NFT: Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? {Music thread)

but I can no longer hear Journey - Don't Stop Believin' without thinking of the Sopranos.

and I never think of that song the same way. I always thought it was a decent song, maybe symbolic of the 80's but now it's iconic (to me at least).

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American Graffiti. Paradise Road. Link - ( New Window )

Green Onions always makes me think of The Sandlot, when the other baseball team comes to challenge them.

From Boogie Nights. That entire scene is flat out awesome.

Shawshank Redemption.

...Live and Let Die (McCartney and Wings)
Skyfall (Adele)
Nobody Does it Better (Carly Simon)
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow)
Writings on the Wall (Sam Smith)
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)

Every time I hear the Piano Coda to Clapton's 'Layla', I think of GoodFellas.

...the Film 'A Walk on the Moon' with Vigo Mortensen and Diane Lane has a fantastic soundtrack, most notably, Judy Collins wonderful cover of Sandy Denny's 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes?' - I'm not one to buy soundtrack albums, but do own that one.

Too often, soundtracks are overdone, movies wind up like a lame, overblown music video - like "Dazed and Confused", a film that had it's moments, but IMO, was watered down with classic rock overkill. It's new scene! New song!!!

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Down in Mexico by The Coasters, when Butterfly does the lap dance for Kurt Russell. Link - ( New Window )

Good call.

will always think of the bus scene in Almost Famous when Tiny Dancer comes on.

Great movie.

also Johnny B. Goode from BTTF, although that one rocks in any context.

"In Your Eyes", Peter Gabriel. Say Anything.


Funny thing is, The Smithereens were commissioned to write the song that would be used in that scene, but it was deemed too literal.

So, great Smithereens cut "A Girl Like You", wasn't used in the movie, but lyrically IS the movie. The line "I'll Say Anything" is actually highlighted in the song.

Breakfast Club... :)

In comment 14279792 x meadowlander said:

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"In Your Eyes", Peter Gabriel. Say Anything. Funny thing is, The Smithereens were commissioned to write the song that would be used in that scene, but it was deemed too literal. So, great Smithereens cut "A Girl Like You", wasn't used in the movie, but lyrically IS the movie. The line "I'll Say Anything" is actually highlighted in the song.

good call, never heard that story before either, In your Eyes (because that's how we've seen it maybe) is the perfect song for that scene.

No one has said "As Time Goes By" in Casablanca?


You dudes suck

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Always think of that when I hear the piano solo

in Stranger Than Fiction, an really underrated terrific film with Will Ferrell and Maggie Gylenhal (however you spell it).
Link - ( New Window )

The Waterboy or Small Soldiers

Limelight in I Love You Man

Caddyshack

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Caddyshack

for me Caddyshack is Anyway you want it by journey. I cannot hear that song without pitcuring Al Czervik saying "so what, so let's dance"

I'm Alright definitely = Caddyshack the way Danger Zone = Top Gun

in the closing credits of Time Bandits.

Harrison was co-executive producer of the film. One of my favorites from my childhood and have always enjoyed the song (though candidly never heard it anywhere else).
George Harrison - Only a Dream Away - ( New Window )

Harry Nilsson from Midnight Cowboy

"Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies and Fight Club is another other. Every time I listen to it, in my head I see all those buildings blowing up.

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From Boogie Nights. That entire scene is flat out awesome.

Ftw

In comment 14279893 FranknWeezer said:

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in the closing credits of Time Bandits. Harrison was co-executive producer of the film. One of my favorites from my childhood and have always enjoyed the song (though candidly never heard it anywhere else). George Harrison - Only a Dream Away - ( New Window )

My brother and I burned out our vcr watching the tape of this movie when we were kids. For whatever reason it’s just our movie. We quote it all the time to this day.

from Wayne's World.

We are the Champions from Revenge of the Nerds

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We are the Champions from Revenge of the Nerds

Or the Mighty Ducks...II?

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Always think of that when I hear the piano solo

This is the right answer.

Layla...

in the Departed is a much lesser version of the Layla in Goodfellas one...

in Diehard

Also, a deeper cut, You Gave Your Love to Me Softly by Weezer in the movie Angus.

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from Wayne's World.

To a (much) lesser extent - Dream Weaver from the same movie

Ferris Beuller's Day Off...

"(Don't Fear)The Reaper" - Halloween (the original)

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In comment 14279987 Gman11 said: Quote: from Wayne's World. To a (much) lesser extent - Dream Weaver from the same movie

Or Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper.

WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!

In the Naked Gun is another good one.

In comment 14279893 FranknWeezer said:

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in the closing credits of Time Bandits. Harrison was co-executive producer of the film. One of my favorites from my childhood and have always enjoyed the song (though candidly never heard it anywhere else). George Harrison - Only a Dream Away - ( New Window )

That's one of my favorite Harrison sonvs and movies.

I Melt With You.....Valley Girl
One Bad Stud.......Streets of Fire
Come Go With Me......American Hot Wax
We'll Meet Again.....Dr. Strangelove

Theme song for the original part of The Patriot (Amazon):
Vashti Bunyan - Train Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AGD78mWcss&list=PL023ADD05DB6C6BD6 ) [Sorry: don't know how to paste a link.]

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"(Don't Fear)The Reaper" - Halloween (the original)

Nice!

The Queen of Soul in the Blues Brothers.

over the close of Shampoo. "Feel Flows" over the close of Almost Famous. Like Mother like Daughter...

But the opening bass line to Sweet Emotion to start Dazed & Confused is classic to me.

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that's a better one. I first thought of Come on, Let's Go from La Bamba when they keep recording the same song over and over again.

joplin - the entertainer from The Sting and A Summer's Place theme.

from Stand By Me.

It made the song popular again, 25 years (?) after it was released.

just read recent Paul Simon biography.... interesting read ... Simon sat down with the author for interviews which always makes for a much better biography

Mike Nichols was listening to Simon and Garfunkel during the making of Graduate and went to them about adding songs for the move
Simon has a half finished song called "Mrs Roosevelt" when Nichols heard it he immediately wanted for the film .. when Simon said .. this doesn't make any sense for this movie Nichols said just change the name to Mrs Robinson and it works perfectly .


Paul Simon: The Life by Robert Hilburn - ( New Window )

Even though it's the end credits music, not in any scene, FMJ is what I think of when I hear Paint It Black.

On days like these. Matt Monro. Great lyrics!

for this thread.

Louie Louie, Hey Hey Paula (that's a real song, right?), Shout, maybe even more.

You can barely go to a wedding where they play shout and not have people imitate the toga party scene from Animal House.

uses music prominently in his movies but that Dick Dale surf guitar song (Miserlou?) might as well just be called the Pulp Fiction theme song.

Big Chill
Bull Durham
Stand by Me
The Flamingo Kid

I like oldies...