Laser Time Episode 80

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Episode Theme: A listening party, made up of guilty pleasures enjoyed by the hosts.
Intro: The Sarah Silverman Show
Closing Words: Brett: "Channel One in high school, it would end every day with a Top Forty song because, even though it was news with Lisa Ling and whoever it was, uh, trying...I know exactly when this is don't you worry--uh, trying to teach you news but it would always end with some popular song like, 'our Virgin Megastore song of the week!' and it would always end with that and I would never pay attention to this shit, but uh, one of the weeks, one of the songs ended and I wasn't paying attention, and then all of a sudden, this song is playing, and I'm not really paying attention - I'm probably drawing and writing Pokémon lyrics in my-- I don't know what I was doing, but then it fades to the logo, and it just fades up on the song, and this part of Torn plays, and I was like, 'what is this beautiful, menstrual, this, this" - Chris: "Menstrual?" Brett: "This, this, beautiful siren song, pulling me in, and I look up, and I just see the Channel One logo to this song, but uh, this is what I heard, and it, uh, really got to me, so that's how I want to go out with this song, is this part:"
Closing Song: Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
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Notable Facts:
* This is the first Shame Songs episode. 
* Mike Grimm Alias Watch: Grimm introduces himself as either Tord Morsen or Tord Mortensen, or perhaps Tort Morrison.
* Host picks: 
**Brett: 'Blurry' by Puddle of Mudd, 'Kiss the Rain' by Billie Myers, 'Return to Innocence' by Enigma, 'Take a Picture' by Filter, 'Kiss Me' by Sixpence None The Richer, 'Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)' by Train, 'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia.
** Henry: 'The Sign' by Ace of Base, 'Rainy Days and Mondays' by the Carpenters, 'New Slang' by The Shins, 'New Age Girl' by Deadeye Dick, 'More Than Words' by Extreme, 'Lovefool' by The Cardigans. 
** Grimm: 'How Bizarre' by OMC, 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls, 'Shooter' by Jim Johnston (Chris Benoit's original entrance music), 'Vincent' by NOFX. 
** Chris: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' by Deep Blue Something, 'Feeling so Real' by Moby, 'Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)' by US3, 'Perfect' by Smashing Pumpkins, '(Can't You) Trip Like I Do' by Filter and The Crystal Method, 'Long Hard Road Out of Hell' by Marilyn Manson and Sneaker Pimps, 'Motorcycle Drive By' by Third Eye Blind.
Funny Stories and Quotes:
* Henry mistook Lou Pearlman for Hellboy actor Ron Perlman.
* Brett: "I really do value introspection and I will sit--even when I go home to this day, when I go home in two weeks Memorial day, there will be hours where I wait for everyone to leave the house, I will just go stand in my living room, look at thirty acres of open nothing, and just think, 'what have I done?'" [opening riff of 'Kiss Me' by Sixpence None the Richer begins].
* Chris can recite 'It's The End of the World as We Know It' by REM and the Tailspin theme song perfectly. Brett used to be able to recite 'Truly Madly Deeply' by Savage Garden perfectly.
* Henry: "I had a story about Ace of Base I wanted to tell, too...the reason I've come to appreciate it a little more recently is that uh, you know one of the indie bands that I feel cool listening to--" Grimm: "Here comes the cred! Here comes the cred!!" Henry: "--the Mountain Goats, they're a cool band I like them." Brett: [goat sound] Grimm: (goat voice) "Follow me on Twiiitterrr!" 
* Grimm on 'Iris': "I remember there was a log behind my house, up in the hills, and I would sit on that log and listen to this song and think, 'man, life sucks, how am I gonna make it?'"
* Henry on 'Iris': "This is such a VH1 song."
* Grimm suggests the episode should be called "Third Hour Karaoke".
* Brett: "Somebody...made the joke, 'literally Crazy Town's 'Butterfly' is more important than anything you'll ever do in your life." Chris: "That was me. I love whipping out Crazy Town."
* The hosts make fun of Henry's Surface RT phone throughout, due to how slow it is to respond to requests.
* Chris, going to the ad break while 'Cantaloop' plays: "Here we are, off I take ya, Laser Time, going on break now."
* Brett, on being given Alien Ant Farm's Anthology as a birthday present by an old girlfriend: "Uhhh I'm such a baby...I remember her handing me that CD, and I'm like, 'you know we can't break up, right?..this means a lot, like this album, and I've purposefully not bought it because it bothers me in some weird way' and she was like (nervous laughter). However, for what it's worth, it was at a Smash Brothers Melee concert".
* Chris, after starting 'Perfect' by Smashing Pumpkins: "So I turned to my lady friend, we're listening to this...and I turned to her [plugging out aux cord after being made fun of] FUCK IT [Grimm laughs] and I turned to her..."this song...Perfect and she's like (nervous laughter)...right, ruined..."
* The 'Return to Innocence' bit starts at 0:45:29.
* Brett on 'Return to Innocence': "This is where this gets into what...aghh...this horrible personality that I have that's at constant battle with, 'I wanna be a fuck face all the time', and like, shit like this song is what keeps me from that...which is the worst like, 'am I worthless?'"
* Brett on Return to Innocence: "Once a month I will hear this song and like, almost cry." [Grimm loses his shit].
* Chris to Brett: "This song makes you want to be a better person." Brett: "This and jail."
* Chris on 'New Age Girl' by Deadeye Dick: "This is what Black people think we listen to all the time."
* Brett: "I took a shitload of pictures in high school and college, and I have binders and binders of women -- fuck you -- of photos -- what's his nuts...Mitt Romney."
* Grimm on 'More Than Words': "This guy gets away with treacly ballads because nine days out of ten, he's a cock-rocking fuck-ball, sliding across stages--" Chris: "Yeah singing songs about his dick." Grimm: "--going 'nyeahhh!'...when you're an accountant, who doesn't do jack-shit, and you play this song directly to a lady, she's gonna be like, 'Yuuuup! Fuckin' see you later!'.
* Grimm on NOFX's cover of 'Vincent': "I remember, when I heard this song, I'd never heard it by Don McLean, I'd heard it by NOFX, and I was like, 'wow, this is really insightful for a band like NOFX, a band that usually makes dick jokes and fart-butt comments--" Chris: "Who'll break mid-sentence to do a PopEye impression during a song." Grimm: "--Yes, exactly, and I was like, 'wow, Fat Mike really dug deep for this one."
* Michael Grimm got into a 10-minute argument with a classmate at a high school music show and tell once because he insisted 'Vincent' was a NOFX original, while his classmate tried to tell him that it was a cover of a song by Don McLean.
* Chris used to pull up in traffic with his friends, blasting the Benny Hill theme out of his car's radio, looking straight forward and serious, wearing sunglasses, as a joke.
* Brett: "Free Gucci Nike Bleep Blorpp Bloppp."
Link: Shame Songs