Music/Songs that should be banned from movies 4evr
Fatback
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...that are just played out.(I am especially thinking about songs and music that are used as crutches in movies with otherwise empty and/or poorly constructed stories. Not so much the first and possible effective use of the music or song.)Carmina BuranaIt's even played out as a parody to how played out it is.Gimme ShelterSeems like that guitar intro basically is the score for several Scorsese's movies and various crime knock-offs.Spirit in the SkyEvery goddamn fetish nostalgia pap of a movie or scene (re: woodstock era ish) some how brings in that intro. STOP.I want to also add Lust for Life. Usually in a scene where the protagonist, despite setbacks and obstacles, somehow overcomes them due to his, say, lust for living. No more.Any more? There have to be more. All you hatters.
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Bad To The Bone - anyone who puts on sunglasses or a leather jacket
Born To Be Wild - see above
come to think of it, these two songs shoudl just be banned altogether.
Any motorcycle scene or scene of someone being rebellious. Actually all Steppenwolf gets the BAN.
Pains me to say but I Got You (I Feel Good) is movie cliche at this point. Usually in movies starring kids and/or animals.
But b-boys still love them some Magic Carpet Ride.
It seemed obligatory at one point, that every rom-com made had to include this somewhere in their movie. There's even a copycat cover version that's used (anyone in the 'industry' know why they'd do that?).
b/w most of the stuff used in Watchmen. See below.
2. Unforgettable Nat King Cole
3. The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan
4. The Sound Of Silence Simon And Garfunkel
5. Me And Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
9. Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 4:36 Album Only
10. All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
11. Ride Of The Valkyries Budapest Symphony Orchestra
I'm all for the empowerment of female characters in films, but not in some incredibly cliched way.
Oh God. Yes. How did I forget that one?
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Go ahead and add everything from Forest Gump
"Hound Dog" performed by Elvis Presley ??? 2:16 @1956
"Rebel Rouser" performed by Duane Eddy ??? 2:21
"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" performed by Clarence Frogman Henry ??? 2:18
"Walk Right In" performed by The Rooftop Singers ??? 2:33
"Land of 1000 Dances" performed by Wilson Pickett ??? 2:25
"Blowin' in the Wind" performed by Joan Baez ??? 2:36
"Fortunate Son" performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival ??? 2:18
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" performed by The Four Tops ??? 2:43
"Respect" performed by Aretha Franklin ??? 2:27
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" performed by Bob Dylan ??? 4:35
"Sloop John B" performed by Beach Boys ??? 2:56
"California Dreamin'" performed by The Mamas & the Papas ??? 2:39
"For What It's Worth" performed by Buffalo Springfield ??? 2:38
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" performed by Jackie DeShannon ??? 3:13
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" performed by The Doors ??? 2:27
"Mrs. Robinson" performed by Simon & Garfunkel ??? 3:51
"Volunteers" performed by Jefferson Airplane ??? 2:04
"Let's Get Together" performed by The Youngbloods ??? 4:36
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" performed by Scott McKenzie ??? 2:58
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" performed by The Byrds ??? 3:54
"Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" performed by Fifth Dimension ??? 4:48
"Everybody's Talkin'" performed by Harry Nilsson ??? 2:44
"Joy to the World" performed by Three Dog Night ??? 3:16
"Stoned Love" performed by The Supremes ??? 2:59
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" performed by B. J. Thomas ??? 3:00
"Mr. President" performed by Randy Newman ??? 2:46
"Sweet Home Alabama" performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd ??? 4:43
"It Keeps You Runnin'" performed by The Doobie Brothers ??? 4:13
"I've Got to Use My Imagination" performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips ??? 3:30
"On the Road Again" performed by Willie Nelson ??? 2:29
"Against the Wind" performed by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band ??? 5:33
Funny because of all all the bad reviews of that movie, that is the thing that stood out to me as a good reason to wait for the dvd.
Generally I agree with this, although the scene in Terminator 2 of Arnie walking out of that bar after he sonned everyone while BTTB is playing is hilarious to me. Such a great contrast between the cartoonishly corny song and the images of a ruthless robot killer.
I can think of both a movie (Heaven Help Us) and a TV show (The Sopranos) which showed a couple getting romantic while one of Otis' famed love ballads played in the background.
Honorable mention: Jon Cryer lipsynching to "Try A Little Tenderness" to prove his love to Molly Ringwald.
I don't even know if Otis gets used that often, but based on these three scenes, I'll bet there's at least 20 more I haven't seen.
"When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge
Maybe I'm confusing TV
with movies, but these two songs
have a lot of wear and tear
on the soundtrack circuit
Any use of Barry White in a 'comical' or ironic sex scene.
TV too, but there, played-outness is taken to new heights.
I agree with you, but in this instance it kind of worked because the movie itself was one long tribute to cliched historical movie moments.
The Hippie Scene (For What It's Worth)
The Heavy Drug Scene (Gimme Shelter)
The Buddy Gets Killed in Vietnam Scene (Sweet Home Alabama)
and so on...
Makes sense they'd use a cliched song for a cliched moment.
My Girl
The over use comes from hearing the music so much in TV shows/movies, then repeated when you are in the theater.
There is always a good movie use of an overplayed song. Basically, the first time it is used it works and it's right. Then it is used so often by other film makers wanting the same feel it gets ruined.
I like Bull Durham which has a scene with 60 Minute Man.
Heard it in another movie and it made me think of Bull Durham.
I would think that film makers would want to avoid that kind of connection.
Two more:
I'm A Man
Old Time Rock And Roll
I hope to never see another movie with a guy dancing alone in his underwear lipsynching anything.
These song relate to scenes we never want to see again:
Heroes being cool by putting on sunglasses/leather jacket/mounting a motorcycle.
60s montage of drugs and protesters.
Lonely guy lying on his back staring at the ceiling/sky.
BTW: Singing In The Rain was like the third movie that song was featured in.
Any hit by The Doors.
"Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters
I've only heard it ONCE in a movie (Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling starring Richard Pryor), but the song just plain FEELS like an instant cliche
(the song was in Cadillac Records, too, but it BELONGS there, since "Muddy Waters" is one of the main characters)
this is used in EVERY documentary of some geezers walking up or skiing down a mountain (not snowboarding) or discovering a cave - at least on german tv since 1976
also kruder & dorfmeister's bedroom rockers. it is used foe 80 percent of the beach-relax-it's posh here scenes in travel docs
Otis is not overused in films. I would like to hear MORE Otis in movies, please.
As for another post of yours, "Mannish Boy" is also in Risky Business.
In fact, I bought the RB OST way back in the early 80's just to get that song, which was new and exciting to me at the age of 14 or whatever.
I vote for:
ANYTHING BY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
... unless they can find one that hasn't been played to death.
But "Run Through the Jungle" (vietnam movies) and "Bad Moon Rising" etc
can all be retired until the 22nd century.