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Rolling Stone ranks: The 50 Best Tunes by fictional bands from movies and TV.
I don't know if I believe a list that can have "Sweet Talkin' Candy Man" so low.
Like, it definitely wins points for having "3 Small Words" so high, but come on...
posted by Katemonkey at 11:18 AM on March 3, 2023
Like, it definitely wins points for having "3 Small Words" so high, but come on...
posted by Katemonkey at 11:18 AM on March 3, 2023
THE RIVERBOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND WAS ROBBED, I TELL YOU, ROBBED
WE TAKE WHAT WE WANT, WE DO ANYTHING THAT WE WISH
posted by phooky at 11:20 AM on March 3, 2023 [22 favorites]
WE TAKE WHAT WE WANT, WE DO ANYTHING THAT WE WISH
posted by phooky at 11:20 AM on March 3, 2023 [22 favorites]
I think a lot about songs like this, and a lot, specifically, about the #1 pick (obvious from the start), because I largely think of the music I write as being ersatz in the way that a lot of these are ersatz. Not necessarily a parody or a pastiche, but also ... not-not that.
Anyway, all I want to do is write a confection half as perfect, a third as perfect, as That Thing You Do!. I'm in the middle of a multi-year album project with some friends where I'm basically always asking myself, "What would Adam Schlesinger do?"
Dude was just a force of nature.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:35 AM on March 3, 2023 [18 favorites]
Anyway, all I want to do is write a confection half as perfect, a third as perfect, as That Thing You Do!. I'm in the middle of a multi-year album project with some friends where I'm basically always asking myself, "What would Adam Schlesinger do?"
Dude was just a force of nature.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:35 AM on March 3, 2023 [18 favorites]
I was actively angry that "Can You Picture That" was so low on the list.
But then I kept scrolling and I was like, "Oh, right, 'Please Mr. Kennedy'...oh right, 'Big Bottom'....oh, and 'Falling Slowly', yeah...oh, and shit, yeah, 'On The Dark Side'....and shit, yeah, 'Light of Day'...okay."
I also have no objections to the #1.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:35 AM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
But then I kept scrolling and I was like, "Oh, right, 'Please Mr. Kennedy'...oh right, 'Big Bottom'....oh, and 'Falling Slowly', yeah...oh, and shit, yeah, 'On The Dark Side'....and shit, yeah, 'Light of Day'...okay."
I also have no objections to the #1.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:35 AM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
Not familiar with most of these, but what a fun concept. Certainly a good reference to see some new music movies.
Random thoughts -
- Where's Conrad Birdie??? He's kind of an OG of this concept. I vote for "Honestly Sincere".
- It wasn't actually that good of a song, but I was hoping for "You All Everybody" from LOST. It was a fun running gag.
- "Finest Girl" is definitely the funniest song in Popstar, but I think the opener "Humble" (feat. Adam Levine) is a legit banger (and is also very funny).
- "I Think I Love You" is one of my absolute top karaoke songs. I'll also always associate with that jeans commercial from the '90s, you know the one.
posted by mellow seas at 11:40 AM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
Random thoughts -
- Where's Conrad Birdie??? He's kind of an OG of this concept. I vote for "Honestly Sincere".
- It wasn't actually that good of a song, but I was hoping for "You All Everybody" from LOST. It was a fun running gag.
- "Finest Girl" is definitely the funniest song in Popstar, but I think the opener "Humble" (feat. Adam Levine) is a legit banger (and is also very funny).
- "I Think I Love You" is one of my absolute top karaoke songs. I'll also always associate with that jeans commercial from the '90s, you know the one.
posted by mellow seas at 11:40 AM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
What a fun list! I was so poised to come in here to speak up on behalf of Ellen Aim and the Attackers but there they are. Nowhere Fast is a banger.
So instead I'm going to highlight Dragon Sound for all right-thinking individuals who love TaeKwon-Do and Friendship and hate ninjas.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 11:40 AM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
So instead I'm going to highlight Dragon Sound for all right-thinking individuals who love TaeKwon-Do and Friendship and hate ninjas.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 11:40 AM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
Aw, I think 1998's Still Crazy deserved to make the list with at least one of its songs
posted by biogeo at 11:42 AM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by biogeo at 11:42 AM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Oh, and really happy to see Sex Bob-omb represented, but I think "Threshold" was their best song. Although I might have been influenced by the epic holographic gorilla-dragon fight that was happening.
The Scott Pilgrim soundtrack is highly recommended, it has both the Metric and Brie Larsen versions of "Black Sheep" as well as Beck's own versions of the songs he wrote for the movie.
posted by mellow seas at 11:42 AM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
The Scott Pilgrim soundtrack is highly recommended, it has both the Metric and Brie Larsen versions of "Black Sheep" as well as Beck's own versions of the songs he wrote for the movie.
posted by mellow seas at 11:42 AM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
Oh my god, "Earache My Eye" was written for a movie?
I only knew it as a single. In fact I'm pretty sure I still HAVE the single, in my random cardboard box of 45s.
"People talking to me, tryin to tell me how to live!
But I don't listen to them cause my brain is like a sieve!"
Wow. I will now have that song in my head for the rest of the day.
... Also, yeah, it's kind of amazing that the #1 is so perfect it's kind of inarguable ... and just awe-inspiring that it's only one among THREE songs Adam Schlesinger has on the list. What an incredibly talented songwriter.
This is a fun list, bondcliff - thanks for posting it!
posted by kristi at 11:42 AM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
I only knew it as a single. In fact I'm pretty sure I still HAVE the single, in my random cardboard box of 45s.
"People talking to me, tryin to tell me how to live!
But I don't listen to them cause my brain is like a sieve!"
Wow. I will now have that song in my head for the rest of the day.
... Also, yeah, it's kind of amazing that the #1 is so perfect it's kind of inarguable ... and just awe-inspiring that it's only one among THREE songs Adam Schlesinger has on the list. What an incredibly talented songwriter.
This is a fun list, bondcliff - thanks for posting it!
posted by kristi at 11:42 AM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
It's interesting how many of those "one/two hit wonder" types like Adam Schlesinger become absolute monster songwriters.
Totally think "That Thing You Do" belongs in that spot - it's a stupidly catchy song. I'd have put Falling Slowly up higher, but that's because I have a soft spot for Once and that song always makes me tear up.
posted by drewbage1847 at 11:43 AM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Totally think "That Thing You Do" belongs in that spot - it's a stupidly catchy song. I'd have put Falling Slowly up higher, but that's because I have a soft spot for Once and that song always makes me tear up.
posted by drewbage1847 at 11:43 AM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
The fact that NO songs from Phineas and Ferb is on this list de-legitimizes the entire thing.
posted by daisystomper at 11:43 AM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by daisystomper at 11:43 AM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
Also forgotten that should have been included: THROW IT AT THAT PLUMP KID
posted by daisystomper at 11:44 AM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by daisystomper at 11:44 AM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
I might encourage expanding the list to 100 or so; there really should be a place for some of the songs Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore wrote for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
posted by kristi at 11:50 AM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by kristi at 11:50 AM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Fails to mention the Dregs of Humanity performance from a two part episode of the one season 80s sitcom, It's Your Move starring Jason Bateman? This list is dead to me.
posted by Ashwagandha at 11:51 AM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Ashwagandha at 11:51 AM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
If I had to pick a song from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, it would definitely be whatever the hell they were singing when FormerBoyfriend leapt to his demise complete with prop-plane-divebomber noise because Russ Meyer is just that classy.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 11:53 AM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 11:53 AM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Good list, but I think it needs more 'Misbehavin'.'
posted by box at 11:56 AM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by box at 11:56 AM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
Alt-f Big Bottom
All is right with the world.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 11:56 AM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
All is right with the world.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 11:56 AM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Alt-f Big Bottom - All is right with the world.
Making sure you saw this - Spinal Tap played at that "Live 8" global concert event in 2008, and when they did "Big Bottom", they brought out every one of the bass players from every other band that was there to join in. It was awesome.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:59 AM on March 3, 2023 [19 favorites]
Making sure you saw this - Spinal Tap played at that "Live 8" global concert event in 2008, and when they did "Big Bottom", they brought out every one of the bass players from every other band that was there to join in. It was awesome.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:59 AM on March 3, 2023 [19 favorites]
The fact that so many of these have crossed out of their fictional universes to land on the music charts is pretty amazing. I was expecting more songs I hadn't heard of, but a lot of these are radio staples.
posted by hippybear at 12:03 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 12:03 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
I’m definitely psyched to see that “A Little Bit Alexis” made the list. “On the Dark Side” made it on to dozens of my mixtapes back in the day. I’m looking forward to revisiting a bunch of these, though I’m surprised some tunes were fairly low down on the list, like from the Archies and Partridge Family.
The top choice is obvious, though I feel like anything by Adam Schlesinger would be obvious—what a talent we lost way too early. The song from Music and Lyrics was as superb a bit of pop balladry as I’ve ever heard.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 12:04 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
The top choice is obvious, though I feel like anything by Adam Schlesinger would be obvious—what a talent we lost way too early. The song from Music and Lyrics was as superb a bit of pop balladry as I’ve ever heard.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 12:04 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
No Flight of the Conchords or Tenacious D but I guess they fall into that "not quite fictional" category with the Monkees, since they have toured and the band members use their real names.
posted by mellow seas at 12:05 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by mellow seas at 12:05 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
Alt-f Big Bottom - All is right with the world.
Making sure you saw this - Spinal Tap played at that "Live 8" global concert event in 2008, and when they did "Big Bottom", they brought out every one of the bass players from every other band that was there yt to join in. It was awesome.
posted by EmpressCallipygos
Eponysterical!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 12:06 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
Making sure you saw this - Spinal Tap played at that "Live 8" global concert event in 2008, and when they did "Big Bottom", they brought out every one of the bass players from every other band that was there yt to join in. It was awesome.
posted by EmpressCallipygos
Eponysterical!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 12:06 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
How no Shallow Gravy.
posted by nushustu at 12:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by nushustu at 12:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
I'm glad Josie and the Pussycats made it onto the list, but the stand-out banger on that soundtrack is "Backdoor Lover."
posted by See you tomorrow, saguaro at 12:10 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by See you tomorrow, saguaro at 12:10 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
I once had a fictional band. it was an Alpine Punk band. I'm proud of my legacy.
posted by mumimor at 12:11 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by mumimor at 12:11 PM on March 3, 2023
> Phineas and Ferb
A-G-L-E-T!!!
"Sing more songs about aglets. Yeah, aglets are important."
Theme Song
posted by ASCII Costanza head at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
A-G-L-E-T!!!
"Sing more songs about aglets. Yeah, aglets are important."
Theme Song
posted by ASCII Costanza head at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Things that should be on the list if it were 100 songs:
"Don't Bug Me" - The Mosquitoes (Gilligan's Island)
"Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah-ah! (Means I Love You)" - Jet Screamer (The Jetsons)
posted by bondcliff at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2023 [15 favorites]
"Don't Bug Me" - The Mosquitoes (Gilligan's Island)
"Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah-ah! (Means I Love You)" - Jet Screamer (The Jetsons)
posted by bondcliff at 12:12 PM on March 3, 2023 [15 favorites]
How no Shallow Gravy.
I used to live for the Venture universe holiday song they'd release every year. The Monarch and Dr Girlfriend recreating the Bing Crosby/David Bowie duet of "Little Drummer Boy" is still great.
I think I like "Stonehenge" more than "Big Bottom," because nobody knows who they were, or what they was doing.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 12:13 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
I used to live for the Venture universe holiday song they'd release every year. The Monarch and Dr Girlfriend recreating the Bing Crosby/David Bowie duet of "Little Drummer Boy" is still great.
I think I like "Stonehenge" more than "Big Bottom," because nobody knows who they were, or what they was doing.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 12:13 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
What a fun list! It definitely needed Hearts Beat Loud from the movie with the same name though. Small movie, great song that you could actually believe was made by a Gen X record store owner and his teenage daughter, and that would become a brief sensation on spotify (and probably now tiktok too).
it's only one among THREE songs Adam Schlesinger has on the list. What an incredibly talented songwriter.
His death was SUCH an enormous loss, if only for the future continued collaborations between him and Rachel Bloom we never got.
posted by lunasol at 12:14 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
it's only one among THREE songs Adam Schlesinger has on the list. What an incredibly talented songwriter.
His death was SUCH an enormous loss, if only for the future continued collaborations between him and Rachel Bloom we never got.
posted by lunasol at 12:14 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
It's an interesting list, but "play-come-film" from the Hedwig blurb about killed me. Did the writer or editor really think that "cum" would be misread? Jesus.
posted by the sobsister at 12:17 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by the sobsister at 12:17 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
Some things in life you're called on to misread even when you know what they mean. Like India's recent test of their "Penetration Cum Blast" warhead.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 12:27 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 12:27 PM on March 3, 2023
Oh that's funny Penetration Cum Blast is actually the name of my fictional Butthole Surfers tribute band
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 12:30 PM on March 3, 2023 [10 favorites]
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 12:30 PM on March 3, 2023 [10 favorites]
I changed my girlfriend's alarm to Werewolf Bar Mizvah as a joke one night a few weeks ago and she has yet to change it back. She says it's actually a pretty easy way to wake up
posted by East14thTaco at 12:44 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by East14thTaco at 12:44 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
I can't believe we have two perfectly cromulent Family Ties bands, Mallory's "Permanent Waves" and Nick's "Low Self Esteem".
posted by credulous at 12:50 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by credulous at 12:50 PM on March 3, 2023
Yessssss they included a song from the criminally underrated Julie and the Phantoms. Every song on that show is great. And yes, it's a teen show, but the characters are fun, the series is funny, and a couple of moments are a gut punch. Why did Netflix cancel it? Possibly as part of their anti LGBTQ movement.... (Maybe it's coincidence that they cancelled a LOT of shows with queer characters while platforming transphobia... Maybe. )
About the only band I can point to as possibly missing would be Dethklok
posted by Jacen at 12:52 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
About the only band I can point to as possibly missing would be Dethklok
posted by Jacen at 12:52 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
No Bad News?
posted by conifer at 12:53 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by conifer at 12:53 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I really think Werewolf Bar Mitzvah was robbed. Top ten material IMO
posted by potrzebie at 12:56 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by potrzebie at 12:56 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Ctrl+F "lost boys" – 0 matches
I cannot take this list seriously.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 12:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
I cannot take this list seriously.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 12:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
Anyway, all I want to do is write a confection half as perfect, a third as perfect, as That Thing You Do!. I'm in the middle of a multi-year album project with some friends where I'm basically always asking myself, "What would Adam Schlesinger do?"
There's a number you can call for that...
Anyways, missing from the list, N.W.H., my pick would be Fuck The Security Guards.
posted by Superilla at 1:02 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
There's a number you can call for that...
Anyways, missing from the list, N.W.H., my pick would be Fuck The Security Guards.
posted by Superilla at 1:02 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
I'm annoyed that they went for CB4 over Fear of a Black Hat. "Buried and Bald" nails it.
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Oh, jinx, Superilla!
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
They missed "I am a man of constant sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys.
posted by mach at 1:08 PM on March 3, 2023 [14 favorites]
posted by mach at 1:08 PM on March 3, 2023 [14 favorites]
I have, like, minor quibbles about selections from media with multiple possible entries, but the general order of the represented movies and TV shows rings true to me.
Really, though, I would have listed "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You" over "Big Bottom", and "Wig in a Box" (or maybe "Dirty Little Town") over Hedwig's "Tear Me Down".
posted by hanov3r at 1:10 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Really, though, I would have listed "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You" over "Big Bottom", and "Wig in a Box" (or maybe "Dirty Little Town") over Hedwig's "Tear Me Down".
posted by hanov3r at 1:10 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
I like this list because it points me to some good movies I haven't seen.
I didn't expect to see them on the list but I would still like to offer The Honey Bees.
posted by JanetLand at 1:12 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
I didn't expect to see them on the list but I would still like to offer The Honey Bees.
posted by JanetLand at 1:12 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
They missed "I am a man of constant sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys.
The problem with that one (much as I love it) is that it was already a song before the movie was made--I have a Peter, Paul, and Mary album that includes it. I think that's the case for pretty much all the songs in that movie; they're all old folk or blues songs.
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:14 PM on March 3, 2023 [14 favorites]
The problem with that one (much as I love it) is that it was already a song before the movie was made--I have a Peter, Paul, and Mary album that includes it. I think that's the case for pretty much all the songs in that movie; they're all old folk or blues songs.
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:14 PM on March 3, 2023 [14 favorites]
I don't know if I believe a list that can have "Sweet Talkin' Candy Man" so low.
Me either - way too low. Cold Slither from GI Joe should be on the list.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:19 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Me either - way too low. Cold Slither from GI Joe should be on the list.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:19 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
(Joan Baez and Bob Dylan (among others) also sang 'Man of Constant Sorrow.')
posted by box at 1:19 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 1:19 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
I understand that part of the purpose of these lists is to misnumber things and exclude contenders to cause arguments. But how is it possible that they left off The Night Begins To Shine?
posted by Mchelly at 1:21 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Mchelly at 1:21 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Also the Documentary Now band shouldn't be that lame Steely Dan/Eagles rip off, but the Talking Heads one.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:23 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:23 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
I mean, I don't want to abuse the edit window, but how many of these songs started out as 10 second snippets, then after fans insisted they release a full length version, made it onto the pop charts?
posted by Mchelly at 1:27 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by Mchelly at 1:27 PM on March 3, 2023
I recently binged The Righteous Gemstones and I tell you, the song Misbehavin' should be on this list.
posted by mmascolino at 1:30 PM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by mmascolino at 1:30 PM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
I'm trying to figure out if "Sugarhigh" was written expressly for Empire Records; if it was, that's a bit of an omission.
What's DEFINITELY an omission is anything from The Get Down--I'd argue for "Set Me Free" or "Break the Locks" but there are more.
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:31 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
What's DEFINITELY an omission is anything from The Get Down--I'd argue for "Set Me Free" or "Break the Locks" but there are more.
posted by dlugoczaj at 1:31 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
There's only one legit #1 for this list and I see that it's the right one, so the rest of chips can fall where they may. #Shades4Eva
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 1:39 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 1:39 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I've had this song from The Rookie (the latest show in the Fillion Cinematic Universe) stuck in my head for weeks. It probably won't make any top 100 lists but darn is it fun.
posted by ensign_ricky at 1:40 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by ensign_ricky at 1:40 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Look, I'm a child of the 80s, I'm not going to sit here and claim that "Friends Forever" by Zack Morris and the Zack Attack is actually any good, but they did get Casey freakin' Kasem to do a Behind The Music on them, so...
Also, how is Kidd Video not on this list?
Moving to the 90s, I notice that the article likes a few boy band parodies, but overlooks "2Gether", MTV's own boy-band parody show that ran even while the real thing was on Total Request Live. Witness the majesty of "U + Me = Us (Calculus)" or "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)"
Also, if I was going to pick one Dewey Cox song it would definitely be "Royal Jelly", which was written after Dan Bern was specifically instructed to compose an "inscrutable Bob Dylan song".
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 1:47 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
Also, how is Kidd Video not on this list?
Moving to the 90s, I notice that the article likes a few boy band parodies, but overlooks "2Gether", MTV's own boy-band parody show that ran even while the real thing was on Total Request Live. Witness the majesty of "U + Me = Us (Calculus)" or "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)"
Also, if I was going to pick one Dewey Cox song it would definitely be "Royal Jelly", which was written after Dan Bern was specifically instructed to compose an "inscrutable Bob Dylan song".
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 1:47 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
half of this list should be dethklok.
posted by lkc at 1:54 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by lkc at 1:54 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
Surely The Brady Bunch's "Sunshine Day" beats "Time to Change"
And I like "Beautiful Sea" and "Up" from Sing Street more than "Drive It Like You Stole It"
posted by indexy at 1:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
And I like "Beautiful Sea" and "Up" from Sing Street more than "Drive It Like You Stole It"
posted by indexy at 1:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Alt-f Big Bottom
All is right with the world.
Except ... it's not at #1
posted by chavenet at 2:11 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
All is right with the world.
Except ... it's not at #1
posted by chavenet at 2:11 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Sugar Sugar should be way higher.
And where the hell is Save The Earth?
posted by philip-random at 2:17 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
And where the hell is Save The Earth?
posted by philip-random at 2:17 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
“Please Mr. Kennedy” always struck me as a clean-cut riff The Holy Modal Rounders' Mr. Spaceman (played while on a mind-melting amount of speed, apparently), itself a riff on Johnny Cymbal's Mr. Bass Man
posted by scruss at 2:22 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by scruss at 2:22 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
and nothing from Phantom of the Paradise!?!?
posted by philip-random at 2:23 PM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by philip-random at 2:23 PM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
"On the Dark Side" is a legit banger. That whole movie is due for rediscovering.
posted by Kitteh at 2:24 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 2:24 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
Oh my god, "Earache My Eye" was written for a movie?
The article touches on this, but it was originally on Cheech & Chong’s Wedding Album released in 1974, then used in Up In Smoke in 1978. Their moves recycle a lot of characters and sketches from their albums.
(Why yes, I do have that on vinyl. But I do not have the giant rolling paper from Big Bambu. Neither does anyone else, for some reason; it is probably worth more than the album itself.)
posted by TedW at 2:24 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
The article touches on this, but it was originally on Cheech & Chong’s Wedding Album released in 1974, then used in Up In Smoke in 1978. Their moves recycle a lot of characters and sketches from their albums.
(Why yes, I do have that on vinyl. But I do not have the giant rolling paper from Big Bambu. Neither does anyone else, for some reason; it is probably worth more than the album itself.)
posted by TedW at 2:24 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
You can barely call it a song, but I've always been partial to the nightclub singer in Point Blank.
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:26 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:26 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
They could have put any of the Sondheim songs written for Dick Tracy into this list and it would have been fine.
posted by hippybear at 2:27 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by hippybear at 2:27 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Isn't Alice Bowie like the entire third act of "Up In Smoke"?!
More Top 100 options:
Open 48 Hours - I'm Tired (from Square Pegs)
Cotton Candy - Born With (from Ron Howard's Charles Martin Smith vehicle Cotton Candy)
Pain - I Dig Pain (from CHiPS)
posted by rhizome at 2:32 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
More Top 100 options:
Open 48 Hours - I'm Tired (from Square Pegs)
Cotton Candy - Born With (from Ron Howard's Charles Martin Smith vehicle Cotton Candy)
Pain - I Dig Pain (from CHiPS)
posted by rhizome at 2:32 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Woohoo, they put "Bashir with the Good Beard" from We Are Lady Parts on their list! You should watch We Are Lady Parts if you haven't, and part of the fun is that the music is genuinely great.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 2:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 2:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
As much as I love 'Baby on Board' I think 'Finally Bagged me a Homer' is the superior song (both great episodes though)
posted by TwoWordReview at 3:35 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by TwoWordReview at 3:35 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
and nothing from Phantom of the Paradise !?!?
Four contenders, at least: The Juicy Fruits, The Beach Bums and Beef with The Undeads but there should certainly be a place for Phoenix.
posted by Grangousier at 3:42 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
Four contenders, at least: The Juicy Fruits, The Beach Bums and Beef with The Undeads but there should certainly be a place for Phoenix.
posted by Grangousier at 3:42 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
From SCTV, The Queen Haters with I Hate The Bloody Queen (too soon?)
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 3:45 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 3:45 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
Some Toronto content...
Kids In The Hall Tammy
Everybody Wants Something by The Zit Remedy
And I mean, you could go down a whole SCTV rabbit hole come ON
I Hate The Bloody Queen (The Queen Haters)
5 Neat Guys
Shmenge Brothers
posted by chococat at 3:46 PM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
Kids In The Hall Tammy
Everybody Wants Something by The Zit Remedy
And I mean, you could go down a whole SCTV rabbit hole come ON
I Hate The Bloody Queen (The Queen Haters)
5 Neat Guys
Shmenge Brothers
posted by chococat at 3:46 PM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
Happy to see the great Nick Rivers honored, I only wish there'd been room for Skeet Surfin!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:53 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 3:53 PM on March 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
It's a crime that Buckaroo never finished his song, otherwise it'd be at the top of this list.
posted by mark242 at 3:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [12 favorites]
posted by mark242 at 3:57 PM on March 3, 2023 [12 favorites]
I guess it's only one per movie so there's no PoP! Goes My Heart .
Also, Fever Dog is fine but the song that has always stuck with me from Almost Famous is the one we only hear a snippet from, Small Time Blues by Pete Droge playing a Gram Parson-esque tribute.
posted by LostInUbe at 4:11 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Also, Fever Dog is fine but the song that has always stuck with me from Almost Famous is the one we only hear a snippet from, Small Time Blues by Pete Droge playing a Gram Parson-esque tribute.
posted by LostInUbe at 4:11 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Where's the Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle!?
And La Bibliotheca?!!
posted by Reyturner at 4:17 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
And La Bibliotheca?!!
posted by Reyturner at 4:17 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
Rolling Stone, it seems, has looked past public television and Square One TV. For a stone-cold classic: Angle Dance.
Far more niche, but I want to give a shout-out to The January Valentines (great band name) and their pop banger Revolution Girl that, due to a Taylor Swift-ish lack of tickets (if I remember properly?) prompted all manner of sleuthing from the tween detectives in Australian series The Inbestigators (can be found on Netflix). Theo Jr. has definitively graduated to teenager-hood, but that show was solid-gold family viewing for a minute.
posted by Theophrastus Johnson at 4:30 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Far more niche, but I want to give a shout-out to The January Valentines (great band name) and their pop banger Revolution Girl that, due to a Taylor Swift-ish lack of tickets (if I remember properly?) prompted all manner of sleuthing from the tween detectives in Australian series The Inbestigators (can be found on Netflix). Theo Jr. has definitively graduated to teenager-hood, but that show was solid-gold family viewing for a minute.
posted by Theophrastus Johnson at 4:30 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem don't deserve to be on this list, they are a REAL band, real real real.
posted by sammyo at 4:33 PM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by sammyo at 4:33 PM on March 3, 2023 [8 favorites]
No Killer Tofu, what a shame.
I guess sketch shows are out, otherwise Friday Night (or actually The Day That Robert Palins Murdered Me) should make the list.
posted by General Malaise at 4:35 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
I guess sketch shows are out, otherwise Friday Night (or actually The Day That Robert Palins Murdered Me) should make the list.
posted by General Malaise at 4:35 PM on March 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Sorry, this list is illegitimate because it doesn't include Futurama's Into the Wild Green Yonder opening song or Phineas & Ferb's Gitchee Gitchee Go. (Although I do honestly agree with their #1 choice.)
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:54 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:54 PM on March 3, 2023
That Thing You Do is great, I've listened to it a bunch just by itself as my partner is a big fan. What really makes it for me is the drumming, it's so nice and really elevates the whole song.
posted by Carillon at 5:37 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by Carillon at 5:37 PM on March 3, 2023
To throw in some Latin music representation, here's a vote for "Puta Flaca Mala" from Dexter.
posted by dlugoczaj at 5:39 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by dlugoczaj at 5:39 PM on March 3, 2023
*scroll scroll scoll*
Okay, No. 1 is correct. The rest can sort themselves out.
Although, “Mister Downtown” is probably better than at least two that are on the list.
posted by ob1quixote at 5:44 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Okay, No. 1 is correct. The rest can sort themselves out.
Although, “Mister Downtown” is probably better than at least two that are on the list.
posted by ob1quixote at 5:44 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Reyturner: “Where's the Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle !?”I was gonna say it was only movies but both The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family are in there, huh?
In which case, SCÄB got absolutely robbed.
posted by ob1quixote at 5:47 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
TedW, I just got a joke. There’s a portable dance floor that makes the rounds of city events called the "Big Bamboo" because it’s both; but the people who originally organized it are all of an age to remember a 1970s joke.
posted by clew at 5:55 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by clew at 5:55 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
The problem with that one (much as I love it) is that it was already a song before the movie was made--I have a Peter, Paul, and Mary album that includes it. I think that's the case for pretty much all the songs in that movie; they're all old folk or blues songs.
As far as lyrics are concerned, Please Mr. Kennedy from Inside Llewyn Davis isn't entirely original either. The openings lyrics are very similar to another song also titled Please Mr. Kennedy released by Mickey Woods in 1962.
posted by jonp72 at 6:06 PM on March 3, 2023
As far as lyrics are concerned, Please Mr. Kennedy from Inside Llewyn Davis isn't entirely original either. The openings lyrics are very similar to another song also titled Please Mr. Kennedy released by Mickey Woods in 1962.
posted by jonp72 at 6:06 PM on March 3, 2023
What really makes it for me is the drumming, it's so nice and really elevates the whole song.
I'm sure you know you're referring to the central point of the movie, so I'll give you a kudos for that. Although maybe you don't know that?
posted by hippybear at 6:21 PM on March 3, 2023
I'm sure you know you're referring to the central point of the movie, so I'll give you a kudos for that. Although maybe you don't know that?
posted by hippybear at 6:21 PM on March 3, 2023
Open 48 Hours - I'm Tired (from Square Pegs)
rhizome, you found a way to bring out the Feng shui of the 80s beyond any previous attempts. That and you had me at Tired.
posted by ensign_ricky at 6:37 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
rhizome, you found a way to bring out the Feng shui of the 80s beyond any previous attempts. That and you had me at Tired.
posted by ensign_ricky at 6:37 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I nominate Higher & Higher from Wet Hot American Summer. (In the original movie it was only in the soundtrack, but in the prequel series it’s performed onscreen by Chris Pine’s character Eric. There’s also a full version of the song.)
posted by mbrubeck at 6:48 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by mbrubeck at 6:48 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
This article is just viral marketing for that new Daisy Jones & the Six show. As a result, the list has a recency bias & they were never going to do any daring choices.
Anyhow, here are some fictional band songs I like.
Little Jerry & the Monotones, Telephone Rock (When it comes to this classic Sesame Street jam, if the phone booth is a rocking', don't come a knockin'.)
Danger Kitty, Love Rocket
Billy & the Boingers, U Stink But I Love U
The Way-Outs, Way Out
Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld, Self-Titled
The Archies, Jingle Jangle (I find it hilarious that the hip illegal drug in the universe of the Riverdale reboot is called "Jingle Jangle.")
The Dregs of Humanity, Title Unknown
Deacon Dark, Smash It (Sonny Bono doing Gene Simmons on the Love Boat)
Pain, I Dig Pain (from the CHiPs "punk rock" episode)
Edge of Etiquette, I Hate You (then fake punk song from when Spock Vulcan neck pinches a punk on a San Francisco city bus)
Camel Lips, Gas Chamber (L7 in disguise in John Waters' Serial Mom, never a true L7 release until a Record Store Day exclusive a few years ago)
Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution, Rolling in the Clover(the all-chimpanzee rock band from the ill-fated Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp children's show)
The Grungies, Theme from the Grungies (Monkees parody from the short-lived Ben Stiller Show)
The Beach Bums, Upholstery (Beach Boys parody from Brian de Palma's Phantom of the Paradise)
Sifl & Olly, Crescent Fresh Song (unfortunately, I couldn't find a good clip of the mini-Muppet prog band from the Battle of the Bands episode)
Leather Tuscadero, Devil Gate Drive (technically this is a #1 hit for Suzi Quatro in the UK, but it never charted in the US despite getting launched via her Leather Tuscadero role on Happy Days)
MC Pee Pants, I Want Candy (it's a fake hip hop song created for Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but it's still got awesome bars)
posted by jonp72 at 7:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
Anyhow, here are some fictional band songs I like.
Little Jerry & the Monotones, Telephone Rock (When it comes to this classic Sesame Street jam, if the phone booth is a rocking', don't come a knockin'.)
Danger Kitty, Love Rocket
Billy & the Boingers, U Stink But I Love U
The Way-Outs, Way Out
Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld, Self-Titled
The Archies, Jingle Jangle (I find it hilarious that the hip illegal drug in the universe of the Riverdale reboot is called "Jingle Jangle.")
The Dregs of Humanity, Title Unknown
Deacon Dark, Smash It (Sonny Bono doing Gene Simmons on the Love Boat)
Pain, I Dig Pain (from the CHiPs "punk rock" episode)
Edge of Etiquette, I Hate You (then fake punk song from when Spock Vulcan neck pinches a punk on a San Francisco city bus)
Camel Lips, Gas Chamber (L7 in disguise in John Waters' Serial Mom, never a true L7 release until a Record Store Day exclusive a few years ago)
Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution, Rolling in the Clover(the all-chimpanzee rock band from the ill-fated Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp children's show)
The Grungies, Theme from the Grungies (Monkees parody from the short-lived Ben Stiller Show)
The Beach Bums, Upholstery (Beach Boys parody from Brian de Palma's Phantom of the Paradise)
Sifl & Olly, Crescent Fresh Song (unfortunately, I couldn't find a good clip of the mini-Muppet prog band from the Battle of the Bands episode)
Leather Tuscadero, Devil Gate Drive (technically this is a #1 hit for Suzi Quatro in the UK, but it never charted in the US despite getting launched via her Leather Tuscadero role on Happy Days)
MC Pee Pants, I Want Candy (it's a fake hip hop song created for Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but it's still got awesome bars)
posted by jonp72 at 7:07 PM on March 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
Yeah, this listicle has a plethora of jumping off points. There's a lot of edge cases where real/fake bands made appearances in movies. Great additions so far! Off the top of my head:
- The Gruesomes sang bug-music "Yeah Yeah Yeah" in The Flintstones (also lent their name to a good Og Records garage band in the 1980s)
- Leapin' Lizards were a young surf-rock band in the objectively terrible early 1960s sit-com Hazel.
- an unnamed surf-rock band kinda backs Jerry Lewis in The Bellboy (an interesting movie).
- Elvis clone Johnny Poke appeared in The Beverly Hillbillies (unfortunately without his echo and his band).
In a more vaguely general sense, there's all of those interesting acts that perform at The Bang Bang Bar in Twin Peaks, especially in Twin Peaks The Return series, which also includes some artists maybe appearing as themselves.
I'm not sure if this fits exactly, but the Streisand & Kristofferson version of 'A Star is Born' (1976) is fascinating, awful, brilliant, and hilarious. Script by Joan Didion (&etc). I highly recommend it.
posted by ovvl at 7:27 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
- The Gruesomes sang bug-music "Yeah Yeah Yeah" in The Flintstones (also lent their name to a good Og Records garage band in the 1980s)
- Leapin' Lizards were a young surf-rock band in the objectively terrible early 1960s sit-com Hazel.
- an unnamed surf-rock band kinda backs Jerry Lewis in The Bellboy (an interesting movie).
- Elvis clone Johnny Poke appeared in The Beverly Hillbillies (unfortunately without his echo and his band).
In a more vaguely general sense, there's all of those interesting acts that perform at The Bang Bang Bar in Twin Peaks, especially in Twin Peaks The Return series, which also includes some artists maybe appearing as themselves.
I'm not sure if this fits exactly, but the Streisand & Kristofferson version of 'A Star is Born' (1976) is fascinating, awful, brilliant, and hilarious. Script by Joan Didion (&etc). I highly recommend it.
posted by ovvl at 7:27 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Weren't there "rock bands" playing "songs" in the Annette-Frankie beach movies? Or were they just dancing to records?
I mean, Frankie and Annette I think both often got songs in those movies, but didn't they also have bands in the beach house for all the groovy froods to jive to before catching the next wave?
posted by hippybear at 7:31 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I mean, Frankie and Annette I think both often got songs in those movies, but didn't they also have bands in the beach house for all the groovy froods to jive to before catching the next wave?
posted by hippybear at 7:31 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Also, since you mention A Star Is Born, they do entirely shun the Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper song that was entirely inescapable for about a year.
posted by hippybear at 7:34 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by hippybear at 7:34 PM on March 3, 2023
Sing Street Beautiful Sea in the actual film
posted by indexy at 7:53 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by indexy at 7:53 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
It’s missing the Malibu Road Band from the Cialis commercial.
posted by slogger at 7:53 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by slogger at 7:53 PM on March 3, 2023
Also, since you mention A Star Is Born, they do entirely shun the Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper song that was entirely inescapable for about a year.Do you mean “Shallow”? It’s number 3 in the Rolling Stone list.
posted by mbrubeck at 8:02 PM on March 3, 2023
I'm trying to figure out if "Sugarhigh" was written expressly for Empire Records; if it was, that's a bit of an omission.
I got the feeling like that was a song Coyote Shivers already had, but I never really checked. (Unfortunately the version of the song I want to hear, a studio recording with Renee Zellweger doing all the vocals, or at least not halting when she takes over, doesn't exist. The best I've been able to find is this version)
posted by ckape at 8:04 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
I got the feeling like that was a song Coyote Shivers already had, but I never really checked. (Unfortunately the version of the song I want to hear, a studio recording with Renee Zellweger doing all the vocals, or at least not halting when she takes over, doesn't exist. The best I've been able to find is this version)
posted by ckape at 8:04 PM on March 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Where's Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters?
posted by ckape at 8:05 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by ckape at 8:05 PM on March 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
not to forget Little Goldfish from Hello Down There, by far the best family comedy ever about a family living under water. Yes, that is a young Richard Dreyfus singing the lead.
Not clear on the band's name (Harold and the ... somethings) but they've definitely got something.
posted by philip-random at 8:08 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Not clear on the band's name (Harold and the ... somethings) but they've definitely got something.
posted by philip-random at 8:08 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I knew they were long shots but I had my fingers crossed for The Zit Remedy and "Smelly Cat"
posted by wats at 8:29 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by wats at 8:29 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
Haha no I know hippybear, it's a great part of the film.
posted by Carillon at 8:35 PM on March 3, 2023
posted by Carillon at 8:35 PM on March 3, 2023
No love for Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation? You fill me with inertia.
posted by Nerd of the North at 9:10 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Nerd of the North at 9:10 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I guess Polaris from The Adventures of Pete & Pete is disqualified for having an independent existence outside the show, but man, Summerbaby.
posted by zamboni at 10:15 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by zamboni at 10:15 PM on March 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
No My Shiny Teeth and Me?
I am outraged.
posted by skyscraper at 11:25 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I am outraged.
posted by skyscraper at 11:25 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I nominate Higher & Higher from Wet Hot American Summer. (In the original movie it was only in the soundtrack, but in the prequel series it’s performed onscreen by Chris Pine’s character Eric.
(removes contact lenses, puts on glasses, pushes glasses far up nose)
I think you'll find it played during the training montage when Gene teaches Coop to... something?? so he can be cool enough to win Katie's heart
you're correct that it's a legit banger tho
while I'm here I wanna drop the link for Ocean of Love by Hyun-soo and the Narhartz from Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts (they're a K-pop band composed literally of narwhals and they rule)
posted by taquito sunrise at 11:35 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
(removes contact lenses, puts on glasses, pushes glasses far up nose)
I think you'll find it played during the training montage when Gene teaches Coop to... something?? so he can be cool enough to win Katie's heart
you're correct that it's a legit banger tho
while I'm here I wanna drop the link for Ocean of Love by Hyun-soo and the Narhartz from Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts (they're a K-pop band composed literally of narwhals and they rule)
posted by taquito sunrise at 11:35 PM on March 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I think you'll find it played during the training montage when Gene teaches Coop to... something?? so he can be cool enough to win Katie's heart
oh wait no my reading comprehension has caught up to the point where I understand what you meant by "soundtrack," carry on
posted by taquito sunrise at 11:42 PM on March 3, 2023
oh wait no my reading comprehension has caught up to the point where I understand what you meant by "soundtrack," carry on
posted by taquito sunrise at 11:42 PM on March 3, 2023
Just for the record I think Go into the water is the best Dethklok song
posted by Jacen at 1:32 AM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Jacen at 1:32 AM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
“Estuary… I live in a houseboat, on an estuary.”
posted by macdara at 3:39 AM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by macdara at 3:39 AM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Of course the #1 is beyond reproach, but I really missed Dirk Diggler and Reed Rothchild running through "Feel My Heat." Have you heard the tapes? Have you even heard them? "We're guaranteed a record deal. Our stuff is that good!"
posted by How the runs scored at 5:09 AM on March 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by How the runs scored at 5:09 AM on March 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
"On the Dark Side" is a legit banger. That whole movie is due for rediscovering.
Yer not wrong. As a teenager, I bought the 45, which I suspect still reposes in a box in the basement.
I do not know all of the songs here but it seems there’s some dubious category errors in play to make this piece work. If nothing else, one of the fictional songs has a link in this thread of its fictional band performing it in front of ~100,000 people in Wembley Stadium. Stretches the boundaries of “fictional” a bit, no?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:15 AM on March 4, 2023
Yer not wrong. As a teenager, I bought the 45, which I suspect still reposes in a box in the basement.
I do not know all of the songs here but it seems there’s some dubious category errors in play to make this piece work. If nothing else, one of the fictional songs has a link in this thread of its fictional band performing it in front of ~100,000 people in Wembley Stadium. Stretches the boundaries of “fictional” a bit, no?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:15 AM on March 4, 2023
Why yes, I do have that on vinyl. But I do not have the giant rolling paper from Big Bambu. Neither does anyone else, for some reason; it is probably worth more than the album itself.
~Gets out his Big Bambu album, opens it up, sees rolling paper still inside. Hmmm...
posted by Thorzdad at 6:17 AM on March 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
~Gets out his Big Bambu album, opens it up, sees rolling paper still inside. Hmmm...
posted by Thorzdad at 6:17 AM on March 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
Cube Squared was robbed. Baby Doll, jeg elsker dig!
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:32 AM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:32 AM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Holy crap that stirred up a lot of things! I forgot that my ex-husband was in Streets of Fire!!
The Boston band Face to Face were the Attackers in Streets of Fire; lead singer Laurie Sargent did the vocals for Diane Lane (her voice was combined with another woman's I recall) and the rest of the band played The Attackers and are all in their with their perfect hair.
Wow. Gotta show that to the kids.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 8:32 AM on March 4, 2023 [7 favorites]
The Boston band Face to Face were the Attackers in Streets of Fire; lead singer Laurie Sargent did the vocals for Diane Lane (her voice was combined with another woman's I recall) and the rest of the band played The Attackers and are all in their with their perfect hair.
Wow. Gotta show that to the kids.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 8:32 AM on March 4, 2023 [7 favorites]
No Looters (probably as close to a Pistols/Clash supergroup that we're ever going to get) or Stains from Ladies & Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains?
posted by gtrwolf at 12:14 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by gtrwolf at 12:14 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
I can't find Mystik Spiral on the list. Maybe they changed their name.
posted by Foosnark at 1:25 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Foosnark at 1:25 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Does not include Lost Stars from Begin Again.
Listicle is bullshit.
The alternate version by Adam Levine (song is sung twice in the film for plot reasons).
Song is by Gregg Alexander, which explains why it is so fucking good.
posted by Naberius at 1:34 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Listicle is bullshit.
The alternate version by Adam Levine (song is sung twice in the film for plot reasons).
Song is by Gregg Alexander, which explains why it is so fucking good.
posted by Naberius at 1:34 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
no Maxwell Demon?
no Curt Wild?
Velvet Goldmine is conspicuous to the point of blinding by its absence from this list.
posted by philip-random at 2:03 PM on March 4, 2023
no Curt Wild?
Velvet Goldmine is conspicuous to the point of blinding by its absence from this list.
posted by philip-random at 2:03 PM on March 4, 2023
"Lost Stars" is great, but is by a fictional singer-songwriter, not a fictional band.
posted by joannemerriam at 8:17 PM on March 4, 2023
posted by joannemerriam at 8:17 PM on March 4, 2023
Doesn't have to be a band. Several entries are by individual fictional performers. My disparagement stands.
posted by Naberius at 8:37 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Naberius at 8:37 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Maybe it didn't have much impact but "Husavik (My Hometown)" from Eurovision was pretty good.
posted by Hicksu at 8:50 PM on March 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by Hicksu at 8:50 PM on March 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
David Cassidy's "I Think I Love You" howl was the music that shifted 7 year old me from crushes on cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny and Popeye to real live people.
How I loved him.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 5:44 AM on March 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
How I loved him.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 5:44 AM on March 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
Happy to see both "Phantom of The Paradise" and "Tapeheads" make an appearance here on the blue. My only complaint about that being, no love for the Blender Children?
I am surprised that "That Thing You Do" was number one on Rolling Stone's list since those losers usually can't find their ass's with both hands. Well, I suppose even a stopped clock etc. Good job everybody, keep up the good work.
posted by evilDoug at 6:31 AM on March 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
I am surprised that "That Thing You Do" was number one on Rolling Stone's list since those losers usually can't find their ass's with both hands. Well, I suppose even a stopped clock etc. Good job everybody, keep up the good work.
posted by evilDoug at 6:31 AM on March 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
The Coca-Cola jingle in The Coca-Cola Kid performed by Tim Finn (as "Philip") and at least one other member of Split Enz.
posted by neuron at 9:54 AM on March 5, 2023
posted by neuron at 9:54 AM on March 5, 2023
“With a Girl Like You” is my preferred tune from The Rutles; even more pitch-perfect than “Cheese and Onion.” See: https://youtu.be/gdqDuOP59RI
posted by mollymillions at 11:08 AM on March 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by mollymillions at 11:08 AM on March 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
The Coca-Cola jingle in The Coca-Cola Kid
A longtime favorite.
A longtime favorite.
Don't want to goposted by kirkaracha at 12:35 PM on March 5, 2023
Where there's no Coca-Cola
You've got
Life by the throat
When you're drinking Coke
No “Touch Me I’m Dick” by Citizen Dick from Singles?
posted by dbltall at 1:15 PM on March 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by dbltall at 1:15 PM on March 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
(Did you already know that? Quite possibly. Does that mean it shouldn't be on this list? I have no idea.)
posted by box at 2:06 PM on March 5, 2023
posted by box at 2:06 PM on March 5, 2023
In the charming romantic comedy Music & Lyrics, Hugh Grant plays a fictionalized equivalent of Andrew Ridgeley of Wham! — an Eighties sensation left behind when his former partner hit it big as a solo artist. He now makes a living as a songwriter
Are you going to tell them about Andrew Ridgeley's chances of working
posted by Grangousier at 3:12 PM on March 5, 2023
Are you going to tell them about Andrew Ridgeley's chances of working
posted by Grangousier at 3:12 PM on March 5, 2023
I didn't mean to post that.
I was working on a snarky comment about Rolling Stone being quite naive in thinking that Andrew Ridgeley had any musical capacity whatsoever, but couldn't find the right form of words. I mean, his job was to stand near his friend George and keep him company, occasionally holding a Stratocaster, and he did it very well.
His chances of making it as a songwriter were about the same as Bez becoming lead percussionist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, though.
posted by Grangousier at 3:14 PM on March 5, 2023
I was working on a snarky comment about Rolling Stone being quite naive in thinking that Andrew Ridgeley had any musical capacity whatsoever, but couldn't find the right form of words. I mean, his job was to stand near his friend George and keep him company, occasionally holding a Stratocaster, and he did it very well.
His chances of making it as a songwriter were about the same as Bez becoming lead percussionist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, though.
posted by Grangousier at 3:14 PM on March 5, 2023
Speaking of songs in movies and Hugh Grant, how has nobody brought up the best holiday song ever, Santa's Super Sleigh?
posted by hippybear at 4:00 PM on March 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 4:00 PM on March 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
Hmm, no Lily Chou-Chou, Violet Sedan Chair [Fringe], or Impaled Rektum [Heavy Trip]???
posted by Buntix at 8:04 AM on March 6, 2023
posted by Buntix at 8:04 AM on March 6, 2023
So instead I'm going to highlight Dragon Sound yt for all right-thinking individuals who love TaeKwon-Do and Friendship and hate ninjas.
Yeah, Friends was my first CTRL+F on this article.
posted by pinothefrog at 9:01 AM on March 6, 2023
Yeah, Friends was my first CTRL+F on this article.
posted by pinothefrog at 9:01 AM on March 6, 2023
I see Cherlene Tunt got snubbed.
posted by tdismukes at 2:00 PM on March 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by tdismukes at 2:00 PM on March 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
No “Touch Me I’m Dick” by Citizen Dick from Singles?
I think, you know, it can be seen either way.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 2:16 PM on March 6, 2023
I think, you know, it can be seen either way.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 2:16 PM on March 6, 2023
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