Songs That Will Never Sound the Same: Movies Edition

(((Preston Mantooth)))

    Since the dawn of time itself, the use of the prewritten song has been a great way to not have to write an original film score (I'm looking at you Mr. Tarantino) , and sometimes there's a song that somebody else has already written that just fits a scene better than anything you could write. Some of these songs have completely lost their original sound, meaning, and/or feeling because of a movie they were in. It's not the movie's fault. Sometimes a song just gets ingrained into a scene so solidly it starts to belong to that movie and it can't be heard without reliving (much less thinking about) that particular movie.
    I tried to pick songs that it  seem like the mood or meaning has changed because of its use in a movie.  I also tried to use song that you might very well hear at random in public. Say for instance played over the radio, a "store radio",  used in a TV/Radio commercial, Etc.  and all you can do is stop listening while the cashier (or prostitute) tells you your credit card has been declined and yell at the top of you lungs PUUUDIN AH D RIZZZ!!! in the middle of a grocery store (or brothel) because you heard the song on the store's (they're both stores) radio, or you just look around and see if anyone else is cringing or rockin' the shit grin for the same reason you are.

 

 

11) Flight of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner and Some Orchestra - Apocalypse Now

: Why? Because Charlie don't surf. 

10) I'm a Believer - Smashmouth and a donkey- Shrek

: this one is so fucked i cant even listen to the original version (the Monkees)...and I used to like that song! Fuck You Smashmouth! For this, and for All Star (which has absolutely nothing to do with this list whatsoever)! Double fuck you!!!

9) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen - Wayne's World

: I would just like to say I DO NOT condone "head banging," as a general rule. I'll just have to look away for this one, because I know you're doing it.

8) Putting on the Ritz - Peter Boyle & Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein

:  PUUUDIN AH D RIZZZ!!! OOOPA DOOOPER!!!...I rest my case.

7) Like a Prayer - Madonna - Gummo

: If you havent seen this gem then go see it. Then you'll hate this movie. saying, "I don't understand it, what's with all the glue sniffing, and cat killing, and gay midgets, and chair fighting, and putting tape on nipples, and retarded prostitutes, and 'wabbits,' and checking pockets, and smelling like a dookie Foot Foot, and creepy albinos, and wanting a mustache dammit, and selling candy, and making money, and eating spaghetti in the tub, and" (this could literally go on FOREVER). Then you'll hate mail me for telling you to watch that horrible movie. Either that or you see it and read into it way too much and try to figure out all the symbolism in every nuance of the movie. Then you'll love mail me wanting to talk about your experience and how it changed your perspective on life and love. But either way we can just skip all that, and I'll just go ahead and tell you: Eat a dick.

6) I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher - Groundhog Day

: "...then put your little hand in mine..." Every time I hear this song I wanna Break Whatever its coming out of, but that may or may not have anything to do with Groundhog Day.

5) Hip to be Square - Huey Lewis & The News - American Psycho

: In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey Paul! *sound effect of an ax being buried into a face* Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now you fucking bastard!

4) In Dreams - Roy Orbison w/ lip syncing by Dean Stockwell - Blue Velvet

:Dean Stockwell is creepy bastard covering this Roy Orbison classic . Don't know why singing into a metal cage work light is so creeperrific but it totally fucking is!

3) 99 Luftballoons - Nena - Grosse Point Blank

: I know the next time I stab some guy in the neck with a fountain pen at my high school reunion and I'm in the process of hauling the body to the incinerator in the basement. This is the only song that will be in my head.

2) Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel w/ backup vocals by Michael Madsen - Reservoir Dogs

:  When Michael Madsen starts a little shuffle around Dancing bit, (unless you are rope-tied to a chair) Run Away, because you know whats coming once that starts. A missing ear and a thorough douching of gasoline.

1) Singing in the Rain - Malcolm Mcdowell - Clockwork Orange

: Gene Kelly and rape. I can only think of like 3 other times those two things are used together.

Honorable Mentions:

Everybody Wants Some - Better Off Dead

Johnny B. Goode - Back to the Future

Just Dropped in (to See What Condition My condition Was In) - Big Lebowski

Day-O - BeetleJuice

Tequila - Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta - Office Space

White lines / Don't Stop Me Now / You're My Best Friend - Shaun of the Dead

Love Stinks - Wedding Singer

American Girl - Silence of the Lambs

Kiss You All Over - Happy Gilmore

Comments

[t8rn8r]

Flight of the Valkyries always reminds me of the Bugs Bunny cartoon WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkcMVJuoWZ4

also- what no "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship from Mannequin? i heard it on the Huddle House sound system the other day and jammed out!