Great songs from poor movies - Page 2

**Nylon** · December 23rd, 2010, 05:56 PM

'Song To The Siren' by This Mortal Coil from David Lynch's Lost Highway

To be fair the film isn't too bad, it's just that the song is completely inappropriate. A moment of lust with a soundtrack of total surrender to love ...

**Adam West** · June 4th, 2011, 04:00 AM

Speaking of poor movies, Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster has an absolute classic "That's the Way It's Got to Be," by the Scottish band The Poets. They were managed by Andrew Oldham, who managed the Rolling Stones.

Great, great song and it's played during the pool party scene right before the "love starved aliens kidnap the Earth maidens." For a cheap movie, it's still the coolest.

**pharoahegypt** · June 4th, 2011, 11:53 AM

i vaguely recall watching an old porn movie of my dad's back in the early 1980's; before i was legally allowed to watch them of course...... there was this tune during one particular heavy sex scene that stayed in my head for years afterwards..... imagine my amusement when i heard/watched it on an old top of the pops and realised who/what it was..........

'the doors - light my fire'....!!!! classic porn film backing track if ever was one....!!!

**shodan2011** · June 4th, 2011, 11:52 PM

From the monstrosities that are The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and Scooby Doo 2, I give you:

The New Radicals - You Get What You Give
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAEFnVZVOs

dogsbreath · July 17th, 2011, 10:24 PM

The Yardbirds in Blow UP (1966 version).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeza1xeWKM

**deepsepia** · July 18th, 2011, 12:52 AM

"Shadow of the Gallows" by Waylon Jennings (lyrics by Shel Silverstein), from the very strnge 1970 movie "Ned Kelly"

I say "very strange" because Mick Jagger plays Ned Kelly, and the soundtrack is by American country artists. There's a completely ahistorical conceit that Kelly is somehow parallel to American rural anarchism . . . But Kelly wasn't Jesse James. And trying to graft Mick Jagger's bourgeois rebellion onto Ned Kelly is equally weird.

But "shadow of the gallows" is a pretty song, even if it has some unconvincing lyrics about being gnawed by dingoes.

Code:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y42JUXS59M

Interesting trivia: Shel Silverstein is mostly known as a cartoonist, but he was also a Nashville songwriter, contributing unlikely lyrics to country music, things like "A Boy named Sue"

June 4th, 2011, 11:53 AM	#13
pharoahegypt Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Middle England Posts: 4,492 Thanks: 10,176 Thanked 43,624 Times in 4,155 Posts	i vaguely recall watching an old porn movie of my dad's back in the early 1980's; before i was legally allowed to watch them of course...... there was this tune during one particular heavy sex scene that stayed in my head for years afterwards..... imagine my amusement when i heard/watched it on an old top of the pops and realised who/what it was.......... 'the doors - light my fire'....!!!! classic porn film backing track if ever was one....!!! __________________ Arguing with a intelligent person is hard; but arguing with a stupid person is impossible!

June 4th, 2011, 11:52 PM	#14
shodan2011 Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: The Wild, Wild West Midlands Posts: 1,262 Thanks: 13,615 Thanked 20,242 Times in 1,279 Posts	From the monstrosities that are The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and Scooby Doo 2, I give you: The New Radicals - You Get What You Give http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAEFnVZVOs __________________ Last Activity: 11-20-2011 05:11 PM

July 18th, 2011, 12:52 AM	#16
deepsepia Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Upper left corner Posts: 7,213 Thanks: 48,028 Thanked 83,523 Times in 7,207 Posts	"Shadow of the Gallows" by Waylon Jennings (lyrics by Shel Silverstein), from the very strnge 1970 movie "Ned Kelly" I say "very strange" because Mick Jagger plays Ned Kelly, and the soundtrack is by American country artists. There's a completely ahistorical conceit that Kelly is somehow parallel to American rural anarchism . . . But Kelly wasn't Jesse James. And trying to graft Mick Jagger's bourgeois rebellion onto Ned Kelly is equally weird. But "shadow of the gallows" is a pretty song, even if it has some unconvincing lyrics about being gnawed by dingoes. Code: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y42JUXS59M Interesting trivia: Shel Silverstein is mostly known as a cartoonist, but he was also a Nashville songwriter, contributing unlikely lyrics to country music, things like "A Boy named Sue" Last edited by deepsepia; July 18th, 2011 at 05:57 AM..

December 23rd, 2010, 05:56 PM	#11
Nylon Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK Posts: 407 Thanks: 6,186 Thanked 7,519 Times in 403 Posts	'Song To The Siren' by This Mortal Coil from David Lynch's Lost Highway To be fair the film isn't too bad, it's just that the song is completely inappropriate. A moment of lust with a soundtrack of total surrender to love ...

June 4th, 2011, 04:00 AM	#12
Adam West Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Indianapolis - The Racing Capitol of the World Posts: 650 Thanks: 8,517 Thanked 6,205 Times in 635 Posts	Speaking of poor movies, Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster has an absolute classic "That's the Way It's Got to Be," by the Scottish band The Poets. They were managed by Andrew Oldham, who managed the Rolling Stones. Great, great song and it's played during the pool party scene right before the "love starved aliens kidnap the Earth maidens." For a cheap movie, it's still the coolest.

July 17th, 2011, 10:24 PM	#15
dogsbreath Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: America Posts: 114 Thanks: 5,561 Thanked 901 Times in 109 Posts	The Yardbirds in Blow UP (1966 version). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeza1xeWKM