Best use of a "popular" song in a movie?

[Iron Woode]

Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs

original version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuSA9LETslQ

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
Tears for fears - Head over Heels
Donnie Darko....Perfect http://youtube.com/watch?v=VWJPa0bvWnM

Faces - Oh la la
Rushmore ....Great

Bob Dylan - The man in me
Big Labowski... http://youtube.com/watch?v=tt0ByaO6xdM

I loved the use of the song Mad World in Donnie Darko. It was played right when you were recollecting yourself and trying to discuss with your friends what you think happened in the movie.

 

[95SS]

Blow - Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann
Blow - Black Betty - Ram Jam
Pulp Fiction - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
Full Metal Jacket - These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra

Hard to hear those songs and not think about the movies

 

[KarmaPolice]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IPMf8G8Pi5o
Sigur Ros - Movie Life Aquatic....

I have a thing for Wes Anderson movies, and have seen Sigur Ros twice....amazing scene.

 

[lokiju]

Seether & Amy Lee - Broken

From The Punisher soundtrack, which had some other decent songs IMO.

 

[ktehmok]

Originally posted by: 95SS
Blow - Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann
Blow - Black Betty - Ram Jam
Pulp Fiction - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond Urge Overkill
Full Metal Jacket - These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra

Hard to hear those songs and not think about the movies

It was a cover.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IPMf8G8Pi5o
Sigur Ros - Movie Life Aquatic....

I have a thing for Wes Anderson movies, and have seen Sigur Ros twice....amazing scene.

I prefer the shootout scene to Search & Destroy.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Originally posted by: Auric

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IPMf8G8Pi5o
Sigur Ros - Movie Life Aquatic....

I have a thing for Wes Anderson movies, and have seen Sigur Ros twice....amazing scene.

I prefer the shootout scene to Search & Destroy.

Thats a good scene.

Pretty much any wes anderson film has good music. Also, the ends are all the same an great...they just make you feel good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3inEK-Dyq0

and...well I can't find the rest, just watch them.





Side note: WEs anderson also...Elliot Smith - Needle in hay http://youtube.com/watch?v=9pyBB7y8fDU

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: anxi80
kenny loggins - danger zone (top gun)

no matter what kenny loggins song i hear i think of Footloose

really? even though i mentioned 'danger zone', everytime i think kenny loggins i automatically hear 'its alright' from caddyshack in my head.

the title is "I'm alright"

 

[ProfJohn]

Ok... for us 80?s children

Gimmie some lovin ? Iron Eagle
Twist and Shout ? Ferris Beuller?s Day Off
Cruel Summer ? Karate Kid
You Could Be Mine (Guns and Roses) - T2

Every time I head ?More than a Woman? by the Bee Gee?s I think of that dance scene from Saturday Night Fever (Or the one in Short Circuit)

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice

Originally posted by: Auric

I prefer the shootout scene to Search & Destroy.

Thats a good scene.

Pretty much any wes anderson film has good music. Also, the ends are all the same an great...they just make you feel good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3inEK-Dyq0

and...well I can't find the rest, just watch them.


Side note: WEs anderson also...Elliot Smith - Needle in hay http://youtube.com/watch?v=9pyBB7y8fDU

Indeeed. Good schtuff.

As for 80's... is it just moi, or does teh pop muzak seem more iconic if you know what I mean. Is it the so-called power ballad thang or just because it is in recent memory combined with memorable movie scenes that we have seen repeatedly on TV? I reckon it's impossible to judge from within the culture and given the limited history since the useage only began around 1970 (outside of actual musicals).

 

[0roo0roo]

trainspotting opening Iggy Pop?s ?Lust for Life"