This is Frankie Tank from Barstool Sports. You're
listening to My Weekly Mixtape with Brian Colburn.
You know, when we took tests at Monaco State,
he was taking the inches off my paper. 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 a college classmate
of mine, Montclair State University Class of
2000. But the rest of the world knows him as
Frank the Tank Fleming from Barstool Sports.
Frank, it's great to see you, man. Good to have
you on. Well, it's great to be on. Great to see
a former Montclairian here at the Dumont Television
Center where we took a lot of classes there.
Oh, hell yeah, man. Montclair State University
was an amazing experience for me. The Dumonters,
as I've lovingly referred to them for the last
20 -something years. I've met some of the greatest
people I will ever know. through that department
and made friends for life. And I still try to
keep in touch with as many people from our class
as possible. I'm so glad that you and I have
been able to keep in touch over the years. I
actually remember a class that you, Bob, and
I had, which was Electronic Journalism 101. You
know, I posted the shenanigans on campus, the
rat hole. Yes. Everywhere you look, there's garbage.
Yes, yes. I posted it on my YouTube channel,
and I actually put it on Barstool, and that got
hit. Who knew 20 -something years ago when we
were recording that that that would become a
YouTube viral video? All right. And for the mixtapers
out there who have no clue what Frank and I are
talking about, I am going to embed this video
over at the Stadium Anthems page at myweeklymixtape
.com so you could see exactly what we're talking
about. Well, Frank, I like to start every episode
of this show by asking the same question. And
now I'm a music guy and you're a sports guy.
So I'll be very curious to hear where you stand
on this. What does the word mixtape? mean to
you when it comes to music? Well, it's something
that you don't hear much anymore. Now everyone
has the MP3s and their phones and their lists
on that, but when we were growing up, we had
to have actual cassette tape that we used albums
or recorded things off the radio to try to come
up with the perfect bunch of your songs before
even they had downloading, before you even had
MP Napster. And that was the evil Napster that
you're talking about, not the good Napster that
came along years after when they went legit.
Well, tonight, Frank and I will be curating a
mixtape of stadium anthems. You know these songs.
These are the songs that keep the house a -rockin'
during every football, basketball, hockey, or
baseball game you've ever attended, from the
peewee leagues all the way up to the majors.
So there'll be no deep cuts here tonight, unless...
Perhaps you know a song only by the music itself
and not the name. Then there might be a gray
area. But for the most part, everybody listening
is going to know all the songs we're talking
about tonight. Frank, considering you've been
to as many sporting events in your life as I've
been to concerts in my life, what were you looking
for in the songs that you've brought to the table
this evening? I'm looking for either songs that
are like pump the crowd up or songs that are
almost like. associated with a team. Excellent,
and I'm on the same wavelength as you for that,
so let's just get down to business. Tonight,
as I mentioned, Frank and I are curating a Stadium
Anthems mixtape, and we're going to use that
old cassette deck approach like Frank talked
about at the beginning, meaning our mixtape is
going to be broken up into two sides, side A
and side B. Frank, as the 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 matched. We'll then give our
mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll map out side
B, only this time I'll kick things off and Frank
will choose second. Overall, our goal for this
episode is to craft the best Stadium Anthems
mixtape possible through only 20 songs. At the
end of the show, you can take our conversation
to the next level by visiting the Stadium Anthems
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 mixtaper
at patreon .com forward slash My Weekly Mixtape.
Now, before we press record, we got some chimings
from the mixtapers out there who follow me at
My Weekly Mixtape on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
and TikTok. And they're chiming in what they
feel would best kick off a sports and stadium
anthems mixtape. But first and foremost, Patreon
playlister Cactus Pete chimed in with four different
options. One of them being Two Unlimited's Twilight
Zone, Van Halen's Panama, Blur's Song 2, and
Queen's We Will Rock You. Elsewhere, Music Rewind
podcast said that this type of event is the sole
reason Europe's the final countdown exists. Simon
Evans chimed in with either the Dropkick Murphys'
I'm Shipping Up to Boston or Spiderbait's cover
of Black Betty. Seven Rocklists, who's chiming
in from Australia, chimed in with Spiderbait's
Footy. That's two Spiderbait songs in a row.
Pretty damn cool. John from Movie Lovers, TV
Lovers Unite chimed in with a full -sized mixtape,
which is... Absolutely awesome. But he kicked
things off with ACDC's For Those About to Rock,
We Salute You, as did Seeker 11th and Jim Santora.
Rabbit Cat chimed in with the Black Eyed Peas,
Let's Get It Started. Every rom -com is in lockstep
with Patreon Playlist or Cactus Pea because they
chimed in with Queens, We Will Rock You. Coach
Fisher chimed in with ACDC's Thunderstruck. Eric,
time to get ill, chimed in with the White Stripes,
Seven Nation Army, the Project Football podcast
out of the UK, who also provided a full blown
mixtape sized playlist. Again, thank you. I love
that. He chimed in with Oasis's Rock and Roll
Star. And finally, Derek Caravue chimed in with
Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train. OK, so let's officially
press the record button on this mixtape, Frank.
You're at Citi Field. The 2023 Major League Baseball
season is about to start. What song do you want
to hear first as we kick off Side A? Well, I'm
actually going to not go to Citi Field for this
one. Okay. I'm going to go back in time for this
one. And this might be kind of a deep track.
A lot of people don't know the title of the song.
It's by the Allen. Parsons Project. I call this
the Alan Parsons Project. The name of the song
is Serious. Yes! Not many people know the title
of it, but you hear it, and the first thing you
start thinking, Haggard 6 '6", from North Carolina,
Michael Jordan. Hell yeah, the 1990 Chicago Bulls
fame. How do you not know that song? And that
has to be the lead off song. It has to be the
first song. It was the pregame introduction for
the Bulls. It has to be the first song. I absolutely
love it. That was on my list. 1982's Eye in the
Sky. To me, that is a great entry song. And I
already know what I'm going to follow that up
with. And it's another. kind of opening entry
song that, again, is a deep cut for this band.
Because when you think about this band, this
is not normally the first song everybody thinks
of. And I'm going to go with the amazing classic
rock group known as The Who. And I'm going to
go off 1982's It's Hard. And I'm going to go
with Eminence Front. And everybody knows that
song because it's been used in countless stadiums
that I've been at games. But they never get to
the actual lyrics. They only play the opening.
So everybody knows the... And it's kind of building
that energy up that you did from Sirius and kind
of keeping that energy going. The teams are coming
out onto the field. People are starting to get
psyched up. You're not quite at full throttle
energy yet. You're not fully hyped, but you're
definitely getting there. And this is one of
the ways to get to that point. I remember during
the 2006 season, the Mets would use that. When
he announced the starting lineup. Exactly. It's
one of those kind of get things going. You're
getting the blood flowing. People are coming
out onto the field. The game's about to start.
I feel like coming out of Sirius, it kind of
gives you two big buildups to get this mixtape
started. But maybe even more important than the
game is the challenge of figuring out what song
do you follow up Sirius and Eminence front with.
Frank, that challenge goes back to you. I think
since we're doing like getting people into the
mood, start me up. Rolling Stones. All right.
The Kansas City Chiefs use that for their kickoff.
Like they've used it for 30 years. And now that
the Chiefs are like winning Super Bowls every
year, you've been hearing a lot lately. You certainly
have. And honestly, who would have thought, I
guess, because there was a long while where the
Chiefs were kind of bottom of the barrel NFL
team. They never were bottom. They were bottom
of the barrel. From the 70s into the 80s. Yes,
I'm talking about our childhood. Yeah, sorry
about that. You're right. But starting in 1990,
they were consistent contenders. They just never
actually got over the hump. They had Joe Montana.
They had Marty Schottenheimer, who just, the
guy who put, Marty Schottenheimer, I think he's
passed now. He passed like a couple years ago.
They should actually put on. Couldn't win the
big game on his tombstone. I mean, nobody was
worse in big games than Marty Schottenheimer.
The Chiefs had a stretch where they would finish
first or second in the AFC and lost in the wild
card or first round or the divisional round.
They lost eight straight home games in playoffs,
which is over a 20 -year period from 1994 to
2014. They get there, they get to the playoffs,
but they just, and they got home games that they
lost. Yeah, that's not happening anymore. I don't
think, and I don't think that's going to happen
for a long time. I mean, Mahomes is the real
deal. I won't put him on a pedestal with a Tom
Brady just yet, but I'll be curious to see how
the team does next year with Eric Biennemi heading
off to Washington. to go head up the commander's
offense. Eric, the enemy was the reason why Eric,
the enemy can't get a job is one. He hasn't done
exactly what had a big splash in his interview.
He was in two. He's never been to play caller.
It's always been Andy Reed. Now he's taking on
the role of play caller. I think that's why he
hasn't gotten a job yet. It's that people say,
okay, you're not a play caller. So now he's going
to be the play caller. And now this is his audition
for a job. Well, as a New York giants fan, I
kind of want to hope that, it was the Andy Reid
magic and that he doesn't bring another high
powered offense to the NFC because the NFC East
next year is going to be really crazy, but we're
not a sports show here. Let's get back to the
music a little bit. And I'm going to go with
one more song that is kind of an introductory
type song, but I'm going to pick up the energy
a little bit more, pick up the pace a little
bit more, bring us a little more modern. I'm
going to go back to 1994 and then we're going
to get a little punk rock in this mix. And I'm
going to go with. The Offsprings, come out and
play. Get the energy going. You get that opening
drum beat. The band kicks in. The energy's up.
We're rocking and rolling. The game is on. So
I am going to follow up the Rolling Stones with
the Offspring. Come out and play. I think Side
A is basically almost like the pump -up side.
Oh, yeah. Starting off with Sirius, Eminence
Front, Start Me Up, come out and play. Yeah,
this is really just about getting people pumped
up. I got another one that's in line with all
these pop -up songs. Okay. What do you got? Two
Unlimited, Get Ready. Are you ready for this?
Every single Jock Jams CD that we got in the
90s when ESPN, like that is to me, that's Two
Unlimited. Yeah. And you go to a basketball,
any type of basketball game, that's like just
as you get ready to tip up with basketball. I
feel like this is one of those songs that because
of the Jock Jam CDs, it almost became infamous
in terms of sports. But I've been to baseball
games where I don't ever hear it. Is it kind
of a selective thing that you're seeing as well?
Oh, I don't hear it at every sporting event.
Basketball and football is where that song is
played mostly. Ah, this is where the episode
gets interesting because we had some pump up
songs in the beginning and now we've added that.
dance jock jams element to it. So I can go in
a lot of different directions here. All right.
I like to go deep with my picks every episode.
And like I said, this one is not an episode where
you can go deep because 70 ,000 people are not
going to get into a song. That's a deep cut.
You need to do something that everybody knows.
Now here's a song that everybody knows, but when
I've said the name, A lot of people don't know
it. And it's from 1999. And the band is called
Zombie Nation. And the song is called Kernkraft
400. And it's from the Leash and Schmouth's album.
I'm not good with German. I am so sorry if I
screwed that one up. I actually had to reverse.
I actually don't believe the band was Kernkraft.
No, it is Zombie Nation with Kernkraft 400. And
everybody knows the song because as soon as the...
Everybody immediately starts woeing along with
the song. And that is because it is catchy. It
is infectious. It is meant for stadiums. The
song is iconic. I'm not a big techno person.
I'm not a big dance music person. But I know
this song. This song... is everywhere. Every
sporting event for the last 20 -something years
I've been to has had Zombie Nation's Kern Craft
400 played at it. And coming out of 2 Unlimited,
I don't see any other song in my list that works
better because, to be perfectly honest, I don't
have a ton of dance stuff. But even though I
don't, this song made my list because it's just
so damn infectious. Yeah? Peace. So, Frank, you
got to follow that up, man. I think I'm going
to go with the same game, hand in hand. You know
how they have like a smooth transition? Mm -hmm.
Seven Nations Army, White Stripes. All right.
Can you believe that song is two decades old
this year? Jeez. I mean, you think about when
that song first came out, the first time I heard
it, I turned to my now wife and said, this song
is going to be played in stadiums someday. As
soon as you hear that opening, the boom, boom,
boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, and the kick drum.
I'm like, this was built to be played in stadiums
with 100 ,000 watts behind it. And there's nothing
that psychs up a crowd. That opening guitar just
gets people going. Man, coming out of that, that's
tough. That is tough. Hmm. I've got a ton of
songs. All right. I'm going to go with one that
is actually tied to a team. So while this song
is not a team I'm a fan of in any way, shape
or form, I have to give respect where respect
is due. And respect for me comes at the musical
level, certainly not at the sports level, because
as a New York Yankees fan, I'm not allowed. I'd
have to turn my card in. To give any love to
Boston, but I have to give it because the dropkick
Murphy's I'm shipping up to Boston is an amazing
stadium anthem. And I have to admit, every time
I hear it, I'm a little bit jealous because they
really have a kick ass song to psych up the crowds
up there and respect where respect is due. A
good song is a good song. Frank, I know you're
a Mets fan, so the rivalry really isn't there
for you like it is for me. I mean, granted, you
did have the 1986 World Series, but in present
day, because the Dropkick Murphy song came out
in 2005, really doesn't impact you much. But
from a song perspective, you got to kind of dig
this one, whether you're a Boston fan or not,
right? Yeah, that is a great one. Notre Dame
actually has gotten to use it a lot now. Which
is interesting, because... It's not Boston. But
it's Irish, so. Yeah, yeah. But being a huge
Dropkick Murphys fan, there are dozens of other
songs the Fighting Irish could have went with,
so I'm actually surprised they went with I'm
Shipping Up to Boston. But it's a fantastic song,
and obviously it gets the crowd pumped. As a
Yankees fan, I feel a little dirty saying it.
But again, this is music. This is not a sports
rivalry. This is thinking about it from a musical
level, and you got to give love where love is
due there. All right. My next one is another
one that it's used by one team specifically and
used by a lot of teams. Welcome to the Jungle
by Guns N' Roses. The Bengals use it. Of course,
of course. It's just like expert level. How can
you not have Welcome to the Jungle playing in
a sports arena? I mean, really, this song screams
anthem. When the band plays it live. Even if
it's their third or fourth song into the night,
it feels like the concert's starting over again
because it's just that powerful. And obviously
the Cincinnati Bengals are going to be another
team in the NFL to be reckoned with over the
next long while. I think they've got a long span
of playoff appearances ahead of them. And with
the cheapness of their owner, the Dolphins just
fucked up the tank in 2019. I have to go against
my better judgment here. I know this is a music
talk show, but I have Jan, and sports is definitely
what we're talking about tonight. So why do you
think that is? They hired Brian Forrest, who
basically had integrity and didn't want to lose.
So instead of starting Josh Rosen every game,
he decided to start... Ryan Fitzpatrick, who
accidentally won five games. So they ended up
getting like the fifth pick and drafted Tua while
the Bengals sank to the bottom and they got Joe
Burrow. I mean, just think how much different
it would have been if Josh Rosen started every
game. And I wanted Josh Rosen to start every
game. So then I guess it's safe to say you would
have preferred Burrow to have been with the Dolphins.
Yes. You're not a Tua fan? I don't hate Tua.
I just think that he's not durable. He gets hit
and he gets concussed. And then you have Teddy
Bridgewater. Teddy Bridgewater, someone breathes
on him. He he crawls into the fetal position.
And then you're lucky with Skylar Thompson. Honestly,
you know, Bridgewater being a journeyman like
he's somebody that I respect for his years of
experience and knowledge to this was a tough
season. You know, I watched the games where he
got concussed. And in both games, I was just
wondering. the thought process behind all that.
But again, I'm not a doctor by any stretch of
the imagination. He is a guy that's very easy
to root for. And I could see him being very successful.
They just have to kind of continue to build the
right tools around him. Yeah. They got to get
the offensive line fixed. Yeah. They have a couple
of good offensive linemen, but they have people
like Liam Eikenberg who just can't block. Liam
Eikenberg, there are revolving doors that have
a better blocking than him. All right. Well,
heading back to the music here. Welcome to the
jungle. Frank, I'm going to follow this up with
something now to close outside a and we like
different teams across the spectrum. You're a
you're a Mets fan. I'm a Yankees fan. You are
a Dolphins fan. I'm Giants. There's really no
rivalry or anything there. You're a Devils fan.
I'm a Rangers fan. So there's not much you and
I align on on the sports level. However, this
song, I think you and I could both, for our own
personal reasons, put an exclamation point at
the end of Side A. And I'm going back to 1978
and the self -titled Ace Frehley album. And I'm
going to go with the Mets victory song and the
New York Giants touchdown celebration song, Ace
Frehley. New York groove. Yep. Out from the Kiss
solo albums. Yeah. Honestly, there is no way
as a Giants fan, this song holds a special place
that's near and dear to my heart. I'm sure as
a Mets fan, this song holds a place near and
dear to your heart. And I have to kind of balance.
I gave the love to Boston, but I need to kind
of keep that scale nice and even and kind of
tilt it back and go with New York groove to close
out. Side A. Now, I got to ask, this song must
mean something to you. Oh, yeah, it does. It's
good to hear it when the Mets win, of course.
But there are other songs that I associate a
little bit higher than this, personally. Really?
Well, I guess we're going to have to dive into
that more when we get to Side B. But before that,
I want to remind listeners about Side A of our
Sports Anthems mixtape, which kicked off with
the Alan Parsons Project's Sirius, The Who's
Eminence Front. The Rolling Stones, Start Me
Up. Offsprings, Come Out and Play. Two Unlimiteds,
Get Ready for This. Zombie Nation's Kern Craft
400. White Stripes, Seven Nation Army. Dropkick
Murphys, I'm Shipping Up to Boston. Guns N' Roses,
Welcome to the Jungle. and Ace Frehley's New
York Groove. You can always head over to myweeklymixtape
.com to hear all the songs we've discussed in
this mix through the playlist embedded on the
episode page. Now, Frank, being the big sports
guy that you are, how would you rate, as let's
say we had a halftime report here, how would
you rate our sports anthem mixtape? Is it bringing
misery and pain? Not so much misery and pain.
There's none of these songs that actually, like,
I hear it and I just cringe or or just hate.
But yeah, these are good pump up. All right.
All right. Well, now, before we flip over to
side B, I do have a question for you. And because
this is a music podcast, I like to always try
to pull as much musical stuff out of people as
I can. So now I want you to drop your Mets fandom
for one question here. OK, this is purely a musical
level. Nothing about sports. only about the music.
From a purely musical perspective, what 80s rally
song do you consider more iconic? The Chicago
Bears' 1985 Super Bowl Shuffle or the New York
Mets' 1986 rally song, Let's Go Mets? The Super
Bowl Shuffle is not really a rally song. It's
more of a boastful rap song. I think the Let's
Go Mets is more of a rally song. All right, cool,
cool. I was curious how you'd find a way around
that. To me, when I think 80s sports, those are
the first two songs that come to mind for me.
And believe it or not, neither one of them are
on streaming, which I find very odd. Well, you
can find them on YouTube sometimes. Of course,
yeah. And then there's one that other teams tried
this, like the Rams, who had a song, Ram It.
We know how to ram it. Let's ram it. We'll be
rocking L .A. all night and all day. Let's ram
it. You know there was not a dry eye in the house
when they were writing that, right? And then
you play this break off in these raps and it's
like, I'm a mountain man from West VA. I come
out to play. Oh, Lord. Well, look, you know,
considering the advances that have been made
in modern technology and creating music, I have
to say I'm kind of surprised that more teams
aren't making rally songs as they go deep into
the playoffs. However, maybe that cue from the
1980s and that Rams song might have deferred
them from that. Yep. Some of these songs are
really bad. The Calgary Flames tried to do it
once. They have this awful horn section going.
You can't touch a flame when it's red hot. You
can't touch a missile. Oh, Frank, I'm sensing
another episode here. Worst rally songs of all
time. You know, a lot of teams have songs that
are buried. Like the Orlando Magic, when they
first came out, they had this big show that this
magician come out. Slam jam, Alakazam, slam damn
your history. Orlando magic, Orlando magic. And
even the greatest musicians of all time miss.
And this song is difficult to find on the internet.
But Prince tried to make an anthem for the Minnesota
Vikings. That might have been the worst thing
Prince ever produced. I forgot how it goes, but
it's like the song is the purple to go. I'm a
big Prince fan. How the hell did I never hear
this? This came out right around the time that
Brett Favre was there. It came out. It was poorly
received and Prince buried it, killed it, destroyed
it. I think he destroyed all the tapes of it,
but it's hard to find on the internet. I remember
when it came out, and if you could find it, that
would be something else. And you know, the Let's
Go Mets was the alternative 86 Mets song. Really?
They tried to come up with their own, which the
players produced, and it seemed to not license.
And the song was, Get Metsmerized, Get Metsmerized,
Get Metsmerized, Get Metsmerized, and all the
players would come out and rap, Hi, I'm Lenny.
People say what I had to wonder. I'm alive the
way I crashed into the walls going after all
the balls. I actually remember that. Did they
put that out on like a 45 or something? I remember
that you literally pulled something off the cobwebs
of my brain from 1986. Get mesmerized. Get mesmerized.
All right, Frank, I got to ask before we go into
side B, we were talking about Prince before.
Best Super Bowl halftime show, if you had to
pick one. I think Prince in the Rain just tops
everything. It's going to be hard to ever top
that moment. And I've been to one Super Bowl,
which was the Giants and New England Patriots.
And I got to see my favorite artist of all time,
Tom Petty, as the halftime show. And even then,
I had to tip my hat to Prince in the Rain. There's
just no way you top that. And if you ever want
to go to the worst, Google Super Bowl 23, Elvis
Presto. Elvis Presto. I don't even need to Google
it. That one is infamous. Uh -huh. Uh -huh. Is
this your card? In a minute, the whole audience
is going to show, hold up your placards and that's
your card. Uh -huh. Uh -huh. So bad it's brilliant.
I'd have to put that under. Well, starting off
with side B, I'm hoping that we don't go down
that road. And I want to start with something
big. for Side B. I want to start with something
anthemic. I want to give a little bit more love
to the New York Giants because I don't get to
talk sports on this show often. So I am going
to go with the New York Giants kickoff anthem,
ACDC's Hell's Bells. I know there are a ton of
ACDC songs that fall under this category. Thunderstruck,
Back in Black, TNT, High Voltage, they all work.
But as a Giants fan, From a little bit of a personal
perspective here, but also a song that a lot
of sports teams can rally around and a band that
is synonymous when it comes to stadium anthems,
that would be ACDC, Hell's Bells. Well, I can't
disagree. You've busted New Jersey Devils take
the ice playing Hell's Bells. There you go. Another
time we agree. All right. You go to a Mets game
and a crowd chants, let's go Mets. How does the
Let's Go Mets clap go? The Let's Go Mets clap
chant was born out of this song. And I'm talking
about We Will Rock You by Queen. All right. And
that's a tough one because, Queen, when you think
stadium anthems, you immediately think there's
more than one possibility because you have We
Will Rock You and then We Are the Champions.
But because we only pick one song per artist,
I could see why you went with this one. And I
remember, Rod, during the 1986 World Series,
Daryl Strawberry hit this towering homer in Game
7, and the whole crowd was chanting, we will,
we will rock you. All right. Well, coming out
of that, I want to bring up the energy now. I
want the place to go from level 90 to a level
100. And the only thing I could think to start
that, this song is used in NASCAR all the time.
for a good reason because of Mick Mars opening
guitar squeal. That sounds like a car revving
its engine, but I've heard it at football games.
I've heard it at baseball games and I'm going
with Motley crew. Kickstart my heart. That's
a good one. Very good one for especially NASCAR.
Definitely. And, and that, you know, but you
get that opening guitar. It doesn't matter. You
hear that opening slide guitar, even if you're
at a football game and that riff. And then you
get all the woes and the yes and the chorus people
chanting along with it. It's built for stadiums,
which is why when Motley Crue plays stadiums,
this song has never left the set list. It's built
for concert stadiums as well as sports stadiums.
Okay. This one is going to probably eliminate
a song that you were going to use on your list.
Okay. And it's a band that has several that could
be on here. But I'm going to go Metallica, for
whom the bell tolls. Ah, you are killing one
from my list. You ever go to a Rutgers football
game or see a Rutgers football game? Yep. Every
time the defense, it's like, they play that over
the loudspeaker. I am never going to argue old
school Metallica on this show, Frank. I love
this song. This was Metallica before they were
a household name. So I love the deep pick, but
y 'all are kind of killing me being a Yankees
fan and I can't pull out the inner Sandman to
give some love to the Sandman. And I know I get
it. I get it. I get it. Oh man. Well, it looks
like we're going rock heavy here. I mean, this
side too is, is just, we're, we're bringing the
rock. So I got to stay with it. And I'm going
to go with All Aboard 1981, Blizzard of Oz. And
we're going with The Ozman Cometh, Ozzy Osbourne's
Crazy Train. Here's another one. I don't think
I've ever been to a stadium event where this
song hasn't played. And it's so awesome. Who
cares? It's his most popular song. I get it.
But that is what stadium anthems are. And this
is one that as soon as you hear All Aboard, it
doesn't matter. how old you are, you know what's
about to happen. And it's just built for this
type of crowd. So coming out of Metallica and
Motley Crue, Ozzy really keeps that energy level
up. So I got to give it to Crazy Train here.
All right, here's a song. The artist is an asshole.
One of the worst human beings possible. Oh boy,
I think I know where you're going with this.
He's a piece of shit. Yep. And the song's no
longer played at stadiums because of it. But...
It was the devil's gold song for years. I'm talking
about rock and roll part two. Gary Glitter is
a terrible person, deserved to be canceled, but
there was nothing that blew off an arena more
when the devil scored an excellent play. Well,
look, there's really no way to skirt around this
one. I normally don't talk about artists' personal
lives on this show because at the end of the
day, I'm here to talk about the music. But I
100 % agree with everything you said. Having
kids of my own, I don't even want to go down
that rabbit hole. It's, to put it bluntly, a
song that everybody loved at one time from a
person that everybody deservedly hates. And taking
that out of the equation, the song... Was and
is still played in sports arenas all the time.
I've heard it several times in recent years at
sporting events with my kids. But at the end
of the day, from a musical perspective, I understand
why the song is being put on there. Also, as
a Devils fan, why you're putting that song on
there being a goal song. You're taking it from
the memories you have of going to Devils games
and the team scoring. And I totally get that.
But I back and support 100 % what you said about
him as a human being. And that's all I'm going
to say about it because the artist's name does
not deserve any more time on this show. But the
song is, when all is said and done, a sports
anthem. It's a great song. It's a shame that
this guy was so bad that teams are now reluctant
to use it. And understandably reluctant to use
it. But it's just so good. All right, so coming
out of that, I'm going to have to try to change
the vibe a little bit. And I'm going to go with
one where it's a band that everybody kind of
holds in a very high regard. Let's try to balance
that scale a little bit because, look, Gary Glitter
kind of tilts the scale and kind of throws all
the other songs up in the air just in terms of
garbage. So here's a band where everybody across
genres and across musical spectrums respect for
the musical legacy they bring. The song is a
bop, both figuratively and literally. And I'm
going with Blitzkrieg bop from 1976, The Undeniable
Ramones. This is a song where it changed the
musical landscape forever. It became a stadium
anthem. It became songs that adults and kids
can all sing along with. And again, it really
works at the sports level. All right. Now I got
a band. There's one of two songs I can go with.
And I'm going to go with Running with the Devil.
Van Halen. Love it. Nice. I could have gone with
Jump, but I'm going to choose Running with the
Devil because I just think it's a better song.
And your Devil's fandom has nothing to do with
the fact that you picked that one at all, in
the slightest. Maybe, but, you know, it's just
a better song. Hmm. All right. I've got only
one song left and you've only got one song left.
So I'm going to use one that's not tied to a
team, but it's a little bit more modern and it's
a hip hop song, but it absolutely rocks because
there is a rock intro to it. And to me, again,
closing out as we're starting to get to the end
here, I can't think of one that brings you towards
that part. other than 2002's 8 Mile Soundtrack
and Eminem's Lose Yourself. Yep. The song is
a monster and deserves to be played at every
sporting event. Eminem is a hip -hop legend.
I think the Jets use that as their intro. Even
though I am a New York Giants fan, I always root
for the Jets because I have this dream of a Subway
Super Bowl, but I have no idea if that was their
opening song or not. And I probably should know
that. So yet another sports fact that I... Just
don't know. Well, Frank. I got the last one.
You have the last honor here. You get to close
things out. Two sides of stadium anthems. Hold
on a second. Oh, he's walking away. Have to give
the play -by -play for the audio commentary here.
It's Narco. By Blaster Jackson, Timmy Trumpets.
This is obviously the Edward Diaz song. What
better way to close it out than, of course, this
bobblehead actually plays Narco. That is one
hell of a bobblehead. That certainly is. What
better way to close it than with Narco? There
you go. And if you notice, after the Mets last
year, it blew up with the Mets. It got up in
the top 10 of Billboard. Because of the Mets.
And this is like a song that's been out for like
five years at least. And it's like Richard Stratus
here has made Timmy Trump a lot of fame there.
And I now hear it at a lot of stadiums. Of course,
because honestly, the beauty of sports is even
though there's rivalries, a good song is a good
song and it transcends. the game sometimes and
I feel like that's starting to happen similar
to like what you said obviously the Irish thing
with Dropkick Murphys with Notre Dame I'm shipping
up to Boston but again that song it becomes other
stadiums start using it yeah it feels like almost
like a bullfighter coming in it's got that like
that beat and that like that slow build -up and
then the horn comes out Absolutely love it. Well,
there you have it, folks. Side B of our stadium
anthems playlist, starting with ACDC's Hell's
Bells, Queens' We Will Rock You, Motley Crue's
Kickstart My Heart, Metallica's For Whom the
Bell Tolls, Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train, Rock
and Roll Part Two, Ramones' Blitzkrieg Bop, Van
Halen's Running With the Devil, Eminem's Lose
Yourself, and Timmy Trumpet's Narco. Head over
to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the songs
we discussed across both sides of our stadium
anthems playlist. Frank, the 2023 Major League
Baseball season kicks off this week. We're taping
this before the season starts. So we get to do
a little bit of crystal ball foreshadowing here.
Will the pain and misery finally end? What is
your prediction for the Mets 2023 season this
year? They got to get rid of Darren Ruff. He's
like an anchor on that team. It's like putting
a boot on a race car. Do you think the Mets will
end the streak this year and get back into the
dance? They got the talent, they got the players,
but you never know. It's always something goes
wrong. It's always something. Well, I hope that
we can have another fun, spirited Subway series
like what happened in 2000 again. I understand
being on the other side of that, you might not
feel the same as I do, but from a sports lover
in New York, I went every night. because I sure
as hell couldn't get into the games, we went
out to the bars every night, and I never saw
more of a group of people just enjoying the fact
that the rest of the world was watching two New
York teams duke it out. And I've always dreamed
for a Subway Super Bowl, and I'd love to see
another Subway Series again. I don't think you're
ever going to see a Subway Super Bowl, but it
could be a Subway Series. Could be, could be.
And you know, if the season ended today, first
round, Rangers, Devils. Ooh, that would be a
fun fight. But we got a long ways to go in that
as well. Frank, this has been an absolute blast
catching up with you. Brings me back to electronic
journalism in 1999. Thank you so much for joining
me on my weekly mixtape. And I hope to talk to
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