Songs you can't hear without thinking of a film (1 Viewer)

[Josh Dial]

"Paint if Black" by the Rolling Stones. Can't hear this song without thinking of "Full Metal Jacket.

cheers!

Josh

 

[John Thomas]

Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
Back To The Future

Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
Karate Kid 2

As Time Goes By - Louis Armstrong
Casablanca

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green
Good Will Hunting

Let My Love Open The Door - Peter Townshend
Grosse Pointe Blank

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
City of Angels

Song 2 - Blur
Starship Troopers* though this was never used in the movie, only the trailers

 

[Andy Olivera]

In God's Country - U2 - Three Kings
Troublemaker - Triumph - Hellraiser 3: Hell On Earth
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Olivia Newton John - Face/Off
Voices - Disturbed - Jeepers Creepers (trailer)
Flash Of The Blade - Iron Maiden - Phenomena
Paint It Black - Gobb - Stir Of Echoes
Mary Mary - Chumbawamba - Stigmata

 

[LawrenceZ]

Magic Carpet Ride - Go

 

[Chris Atkins]

Good Enough -- Cyndi Lauper -- GOONIES

 

[Dome Vongvises]

"Holiday Road" = ?
- Any Vacation movie

Who sings this?

 

[Jim DiJoseph]

Following a comment made earlier in the thread, I'll go for the songs that evoke memories of a particular film even though they were not specifically written for that film:

"Moving in Stereo" by the Cars - "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" :wink:
"Any Way You Want IT" by Journey - "Caddyshack"

And just about every other song listed in this thread!

 

[EricW]

be my baby - MEAN STREETS
blister in the sun - GROSSE POINTE BLANK
allstar - MYSTERY MEN and SHREK
love is all around - FOUR WEDDINGS + A FUNERAL
evening falls - L.A. STORY
marble halls - AGE OF INNOCENCE (amazing visual sequence)
lust for life - TRAINSPOTTING

 

[Rob Gardiner]

The "office theme" from BRAZIL makes me think of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH due to its use in the trailer

 

[Seth Paxton]

"Holiday Road" = ?
- Any Vacation movie

Who sings this?

Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac fame.

Great song.


John, great call on the Song #2 = Starship Troopers. One of the all-time great song uses in a trailer. More recently in the same vien we had Blinded by the Light in the Blow trailer used to perfection. And I'm pretty fond of how Who Are You is used in the Confessions of a Dangerous Mind trailer (they cut the song up perfectly).


Yes, the whole Rushmore soundtrack is tied to that film now.

 

[Seth Paxton]

"Any Way You Want IT" by Journey - "Caddyshack"

So what?!? So let's dance.
Man is that hilarious.

 

[Seth Paxton]

"Everything in its right place" (Radiohead)--Vanilla Sky

Oh yeah. Also this film really locked in on Good Vibrations for me. The usage re-associated the song to the film from those Sunkist orange soda commercials (which was a pretty good usage too). Beach Boys were awesome.

 

[Chris Moe]

Iron Butterfly - IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA - Manhunter

 

[Hunter P]

What immediately came to mind:
I Say a Little Prayer from My Best Friend's Wedding.

In the same vein of thought...

I Don't Want to Wait by Paula Cole was already on the radio before Dawson's Creek picked it up. Now it is forever known as the Dawson's theme song.

What is Love by Haddaway will now forever bring images of bobbing heads in a club due to the SNL skit.

And I don't know how many times I hear a song and think, "Hey, isn't that a car commercial? What's it doing on the radio?" (Can anyone say, "Like a Rock"? I knew you could.)

 

[Elizabeth S]

"In The City" - The Warriors

 

[Dennis Heller]

"Tequila" = Pee Wee's Big Adventure

 

[Rob Gardiner]

Good call, Dennis.

 

[Reginald Trent]

I don't believe you guys haven't named "Purple Rain" and "Saturday Night Fever" two of the biggest songs in movie history.

And ahem.."Fight The Power" from Do The Right Thing.

 

[Alex Spindler]

I would say that A Clockwork Orange has permanent dibs on Singin' in the Rain for me. Even the brief clip in other movies, such as Leon don't fail to bring up that relationship.

 

[Jeff Kohn]

Head Over Heels (Tears for Fears) - Donnie Darko
Beethoven's Ode to Joy - Immortal Beloved
You Cant Always Get What You Want - The Big Chill
O Fortuna/Carmina Burana - Excalibur