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

[MickeS]

"Sympathy for the devil" - always think of Interview with the Vampire when I hear this one (even though I believe G N'R covered it in the movie).

/Mike

 

[Bernhard]

Supertramp - The Logical Song from Magnolia
Stevie Wonder - I Believe from High Fidelity

 

[Anders Englund]

"Cry Little Sister" (don't know who performs it): The Lost Boys.
"I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash): Grosse Point Blank.

--Anders

 

[Dave Miller]

What's the opening theme to the original Rollerball (1975) movie? Everytime I hear that song, I think of that movie.

Peace,

DM

 

[Chuck C]

Crash Test Dummies - MM MM MM MM MM - Dumb & Dumber

 

[Yee-Ming]

What's the opening theme to the original Rollerball (1975) movie?

Toccata & Fugue in D minor. J.S. Bach, I think.

personally I tend to associate that piece with Fantasia.

 

[Russ Lucas]

Apologies if this was mentioned previously, but the song "Pretty" by The Cranberries is now forever associated in my mind with the third act of a bad Robert Altman movie.

 

[OcieB]

"One Is The Loneliest Number" - Magnolia

 

[Kevin M]

The Cars - Moving in Stereo - Fast Times at Ridgemont High


Beethoven's 9th - Singing The Rain - Funeral of Queen Mary - A Clockwork Orange


Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult - Halloween (And many others of course but mainly Halloween.)


Imagine - John Lennon - The Killing Fields


Paint It Black - The Bird - These Boots Were Made For Walking - Full Metal Jacket


All of the Music used in Easy Rider. I just can't separate the images from the songs when I hear them, particularly Jimi's If Six Were Nine.


We'll Meet Again - Performed by Vera Lynn in the film itself but from any performer - Dr. Strangelove

 

[Anders Englund]

Paint It Black - The Bird - These Boots Were Made For Walking - Full Metal Jacket

Paint it Black was in FMJ? How could I miss that. That song spells Devil's Advocate to me.

--Anders

 

[Rob P S]

What a Wonderful World - Animal House (John Belushi in the cafeteria line)

 

[Chris]

"Butterfly" (Tori Amos) - Higher Learning
"Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie (C'Mon!)
"Fretless" (REM) - Until the End of the World
"Shaft" (need I say more?)
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate

 

[Dome Vongvises]

"Superstar" (The Carpenters) - Tommy Boy

 

[Sean Moon]

Foreigner...just about anything by them. I Think of the cartoon AQUA TEEN HUNGERFORCE. The episode with the Foreigner belt has ruined every experience I will have with their songs for the rest of my life.
Those who watch the show will know what I mean...but those who dont watch it, it is tough to explain why it burns into your head.

 

[John Kilduff]

A mix of songs written for the movies and previously released songs used in films...

"Love Train" as covered by Hall & Oates from "Earth Girls Are Easy"

"Raise Your Hands" by Bon Jovi from "Spaceballs"

"Part Of Your World" by Jodi Benson as Ariel from "The Little Mermaid"

"Invincible" by Pat Benatar from "The Legend Of Billie Jean"

"Put A Little Love In Your Heart" by Annie Lennox and Al Green from "Scrooged"

"It's In The Way That You Use It" by Eric Clapton from "The Color Of Money"

"So Far, So Good" by Sheena Easton from "...About Last Night"

"Bye Bye Love" ("Bye Bye Life") by Ben Vereen and Roy Scheider from "All That Jazz"

"Rhythm Of The Night" by DeBarge from "Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon"

"Libertango (I've Seen That Face Before)" by Grace Jones from "Frantic"

"Let The River Run" by Carly Simon from "Working Girl"

"She's On Fire" by Amy Holland from "Scarface"

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus from "The Hunger"

"New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle from "Beverly Hills Cop"

"Wooly Bully" as performed by Alvin & The Chipmunks from "The Chipmunk Adventure"

"If This Is It" by Huey Lewis & The News from "Amazon Women On The Moon"

"As Time Goes By" (instrumental version) from "Here's Looking At You, Warner Brothers" (yeah, it was a documentary made for TV, but don't documentaries count as films?)

"Do Ya Wanna Funk?" by Sylvester from "Trading Places"

"Hollyrock" by Sheila E. from "Krush Groove"

"Bop 'Til You Drop" by Rick Springfield from "Hard To Hold"

"Cuban Pete" as performed by Jim Carrey from "The Mask"

"Fugue For Tinhorns" as performed by George Burns and Ted Wass from "Oh God! You Devil"

"Foxy Lady" by Jimi Hendrix from "Ruthless People" and "Wayne's World"

"I Started A Joke" by The Bee Gees from "Penn & Teller Get Killed"

"Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" by "Weird Al" Yankovic and Mark Knopfler from "UHF"

The Armour Hot Dogs jingle as performed by Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt from "Demolition Man"

"At This Moment" by Billy Vera and The Beaters from "The Accused"

"Both Sides Now" by Paul Young and Clannad from "Switch"

"Simply Meant To Be" by Gary Wright and Jennifer Warnes from "Blind Date"

"Le Jazz Hot" by Julie Andrews from "Victor/Victoria"

"Cross My Broken Heart" by The Jets from "Beverly Hills Cop 2"

"Twist Of Fate" by Olivia Newton-John from "Two Of A Kind"

"Together In Electric Dreams" by Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey from "Electric Dreams"

"Knights Of The Round Table" by Monty Python's Flying Circus from "Monty Python And The Holy Grail"

"Beat It" by Michael Jackson from "Back To The Future, Part 2"

"I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar from "Back To The Future, Part 2"

"Babysitting Blues" by Elisabeth Shue (the HTF's Loveliest Lady Of The 80s) from "Adventures In Babysitting"

"Idiot Control Now" by several people who can't lip-synch worth a damn from "Pod People" ("IT STINKS!")

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

From the sublime to the ridiculous...and that's the short list!

 

[Tom_Mack]

Brick House - Muppets from Space

 

[JoeMKal]

most John Williams stuff
anything from Brazil
anything from Pulp Fiction
anything from Trainspotting
anything from Donnie Darko
anything from The Big Lebowski
anything from Rushmore

 

[TommyT]

#1: Don't You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds, closing credits of The Breakfast Club. I love that shot of Judd near the goalpost.

Sunshine of Your Love, Cream - GoodFellas.

Voodoo Chile from Black Hawk Down, a cover by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Wish they'd used the orig but SRVs was good enough.

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

Definititely March of the Broomsticks. Also, the name escapes me but there's a classical piece in Fantasia that is the melody behind the summer camp favorite "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah". It kills me everytime!

That would be Dance of the Hours, by Ponchielli


Mad World - the cover recorded for Donnie Darko

Blue Velvet - in Blue Velvet

Brazil - in Brazil

 

[John Kilduff]

Actually, I think the only original song in "Singin' In The Rain" was "Make 'Em Laugh".

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

Now you can study Shakespeare, but have nothing to eat.