LoC #63: Top 50 Songs from Movies

[anais.butterfly]

#43: Johnny B Goode
31 Points (On 2 of 19 lists)
Highest Placement: #4 by CJones

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/uE9_2vIlAmU?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/uE9_2vIlAmU?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

 
Featured In: Back to the Future

D'OH!

[Pak-Man]

#43: Johnny B Goode
31 Points (On 2 of 19 lists)
Highest Placement: #4 by CJones

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/uE9_2vIlAmU?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/uE9_2vIlAmU?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

 
Featured In: Back to the Future

D'OH!

X2! I can't believe I forgot about Back to the Future!

[goflyblind]

my list originally had four bttf songs.

[Russell]

None of mine have showed up yet... that could be a bad sign.

my list originally had four bttf songs.

... FOUR?! Okay, those songs were okay but they were hardly worth writing home about!

[wurwolf]

#42: The Touch
31 Points (On 2 of 19 lists)
Highest Placement: #3 by Pak-Man

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/AZKpByV5764?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/AZKpByV5764?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

 
Featured In: Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Composer: Stan Bush

Performer: Stan Bush

 
Description:
"The Touch" is a rock song by American singer and guitarist Stan Bush. The song features prominently in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie, and appears on the soundtrack album released the following year.

The story in Transformers: The Movie takes place in 2005, twenty years after the events of the TV series' second season and serves to bridge into the third season. Set to a soundtrack of synth-based incidental music and hard-driving metal music, the movie has a decidedly darker tone than the television series, with detailed visuals in Toei Animation's typical anime film styling, and Decepticon villains that are more menacing, killing without hesitation. The film features several grand battles in which a handful of major characters meet their end. The film's tagline was: "Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination."

Fun Fact:  "The Touch" was also released as a double A-side with Weird Al Yankovic's "Dare to Be Stupid", another song from the soundtrack album.

[Compound]

#42: The Touch
31 Points (On 2 of 19 lists)
Highest Placement: #3 by Pak-Man

I am shocked, shocked by this on the list. And doubly shocked by Pak voted for it.

[Pak-Man]

I wouldn't call The Touch a great song, but the way it was used at that moment in that movie, coupled with my 9-year-old sense of awe and wonderment left a permanent mark in my brain that lasts to this day. :^)

[Russell]

I wouldn't call The Touch a great song, but the way it was used at that moment in that movie, coupled with my 9-year-old sense of awe and wonderment left a permanent mark in my brain that lasts to this day. :^)

I'd call it a pretty good song. It's a fine example of how music and drama come together to produce something glorious.

[wurwolf]

None of mine have showed up yet... that could be a bad sign.

#41: Eye of the Tiger
31 Points (On 3 of 19 lists)
Highest Placement: #4 by Gunflyer

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/btPJPFnesV4?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/btPJPFnesV4?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

 
Featured In: Rocky III

Composer: Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik

Performer: Survivor

 
Description:
"Eye of the Tiger" was released in May 1982 as a single from their third album Eye of the Tiger. It was written at the request of actor Sylvester Stallone, who was unable to get permission for Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust". The song was to be the theme song for the movie Rocky III in which Stallone was playing the main role. The movie version of the song is different from the album version because it features tiger growls

In an interview with Songfacts, co-writer Jim Peterik explained the song's title. "At first, we wondered if calling it 'Eye of the Tiger' was too obvious. The initial draft of the song, we started with 'It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight, rising up to the spirit of our rival, and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night, and it all comes down to survival.' We were going to call the song 'Survival'. In the rhyme scheme, you can tell we had set up 'rival' to rhyme with 'survival'. At the end of the day, we said, 'Are we nuts?' That hook is so strong, and 'rival' doesn't have to be a perfect rhyme with the word 'tiger.' We made the right choice and went with 'Eye Of The Tiger'."

Fun Fact: Newt Gingrich has used it at his events since 2009, and in early 2012 was asked by the song's creators to stop doing so. As of January 2012, they have sued Gingrich to demand he cease playing it and to compensate them. I guess because they're a bunch of morons.

Also, is anyone else confused about the actual lyrics? I have always thought it was "It's the thrill of the fight, but I've seen it listed as "the cream of the fight".

[wurwolf]

Aaaaand, that's a wrap for today.

[gojikranz]

glad the list is going.  i missed this one due to chronic business and failure to do it when i finally had a clear weekend.  oh well.  looking forward to the results!  definately woulda voted for BTTF and 2001

[Tripe]

Fun Fact: Newt Gingrich has used it at his events since 2009, and in early 2012 was asked by the song's creators to stop doing so. As of January 2012, they have sued Gingrich to demand he cease playing it and to compensate them. I guess because they're a bunch of morons.

My favourite version of that song is in Persepolis.

[wurwolf]

Fun Fact: Newt Gingrich has used it at his events since 2009, and in early 2012 was asked by the song's creators to stop doing so. As of January 2012, they have sued Gingrich to demand he cease playing it and to compensate them. I guess because they're a bunch of morons.

I did the write up for that yesterday afternoon and then this morning happened.

[goflyblind]

you're psychic!

[anais.butterfly]

#41: Eye of the Tiger
31 Points (On 3 of 19 lists)
Highest Placement: #4 by Gunflyer

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/btPJPFnesV4?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/btPJPFnesV4?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

 
Featured In: Rocky III

SON OF A BIT**     

What crap did I put on my list?