Desert Island CD: 12 Of The Best Movie Songs
Good old Castor over at Anomalous Material (which I can never spell correctly) has done a cool meme – Desert Island CDs – where we all pick 12 songs from movies to listen to on the beach. I’m a bit late to the party, but here’s 12 of mine off the top of my stupid big head right now. Click the links to hear the tunes.
1. Colours, Donovan, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION
2. Mint Royale, From Rusholme With Love, VANILLA SKY
3. Land of a Thousand Dances, Wilson Pickett, THE GREAT OUTDOORS
4. GoldenEye, Tina Turner, GOLDENEYE
5. Not In Nottingham, Roger Miller, ROBIN HOOD
6. Black Sheep, Metric SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD
7. New York Groove, Ace Frehley, A GUIDE TO RECOGNISING YOUR SAINTS
8. SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT Marathon
10. Car radio song from BASEKETBALL
11. Dentist song from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
12. Hurdy Gurdy Man, Donovan, ZODIAC
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THE LIST BELOW
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March 20, 2011 at 8:55 pm
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March 20, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Dentist song from Little Shop is such a great pick!
March 21, 2011 at 12:40 am
Hey looks like you also have a Bond song. I quite like Goldeneye but not an ‘essential’ one.
March 21, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Yeah, love the Goldeneye song on this list. Sadly I don’t know any others save for Little Shop…but that’s a gooood one. Nice call there ROss:)
March 23, 2011 at 10:00 pm
1. I really need to see Scott Pilgrim again and/or give a listen to this Metric song – half the people used it, and I’m not familiar with it. I don’t know how this happened…
2. I think you’ve finally sealed the deal and served as the final push I needed to buying an ELO greatest hits disc. Showdown is great.
3. You can never – ever – go wrong with Wicket Pickett. Sweet choice.
March 24, 2011 at 1:02 am
Wow, losing track of which Desert Islands I have visited or not ahah.
@ Fletch: Simply click on the link to the YouTube for the metric song. It has the entire scene from the movie!
March 24, 2011 at 1:18 am
Yeah Fletch, click the link!
Seriously thou, thanks for dropping by, glad I’ve pushed you into ELO territory. If I lived in your country id just lend you my greatest hits.. All you need really are Showdown, Living Thing, Sweetalkin Woman, Calling America, Don’t Bring Me Down, Hold On Tight and uh, a few others
March 24, 2011 at 3:54 am
C’mon, guys – give me a little credit. Was at work and didn’t have time to listen to all of the songs I wanted to listen to. But now that I’m home…
Yeah, thankfully, the ELO greatest hits CD appears to have everything I could possibly need and then some. 20 tracks, yo.
March 24, 2011 at 10:05 am
dont worry Fletch, only teasing. I never click on anybody’s links either. Do you have any idea how F***IN busy I am, Hans???!!!!
March 24, 2011 at 3:53 pm
I like the Donovan choices a lot. And the track New York Groove – Ace Frehley is completely new to me, so thanks for sharing ( :
March 24, 2011 at 4:24 pm
cheers Chris. it was a bit off top of my head as i was late to Castor’ party, but hard to beat Donovan for a bit of atmosphere. That New York Groove song is so great. Guide To Recognising Your Saints wasnt a bad film, but that song elevated it. great song.