tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post5178228709223255437..comments2024-03-29T11:36:59.002-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Post-Oscar Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29177093058836987372010-03-14T00:00:54.496-05:002010-03-14T00:00:54.496-05:00I'm going to confess to having the silly momen...I'm going to confess to having the silly moments be memorable for me - on this list, it's hadda brooks naming of "Tequila" from <i>Pee-Wee's Big Adventure</i>; and Dan's pointing out that "Bohemian Rhapsody" more or less made <i>Wayne's World</i>.<br /><br />And shouldn't <i>Wayne's World</i> be credited (??) with vaulting that song from occasional play on AOR radio to "Stairway To Heaven"-level overplay?John Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640694304430187948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-25872032475921928102010-03-13T22:17:55.096-05:002010-03-13T22:17:55.096-05:00The Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away" fro...The Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away" from <i>Valley Girl</i>Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-83567064620608471402010-03-13T19:24:25.058-05:002010-03-13T19:24:25.058-05:00Interesting. I have never noticed "7 and 7 Is...Interesting. I have never noticed "7 and 7 Is" in "Bottle Rocket!" Now I need to go back and watch.<br /><br />Here's another one: The use of the Can song in "Deep End," during the long brothel/night club scene. I forget what it's called, something that includes the word "Flow," I think. It reminds me of the way Schlesinger uses that Elephant's Memory song in "Midnight Cowboy." Another great one!John Shipleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514397681990446659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4908019506968849662010-03-13T14:04:42.548-05:002010-03-13T14:04:42.548-05:00Bottle Rocket featured both "Alone Again Or&q...Bottle Rocket featured both "Alone Again Or" and "7 and 7 is" -- I just though the use of "7 and 7 is" was more memorable. Neither one made it onto the soundtrack, along with "2000 Man"Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50701522031691004042010-03-13T12:12:59.949-05:002010-03-13T12:12:59.949-05:00Does the Missa Luba "Sanctus" from Linds...Does the Missa Luba "Sanctus" from Lindsay Anderson's "If ..." count? Not pop, really, but it really captures the anglo rift between propriety and ferocity that drives that movie (if you haven't seen it, do so!). The scene is available on youtube, BTW.<br /><br />"The Royal Tennenbaums" seems to exist mostly for the great music cues, and I would include the slo-mo, Nico/Jackson Browne moment when Gwenyth gets off the bus. Special props to "Makin' Time" in "Rushmore," as well.<br /><br />The song in "Bottle Rocket" is "Alone Again Or."<br /><br />And I totally agree on the "Cat People" thang in "Inglorious Basterds," a movie I pretty much hated. My main beef was that the song was introduced in a movie!John Shipleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514397681990446659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-18110597998820634312010-03-13T12:04:01.243-05:002010-03-13T12:04:01.243-05:00I have a terrible memory for movies in terms of th...I have a terrible memory for movies in terms of the music and the scenes and I haven't really been to the movies in ages because I haven't been close to a theater in years but reaching into the old memory bank, you'll probably think I'm a hopeless dork, but I liked the soundtracks for Natural Born Killers and The End of the World. <br /><br />Have a vague recollection that Sweet Jane worked really well in NBK.Libby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-91213784638028398992010-03-13T10:38:19.599-05:002010-03-13T10:38:19.599-05:00"Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrin'..."Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrin' Bout That Girl" from Rushmore, may be The Kinks finest moment.<br /><br />And who can forget Freedy Johnston's "Bad Reputation" from Kingpin, or The Greenhorne's(with Holly Golightly) "There Is An End", from the great Broken Flowers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-24950453244897885612010-03-12T22:20:55.781-05:002010-03-12T22:20:55.781-05:00"Shampoo" opened with "Wouldn't..."Shampoo" opened with "Wouldn't It Be Nice".dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-88972997743284528252010-03-12T21:21:29.060-05:002010-03-12T21:21:29.060-05:00Apologies for not reading carefully and duplicatin...Apologies for not reading carefully and duplicating Sal's earlier reference to She Smiled Sweetly in the Royal Tennenbaums.<br /><br />I have a memory -- maybe faulty -- of "Wouldn't it Be Nice" in Shampoo? <br /><br />And I can't believe no one has referenced the best use ever of a pre-existing pop song in a movie -- Bohemian Rhapsody in Wayne's World!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-47915825638698869642010-03-12T21:13:34.224-05:002010-03-12T21:13:34.224-05:00All of the song cues in "Boogie Nights" ...All of the song cues in "Boogie Nights" are pretty brilliant, and I heard them a million times (worked on the movie). Special props for Sister Christian, and especially for "The Sage" (Chico Hamilton) the jazz piece with cello used as morning after music.<br /><br />I wanted to bring up "American Werewolf in London", for using only songs with the word "moon" in their title, and making it work. The Marcels doo-wop version of "Blue Moon" at the end is perfect.Nosmo Kinghttp://www.xspeedofsatire.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-33787915752228636382010-03-12T20:38:46.488-05:002010-03-12T20:38:46.488-05:00Oh, and I tried to post something at Box Office, b...Oh, and I tried to post something at Box Office, but my virus scan/browser wouldn't let me.MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3745769478588107862010-03-12T20:32:11.825-05:002010-03-12T20:32:11.825-05:00As far as whether The Big Lebowski is "nausea...As far as whether <i>The Big Lebowski</i> is "nauseatingly over-praised" or not seems to depend on one's fondness for marijuana - stoners seem to think it's a work of genius, while the less cannabis-inclined think, "OK, kind of cute".<br /><br />One song cue that really grabbed me was in <i>Boogie Nights</i> - shit, if you're in a room with a coke-crazed madman who thinks that "Sister Christian" is profound, you're in trouble, dude...MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9528159462520670992010-03-12T18:43:27.865-05:002010-03-12T18:43:27.865-05:00BTW, I MUCH prefer the "fast" version of...BTW, I MUCH prefer the "fast" version of "Putting Out Fire," as found as the flip of the "Let's Dance" single.dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-90531069785526162842010-03-12T18:41:25.037-05:002010-03-12T18:41:25.037-05:00No one's mentioned "The End" in &quo...No one's mentioned "The End" in "Apocalypse Now"?<br /><br />A personal fave is "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" at the end of "Cooley High." I wish that soundtrack was on DVD!dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44254187403406344482010-03-12T18:14:26.573-05:002010-03-12T18:14:26.573-05:00Over the Edge is a great movie, great soundtrack t...Over the Edge is a great movie, great soundtrack too.<br /><br />I'd say: "Green Onions" in the pre-dawn drag race scene in American Graffiti; really cool.<br /><br />Also Amer Graf II was pretty bad but "Pipeline" was used to great effect in the Viet Nam sequence as a helicopter approached the jungle. <br /><br />Worst use of classic music in a movie: Patch Adams. Oh, it's 1967 here comes "Incense and Peppermints" etc etcUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948286505238957755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-16443854850727421952010-03-12T16:16:31.353-05:002010-03-12T16:16:31.353-05:00It was "7 and 7 is" in Bottle Rocket, an...It was "7 and 7 is" in Bottle Rocket, and it was brilliant! Still my favorite Wes Anderson flick.<br /> I think it's a slippery slope to say it's cheating to use a pre-existing song and all its associations, etc., in a movie. It's all down to how you use it. Putting in "Hallelujah" to pull some emotional heartstrings is lazy at this point, but unearthing an old Kinks song that non-musos have no idea exists doesn't seem smug. What would you have him do, put in cliche, over-familiar songs? That said, there's such a thing as overkill, and many films these days seem overstuffed with songs just to keep people interested. In American Graffiti, the constant soundtrack mimicked the radio, which was in essence its own character.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3419687768734314012010-03-12T15:55:44.062-05:002010-03-12T15:55:44.062-05:00I didn't mean to initiate a backlash! I love ...I didn't mean to initiate a backlash! I love "Lebowski!" I don't particularly enjoy reading about the "phenomenon" in the arts section every few months though. Well that's an exaggeration, but still. Anyway, it's not the movie's fault.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-66709847327511241762010-03-12T15:46:08.733-05:002010-03-12T15:46:08.733-05:00nauseatingly over-praised and over-exposed
Wow, I...<i>nauseatingly over-praised and over-exposed</i><br /><br />Wow, I was unaware that the backlash had started already! That's like, a bummer, man.<br /><br />The use of the Kenny Rogers song was pretty good, eh?<br /><br />And the Creedence.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-7498168124319584652010-03-12T15:15:11.372-05:002010-03-12T15:15:11.372-05:00Come to think of it, Wim Wenders uses a Kinks song...Come to think of it, Wim Wenders uses a Kinks song -- I think Waterloo Sunset -- in something good, doesn't he?steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-88566138402556073342010-03-12T15:07:43.338-05:002010-03-12T15:07:43.338-05:00I tend to feel like it's cheating to use a gre...I tend to feel like it's cheating to use a great pre-existing song in a movie... borrowing all the history and emotional power of another work of art to buttress one's own. It works, it definitely works, as much on me as on anybody, but I mean, look what even a half-decent pop song can do for a JC Penney commercial, for chrissake! <br /><br /><br />HAVING SAID THAT...<br /><br />I'm going to defend smug hip-ness, because not only do I love "Bottle Rocket," and it's use of (oh what's the name of the song by Love), I'm a fan of Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums as well -- and his use "She Smiled Sweetly" was a knockout there. <br /><br />I also got a huge thrill from Dylan's "The Man in Me" over the opening of "The Big Lebowski." (I know, I know, that movie is nauseatingly over-praised and over-exposed by now, but I saw it when it came out, and had no idea it was going to be culted to death).<br /><br />But here's an obscure one that has stayed in my mind: The Stairsteps' "Ooh Ooh Child" in Jonathan Kaplan's "Over the Edge," if anyone remembers that. <br /><br />But I still say it's cheating. <br /><br />(Oh and by the way, does anyone remember Lou Reed singing "Baby Sister" in Alan Arkush's "Get Crazy?" That's one of my favorite musical scenes in an affable but otherwise undistinguished '80s party-hardy movie. I don't know if it counts as a pre-existing song, but if it does. that one's number one on my list!)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-60180198976672222752010-03-12T15:06:08.722-05:002010-03-12T15:06:08.722-05:00"Fire" by Arthur Brown would have worked..."Fire" by Arthur Brown would have worked really well. Good call. OK, one final moment of Scorcese's genius: "Atlantis" as the soundtrack for the lethal whooping of Billy Bats in Goodfellas. Why does this hippie-dippy anthem work so well? Who knows? Scorcese just has a great ear....unlike the guy in Reservoir Dogs....Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17898282038941033272010-03-12T13:47:41.325-05:002010-03-12T13:47:41.325-05:00...oh yeah, I have to agree with the Basterds musi......oh yeah, I have to agree with the <i>Basterds</i> music cue. Did not like. Odd, when you think about all the songs that would have fit there.<br /><br />How about Arthur Brown? Now THAT woulda worked.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-80654163858505712312010-03-12T13:45:25.553-05:002010-03-12T13:45:25.553-05:00I'd vote for M. Jackson's "She's ...I'd vote for M. Jackson's "She's Out Of My Life" as used in "Modern Romance," Albert Brooks.<br /><br />He's broken up with Mary for the umpteenth time and picks an old girlfriend out of his Rolodex. Makes a date, picks her up, and as they drive off, he makes the mistake of turning on the radio.<br /><br />Above song comes on, he circles the block and drops said girl off in front of her apartment - the trip lasts about 45 seconds.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72489564735026193802010-03-12T13:16:17.500-05:002010-03-12T13:16:17.500-05:00Hadda beat me to every punch I had!
TreyHadda beat me to every punch I had!<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-74019593368249337632010-03-12T13:01:34.434-05:002010-03-12T13:01:34.434-05:00Everytime I hear Derek and the Dominoes' Layla...Everytime I hear Derek and the Dominoes' Layla outtro I think of dead people hanging in meat lockers a la Goodfellas. Creepy!<br /><br />Also, Beach Boys "Wouldn't It Be Nice" just slays you emotionally (if not check yer pulse as Steve would say) in Roger and Me.ms. rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428672537206412958noreply@blogger.com