Here Are All of the “Bangers” that Kendall Played at His 40th Birthday

Kendall Roy’s birthday was the major set piece of last night’s episode of HBO’s Succession, undoubtedly the best thing on TV in recent memory. Foreshadowed in earlier episodes, viewers were finally treated to Kendall’s Dante / Antibiotic / Life of Pablo-esque vision, a five-dimensional club installation starting guests at the host’s birth by entering through a life-sized vagina, as always things went downhill from there.

With an HBO budget and one of the strongest brain trusts on TV, music played a pivotal role in last night’s episode, opening with a shaky cover of Billy Joel’s “Honesty.”

Once again, as with every aspect of the show the music supervision on Kendall’s playlist was narratively calculated, screaming I’m 40 and still relevant. 90s rap songs that were cool in the early 2010s, some dad rock, and electronica from the 2000s.

Titles subliminally reek of playlist maker ego from “White Lines” to “Man of the Year” which plays while Kendall stares upon his massive banner graphic, itself just his name with himself running (eerily similar to when he came out of the lake by the way).

The show continues to use hip hop as a.) a trope on cultural appropriation and b.) a real world reference to Rawkus records, the fledgling hip hop label co-founded by James Murdoch, and saved by Rupert. God, we don’t deserve writing this good.

Check out some of our Succession recaps below and here are all the songs we could identify on last night’s “Too Much Birthday.”

Will update as the DJ stuff is verified.

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Almost:

Billy Joel – “Honesty”

Cold Open.

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Selected covers by the tiny Wu-Tang cover group

Almost definitely “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Triumph”

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In order:

Grandmaster Flash – “White Lines”

The Roys enter Kendall’s party.

Schoolboy Q – “Man of the Year”

Kendall surprised by Shiv and Roman, at this point unaware they are there to just poach Madsen.

KRS – One – “MCs Act Like They Don’t Know”

Kendall talks shit about Gary to Raba, describes a perfect world where alfredo and bed by 11PM exist.

Meat Beat Manifesto – “Radio Babylon”

Kendall insults Greg while going down the escalator

Spacemen 3 – “Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)”

Roman gets a deal going with Madsen all the way until they protest piss on Roman’s phone (another Kanye allusion).

LCD Soundsystem – “New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down“

Kendall decides not to get into his tuxedo and sing Billy Joel strapped to a crucifix.

Dizzee Rascal – “Don’t Gas Me”

Shiv pulls an Elaine and Comfry tells Greg that she still has He-man lunch boxes in her apartment that she has to resell on ebay because Kendall’s a wiener.

Chemical Brothers – “Hey Boy Hey Girl”

Kendall’s gift search meltdown.

Magic Castles – “Lost Dimension”

Tom and Greg go down the compliment tunnel… FUCK OFF.

Alison Wonderland and Valentino Khan – “Anything”

‘You stole my idea?’ What are you fucking six?

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ADDITIONS

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u/barrivia: Soulwax - "NY Lipps (Kawazaki Dub)"

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u/CuriousMonster9: Peaches - “Fuck the Pain Away”

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u/Echo-77: Primal Scream - "Autobahn 66"

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