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 fellow
podcaster and friend, Jason Whistle, host of
the It's Not That Bad podcast. Jason, thanks
so much for joining me tonight. Brian, thank
you so much for bringing me on. It's been way
too long since we've been on a podcast together,
whether it be Playlist Wars or It's Not That
Bad. So the opportunity to go through my entire
Spotify playlist and pick out some great opening
riffs, this has been so much fun. I'm happy to
be here. Well, I am glad to have you. But before
we get down to business, let's get nostalgic
for a moment. What is something about mixtapes
that you personally feel hasn't translated into
the present day creation and curation of playlists?
I think the problem with playlists these days
is it doesn't have the time commitment. that
it took to actually make a mixtape. When you
sat down to make a mixtape, and I'm sure you're
probably the same way, but let me go through
what it used to be for me. I would get my stack
of CDs and place them in order, have the ghetto
blaster right in front of me, time everything
out, and it was a day. You would spend two to
three hours meticulously planning it, tweaking
tapes just back a little bit far enough so you
miss the end bit of the previous song. It was...
a commitment like you put work into that so that
when you finally got into the car or popped it
into your walkman it was exactly how you wanted
it the work paid off now with the spotify playlist
it's like i'll throw this song in there throw
this song in there and you lose almost the sense
of satisfaction of hearing that tape and everyone
knew that person You know, in the car, you'd
open it up and there were like 20 mixtapes and
each one had its own purpose, whether it be for
a road trip, whether it be for the psych up,
whether it be, you know, the mixtape you made
for the girlfriend in high school, like whatever
it was, there was meaning behind it and work
and you appreciated it a bit more, I think. And
that's something that I'm trying to recapture
through this new podcast. And I'm hoping that.
by our conversations and building mixtapes on
the fly like we used to do growing up, putting
the effort into deciding which song is going
to come next really shines through in this show.
Now with this being episode one, I feel it's
only fitting that our topic is like you mentioned
at the top, opening guitar riffs. Now Jason,
when I was putting my bank of songs together
for tonight, the songs that rose to the top for
me were those instantly recognizable guitar riffs.
Songs that I would easily guess within one second
if I was playing Hurdle and this song happened
to be the song of the day. Simply because these
songs are truly ingrained in my musical DNA.
What were you looking for in the songs that you've
brought to the table this evening? You know,
it's funny. My process changed from the moment
we were first talking about this episode to the
short list that I finally have. Because I first
started thinking about all these great intros
to songs, then I realized, like, but it's not
really a guitar riff. I'll throw one example
out of a song that actually didn't make the shortlist.
The live version of Love Song by Tesla off the
Five Man Acoustical Jam album. It is one of the
best acoustic guitar intros I've heard on a live
album ever, but it's not really a riff. It's
more like a solo jam kind of thing. All of a
sudden, it's like, well, all of a sudden now
it's not a riff. And I try to narrow it down.
If it was a drum intro, I'd eliminate it. If
it was more of a vocal intro, I'd eliminate it.
There's some songs where you can tell the song
right away, but it's not necessarily a great
riff per se. So it's been a bit of a process
and the list has gone through a few permutations.
But I think of the songs that I have shortlisted,
there's some really good ones here. Ones that
people are going to be like... Yep, as soon as
the guitar hits, you can hear the crowd almost
scream at a live show. Well, I love where you're
coming from with that, Jason. I'm glad you mentioned
Tesla's Love Song because that version on Five
Man Acoustical Jam is one of my may -I -help
-you riffs when I go to a guitar store. I start
playing the opening on an acoustic because that
gives me an idea if that's the guitar that's
right for me. So I love that you chose that one
as an example, but I digress. Let's get down
to business. For those that are listening tonight,
if you haven't figured it out, Jason and I will
be curating our own opening guitar riffs mixtape,
and we'll use the old cassette deck approach,
meaning our mixtape will be broken up into two
sides, side A and side B. Jason, as my guest
this evening, will begin side A with his first
song choice, and then I'll add a song that I
feel best follows up. Jason's choice. We'll then
flip -flop for our choosing songs until we've
mapped out 10 songs for side A. Then we'll give
our mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll begin
to map out side B. And on that side, I will begin
with my song of choice and Jason will follow
up. Our overall goal for this episode is to craft
the best opening guitar riffs mixtape possible
through the 20 songs we're choosing. At the end
of the show, you could take our conversation
to the next level by visiting the opening guitar
riffs page at myweeklymixtape .com and give our
final album a listen via the embedded playlist.
The best part, you don't even have to worry about
any blank space at the end of each side. Finally,
if you like what you're hearing on the show,
please consider becoming a Patreon mixtaper at
patreon .com forward slash myweeklymixtape. Jason,
before I turn it over to you to reveal your track
one, some of the fellow mixtapers who follow
us at My Weekly Mixtape on Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, and TikTok have chimed in with their
ideal opening track for a greatest opening guitar
riff mixtape. And these truly run the gamut,
so this could be some food for thought for the
two of us. Coach Fisher chimed in with Metallica's
For Whom the Bell Tolls. Bobby Schultz chimed
in with Black Sabbath's Iron Man. Simon Evans
chimed in with Audioslave's Cochise. Eric, Time
to Get Ill chimed in with Pantera's Cowboys from
Hell. Conerdian Girl chimed in with Simple Mind's
Changeling. Jason Donsis chimed in with Black
Crow's Twice as Hard. And Gary Radcliffe chimed
in with The Rolling Stones' Can't You Hear Me
Knocking. Now, just from those choices alone,
you can already see the various directions that
this topic can conceivably take us. So, Jason,
I've officially pressed record on our mixtape
and the floor is yours. Why don't you dive into
the song you chose to kick off side A? OK, I'm
going to go with a song from probably my favorite
era of music, like right in the thick of the
really good rock 90s. It's a song that. Not only
we'll start our playlist here, but basically
introduced us to Bush, and that's Machine Head.
When you think about that opening riff, starting
off before the full band kicks in, you know the
minute they play this song, the crowd is going
to go nuts. It's probably the encore at this
point. But that song, when you think about it,
has stood the test of time. And it's nice to
see that Bush is still out there and touring
right now. They're getting ready to hit the road
again with Candlebox. This song, it's timeless.
Say what you will about some of their middle
career albums, but the 16 stone is such a good
album. And sure, people will point to glycerine
as being the biggest song on that album. But
Machine Head, for me, the minutes on the radio,
the car stereo is turned up. I don't care what
the kids in the back are saying. I'm cranking
that song. I'm glad you're doing that because
honestly, that to me is a perfect. snapshot of
90s hard rock. Not necessarily your Soundgarden,
Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana grunge, but
it had a little bit more of a straight ahead
meat and potatoes rock vibe. I've played that
song in cover bands over the years in my life,
and it's one of those songs that no matter how
many years has passed since it came out in 1994,
if I'm not mistaken. Here we are in 2023. And
the song still sounds fresh and still sounds
modern. The song is timeless and it's a perfect
choice to start things off tonight. I love, love,
love the pick. So now to bounce off that, I'm
scrolling through my songs trying to decide what's
a good way to follow that up because that one
is powerful. And I think the way I'm going to
do it is instead of naming the song, I'm just
going to. Say something and you're immediately
going to know the song I'm thinking about. And
during the few moments that we have left, we
want to talk right down to earth in a language
that everybody here can easily understand. And
right now, everybody listening and you, Jason,
as I see you nodding, are hearing the iconic
Vernon Reed riff that kicks off one of my favorite
hard rock songs of the 1980s. I'm going with
from 1998's Vivid. Living Color, Cult of Personality.
This song won a very well -deserved Grammy for
Best Hard Rock Performance. Let's be honest.
Vernon Reed is one of the most underrated guitar
players on the planet. And this song is easily
an example why he should be put up there with
all of the greats. This song has a timeless energy
to it. It is manic. It is heavy. It is visceral.
And it is everything I love about it. Opening
guitar track to really make the hair on your
arm stand up and just bring you all in full bore,
guns blazing, living color, cult of personality.
Yeah, I can't disagree with that song. I mean,
you're right. Vernon Reed is such a monster guitarist.
And the fact that that song carried on, not just
on radio, but the fact that it became an entrance
music for, of course, CM Punk. It's such a big
song. So you have to think, if I'm going to follow
that, a great guitarist song, you know what?
I think I'm going to go with a little bit of
Ian Thornley, The Oaf. from Big Wreck. Now, again,
another debut album, another introduction to
this band. Ian Thornley is a phenomenal guitarist,
and we talked a little bit about this with Love
Song from Tesla, in that this song is almost
more of an intro, but just the warble on that
opening riff, and then all of a sudden when they
kick into the song. To me, this is Big Wreck.
This song, and Ladylike from their second CD
is another... great song but just the opening
the reverb you know almost clean sound and then
when the full band kicks in absolutely love this
song so yeah the oaf big wreck in loving memory
of definitely one of those underrated albums
of the 90s that when you listen to it you have
to wonder why they didn't become bigger than
they were obviously you had the oaf and that
song being like the two memorable tracks from
the album but These guys were kind of flying
beneath the radar, at least in the U .S. Maybe
they were larger in Canada where you're from.
But from what I heard on radio, I feel like they
just didn't get the love outside of, let's say,
college radio and independent radio because the
mainstream just kind of overlooked it. And it's
really a shame. I will say that when In Loving
Memory Of came out, much music was playing their
videos ad nauseum. Blown Wide Open was in constant
heavy rotation. Not so much second album and
on. And yes, Big Wreck is back together. They're
actually using the drummer from Thornley's solo
band. So they're still going. They're still putting
out music. So it's still out there. Go find some
of those new albums. Well, as we're talking now,
I am scrolling through my list thinking, what
could possibly follow this up? And we've kind
of touched 90s, 80s, 90s. So what I'm going to
do now is I'm going to dip back a little bit
because I know we have people listening from
all different eras. But with the mixtape we're
putting together here, I kind of want to cross.
some eras of music and i'm gonna go to for a
song that in 2010 was ranked number 300 in rolling
stones the 500 greatest songs of all time and
also ranked number one in q magazine's 20 greatest
guitar tracks for me this is the quintessential
led zeppelin riff and i'm going with Black Dog
from 1971's Untitled, or as the rest of the world
knows, it led Zeppelin IV. This song was actually
inspired by the pre - Stevie Nicks and Lindsey
Buckingham version of Fleetwood Mac. They put
out a song in 1969 called Oh Well, which if you're
looking for a really cool cover of that song
on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the live
anthology, they do an absolutely kick -ass version
of it, but I digress. Jason, I know you're a
bass player. I'm a bass player. And for me, it
doesn't get any better than the pride that I
take in the fact that this monster riff has nothing
to do with Jimmy Page. This is a John Paul Jones
riff, and it is one of the most iconic songs.
Not only is that riff completely undeniable by
anybody, the fact that John Bonham plays straight
through the song's turnaround in the chorus.
And it almost gives you a perception that the
timing of the song is being thrown off. It adds
this layer of complexity to a song that's not
necessarily complex when you listen to the individual
parts. But the way that timing and it kind of
creates this madness during the second half of
the riff, it always stuck out to me like, wow,
these guys are insanely talented. But when you
start listening to each instrument. Yes, they
are insanely talented, but they're not doing
anything that would be at the level of like a
Rush turnaround where the song kind of whittle
diddles into some other stratosphere. These guys
are keeping it meat and potatoes rock, but Bonham's
straight drumming through it actually adds a
layer of complexity. So with this one, the riff
is a monster. The song is a monster. And I'm
going with Black Dog by Led Zeppelin. You know,
it's funny when we were talking about making
this list and you were saying, I'm sure you'll
pick up some Led Zeppelin. No, actually, I have
no Led Zeppelin actually on my short list. So
it's going to be very interesting to see what
I pull out to follow that one up with. And I
think I'm going to go with something. It's a
heavier, chunkier riff, but not from a band that
you would expect it from. I'm going to go with
Lakini's Juice from Live. If ever there was a
song where the guitar tone said everything. about
what you're about to hear and this is coming
after the throwing copper album where you know
obviously lightning crashes got a lot of play
i alone got a lot of play and it's not like they
were it was more of a melodic album so when lakini's
juice hits the radio and you just have that heavy
chunk guitar riff like Anyone who is like, oh,
hey, a new live album, another Lightning Crash,
this is a big name. What is this? What is this?
And it's just so good. I had two songs in my
mind based on guitar tone alone. And this, I
think, is the perfect time to drop Lakini's Juice
from live because, again, it hits that heaviness
that would follow Black Dog fairly well, I think.
I am going to get crushed. by live fans for this
one. Maybe. Uh -oh. But Secret Samadhi is hands
down with ease my favorite live album. I absolutely
love this album on a completely other level than
Throwing Copper. Rattlesnake is a sludgy driving
opener. That chunky riff of Lachini's Juice,
it just, your head is bobbing from the first
two notes. And it's so ridiculously heavy. And
then you throw a song in there like Freaks, which
is so creepy and so weird. And it's so perfect.
I love this album so much, but I know how Throwing
Copper is kind of their massive mainstream album.
But this one was like, to me, was kind of the
Green Day's insomniac to Dookie. They had this
album that was so big. They were never going
to capture that lightning in a bottle again.
So instead of just re -recording the album, they
kind of stretched their boundaries. And Green
Day on Insomniac kind of went raw punk, not as
poppy. They kind of sucked the pop out of the
songs, which is why Insomniac is my favorite
Green Day album. This one, it's not as... And
it's not as silky as Throwing Copper is. And
Throwing Copper has some great songs, some heavy
songs. I love the album. But it just feels like
they kind of got four guys in a room and just
laid it out, warts and all, playing live. It
just has this real feel to it. So love the album
and absolutely love this pick, man. This is good.
I will say Secret Samadhi is probably my second
favorite live album. right behind The Distance
to Here. Really? The one that followed it. Songs
like Run to the Water, The Dolphin's Cry. And,
you know, if I'm being a little personal about
it, the song that my wife and I danced to at
our wedding was Dance With You, the last track
off of The Distance to Here. So I agree with
you that Throwing Copper is a phenomenal album,
but not the best live album. Again, personal
opinion. Well, I actually know what I'm going
to follow this up with because you have this
kind of crunchy driving, get your head bobbing
riff, and I want to continue that energy. So
I'm going to go with a riff that on paper will
probably be one of the easiest riffs to play
because it is, in fact, one note. And I am going
with from 1996's Evil Empire, Rage Against the
Machine, Bulls on Parade. That opening riff where
Tom Morello is just playing octaves, and yet
he still manages to pummel you with this riff.
It is just insane. And to take that a step further,
it is probably their most iconic riff, besides
maybe killing in the name. And to me... As much
as Rage Against the Machine's self -titled album
is easily in one of my top 10 albums of the 90s
and maybe of all time, this riff really stands
out to me when I'm thinking about most memorable
opening guitar riffs of all time. I do want to
give a shout out to Rob Ebert, who chimed in
on social media with this one as well. Rage Against
the Machine, Bulls on Parade. You know what's
funny? We've got this a lot of good heavy stuff
in a row. And, you know, it's one of those things
where you sit there and go, do you continue with
the heavy or do you throw a curve ball in there?
Because around song seven, it's like, okay, I've
had my good taste of late 80s, early 90s section.
Then we got our heavier section. So, you know
what? I think I'm going to go with the curve
ball here. Uh -oh. And I'm going to go back a
couple decades as well. I have to say. And, you
know, again, we're both performing musicians
here. So we both have songs, I'm sure, that are
in our set list that you just, you gear up. The
minute you see it on the set list, on that little
piece of paper by your feet and by your guitar
pedals, you're like, all right, here we go. And
for me, whenever I'm playing live, my favorite
song in the set list is Long Train Running from
the Doobie Brothers. There's almost a swagger
to that opening guitar riff. right and aside
from you know and having a fun bass groove to
play along with having some phenomenal uh like
vocal harmonies through the whole thing but it's
just that opening riff right? That cross between
like a plugged in acoustic one. Like it's just
sounds so good. And the minute you hear it, like,
and you, you see it too at the clubs, right?
You start playing that song. People like all
of a sudden get up out of their chairs and their
tables and they're ready to hit the dance floor.
So as a music lover, I appreciate that as a musician,
I appreciate the effect that that song has. And
we have a lot of fun songs in our set list. This
is actually my favorite one to play every time.
Absolutely. Every time. Fantastic pick, man.
And, you know, kind of diving a little bit outside
of the guitar part of it, because that's obviously
iconic. If you screw up the harmonies when performing
that song live. Ooh, can you lose a room quick?
That song needs to be done. Perfect. It's one
of those iconic vocal songs as well. And that's
something I think the doobies get kind of overlooked
on, but their harmonies to me are up there. I
would say with. The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young. When you hear those harmonies,
you automatically know what band you're listening
to. And it's such an amazing classic rock song.
Obviously, if this was a live show coming out
of Bulls on Parade, people might want to kind
of wipe the blood off their face and groove a
little bit. And honestly, there's no denying
the power of this song. So I love the pick. And
what I'm going to do. is stay in a little bit
of a classic rock vibe here and kind of follow
off that one. And I am going to go with Dwayne
Allman's finest riff. Now, you have plenty of
riffs to choose from when you're talking Dwayne
Allman. And even just in the three years of his
time in the Allman Brothers before his untimely
passing in 1971, I'm going to go with the seminal
1970s classic, Derek and the Dominoes, Layla.
If you remember back when we were growing up,
those K -Tel compilations, there used to be one
for classic rock. And this guy with this really
long haired 70s wig on would come out and hype
it. But this was the song that played. And I
actually said to my father, I'm like, what is
this? I don't know this song. And he, you don't
know this? He's like, I failed as a father. I
got to fix this. So he pulled out Layla and Assorted
Love Songs and he introduced me to this. And
I knew. who Cream was. And I knew who Eric Clapton
was. I didn't realize until I got older that
Eric Clapton was part of this as well in Blind
Faith. And you think about all the amazing things
that Eric Clapton has been a part of and all
the iconic riffs. Even though Dwayne Allman's
playing this riff, this is kind of a twofer for
me because I get to include Eric Clapton in this
conversation. Because when you talk about opening
riffs, it's kind of hard to not think of one
of the greatest classic rock. slash blues guitarists
of that time. Now, this riff was based on one
of my favorite blues artists, Albert King's song,
As the Years Go Passing By. It's obviously a
lot more manic and faster, but the other thing
I want to talk about this one is this song actually
tanked as a single. They originally released
it as a radio edit and it was only two minutes
and 43 seconds and it bombed. And apparently
it actually caused some like serious. depression
issues for Clapton, but they ended up re -releasing
it in its seven plus minute glory. And then it
became the anthem. It was obviously destined
to be. This is one that obviously is very mainstream.
Everybody knows it, but my God, the song is just
perfect. And I have to go with it. Derek and
the Dominoes, Layla. Oh, such a good song. And
it's one of those songs, too, where you can sit
there. I'm sure there is a debate waiting to
happen as to which version of the song is better,
the original Derek and the Dominoes or the MTV
Unplugged from Clapton's solo show. But in all
honesty, you really can't go wrong with either
or. But yes, the Derek and the Dominoes, it's
again, it's that swagger in the guitar line.
Oh, now I have to go through here because I'm
sitting there thinking, how do you follow that
one up? That to me feels like it should have
been a side closer, but coming at a long train
run and I had to stop and say, you know what?
It just works perfectly here. But now remember
at the end of Layla, you got that nice little
slow melodic jam. So now you could kind of take
this in a lot of different directions. Oh, I
know. And there's a couple here where I'm just
like, I could go this way. I could go this way.
You know, if I was to go try to match tonality,
I know which song I think, but I think, I think
since how you've got that nice piano end, I'm
going to do a complete 180 and go back to heavy
and go for a little walk with Pantera. Oh, yeah.
No one in the history of anyone should ever put
Pantera after Derek and the Dominoes, but here
we are. Again, one of those songs, and I'm sure
people are seeing it now, perhaps sometimes for
the first time ever, you know, now that Phil
Anselmo and Rex Brown are back on the road, of
course, with Charlie Benanti and Zach Wild. But
just that opening, people have tried to cover
it. Nothing compares to the original Walk. Like,
honestly, if you can't hear the crowd screaming
already, you're doing it wrong. There really
seems to be a small collective of people online
that are in no way, shape, or form happy about
the fact that Phil and Rex are getting together
with Charlie and Zach to do these legacy or reunion
shows using quote marks in the air, however you
want to frame it. Personally, there's no two
better people, I think, to fill the role of Dimebag
and Vinny than... zach and charlie i actually
didn't think charlie in the beginning when they
when they mentioned his name i said wow that's
actually perfect i've watched a bunch of the
videos and i have tickets to see them opening
for metallica this summer i'm very excited to
hear zach taking on these guitar parts of one
of his closest friends and bringing his style
to it i'm curious what you think of them I completely
agree. First of all, we know how close Anthrax
as a band were with Pantera, of course, with
Vinny and Dime. And if you've gone to see an
Anthrax show, especially shortly after Vinny
passed away, whenever they do. in the end they've
got the the banners that they were bringing out
there that had diamond and vinnie on there as
well as the tribute to ronnie james dio as well
and zach wilde i mean let's be honest if anyone's
going to match that guitar tone it's him hands
down there's no question credentials aside because
we're talking about the guy that you know slung
guitar for aussie for the longest time you know
and not to mention in rock star starring mark
walberg but But I love that soundtrack for there.
You don't have to sell that for me. You don't
even have to. I love that soundtrack. I love
the movie. It's got Jennifer Aniston in it. Right.
Marky Mark lip syncing to Miljanko Manejevic,
the lead singer of Steelheart. I was all in.
I'm like, this is amazing. I love this movie.
Not to mention the fact that you had Brian VanderArk
from The Verve Pipe working on some of the songs
in the background. So yeah, absolutely love that
album. But I think it's great. I think it's great
that people who never got the chance to see Pantera
live, they're getting the closest possible thing
out there. And anyone who says anything against
it, sure, they might be purists, but you know
what? It doesn't matter. Just because they're
gone doesn't mean that Phil and Rex can't carry
on that legacy and bring the music to the masses
for the fans that kept the spirit of Pantera
alive for all those years. I can tell you there
are, if you go back to the Motown era, there
are bands traveling from that era and performing
at casinos and theaters where I don't think there's
a single original member. The name has kind of
become a legacy. And as each member has passed
on and retired, they've brought in new blood.
This isn't that. This is 50 % of the original
lineup and 100 % of the living lineup. So I'm
also not a gatekeeper when it comes to music.
If the band wants to go out and play, if I want
to go, I will go and support it. If I don't want
to go, I just don't go and I keep my mouth shut
because there might be other people out there
that never got a chance. to go see it happen
on stage. And sure, it's not the same as Vinny
and dime being out there, but it's the best you
could possibly get right now. And I'm all in
on that. And I've also been talking for a while
because I'm stalling because following that up
to end the side, you left me with a monster decision
here because there's really no, I have nothing
that heavy in my list, but. This is closing out
side A, so it's got to be a massive tune. And
while it's not as heavy as Pantera's Walk, I
am going with an artist and a guitarist where
every single person listening to this show would
immediately hit delete and unsubscribe if he
was not talked about tonight. And that man is
Eddie Van Halen. And I am going with the opener
from 1981's Women and Children first. I'm going
with Mean Street. Reason being, I had several
Van Halen songs in my list, but to go from Walk
to Panama, I like it. But then to go from Walk
into Ain't Talk About Love, it's okay. Mean Street.
I completely understand that Dimebag was a massive
Kiss fan, but I have to believe in my heart of
hearts that there was no way that he also didn't
have some iota of respect for the way that Eddie
Van Halen plays because I do hear elements of
that throughout Dimebag's solos across the Pantera
albums. And this is probably the heaviest Van
Halen riff of them all, in my opinion. The song
was never released as a single. I'll never understand
that ever. But it's rightfully become one of
the band's most beloved album tracks. So this
is a way for me to kind of go with a quote unquote
deep cut while still honoring the vibe we're
going for in a song that I really don't think
people would deny being an awesome guitar riff.
I do want to give a shout out to Cactus Pete,
who chimed in with this one on Twitter. He, as
well as several folks, chimed in with. van halen
tracks and i'll be honest like i just said i
could probably list 20 different van halen songs
here and any one of them would work because eddie
van halen is just that special but following
up pantera's walk mean street man it's funny
when we were talking about lachini's juice i
said there were two songs and that i had shortlisted
just based on guitar tone the second one was
a van halen track But it was, don't tell me what
love can do. Because just that opening heavy,
it's a simple riff, but just that opening heavy
chunk to it. Yeah, there's so much Van Halen
that you could put in here. And sometimes you
have to decide. Yeah, that's the thing. And I
will put this out in the universe right now.
Jason and I both know there is no way on this
planet that we're going to please every single
mixtaper out there that's listening to this show.
There's only 20 choices and we each get 10. I
have a list of over 30 sitting on my computer
in front of me that I've whittled down from 50
and I have no idea which ones I'm going to pick.
And there's going to be artists that are left
off this mixtape for no reason other than the
flow. But the beauty of it is there's always
room for a volume two when it comes to mixtapes.
And this is one of the topics I could definitely
see revisiting. So here we are at the end of
side A. and we've got our first 10 tracks mapped
out. Those would be Machine Head by Bush, Cult
of Personality by Living Color, The Oath by Big
Wreck, Black Dog by Led Zeppelin, Lachini's Juice
by Live, Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the
Machine, Long Train Runnin' by the Doobie Brothers,
Layla by Derek and the Dominoes, Walk by Pantera,
and Mean Street by Van Halen. Now, remember,
you could always head over to myweeklymixtape
.com to hear all the songs we've discussed in
this mix through the playlist I've embedded on
the episode page. Now, before we flip over our
proverbial mixtape to Side B, Jason, why don't
you tell listeners a little bit more about It's
Not That Bad? Brian, thanks so much for that.
So It's Not That Bad is, as we joke around, it's
the podcast that looks for A grades in B movies.
Each episode, we'll take a movie that is poorly
rated by the critics, and we try to keep it at
about 50 % on Rotten Tomatoes or less. And then
we try our best to find the good things to say
about it. Sometimes it's tough. Sometimes it's
easy. I'll give it that. But we do our best to
have a lot of fun along the way. And then every
now and then we'll do a special called Grading
on a Curve, where we'll have a group of people
in and we'll pick five movies of a specific category.
And then rank them. Of course, the movies that
we pick in that category are the worst movies
possible in there. But we do have a lot of fun
with that. And you can listen to that wherever
you get your podcasts. We also are on Facebook
now. We're on Twitter at NotThatBadCast. And
we actually just have a new website now at NotThatBadCast
.com. By all means, come by. We're always happy
to hear about movies that people want to hear
us talk about. Brian has been on the show a couple
of times. So by all means, be sure to check out
some of those episodes. It's been a ton of fun.
And given that there's a bunch of bad movies
coming out every year, we'll never be at a loss
for things to talk about. And now that the tape
has finished winding at the end of the side,
because there's always a little bit of tape left
over there, we can flip it over and move on to
side B. And I'm going to start with a song where
the guitar riff that is the highlighting part
of this song doesn't actually start until a minute
and 36 seconds into the song. But when it does,
come on. I am going with 1985. The album is Brothers
in Arms. The band is Dire Straits. And the song
is Money for Nothing. Another first. This was
the first video played on MTV Europe, which actually
started in 1987. Long time after video killed
the radio star jumpstarted MTV in the US. And
why wouldn't MTV Europe use this song for the
first video? Sting is essentially singing a commercial
for them. Honestly. Mark Knopfler is one of those
unique rock guitarists that has a style where
as soon as you hear it, you know it's him. And
bringing that style that he did on the early
albums for them, Romeo and Juliet, Tunnel of
Love, you listen to those earlier songs, and
he kind of put an 80s sheen on it in Brothers
in Arms, and it worked. This riff is heavy. But
it still holds that style that is Mark Knopfler.
And it kind of blends the two together. And the
song just kicks all sorts of ass. I mean, look,
Weird Al covered it as Beverly Hillbillies in
the movie UHF. That already tells you the song
is iconic. And I want to give a shout out to
Jason Spiegel who chimed in with this one. But
he was unsure as well because you got that opening
with the drums and Sting just kind of waving
through the I want my MTV. I feel like that all
leads up to the reason I chose this song as the
opening riff. And that's Dire Straits, Money
for Nothing. I am really glad you mentioned Romeo
and Juliet because that was actually one of the
songs on my initial cut down list. It's just
such a fun song. Absolutely. Okay, I have to
ask you a question here because we're, again,
we're both performing musicians. So we'll sit
there and we'll pour over a set list. So before
I put my number two song on this side, Let me
ask you, do you ever put songs in the set list
in a certain order because it's funny to you
to put that song there? Oh yeah, most definitely.
I can give you a specific example of that. My
band played a show at a bar and you had to play
till three in the morning there. For some reason,
they went later. And I thought it would be just
hysterical to come out of Chop Suey by System
of a Down and go right into Goodbye, Earl, by
the Dixie Chicks. Oh, dear God. But we did the
me first in the Gimme Gimme's version, which
is a little punkier, and we were an all -guy
band. So we just came out of Chop Suey, and I
looked at our guitar player and winked, and he
knew exactly what to do, and he started chugging
that G, and I started singing it. And truth be
told, an actual fistfight broke out during the
song. This is a hand -to -God story. Gomez, the
co -host of Playlist Wars and now the host of
the Sleavy G Show, actually grabbed my wife and
pulled her out of the melee that was happening.
And two guys landed on stage, knocked over the
drum set, and we had to stop the show. Police
were in the venue within, I'd say, two minutes.
And the reason for this massive fight had nothing
to do with the song, but I just love telling
this story. One of the two guys said to the police,
That guy looked at me and on the way out, as
we're unloading our equipment, my guitarist looked
at me and said, that's what you get for following
up system of a down with the Dixie chicks. What
the hell were you thinking? I said, come on,
man. It's hilarious. Speaking personally, I know
we have done that. Not necessarily that combination,
but we've done things in the set list where it
makes us laugh. Like we used to do hurt. So good.
Followed by good from better than Ezra followed
by hella good from no doubt, because why not?
We would do the acapella intro of Fat Bottom
Girls right into Babies Got Back, but a bit more
of a punkier version of it. Long story short,
too late. Long story has happened. This leads
me to my choice for number two, because this
spot on the cassette is worth a deuce. I see
what you did there. If you're thinking classic
Kiss songs, Deuce has to have one of the better
intros, I think. We talked about this before
when we were talking about doing this episode,
and I was saying there are certain things that
I'm noticing in the songs that I'm picking that
tells me a lot about how I listen to music and
what actually sparks my ears, like what really
perks them up. And for me, it's the swagger in
a guitar riff. There's something about Deuce
and a lot of these other songs that just have
a lot of confidence in the guitar riff. I mean,
it's a classic song, too. Let's be honest, right?
If you were to make a list of KISS songs, I'm
sure Deuce is probably going to fit in a lot
of people's top 10 lists. It's such a fun song,
and it's Deuce at number two for me. So now my
question for you is, are you going with the studio
version, or are you going with the version from
a live? You know what? If we were talking God
of Thunder, I'd be going with the live version,
but now I'm going to go with the studio version
on this one. Well, I will give you a proverbial
hat tip from across the recording software here,
Jason, because you chose my all -time favorite
Kiss song. That's in my list, and it's one now
that I don't have to worry about. This song kicks
ass. This song shows that Kiss had a really insane,
catchy guitar master in Ace Frehley. And this
riff... instantly grabs your attention. The song
is heavy. It's got a swagger. We've used that
word several times because what is a good guitar
riff if what's backing it up doesn't make sense?
And the swagger, that guitar riff kind of brings
this song to this kind of manic opening energy.
I absolutely love it. And now following it up,
I'm going to go with another track that opens
a side. It doesn't open an album, but it opens
side B of the vinyl. It's one of my favorite
albums of all time and probably in my top 10
favorite songs of all time. My parents used to
get mad at me because I would play the song,
take the needle off the record, put it back at
the beginning, play the song, take the needle.
And it was like I was my own loop machine. I
didn't have a CD player at the time to press
the repeat button. So I would just keep dropping
it. And every time I would drop it, I would make
sure I dropped it. So you'd hear a little bit
of crackle and then you'd hear us. And you're
hearing the song in your head that I just referenced.
1980s back in black. ACDC opening song on side
B. I know it has nothing to do with the guitar
riff, but that count into the song is my favorite
count in of all time. When you hear it live,
the place erupts during the four count because
the four count is so iconic. It's the start of
the song, but that guitar riff has been sampled
in hip hop songs. It's been used in remixes.
I've seen countless bands try and fail at covering
it because nobody's going to get that Angus Young
look, feel, and sound down the way he has it
down. Angus Young is one of my top 10 guitarists
of all time. He is an animal. He is a character.
He brings the blues to hard rock. And this is
an anthemic riff. I kind of always have wondered
what this song would sound like with Bon Scott
singing it. But Brian Johnson has made this song
so iconic, it is easily his. And not every guitar
riff needs to show off this amazing technical
prowess. Sometimes a song just needs to rock.
And like Deuce by Kiss, I feel like ACDC's Back
in Black follows that up perfectly. So that is
my track three. Of all the ACDC songs, that is
such a good one. I mean, there were a couple
that, I mean, obviously Thunderstruck was one
of the ones that I was thinking of and there's
no way you can actually go back to back with
ACDC on it. You just can't do it. Oh, how do
you follow that one up? As I take a look at my
list. I mean, the good thing for you is the song
fades out. But since it fades out, then I'm going
to come back with a song that I would be remiss.
I would, I would kick myself if I didn't put
this song. on the list so the fact that back
in black does fade out it allows for this song
to come in first heard this song playing guitar
hero as i'm sure many people probably did and
then you hear it more then you start to deep
dive into the back catalog and you realize how
good coheed and cambria really is because welcome
home is such a monster guitar intro, whether
you hear it on the album, whether you hear the
live version, like the Never Ender version. And
then, of course, they used it for WWE's NXT.
So this is now the second wrestling bass track
that we've actually had there. Plus, when you
see them live and he's got the double neck guitar,
every guitarist is like, oh, there it is. Oh,
now I know what song we're going to do. And it's
just such a monster intro. Like the guitar solo
-ish part of the intro aside, the actual riff
itself, especially when you get the strings coming
in as well. Like this song is literally the everything
you could possibly want. And then some. Love
this song. It was probably the best choice for
WWE NXT to use for an intro. It's too bad they
don't use it anymore. And anyone who hears it
instantly, they're like, I want more Koei and
Cambria now. More and more. So welcome home.
I have to ask you, Jason, do you think that if
Guitar Hero and WWE didn't embrace this song
the way it did, do you feel like they would be
as big of a name? I feel like those two outlets
introduced their music to so many people that
may not have heard them before. Because most
times when I think of this band and I'm going
to introduce them to somebody who doesn't know
them. I would go right to this song specifically
on the fact that I could tie it into Guitar Hero
and WWE. When you think about the fact that their
first five albums in a row were all based on
the same science fiction story, basically their
own, for lack of a better term, cinematic universe,
if you will. They're Marvel for musicians. No,
they're not radio. They are radio friendly in
a way, because there's certain songs where you're
like, yep, no, absolutely. I could hear this
on the radio, but it's getting that introduction.
You're right. Like if it wasn't for something
like Guitar Hero, if it wasn't for Guitar Hero,
no one would know Dragon Force either, I think,
except for people who are insane musicians and
listen to Steve Vai, you know, for breakfast,
which is a shame too, because there are, as you
go on through their discography, there are some
great. easily radio friendly songs. And Coheed
and Cambry is the only band I know that would
be daring enough to pull off a sequel to Jesse's
girl and have it sound just as good as the original.
Oh yeah. Like not a cover. It's a sequel and
it's awesome. Completely agree. Now with that
one, ah, you're talking about radio play and
I'm literally grasping at straws cause it's tough
to come out of a Coheed song. And find kind of
the direction to go. But I think I'm going to
go with a song that wasn't a top 40 hit. It only
reached number 51. And I'm kind of astonished
because the band I'm about to talk about is a
household name. And they only have one top 40
hit. But they have songs that are ingrained in
everybody's musical DNA in some way, shape, or
form. And I'm going back to 1980. from the album
Permanent Waves, and I'm going with Rush, The
Spirit of Radio. As a side note, their only top
40 hit was actually 1982's New World Man, and
it was not Tom Sawyer. Shocked? I know a lot
of people are when they hear that. According
to setlist .fm, the song was played live by the
band 1 ,294 times, which just goes to show you...
how popular it was amongst Rush fans. My follow
-up to Coheed is Rush, the spirit of radio. Now,
Jason, being from Canada, maybe it is wrong of
me to assume that maybe you had Rush somewhere
in there, but as a bass player, I don't see any
universe where you're not going to have some
Getty Lee love. But, you know, here we're talking
about Alex Lifeson, so maybe you found a way
to skip Rush in some way. No. As a matter of
fact, if we're treating this mixtape like it's
a fantasy draft, you just scooped my pick. Yeah,
pretty much. That was on there. I had a few Rush
songs that, I mean, for me personally, my favorite
Rush song is probably Animate off of the Counterparts
album. Love that one. It baffles me. They didn't
have more than this one, you know, Billboard
top hit. Of course, they're constantly played
on much music here. Anytime Rush spoke, it was
out there. And we could always go to the Great
White North album and listen to Geddy Lee sing
with Bob and Doug McKenzie on takeoff. But yeah,
no, you actually scooped my pick on Spirit of
Radio because that was the song I said like,
okay, that's the one. That's where it's going
to be. How do you follow that one though? Again,
it's one of those things where you take a look
at the list and go. I could put this song, I
could put this song. But I realize as we're going
through this, our tape is missing something.
Oh, really? Our tape is missing some female guitar
slingers. Ah, yeah. Good point. So I'm going
to follow up Spirit of Radio with Barracuda from
Heart. Yes! You know, we've been talking about
Swagger and I don't think anyone swaggered as
much as Nancy Wilson on that song. You hear it
and you are ready to go. The minute you hear
that opening riff, like, let's be honest. It's
an iconic song, not just for the decade, not
even just for the Seattle music scene, but it's
iconic period. Generation after generation after
generation. And anyone who tries to do Barracuda
afterwards, and I've heard some decent enough
covers, but they all pale in comparison to the
original. So gotta go with Barracuda from Heart.
Although I will say that Adrenaline Mob did a
decent job of covering it, but you cannot. You
just can't compare. That was going to be the
one I was going to mention along with Fergie
from one of the Shrek movies. I remember it being
in there. Obviously, neither one compares to
Nancy Wilson and no one's going to hit the vocals
the way and Wilson sings that song. I'm glad
you did that because I think we just went scoop
for scoop right there. I had that song in my
list. You cannot deny that riff. And I am so
happy that Hart is making this list because they
are. obviously a very popular band when they
reunite they do sell out amphitheaters and arenas
and stuff but i still feel like a lot of people
don't put them on the same level as a fleetwood
mac or an eagles and i think that's wrong i think
they're right up there i think they're deservedly
up there as one of the best female fronted classic
rock bands maybe of all time oh absolutely Like
even when you hear bands that do decent enough
covers of their songs, like if you've heard Hellstorm,
Do All I Want to Do is Make Love to You, you
can actually hear the influence that Heart had
on a band like Hellstorm. It was good songwriting.
It was phenomenal musicianship. We're talking
about the sisters that made Led Zeppelin cry.
Let's be honest, while they were covering a Led
Zeppelin song, like vocally, musicianship wise,
you know me. I'm a massive Queens rec fan. I'm
also a Bay Allison chains fan, but heart really
is perhaps the best Seattle act of all time.
I'm not sure many people would even argue that
because when heart did the live in Atlantic city
DVD and blu -ray, their special guests were Allison
chains, Duff McKagan. I mean, they're influential
on so many levels. Look, They took a song that
was originally recorded by I -10 in 1983 called
Alone. Nobody knew it existed. And it became
such a massive hit song. And for years, when
American Idol first launched, people would sing
that song and butcher it until Carrie Underwood
came out and slayed it. And I'll be honest with
you, that cover is what made Carrie Underwood
a superstar. And it's still not as good as Ann
Wilson's. So completely agree. But you are leaving
me with a very tough move. But I'm going to pivot
this in a slightly personal way, but something
that will work musically on this list as well.
Ann Wilson is my favorite female singer of all
time. I am going to follow it up with my favorite
musician of all time. So anybody that knows me
immediately knows I'm going with Tom Petty. But.
This riff has got nothing to do with Tom Petty.
This riff is by riff machine Mike Campbell, who
has been Tom Petty's right -hand man through
all of his albums, including 1989's Full Moon
Fever. And this is the album I'm choosing my
song from. It's the closing track on side A,
and it is Running Down a Dream. You think about
Mike Campbell's guitar riffs. You wreck me. Refugee.
Jamming me. That's just with Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers. He also wrote The Boys of Summer
by Don Henley. Stop Dragging My Heart Around
by Stevie Nicks, obviously with Tom Petty. And
yet Running Down a Dream, a Tom Petty solo album
featuring the Heartbreakers, sticks out amongst
all those songs. It is legitimately the perfect
road trip song. So much so that pretty much any
country song. that name drops playing Tom Petty
on the radio was probably thinking about this
song. Because when you go on a road trip, this
song screams road trip. And obviously for another
personal reason, Tom Petty being my favorite
artist, performing at the 2008 Super Bowl halftime
show, which I was at with my wife, to see the
New York Giants defeat the undefeated New England
Patriots to win the Super Bowl. So in one three
-hour stretch, actually two -hour stretch at
that point, I got to see Tom Petty close his
set with this song, followed by the Giants winning
the Super Bowl. It doesn't get any better than
that. So for me, my next track, Tom Petty, Running
Down a Dream. You know what's funny? I knew you
were going to pick a Tom Petty song. There was
no question about this whatsoever. I honestly
thought you were going to go with American Girl.
No, no. I love the song. Don't get me wrong.
It's an iconic riff. Having played in cover bands,
it suffers from overkill for me. I can see that.
I've seen so many cover bands in New Jersey.
It's pretty much on every cover band set list.
So for my group, Colburn and Company, we actually
deviate and we play Learnin' to Fly, You Got
Lucky. Mary Jane's Last Dance, which unfortunately
is pretty much up there with American Girl and
Running Down a Dream, as well as, again, we have
a book of songs, so we don't play these all in
the same night, but we also do Handle with Care
by the Traveling Wilburys. So we try to avoid
that one just because every band kind of does
it around here. Maybe it's different by you in
Canada, but I'd be very curious if it is because
it's obviously a song about American Girl. I
have played, I think, four Tom Petty songs live.
Running Down a Dream is one of them. Obviously,
Free Falling, I've played that live a bunch of
times. We have done Mary Jane's Last Dance, but
we medley that with Danny California from the
Red Hot Chili Peppers because it's pretty much
the same song. Yes. But we also do Stop Dragging
My Heart Around as well. So yeah, now you've,
oh, I could go a couple of different directions
on this next song though. Cause you put your
favorite artist in. And if I were to put my favorite
artist in, it would be a toss up between one
of two songs. But I think you've actually already
mentioned the next song I'm going to put in,
but it's going to be the cover version and it's
going to be the boys of summer, the Atari's version.
Really? Wow. This is one of those songs that
much like we've talked about, like no one could
cover hard and do it justice. I think this is
one of those songs where, the Atari's really
made this song that much better as good as the
Don Henley version is. And the heart of the matter
was actually another song that I had in my mind
just for, you know, it's a good intro. It's a
decent riff, but the boys of summer, and I know
you like this song and I know you like this cover
of the song. Cause you've mentioned this on playlist
awards a couple of times, I think. Oh yeah, certainly.
Boys of summer. just took a song that was pretty
good radio airplay song and made it a monster
massive hit and the minute you hear that opening
riff once again it's like you know and this is
i mean the ataris have done covers before and
actually made them pretty good there there's
a great cover that they did of i remember you
from skid row oh yeah that was a fantastic one
oh yeah but i mean i think this is their piece
de resistance like if you were to say the ataris
this is going to be the first song you mentioned
if you say most 2000 era pop punk this might
be one of the first songs that you mentioned
you can't deny how much better they made this
song completely agree man what a great song and
look tom petty's in no way shape or form punk
music but running down a dream has a punky vibe
to it so going into the ataris coming out of
tom petty the two just work back to back i love
the punk version of the boys of summer and colburn
and company actually plays the atari's version
acoustically so just picture the atari's energy
but done with a violin a piano and a female singer
with the acoustic guitar and that's the way we
play this version and i think it goes over really
really well because it's unique in of the fact
that it's acoustic But it would certainly make
much more sense to play Don Henley's version
acoustically. But instead, we bring the Atari's
energy to the acoustic version. So it's kind
of its own little meld. Anyway, following that
up is going to be a bitch because I am not really
thinking punk tonight. And coming out of that
song to me is really tough because this is also
my last pick of the night and my last contribution
to this tape. So it's got to be a monster. So
it's got to have a punkish vibe, but it's got
to be an iconic song that really starts to tie
this tape together as we're nearing the end.
So while he is in no way, shape, or form punk,
I think it would be a crime to not include this
person through either of the iterations he was
in musically. I am not actually going to go with
a Black Sabbath song here, but I am going to
go with a solo Ozzy song. And I'm going to go
with the one that everybody's probably thinking
because you're coming out of a punk song with
this manic energy. Continue that mania with Crazy
Train from 1980s Blizzard of Oz. Randy Rhoads,
one of the greatest hard rock riffs ever. This
song has accolades everywhere. I could go on
sports anthems. When have you been to a football
game? or a hockey game that doesn't have crazy
train playing at some point in the night you
haven't nobody has because it's just synonymous
with sports it's been in video games obviously
television movies you think about when the osbournes
became a show and that pat boone version was
the theme song this song is in everybody's mind
even to the point where a band like weezer who
is a little punkier a little more alternative
used A reworking of that riff. In their song
Blue Dream. Which was on the Van Weezer album.
If you give that a listen. It's not necessarily
a cover of Crazy Train. But it's definitely an
homage to it. So yeah. Bobby Schultz had chimed
in. Like I mentioned at the top of the show.
With Black Sabbath's Iron Man. And he also said.
How can you have one of these playlists. Without
including some form of Ozzy or Sabbath. Realistically.
We can include them both here. And I think they
both work. But I'm going with Crazy Train. coming
out of the boys of summer it's funny because
i only had one black sabbath era song and it
was going to be a cover version i was going to
actually throw in anthrax's cover of sabbath
bloody sabbath nice from the i'm the man dp exactly
because of course you know anthrax being awesome
but that being said too the first song that comes
to my mind whenever i'm thinking any kind of
aussie intro I immediately had to disqualify
from my shortlist because it's a bass intro and
that's No More Tears. And because of the rules
I had set for myself, because there are some
songs where it's like, that's an amazing intro.
It's on bass. It doesn't qualify. So that eliminated
songs like No More Tears. It eliminated Wood
from Alice in Chains. It eliminated some of the
songs from Concrete Blonde off of the Bloodletting
album. So many songs got... booted out because
it's like nope nope it's on bass which leads
me of course now to the last song and putting
crazy train in is actually made me second guess
the song i was going to end with i thought i
had it figured out and now i'm not sure if i
do or not i'm think i'm gonna stick with the
song that i had originally had in mind for closing
this out And people are going to get a heavy,
heavy dose of this on the festival tour this
summer because I'm going to end off with Everlong
from the Foo Fighters. Look, there are a lot
of people who are still gutted the fact that
Taylor Hawkins is no longer with us. But much
like we talked about with Pantera, it's really
good to see that the Foo Fighters are getting
back on their feet and they're going to get back
out there. And, you know, I'm hoping that people
don't. sit there and say well they should have
stopped well you know what people say they should
have stopped nirvana yes they did but there's
still it still doesn't mean that the other guys
can't continue on and bringing that music to
the live audiences i guarantee you there are
going to be tears shed when they play this song
live there's going to be tears shed anywhere
the foo fighters go this summer and go support
them honestly go enjoy the music because Not
that I know him personally or knew him personally,
but I guarantee you Taylor Hawkins would love
to know that people are still out there enjoying
the music that they played. So ending it off
with a bit of a tear ever long from the Foo Fighters.
Now, obviously, you know, having seen the Foo
Fighters that over the last few years when they've
played it live, they've started it quietly and
acoustically and then kind of melded it into
the. heavy version that everyone's familiar with
so i'm kind of curious because you could technically
go in either direction here because the sentiment
of the song i feel is what's awesome to close
this thing out would you go with the original
studio version the acoustic version which is
on the greatest hits album or one of the live
versions that they've been playing lately where
it's half and half I think on the mixtape, I
would put the original version. It just has the
most power. Don't be wrong. I love like an extended
live intro, you know, when I go to see them live,
but if I'm putting it on the mixtape, I got to
go with the actual album version. Well, I love
it. Closing outside be a perfect, perfect pick.
If I do say so myself, I'm extremely happy with
where we went with this. And look, let me just
say for the record, before I read out the songs
on Side B, I'm looking at this list and I can
already tell you there's at least another dozen
songs that I am gutted that aren't in this playlist.
And just from artists, without even saying the
song, let's just say Guns N' Roses, Maiden, Motley
Crue, Nirvana, The Police, Queen, Stevie Ray
Vaughan, ZZ Top. I get it. There's a lot of songs
that we can't get to, but I am pretty stoked
with how this mixtape came together. The nice
thing is just taking a look at the song list,
like honestly from side A or side B, if this
is in the car on a road trip, that's going to
be a great trip because clearly it's going to
be a 90, right? It's going to be 45, at least
on either side. It's the extended tape. Oh yeah.
The flow. That was always the thing about a mixtape.
It's got to be the flow. And yeah, you listed
some great bands that aren't on the list. I'm
just taking a look at my list here and saying,
my God, I can't believe I didn't pick that. I
didn't pick that. But it's not always about the
songs that you want to hear. When you're making
the mixtape for the car, you got to think about
everyone else in the car. It should be a group
effort like this. It should be keeping other
people in mind. Yeah, sometimes the mixtape is
about bands you wish other people knew. And sometimes
you want to put those songs out there so people,
you know, people get to experience the things
that you like about those songs. But in a situation
like this, it's great. I think it flows really
well. And there's a little bit of everything
here. There's a little bit of discovery in there.
There's a little bit of flow. And there's a little
bit of each person's personality in there. And
that's the goal of this show. Side B. Money for
Nothing by Dire Straits. Deuce by Kiss in the
number two spot. I see what you did there, Jason.
Back in Black by ACDC. Welcome Home by Coheed
and Cambria. The Spirit of Radio by Rush. Barracuda
by Heart. Running Down a Dream by Tom Petty.
The Boys of Summer by the Ataris. Crazy Train
by Ozzy Osbourne. And closing it off with Everlong
by the Foo Fighters. and remember you can head
over to myweeklymixtape .com visit the opening
guitar riffs page and hear all the songs we've
discussed in this mix tonight jason before we
eject this final mixtape and unleash it upon
the universe why don't you remind people where
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