Oops, this was supposed to be posted yesterday, but I only saved it. My bad.
...Songs associated with movies that I'll never be able to disassociate...
10. Huey Lewis and The News - The Power of Love
Back to the Future (honorable mention, same band same movie - Back in Time)
Doesn't everybody think of Marty McFly when they here those driving keyboards?
9. Yello - Oh Yeah
Many, but mostly Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Stylistically, this song summed up the movie pretty well, I'd say. Honorable mention also goes to the underrated Michael J Fox flick The Secret of My Success. Which is what we actually see here because YouTube is again uncooperative.
8. Beethoven - "Ode to Joy" from "Symphony No.9 in D- 'Choral', Op.125"
Die Hard.
The original teaser trailer was John McClane jumping from the roof of the Nakatomi Building as it exploded behind him, firehose tied around his waist, set to this piece. Why does such a joyous song work so well for this movie? I have no clue, but it sure as hell does. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn't seem to have that teaser trailer, and pretty much everything involving the original movie and Ode To Joy is a edited video, so here's a "rare" trailer for the third movie. (Honorable Mention from the same movie, Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis (This IS Christmas music!)
7. Mickey Mouse Club Theme/The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Full Metal Jacket.
One flows in to the other as the Marines marching away from the burning town singing the Mickey Mouse Club Theme, and then the Rolling Stones kicks in for the end credits. Both are perfect to me, the imagery of a children's song being sung amidst carnage and devastation, then the Stones song seems to bookmark the movie itself perfectly.
6. The Doors - The End
Apocalypse Now.
The beginning of the movie...yet we hear "This is the end..." Perfect choice and I can't help but see the broken down Sheen every time I hear this haunting song.
5. Sugerhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
The Wedding Singer
It's a shame that such a ground breaking piece will probably be best remembered this way by many people, but hey...they let a granny rap it...
4. Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright
Caddyshack
I can't help but feel good and happy, and it's because I think of that crazy ass country club. NOONAN!
3. Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
Garden State
So many songs to choose from, but when you get right down to it, this song and this scene will always go hand and hand for me. As Large simultaneously starts to emerge from his chemical numbness AND takes ecstasy at a party, things get weird for him as everyone around him plays Spin The Bottle... "Do you believe in what you see?" indeed.
2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Wayne's World.
Not only will I not be able to disassociate it, I'll never be able to curb the desire to head bang like the gang when the song hits it's stride.
1. Stealer's Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
Reservoir Dogs.
Could it possibly have been anything else? I mean, the song is going to forever be associated with the ear slicing scene. Even for people that have never seen the movie.
I'll be back later tonight with Rhyme and Treason results...
The Ode to Joy has also been stolen by the European Union as its anthem. And by 'Die Hard' and 'A Clockwork Orange'.
ReplyDeletePoor Beethoven, must be turning in his grave sometimes.
Poor Beethoven what about kenny loggins not getting a look in for footloose, talk about spinning in his grave. Other memorable mentions should go to the song at the end of Dr Strangelove, and Metropolis (the modern day anime), though the later is a nod to the former both beautiful haunting endings. Songs are 'we'll meet again' and 'I cant stop loving you' respectively.
ReplyDeleteThat scene in resovoir dogs is just the best....
ReplyDeleteBack in Time is awesome....it was included in my Huey Lewis songbook I got some time in college to play on the piano....
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