best use of a classic song in a movie

[thepaulo]

I'll vote for Stuck in the Middle with You from Resouvoir Dogs....

one of the worst is Sorry Seems to be the hardest word from Rush Hour 3
(and this is from a rabid,I'll- kick- your- fucking- ass- bitch Elton fan)

[PapaBear]

I can't listen to Layla without Goodfellas playing in my mind.

[MrPink]

Midnight Rider and Freebird were used well in Devil's Rejects.

[MadMatt]

I don't know if this counts, but "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult used at the beginning of "The Stand" - I know if it counts because it was a TV movie/miniseries, but it was used incredibly well

[Chimee]

Midnight Rider and Freebird were used well in Devil's Rejects.

I fucking loved the way they used Freebird in that.

[thepaulo]

speaking of Goodfellas...I'm thinking Jump ino the fire during the black helicopter/cocaine paranoia sequence

[tele7]

Tiny Dancer from Almost Famous comes to mind. I'm sure there are better ones though.

[PapaBear]

Tiny Dancer from Almost Famous comes to mind. I'm sure there are better ones though.
That's a good one!

[tele7]

Oh Yoko-Rushmore

[thepaulo]

I loved the use of a pre-tuberdulosis Cat Stevens song in Rushmore....

[PapaBear]

This may be because I'm watching it right now, but "You Are So Beautiful" in "Carlito's Way"

[epo]

Big Lebowski - Kenny Rogers ---Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

[tele7]

I loved the use of a pre-tuberdulosis Cat Stevens song in Rushmore....

The Here Comes My Baby montage was my second choice.

[thepaulo]

I'll raise your Joe Cocker with Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes(up where you belong) in an Officer and a Gentleman or (you Can Leave Your hat on) Nine and 1/2 weeks

[PapaBear]

I'll raise your Joe Cocker with Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes(up where you belong) in an Officer and a Gentleman
Ugh... If I'm not mistaken, that was my Senior Prom theme.:wallbash:

[epo]

I loved the use of a pre-tuberdulosis Cat Stevens song in Rushmore....

The Here Comes My Baby montage was my second choice.

I'll raise you both in Rushmore with the Who's - A Quick One While He's Away. :tongue:

[thepaulo]

sorry I touched on a sore point

[tele7]

Ugh... If I'm not mistaken, that was my Senior Prom theme.:wallbash:

Mine was Open Arms. Got you by two years youngster, but I did go to an Up Where You Belong prom too, and I've got the glass to prove it.



Miss Gvac

[Stankfoot]

I'll raise you both in Rushmore with the Who's - A Quick One While He's Away. :tongue:

I see you and raise you in Rushmore at the end when they played "Ohh La La" by Faces ...

[epo]

I see you and raise you in Rushmore at the end when they played "Ohh La La" by Faces ...

Touche. God bless Rod Stewart for not showing up to practice that day.....

[thepaulo]

Rod was with the Soccer team that day

[Yerdaddy]

Oh Yoko-Rushmore

Most memorable song to me in that movie is "A Quick One While He's Away" by The Who during the revenge scene.

My vote goes to "The End" by The Doors in Apocalypse Now.

"Singing in the Rain" - guess which movie!

Other good ones are: "White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane in Fear and Loathing.

I really like Ridley Scott's use of Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of "Voodoo Chile" as the choppers leave the base in Black Hawk Down.

The beginning of Sexy Beast is the most memorable part of a great movie even though it has little to do with the plot except setting a nice tone to be disrupted. "Peaches" by The Stranglers is a big reason it's so memorable. (That, and the title shot being a closeup on Ray Winstone's banana-hammock.

When Jack Black belts out a mean Marvin Gaye "Let's Get It On" in High Fidelity I still get chills.

[thepaulo]

whew...a lot to chew on....
of course....the end is extremely pivitol to Apocolypse Now....

which reminds me of

Full Metal Jacket....I don't know the name of the song but it might be something like .....
bird is the word....

[PapaBear]

whew...a lot to chew on....
of course....the end is extremely pivitol to Apocolypse Now....

which reminds me of

Full Metal Jacket....I don't know the name of the song but it might be something like .....
bird is the word....
Surfin Bird... The Trashmen

[A.J.]

This Irving Berlin favorite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGN2aa3oQRM).

[thepaulo]

Irving Berlin?....I thought it was Taco....

[ScottFromGA]

I don't know if this counts, but "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult used at the beginning of "The Stand" - I know if it counts because it was a TV movie/miniseries, but it was used incredibly well

I agree with this one....The Stand fucking ruled.

[KnoxHarrington]

I love the Sister Christian/Jessie's Girl/99 Luftballoons montage in Boogie Nights. That whole scene is just so crazy and so out of control (it's as close to being coked out of my mind and paranoid as I ever want to be), and the way that "Sister Christian" drops off and "Jessie Girl" cuts in even as that crazy-ass dude in his underwear rambles in a coke rush about how great making mix tapes is just perfect.

But that movie makes all kinds of good musical choices. Eddie/Dirk showing up at the party to "Mama Told Me Not to Come" after that violent confrontation with his mother. Scotty appearing to the tune of "You Sexy Thing." Even the valedictory use of "God Only Knows" at the very end. It's just a brilliant movie.

[IMSlacker]

"Gimme Shelter" worked well in The Departed. Not sure why it was left off of the soundtrack album.

[buzzard]

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head-B.J. Thomas in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.

[zentraed]

Other good ones are: "White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane in Fear and Loathing.


Metropolis (anime): "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles. Absolutely amazing sequence.

he Fear and Loathing scene is also one of my favorites

[scottinnj]

I gotta go with Yerdaddy with The End in Apocalypse now. But another one is the AC/DC track in The Dukes of Hazzard movie ( the only song not on the soundtrack album)

[Stankfoot]

never mind [sigh]

[joethebartender]

My fave: The Blues Brothers when they're in the elevator at the Cook County building...The muzac version of "the girl from Ipanema"

I hate: Eventhough I'm a Reno 911! fan, a remake of the Clash's "Police and Thieves" had no place in that movie. (not even a bad remake).

Love,
Joe

[MikeB]

Van Morrison doing Comfortably Numb in The Departed.
And lets include Christopher and Tony listening to the song on The Departed soundtrack.

[BoondockSaint]

Tequila in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

[FUNKMAN]

not the best but it obviously struck me because I'm a fan of the band.

the movie RADIO - they played "We're An American Band" during 'tackle football scenes in the rain'(if I remember the scenes correctly) and it fit pretty well

[Hottub]

"American Girl" Fast Times.

[Ritalin]

Alright.

What about anything from "Amadeus", EXCEPT Salieri's music?

I win.

Give it up.

[Fat_Sunny]

The Mushy Side Of Fat Will Select "Then He Kissed Me" By The Crystals (1963), Which Was Used In Goodfellas When Henry And Karen Enter The Club.

This Is The Song That Was Playing When F_S First Kissed A Girl, So It Has Always Held A Special Place In His Heart!

[FUNKMAN]

When The Levy Breaks - Men At Work

[StizerUK]

I think it is safe to say that ANY song in Goodfellas is the best classic song in any movie.

[Ritalin]

The Mushy Side Of Fat Will Select "Then He Kissed Me" By The Crystals (1963), Which Was Used In Goodfellas When Henry And Karen Enter The Club.

This Is The Song That Was Playing When F_S First Kissed A Girl, So It Has Always Held A Special Place In His Heart!

F_S, a very touching story about young love, but "Layla" is the best use of music in "GoodFellas"

[Fat_Sunny]

F_S, a very touching story about young love, but "Layla" is the best use of music in "GoodFellas"


No, That Was Just Fat's "First-Kiss" Story.

The "Touching" Stories Start A Year Or Two Later!

[Ritalin]

No, That Was Just Fat's "First-Kiss" Story.

The "Touching" Stories Start A Year Or Two Later!

Bwhaaaaaaa! Bwhaaaaahaahahhaha!

Wait.

Gross.

[joethebartender]

"American Girl" Fast Times.

if you're gonna bring up fast times...zepplin dude,...zepplin!

[A.J.]

"American Girl" Fast Times.

Actually, it makes me think of "Silence of the Lambs".

[joethebartender]

Actually, it makes me think of "Silence of the Lambs".

There's a great song about the Silence of the Lambs...It's by the greenskeepers...It put's the lotion on its skin...

good stuff!
Love,
-Joe

[JackStraw]

Oh Yoko-Rushmore

I'll raise you both in Rushmore with the Who's - A Quick One While He's Away. :tongue:

I'm gonna go with the majority here and say any song in any Wes Anderson movie is going to work here for me.

[StizerUK]

I'm shocked. No one has brought up any of the music in A Knight's Tale! LOL You don't like Low Rider set in medieval times?! LOL

[drjoek]

I've had the time of my life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes makes the ladies melt From Dirty Dancin'. Even I love that song Bill Medley is the BEST

I loved Coutning Flowers on the wall by the Statler Brothers in Pulp Fiction

[jeoyramone]

How bout Lust for Life in Trainspotting?

[topless_mike]

The Replacements use "heroes" by wallflowers (david bowie cover) as the end music.

classic !

[thepaulo]

Speaking of Pulp Fiction.....a Neil Diamond cover!

[Hottub]

Hi Brad. You know how cute I always thought you were.


http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/d1/Phoebe_Cates_Fast_Times.jpg

[JustJon]

"American Girl" Fast Times.

I'll see your American Girl and raise you The Cars - Moving in Stereo. Phoebe Cates, 'nuff said.

[Hottub]

Ohhhh. Sorrray. Sorray.

[mildly amusing]

I'll see your American Girl and raise you The Cars - Moving in Stereo. Phoebe Cates, 'nuff said.

I'll see your "Moving in Stereo" and raise you Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby"

http://www.movieactors.com/freeseframes-1026/FastTimes14.jpeg

[DonInNC]

On the DVD commentary, Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe trash the music in Fast Times, basically saying they caved to the studio.

[thepaulo]

Let's not forget the scalper's desperate attempt to unload tickets by singing Cheap Trick

[Hottub]

http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/fasttimeswiseguy1.jpgMike Damone.

Can you honestly tell me you forgot? Forgot the magnetism of Robin Zander, or the charisma of Rick Nielsen? I want you to want me. The Dream Police ba na na na na na na.



I now sumbit "Any Way You Want It" From Paul O's movie.

[IMSlacker]

On the DVD commentary, Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe trash the music in Fast Times, basically saying they caved to the studio.

Even "Waffle Stomp"?

[Hottub]

Even "Waffle Stomp"?

and Goodbye, Goodbye?

[kevcala]

I'm a big fan of Van Morrison's "Gloria" in "The Outsiders" right around the time Matt Dylan's response to Pony Boy's, "What do you want to do?" is "Nothing legal, man. Let's get out of here."

[DonInNC]

Even "Waffle Stomp"?

They name the Eagles specifically, but Joe usually gets a pass on the Eagles thing, right?

[IMSlacker]

Here's one for the chicks.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/images/pics/cusack2.jpg

[deepinthewoods]

As a recovering goth I am required by law to first say Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus from the opening scene in The Hunger.

But since that's really only a "classic" for the children of the night, I'm going to say Iron Butterfly's In-a-gadda-da-vida at the end of Manhunter.

[thepaulo]

Lovvvvvvve Stay Gold from the Outsiders.....would be my favorite Stevie Wonder song except it wasn't written by him....think it was written by Coppola's father.....


by the way...the Gap soundtrack is dominated by a band called the Chokes.......

[bobrobot]

by the way...the Gap soundtrack is dominated by a band called the Chokes.......

Hmmm, I can think of something I like better on there...

[Stankfoot]

Here's one for the chicks.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/images/pics/cusack2.jpg

That part of the movie always cracked me up. Like it matters if he holds the boom box over his head. I would have put it on the roof of the car and sat on the hood. I tire easily!

[StizerUK]

That part of the movie always cracked me up. Like it matters if he holds the boom box over his head. I would have put it on the roof of the car and sat on the hood. I tire easily!

It's just symbolism for the pain women put us through! LOL

[thepaulo]

goes without saying Bobo ....goes without saying

[SHANEFROMGA]

even though the movie wan't all that great,(except for the car chase stuff), the classic rock iused in "the dukes of hazzard" was well placed. ac/dc fit the car sence when they were running from the cops in at.

[Yerdaddy]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/411002305_c2d739c318.jpg?v=0

[Ritalin]

Hi Brad. You know how cute I always thought you were.


http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/d1/Phoebe_Cates_Fast_Times.jpg

Boingngngngngngng!

[IMSlacker]

WTF? I couldn't embed the video! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gI73x7NULk)

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[A.J.]

A Tammy Wynette classic. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8bKxdPaXVc)