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Offline KevShmev

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Songs where you think of multiple films
« on: June 26, 2020, 05:26:23 PM »
I am sure we can all name hundreds of songs that we hear and think of a particular film, but what songs are featured in and make you think of multiple films?

I heard American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers today and I got the idea for this thread, since that is one for me, given that hearing always makes me think of both Fast Time at Ridgemont High and The Silence of the Lambs.

What are some others?
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2020, 05:28:22 PM »
Gimme Shelter.

Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed ...

Martin Scorsese can't stop using that song  :D
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2020, 05:28:56 PM »
Is that Tom Petty song in those movies?
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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2020, 05:30:38 PM »
Ride of the Valkyries.
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2020, 05:32:32 PM »
Quote from: Indiscipline on June 26, 2020, 05:28:22 PM
Gimme Shelter.

Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed ...

Martin Scorsese can't stop using that song  :D

Good one. I am zoning out in when it is used in Casino, but know the Goodfellas and The Departed ones well.

Quote from: Mr. Crabs on June 26, 2020, 05:28:56 PM
Is that Tom Petty song in those movies?

Yes.  In Fast Times when it shows Stacy (I think) walking around the mall, and then in Silence, it is used when the lady that Buffalo Bill kidnaps is driving home and singing along to it in her car (right before her abduction).
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2020, 05:33:19 PM »
“Oh Yeah” by Yellow

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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2020, 05:34:11 PM »
Quote from: T-ski on June 26, 2020, 05:33:19 PM
“Oh Yeah” by Yellow

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Ah, great call!  I should have thought of that one right away since I've seen both of those films about 100 times each. :lol :lol
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2020, 05:36:53 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on June 26, 2020, 05:32:32 PM
Quote from: Indiscipline on June 26, 2020, 05:28:22 PM
Gimme Shelter.

Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed ...

Martin Scorsese can't stop using that song  :D

Good one. I am zoning out in when it is used in Casino, but know the Goodfellas and The Departed ones well.

The "Nicky getting sloppy" montage, where he's so coked up that he needs a couple of breathers in order to knock out a bloke.
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2020, 05:38:09 PM »
'Spirit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum...... in a gazillion too many movies of the 60s and 70s.  Makes me want to barf, due to the laziness of any producer that includes this dreadful tune in their films.  There were a few other songs from the era available, ya know? :tdwn
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2020, 05:40:49 PM »
Quote from: Indiscipline on June 26, 2020, 05:36:53 PM
Quote from: KevShmev on June 26, 2020, 05:32:32 PM
Quote from: Indiscipline on June 26, 2020, 05:28:22 PM
Gimme Shelter.

Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed ...

Martin Scorsese can't stop using that song  :D

Good one. I am zoning out in when it is used in Casino, but know the Goodfellas and The Departed ones well.

The "Nicky getting sloppy" montage, where he's so coked up that he needs a couple of breathers in order to knock out a bloke.

Ah, that's right.  I can now picture the shot of Nicky having to punch the guy three times to knock him down (when he previously could have done it with one punch). :lol :lol
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2020, 05:43:05 PM »
Born To Be Wild in a ton of movies as well as TV.  Remember Al Bundy? Lol
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2020, 06:41:17 PM »
When I hear that Bird Is A Word song, I always think of Full Metal Jacket.
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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2020, 07:44:47 AM »
Quote from: Indiscipline on June 26, 2020, 05:28:22 PM
Gimme Shelter.

Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed ...

Martin Scorsese can't stop using that song  :D

HAHAHAHAHA.   I noticed that too; thankfully it's an amazing song.  I love that song; might be my favorite Rolling Stones song (and I'm a Stones fan). 
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2020, 07:48:36 AM »
I dunno about multiple but I think of Carbone hanging in the meat truck in Goodfellas every single time I hear the Layla piano exit

A couple years ago I also used 'Carbone hanging in the meat truck' as my fantasy football team name  :lol  :metal
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2020, 07:55:36 AM »
"For What It's Worth" by the Buffalo Springfield is sort of a go-to Vietnam/Vietnam-era song.   Forrest Gump, Born On The Fourth Of July, and Coming Home (which is sort of inspired by Kovic to begin with).
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Re: Songs where you think of multiple films
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2020, 10:36:37 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on June 26, 2020, 05:26:23 PM
I heard American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers today and I got the idea for this thread, since that is one for me, given that hearing always makes me think of both Fast Time at Ridgemont High and The Silence of the Lambs.

I saw Fast Times in a theater and probably one other time, and it's probably been 30+ years.  Haven't seen Silence in ages either.  Probably should put on the re-watch list.


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Quote from: Stadler on June 29, 2020, 07:55:36 AM
"For What It's Worth" by the Buffalo Springfield is sort of a go-to Vietnam/Vietnam-era song.

Which is funny because the song has nothing to do with the Vietnam War.  Stephen Stills wrote it about a series of "hippie riots" in Hollywood in 1966.  The song is also often linked to the Kent State shootings in 1970, which is obviously absurd since the song was released four years before that event.


Day-O and The Banana Boat Song have been in tons of movies, although the only one that comes to mind is Beetlejuice.
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