're working
out, when he's screaming Shove It, It's just
powerful, and it just gets the hair on your arm
standing up. I mean, I've seen the Deftones live,
and when they broke that song out, that pit was
absolute insanity. I was with two of my closest
friends who are now married, and my buddy said,
dude, we got a problem. My wife is literally,
at the time it was his girlfriend, she was levitating.
She could not get her feet on the ground. There
was such a crowd surge and a craziness going
on in the pit that I had to take, at the time,
all 315 pounds that I was and kind of turn back
into an offensive lineman and dig our way out
of that pit. So that way, because she was almost
in a damn near panic. But that song to me is
just insanity. It's so much fun. And it definitely
keeps that at level 10. Yep. You got to keep
it at a 10. I love it. It's going great right
now. Back to you now. What are you going to follow
that up with? All right. I'm going to throw a
curveball now. We're going to shift gears a little
bit and we're going to go with some hip hop,
but I'm going with some dirty South hip hop,
some dirty South rap. And I'm going to go with
little John and the East side boys. What you
going to do? And I think that is just like a
push them, shove them type of song. It's like,
you just go shoulders, you put your elbows up,
you stop pushing people. But that's one of my,
I'm going through a brick wall when it's like,
what you going to do? What you going to do? Like
they were like the heavy metal of rap. I feel
like when they were going in it, cause he did
a, he does a song where he does the raining blood
song with that. I've heard that. He does that.
He does a, he does a song over that too. So I
got to go with little John, what you go and do
with little scrappy. All right. Well, I already
know what I'm going to follow that up with immediately
because you said something and it just, it struck
a nerve with me in a good way because you said
it's like the rock of hip hop. And I have a song
that was done as a cover by one of the biggest
names in new metal. It's actually two of the
biggest names in nu metal now that I think about
it. And it was literally the band I just talked
about. Chino from the Deftones joined Korn for
the cover of this song. And now that I think
about it, three make that three of the biggest
names in nu metal because Limp Bizkit also covered
this song live in concert when I saw them. But
they still didn't make it as heavy as Ice Cube
did on 1992's The Predator. And I am going with
Wicked. If Korn could not make it heavier than
the original, you know, the original is popping
off. And this song to me, when this comes on
and I'm running, I immediately start running
to the point where I'm almost gasping for air
because this song just hits and it's got that
driving beat and it's just doesn't stop. It's
just so frigging amazing. And following up Lil
Jon and the East Side Boys, I feel like kind
of going West Coast, keeping the hip hop theme,
but still keeping that. rock tinge to it fits
here so i'm gonna go with ice cubes wicked fantastic
that's a great i haven't heard that song in a
long time so i'm definitely gonna once this playlist
gets curated i'm going i think i might skip to
that one first i'm showing my age a little bit
i'm sure i'm a little older than you are not
by much but enough where to me this was like
right in the beginning of high school for me
so this kind of hit with football with everything
else i used to pump weights to this song and
it's still to this day hits me the same way it
did i can't believe i'm saying this 31 years
ago. Jesus. Yeah, that's always tough to do,
man. All right. I have to take one off you now.
You said their name, their new metal from 1999.
We got to go Limp Bizkit. I feel like they had
to be on this with Break Stuff. I think that's
an all -time classic. Like a mother effing chainsaw.
What? So, and if I, like he says, and if my day
keeps going this way, I just might break your
effing face tonight. Like when that drops, like
you're throwing haymakers to the sky. You know
what I'm saying? Like that song will get you
going. I don't care. Like you can say whatever
you want about Limp Bizkit, but like when you
hear that song, that song is not bad. That's
a good jam. That song is awesome. I don't care
what anybody says. People like to pick on Limp
Bizkit the way they like to pick on Nickelback.
They're an easy target. But at the end of the
day, if they did not have talented members in
that band, they would not have been popular.
And Wes Borland is a ridiculously creative guitarist.
And to take a riff that is literally two notes
and make it iconic, because let's be honest,
anybody here is... You know what song I'm talking
about already. You could get that in one second
on hurdle. We all can because it's ingrained
in our DNA. That song kicks ass was easily on
my list. And I'll tell you right now, I watched
the documentary for Woodstock 99. And I think
it's safe to say it's fairly obvious that no
matter what happened that weekend, things were
not going to end well. But Limp Bizkit playing
break stuff certainly did not make things any
better. That just shows how visceral that song
is. It just took things to a completely different
level. It really did. It sounded a mass riot.
Right? And I mean, if a song could do that, it's
obviously striking a nerve with somebody. So
I'm going to stay in this nu metal area with
you, but I'm going to go to a band that's a little
more highly regarded than Limp Bizkit, but again,
just as talented. And I love this group. I'm
so sad that their lead singer is no longer with
us. And you go back and you listen to these lyrics
and they hit so much harder now than they did
originally. I saw this tour in 2000 at a place
called the Birch Hill Nightclub. Less than a
thousand people. And a year later, I'm watching
this band open for Metallica at Giant Stadium.
And that band is Linkin Park. The album is Hybrid
Theory. And the track is One Step Closer. Yes,
it's their biggest hit. Yes, it's their most
popular song. But every time I hear it, the whole
ending, the breakdown, the shut up when I'm talking
to you, like it just. takes it to a level and
you are rocking when that part hits. Unbelievable.
Absolutely love it. Linkin Park's One Step Closer.
Absolutely love it. So I don't know how to count.
How many songs have we done right now? We are
at track nine already. So this is your last song
for Side A. track night side a okay oh my god
i'm so nervous right now um i'm gonna i'm gonna
go back to rap real quick and uh this one was
a late entry in my mind and this song is like
one of those ones you make that stinky poo face
like you just give the like when this beat hits
it's gonna be naz nasty naz made you look when
they're like they shooting all made you look
That just gives you like, just like you just
mean mug the whole time of that song. And that
song is like 2002 was, that was a jam. That is
a great pick. Oh my God. That's hard though,
to follow up. Cause I got to close this side
out. I know we did. We did a lot of this side
was new metal hip hop. I feel like it was a big
one. Yeah. So I'm going to have to stay kind
of in new metal. rap rock at least, but I'm going
to add a punk flavor and I'm actually going to
go a little deeper. This is a cut that I don't
know if everybody's going to know. And the beauty
about making mixtapes is you're always allowed
to slide that song in there that hopefully when
you're making a mixtape that's a level 10, people
get introduced to this song through listening
to the entire tape. And I'm hoping I do that.
This song. Has psyched me up for 20 years. It
came out in 2003. The first time I saw this band
play it live, I immediately, when their set was
done, ran to the merch booth and bought it. And
this song has been in my workout mix ever since.
The band is Zebra Head. Okay. The album is 2003's
MFZB. You can't control me. You can't control
me. I'm going with Zebra Head's Falling Apart.
Song hits like a ton of bricks, and it's, I think,
a perfect way to close out this hip -hop and
rock mix that we got going on Side A here. I
love it. I love it. I'm definitely going to peep
that one. You sold me on it, sir. All right.
Well, there you have it, folks. Side A is completed.
We kick things off with DMX's intro from It's
Dark and Hell is Hot, Beastie Boys' Sabotage,
Rage Against the Machine's Bulls on Parade. Deftones'
My Own Summer Shove It, Lil Jon and the Eastside
Boys' Whatcha Gonna Do, Ice Cube's Wicked, Limp
Bizkit's Break Stuff, Linkin Park's One Step
Closer, Nas' Made Ya Look, and Zebrahead's Fallin'
Apart. I love it. I love it. Head over to myweeklymixtape
.com to hear all the songs we're discussing in
this mix through the playlist embedded on the
episode page. So, Tim, here we are. Halfway mark.
Do you think we're on the right track here? I
couldn't wear sleeves today just because I knew
my arms were going to be like, I got goosebumps
already just doing these songs. I'm in. I'm in.
I can't wait to listen to this playlist. All
right. Well, before we flip it over and get to
side B, I want to talk about 20, 10 minutes for
a minute. You host the show. Why don't you tell
the mixtapers a little bit about what you're
doing over there? Yeah, for sure. Yeah, I host
2010 Minutes. My name is Tim McCarthy. It's a
podcast that focuses on mental health through
humor, insight and personal stories. I roughly
do episodes 20 minutes every Tuesday. And on
Thursdays, I do interviews. I've done interviews
with the likes of Alison Stoner, Gigi Robinson,
Dane Cook. I've had NFL players on, WNBA player
on and just a slew of like psychologists, recce
masters, like anybody in the mental health field
where we just openly talk about mental health.
Uh, my tagline is break the stigma by cracking
a smile because it's, it's not a funny subject,
but we got to try to break the stigma one way
or another. And I think bringing people on the
quote unquote joke is a lot easier than listening
to like, say a doctor talked to you with a bunch
of big keywords and you have no idea what they're
even talking about. Whereas I am a 37 year old
guy just going through it. And I'm just sharing
my experiences and sharing a good conversation
about mental health in an easy way. Well, I love
the show because I have struggled with anxiety
for years. I've talked about it a couple of times
on this show, kind of here and there, but it's
not something that I am always comfortable talking
about. So hearing you do it week in and week
out is very refreshing to me. It's important
to me because I feel like when you're talking
about certain things, I can relate to those things
and I don't necessarily have to be. talking to
somebody else about it, I feel like there's a
community there. When I'm listening to you talk
about some of the things that I struggle with,
that everybody struggles with, you feel a sense
of community. And I think it's an important thing
what you're doing there. And I'm excited to listen
each week. And I thank you for doing a show like
that because that takes a lot of bravery and
that takes a lot to try to break that stigma.
So it's extremely impressive. And I think it's
an important thing you're doing out there. Thank
you so much, Brian. You're the man. I love you.
Likewise, dude. Well, as someone who hosts a
mental health podcast, I kind of wanted to talk
about we're making this workout mix tonight.
How important do you feel a good workout is when
it comes to the mental health aspect of however
each of us is handling that? Man, it's so cliche,
but just like drinking water, being active, like
helps your mental health tremendously and just
doing those things. But like to have like audio
steroids to get you through it is out of control.
Like music is so powerful. Like you can listen
to something and make yourself cry. You can make
yourself get amped up. You can make yourself
angry. There's like there's so many emotions
and it triggers so many different emotions for
you. your mental health is going to be great.
If you're killing it, like you're killing it,
like in your daily life, like it always starts
with yourself and you got to make sure you're
taking care of yourself. You're the most important
person in your own life and you got to treat
yourself pretty right. So if you're going to
the gym, drinking water, getting sunlight, like
you're unstoppable. So any song that you put
on, like that's just your theme song for just
messing up the world. There you go. I love it.
And honestly, I post every now and then selfies
when I'm out for a walk, listening to music because.
People have said to me, do you just sit at your
computer all day listening to songs and research?
And I'm like, if I did, I would crack because
you're just kind of sitting and not moving. So
for me, when I'm researching music and I use
quote marks, I just create playlists on my phone
and I go for a walk or a run and I listen to
the songs and see, is this fitting with the vibe
I'm going through? And what I do is I actually
screenshot the songs I think are going to make
my bank. And then I come home and write them
all down. So what I actually did for tonight
was I went for a two mile walk and I tested all
the songs and said, which ones of these are getting
me hyped up? Which ones of these are not hitting
right now? So those are the songs I'm pulling
from. I always ask this on my podcast with my
guests and I asked them what their personal theme
song is. What is your personal theme song? Ooh,
that is so tough, man, because I put you on the
spot, brother. Yeah, no music for me means so.
And I have so many different songs that resonate
with me. And the one that does the most every
it's my favorite song of all time. And every
time I tell this to people because they know
I listen to metal and punk and hip hop and jazz
and everything under the sun. When I tell them
my favorite song on the planet is by Kermit the
Frog. They look at me like I'm crazy. But my
favorite song of all times was written by Paul
Williams and it was the opening of the Muppet
movie. It is the Rainbow Connection. It is the
song that defines me. It is the song that I used
to sit on my mom's lap and we would listen to
the record when I was a kid. And then fast forward
25 years and we danced to it at my wedding. That
song to me means everything. From my childhood
through being able to listen to it and relive
it through my kids. But I mean, look, I am literally
the hair on my arm is straight up just talking
about it. This song, every time I hear it, I
get a lump in my throat. I've never once tried
to perform it because I know I wouldn't make
it through. I'd be bawling my eyes out at the
end of it. So that would be my theme song. And
it's so different than anything I listened to.
But it was one of the first songs that made a
huge impact on me. As a child, and it's stuck
with me through now. Love it. I absolutely love
it. So now from Kermit the Frog, I am going to
kick things off for Side B. Fantastic. Hmm. I
should probably go with the Electric Mayhem's
Can You Picture That Here, but I won't. I'm going
to go with an album from 1992. And the first
time I heard this album, I knew I was listening
to a game -changing band. And they had been around
for a while before that. And this was the song
that introduced me to this band. My buddy had
it on one of his mixtapes. And as soon as I heard
it, I needed to go out and find everything by
this band. I've been listening to them now for
another, again, 30 plus years. But man, do they
bring it. And it's from 1992's Vulgar Display
of Power. And the song kicks off the heaviest
way you could kick off a side. It's just Phil
Anselmo screaming one, two, three, four. I'm
going with Pantera's F and hostile. Oh, okay.
I absolutely love it. Because you want to bring
the manic energy. This song does it. So Pantera's
F and hostile to kick off side B. Full on metal
attack. I had Pantera as well on my list. I didn't
know if I was going to use them, but I was going
to go with Cowboys from Hell. Another great one.
I mean, I could have went with pretty much anything.
I'm broken, mouth of war. But that opening where
he goes, one, two, three. Like, I just, as soon
as he gets to two, I'm like, I'm in. Let's do
this. Come on. I don't, you know, like, are we
throwing couches across the street? Like, what
are we doing? I got it. It just pumps me up.
And I wanted to kick off a side with that one.
I absolutely love it. All right. So mine that
I'm going to say now was a contender for my first
overall pick on the mixtape. So we're going to
push it over to this side. And it's kind of unconventional.
It is a song. It is a song. It's a theme song.
And it's a very powerful theme song. I once listened
to this when I was late for a train and it came
on my iPod shuffle. And when I heard the song,
I ran an extra 10 seconds off my time and I was
the fastest guy there. And it's by Jim Johnson.
It's called Unstable, and it is the theme song
to the WWF wrestler, The Ultimate Warrior. We
got to go with The Ultimate Warrior's theme song
to keep it going. Hell yeah, dude. I love it.
My favorite wrestling match of all time was SummerSlam.
I want to say I am not good with sports knowledge.
Yeah, same. I want to say 1990. Honky Tonk Man
is defending his title. and it was a squash match.
Ultimate Warrior ran into the ring, and I think
it was in like 20 seconds, just pummeled him.
I was jumping off the couch as a kid. That song
is the first time we had a bingo on Playlist
Wars in the Wrestling Themes episode with KC
from The Itch. We all picked it as the ninth
track. I love that frigging song, dude. That
is awesome. Yeah, dude. Yeah, I had to go a wrestling
song, and I knew right away that that was going
to be one. I thought it was going to kick off
with that, but I was like, no, we got to ease
that one in. Definitely, definitely. Now, coming
out of that, all right, I want to punk things
up a little bit. Oh, okay. And this is a song
that every time I hear it, this band does a lot
of different styles of punk throughout their
career. So they do a little bit of the two -tone
ska, a little bit of... punk a little heavier
stuff but on 1998's life won't wait i could see
360 i could see all around me we're going with
rancid blood clot because it's got that energy
it's got that drive coming out of the ultimate
warriors theme song that i think i'm continuing
that and bringing a little bit of punk energy
into this mix as well and you just can't get
better than rancid so rancid's blood clot I absolutely
love it. I've seen Rancid a couple times. They
always come to Boston. Boston has a really good
punk scene, and they always put on a great show.
I love Rancid. That's a great pick. All right.
I'm going to keep it hard. I'm going to keep
it hard. I'm going to go 2002. A lot of mine
are 90s, early 2000s. I think that's when I loved
music the most, was the 90s. Like, 90s hip -hop
was a big thing for me in, like, early 2000s.
I'm going to go with Hatebreed, I Will Be Heard,
because that one is great. And there's a great
line to it is like, now is the time for me to
rise to my feet, wipe your spit from my face,
wipe these tears from my eyes. And I always loved
that when you would say that just because like
Jamie Jasta, just talking about like pretty much
crying, but still like keep going. And I was
going to go with destroy everything. But I think
with break stuff, we're already at a point where
we're breaking things and I don't want to destroy
everything. So I went back a little bit and I
will be heard. All right. I actually know immediately.
What I'm going to follow that up with. Fantastic.
Because I Will Be Heard has a positive message
in it and it gives you this feeling of empowerment.
And the song that I'm going to follow it up with
goes just as hard and still brings that kind
of positive feeling. Lyrically, I feel like it's
a song that, well, it's got the F -bomb all the
way through it, but I don't care. 2005's Lost
and Found. I'm going with Mudvayne. And the song
is actually just called determined. But if you
listen to it, it's effing determined. The song
just speaks to me. It pumps me up on a physical
level as well as mentally, because sometimes
when you're doing this podcast grind, there's
a lot of stress that goes along with it. I know
it sounds like we just get on this show and have
fun. And this is the best part of podcasting,
what we're doing right now. This is fun. Everything
else around it is a grind. And sometimes. it
knocks you down a little bit. So to be able to
have these moments where it could kind of pump
you back up and get you back in and get your
hat back in the ring. This song, I listened to
the lyrics and these lyrics resonate with me.
So Mudvayne effing determined for my track five.
Dude, that was on my list. And I wrote down the
lyrics I like for that. Never wanted any more
than what I deserve. Better bring it. I'm taking
it all. F an inch because I'm bringing a mile.
I love, dude, that song, that will get you going.
That's a great pick. Hats off to you, even though
I have to keep my hat on. I will absolutely love
that. So my next pick is easier. So I saw this,
there was this rock club before the House of
Blues was built in Boston called the Avalon.
It was the Avalon and Access. They were like
very little nightclubs. And I won tickets for
the local radio station. It was like WBCN's like
Christmas rave. Oh no, it was like the Halloween
rave or whatever it was. And it was Hatebreed
that opened. It was Mudvayne that opened up next.
And the band I'm picking now was a pick that
we heard earlier. I think it was from FN Cultured.
I'm going with Slipknot Sick. And when they intro
that, when they go, here comes the pain and they
just go like, that's a jam. So to put that in
order, especially that I saw those three bands
live in that order, I had to go Slipknot Sick.
Awesome. I love it. I love that song. I had Slipknot
on my list, but I had All Out Life. which is
another great one. I mean, you can't go wrong
with Slipknot. They are carrying the torch for
modern metal, and I love it. I love seeing the
metal bands headlining stadiums and arenas. I
love seeing that because everyone keeps saying
metal and rock is dead. It's not dead. You just
got to go out and know where to find it. And
the fact that you saw them on the way up, absolutely
awesome. Crazy. It was like 2002. I know that's
like right at the beginning. They were just,
that was right before Iowa too. So that's like
right at the, they were intense at that point.
They still are, but they have over the years
added a little bit more melody and a little bit
more thematic elements to their albums, but they
still bring the heavy, but it's definitely a
little bit more nuanced in the later albums.
They were more raw. Definitely. So I'm going
to follow that up with a band that. When you
think about Slipknot, you think it really can't
get heavier than that. But I'm going to go with
one band that I think is, even if it's just by
a hair, like the thinnest of hair, heavier than
Slipknot. And I'm going to go off of 2006's Sacrament.
And I'm going to go with Lamb of God, Redneck.
Ooh. This song is pure intensity. My wife. is
not a Lamb of God fan, but not for the music.
We saw Lamb of God and Machine Head open up for
Metallica. The two of us were in the upper level
of Madison Square Garden, so high up that there
was like a little bit of an overhang over our
seats. And it was me at the end, my wife, and
then there was some kids next to us. Lamb of
God came out, and this kid put his arm up in
the air with the rock horns. And he left it up
for the entire set. And my wife kept turning
to me, making this I'm going to throw up face.
And I said to her, do you not like the band?
And she just kept going, no. And she was like
trying to signal. Apparently this kid hadn't
showered in days and did not know what deodorant
was. And he was just waving armpit stench where
she was about the height of his armpit for the
entire. Lamb of God set. She said so within 45
minutes, it became a Pavlov's dogs moment for
her. Every time she hears Lamb of God, she smells
that kid's armpit. It's like a complete turnoff
for her. And I love telling that story because
it always makes my buddies and I crack up. But
regardless, this song kicks so much ass. It's
so heavy. It's so intense. And again. Lamb of
God where Megadeth opened for them last summer.
That speaks volumes because Megadeth are one
of the big four. And Lamb of God is carrying
the torch right now. So it might be a little
heavier than the mixtapers are used to, but this
type of workout playlist, you got to kind of
be open to some new things. So hopefully I get
some more people in the Lamb of God with this
one. I like it. It's like a zebra head. Was that
what they called? Zebra head? zebra head yeah
i gotta go deep a little bit with my picks every
now and then but redneck is lamb of god's closing
song so even if you're not familiar with the
band i went with their most iconic song within
the circle the song that everybody immediately
when you hear the band name you go to it that
is redneck in the lamb of god kingdom and i still
love the damn song all right i think we're coming
to an end a little bit so i think the title of
this song is is good because If you're working
out to this, you're probably getting a little
bit tired. Not too tired, but you're going to
finish out the mixtape. And we're going back
to rap. And I feel like every gym has this song
playing no matter what. I think if you open up
a gym, they give you this MP3 for free. And this
rapper's favorite rappers go, it's Reggie, Jay
-Z, Tupac, and Biggie. Andre from OutKast, Jada,
Corrupt, Nas, and then me. That is Eminem till
I collapse. Nice. When it's like... Yeah, that's...
It's cliche. It's like every Jim song, but if
we're going to go with the classics, a couple
of them, you got to go Eminem until I collapse.
And it's perfect because it's coming down to
the end of the wire. It's like, no, you got to
keep on going. I absolutely love it. I actually
saw Eminem open up for another band that was
on this list we talked about tonight, Limp Bizkit.
It was Papa Roach, Eminem, and Limp Bizkit. And
this was back on the significant other tour.
This was a massive, massive tour in an arena.
And seeing Eminem, I literally said to my buddy,
this guy's going to be headlining arenas in no
time. And sure enough, not saying like I called
it because everybody could see it was as obvious
as could be that Eminem was going to be a legend
from the first album. It was just a matter of
time. Yeah. But coming out of that. Is tough
because you went Lamb of God and Eminem. So it's
kind of this pivoting thing. And this is my last
pick of the night. So what I'm going to do, I'm
in New York. You're up in Boston. I'm going to
tip my hat to you and to Boston with my final
pick of the night. And it's the perfect song
for me to close out my part of this mixtape with.
And it's a great song to work out to. I'm going
to go off of 2011's Going Out in Style. I'm going
with the Dropkick Murphys and the title track,
Going Out in Style. I love it. I absolutely love
it. Thank you, sir, for the local flavor. There
you go. Yeah, I actually saw the Dropkick Murphys
play at the other one, and it was like the Kings
of Nothing. Oh, what was that? The Unseen and
the Dropkick Murphys. I saw them at the other
place and that was like another small venue.
So yeah, I got my butt kicked in that one as
well. So I got to see a lot of good shows at
a lot of small venues and that was one that I
won't forget either. Yeah, Kings of Nothing,
one of my favorite bands of all time. That was
one of the first times I got to see them. So
shout out to them. Love that kind of punk, man.
That is amazing. Yeah, the old like rockabilly
type punk. Yeah, exactly. And I wish there was
a lot more of that to be perfectly honest with
you. Yeah. So now you have the hardest part of
this mixtape. You opened it on side A and now
you're closing it at the end of side B. I always
like to make it challenging for like you. You
put me on the spot. I'm putting you on the spot
with this one. It's not easy. What are you closing
off tonight's mixtape with? All right. All right.
All right. This one. OK, so with my first one.
we had to start off a little bit slow okay so
this one we got to kind of end a little bit slow
with like a good cap off a little epic so originally
my pick was going to be uh tom petty i won't
back down i feel like that's a song that can
really get you when you like that's a song that
you feel in your in your plums like that's when
you go this band i'm picking now was also was
going to be my first pick overall which the song
was going to be give me back my bullets but For
the last song, I think we have to go classic
with the buildup and how epic it is at the end.
It reminds me of the Devil's Rejects end when
they're having the shootout. I got to go Lynyrd
Skynyrd, Freebird. Wow. Yeah. When it builds
up, man, it's so good. I think for the last song,
it kind of transcends from the first one with
DMX where it kind of builds up. So it's another
one that like. kind of builds you up. And then
like, you're on that last leg of the treadmill
and you're just bombing. So when they sat like
wailing on the guitar, I know another cliche
song, but to end a playlist, it's tough to have
a song that just ends. And I feel like Freebird
is such that song where it's, it is what it is.
It's Freebird. You get what you get out of it.
Yeah, dude. And look, as a musician, unfortunately
I've been subject to the play Freebird. So I,
every time I hear it, it's like the PTSD from.
gigs of 20 years of my buddies. Cause they always
yell it. So every time they yell it, we actually
go into it. We were mid song once and there was
a break in the song and my buddy yelled free
bird. And I just moved my hand and we started
strumming it. And I said it for the next 27 minutes.
This song is dedicated to that guy right there.
And we started playing and we did the whole first
verse and the chorus and everyone's like, oh
crap, they're really going to play Freebird for
27 minutes. And then as soon as we're done with
the first chorus, we stopped and went right back
into the other song we were playing just to kind
of mess with them. That's awesome. I love the
song. It really is an epic way to close this
thing out. We kicked off side B with Pantera's
F and Ha style. Jim Johnson's Unstable, which
is the Ultimate Warriors theme, Rancid's Blood
Clot, Hatebreed's I Will Be Heard, Mudvayne's
Determined, Slipknot's Sick, Lamb of God's Redneck,
Eminem's Till I Collapse, Dropkick Murphy's Going
Out in Style, and Leonard Skinner's Freebird.
And if there are songs that you've heard in this
mix that you have not heard before, head over
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all. through the embedded playlist on the episode
page. Tim McCarthy, why don't you tell people
where they can learn more about you and how to
connect with you over at 20 Tim Minutes? Yeah,
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hi. Awesome. Well, dude, we have been chatting
back and forth for a year and change over through
our respective podcasts. I'm so glad we were
finally able to do this. Thank you so much for
joining me on my weekly mixtape. This has absolutely
been a blast. Yeah, man, this has been awesome.
I can't wait for this to be put together because
I'm definitely using it as my workout tape now.
Oh, dude, I'm actually, while this file's rendering
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