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Sat Feb-12-05 07:32 PM
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Movies that include songs about themselves |
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I've been thinking about a particular category of movie--those that include songs with lyrics that refer directly to the movie's characters, plots, or subject matter. I think this is either one of the cheesiest or one of the most brilliant devices in cinema. Here's a short list of what I'm talking about:
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (w/ Tina Turner's "We don't need another hero") Born in East LA, also Up in Smoke and Things are Tough All Over Kris Kristoferson movies: Convoy and Cisco Pike Cat Ballou Jeremiah Johnson Colors Andy Sidaris' early films: Malibu Express and Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Cartoons and other musicals don't count.
I would count Rocky and The Legend of Billie Jean as borderline cases. "Eye of the Tiger" and "Invincible" seem too deeply bound up with the movies to be completely independent songs...
Can you think of more?
(A related topic is songs about the band doing the song--like "Bad Company" or Metallica's "Whiplash" (We'll never stop/we'll never quit/cause we're Metallica!)
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:33 PM
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Alan Price is the musical narrator to Lindsey Anderson's meditation on Candide.
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:36 PM
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3. Wow, thanks--forgot that one! |
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I'm not sure about the film but what a great song!
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:34 PM
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:37 PM
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4. Most James Bond movies. n/t |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:39 PM
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7. I thought of "Live and Let Die" |
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But the movie and the song both seem to have lives of their own. Hmmm.
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:38 PM
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5. Every Which Way But Loose n/t |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:38 PM
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And I'd say "Romancing the Stone," but the song, though specifically written for the movie, was never used in it. Go figure.
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:41 PM
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From The Graduate.. Or was the song written before the movie? I'm not sure.
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:42 PM
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9. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes n/t |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:44 PM
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10. LOL You reminded me of "Puberty Love"! n/t |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:46 PM
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11. That's a good one. I forgot about that song in there |
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That's right up there in bogus song in a movie history with "Teenage Suicide: Don't Do It" by Big Fun in Heathers.
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:46 PM
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12. You Forgot Footloose! |
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Footloose. Kick off my Sunday shoes!
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:48 PM
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14. And Highway to the Danger Zone. |
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Yikes, I really don't like where this thread is going!
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:49 PM
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15. You just made me grab my girlfriend |
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and dance around the apartment singing loudly
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:52 PM
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16. In a similar vein: Fame n/t |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:53 PM
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Are you ready for the summer, the summer?
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:58 PM
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23. "Breakin' There's No Stoppin' Us" by Ollie and Jerry |
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From Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:57 PM
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21. Damn, Fame was a great and underrated movie |
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I should go rent it right now.
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:47 PM
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13. "Citizens on Patrol" from Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol n/t |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:52 PM
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:53 PM
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19. Ah, how could I forget! |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:55 PM
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20. Have you heard the news makin’ all the headlines? |
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Fletch is workin’ overtime!
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:58 PM
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:01 PM
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30. I think all the classic Chevy Chase movies |
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have theme songs. 'Vacation' too.
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:03 PM
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33. Holiday rooooaaaaaaad nt |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:58 PM
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22. The Neverending Story, Heavy Metal, Harper Valley PTA |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:59 PM
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26. How about "The Wall"? |
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Although that's more like an album that has a movie associated with it.
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:01 PM
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29. I say full-blown musical |
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Self-referential songs there are no more surprising than in The Lion King.
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:03 PM
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34. I guess the same would go for "Tommy" |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:59 PM
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27. Can we count The Karate Kid? |
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The Kid, is hot tonite! Whoa, so hot tonite! Oh, but where will he be tomorrowwwwwwwwww
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:02 PM
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32. Also, "Yellow Submarine", "A Hard Day's Night" |
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:04 PM
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35. Cartoons and musicals don't really count! nt |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:59 PM
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25. Car Wash, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, Easy Money |
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If you're living in a bubble and you haven't got a clue you're gonna be in trouble cause we're coming after you cause what you got is what we need and all we do are dirty deeds cause we're the Spaceballs!
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:02 PM
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31. Ooh, I forgot Flash Gordon |
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Sat Feb-12-05 09:15 PM
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42. He'll save everyone of us! |
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:12 PM
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40. Viva Las Vegas!!!!!!!! |
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Edited on Sat Feb-12-05 08:13 PM by twenty2strings
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Sat Feb-12-05 08:38 PM
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probably the Ramones' worst song
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Sun Feb-13-05 12:56 AM
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43. The Brady Bunch Movie n/t |
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Sun Feb-13-05 02:10 PM
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44. Which brings up the issue of TV show movies |
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Wild Wild West is a signal example...
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