Greatest Movie Themes

ONE IN A MILLION (MISS CONGENIALITY, 2000)

2011-12-04T08:10:00.000-08:00

Here's one reason why we love Sandra Bullock. She doesn't take herself seriously, no matter how silly a role is, she takes it by heart and thereby won the audiences over. In 2000, she made one of her most successful films ever as Gracie Hart, an FBI Agent who must go undercover in a beauty pageant in order to get the bad guys. Sounds silly but definitely fun. Bullock makes the film overall engaging. Bosson sang the famous pageant dance portion while Hart struts her stuff.

ONE IN A MILLION

sung by: Bosson

You’re one in a million…Oh…..Now

You’re one in a million…Oh

Sometimes love can hit you every day

Sometimes you can fall for everyone you see

But only one can really make me stay

A sign from the sky

Said to me

You’re one in a million

You’re once in a lifetime

You made me discover one of the stars above us

You’re one in a million

You’re once in a lifetime

You made me discover one of the stars above us

I’ve been looking for that special one

And I’ve been searching for someone to give my love

And when I thought that all the hope was gone

A smile, there you were and I was gone

I always will remember how I felt that day

A feeling indescribable to me

Yeah, I always knew there was an answer for my prayer

And you, you’re the one for me

You’re one in a million

You’re once in a lifetime

You made me discover one of the stars above us

You’re one in a millionYou’re once in a lifetime

You made me discover one of the stars above us

In the beginning I was cool and everything was possible

They tried to catch me but it was impossible

No one could hurt me it was my game

Until I met you baby and you were the same

And when you didn’t want me I wanted you because

The funny thing about it is I liked the show

I like it when its difficult

I like it when its hard

Then you know its worth it

That you found your heart

You’re one in a million

You’re once in a lifetime

You made me discover one of the stars above us

You’re one in a millionYou’re once in a lifetime

You made me discover one of the stars above us

You’re one in a million….Oh

You’re one in a million

NEVER SAY NEVER (TRANSFORMERS REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, 2009)

2011-12-01T07:11:00.000-08:00

The much ballyhooed series of the famous transforming robots by Michael Bay somehow gives a more decent selections when it comes to soundtrack. The Fray's contribution to the second installment with added title Revenge Of The Fallen is memorable to say the least in the film. The author has very little preferences in today's music let alone songs from today's movies. And this song is just one of the few 'modern' tunes to come up palatable.

NEVER SAY NEVER

sung by: The Fray

Some things we don’t talk about

Rather do without

And just hold the smile

Falling in and out of love

Ashamed and proud of

Together all the while

You can never say never

While we don’t know when

But time and time again

Younger now than we were before

Don’t let me go

Picture, you’re the queen of everything

As far as the eye can see

Under your command

I will be your guardian

When all is crumbling

To steady your hand

You can never say never

While we don’t know when

Time, time, time again

Younger now than we were before

Don’t let me go

We’re pulling apart and coming together again and again

We’re growing apart but we pull it together, pull it together

Together again, ooohh

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Oh, don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go

Don’t let me go

ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD) (THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, 1943)

2011-11-10T09:30:00.000-08:00

The legendary Fred Astaire stars in one of Hollywood's enjoyable '40's romcom. He plays a WII fighter pilot who woos a photographer (Joan Leslie) while on leave. Astaire sang the very famous One For My Baby (And One More For The Road). Just one of 'those' songs that has been covered by a many other artists. But with Astaire, it's always a class act.

ONE FOR MY BABY
(AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD)

sung by: Fred Astaire

It’s quarter to three

There’s no one in the place except you and me

So set ‘em up, Joe

I got a little story

You oughta know

We’re drinkin’, my friend

To the end of a brief episode

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

I got the routine
So drop another nickel in the machine

I’m feelin’ so bad

I wish you’d make the music so dreamy and sad

Could tell you a lot

But it’s not in a gentleman’s code

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

You never know it

But buddy I’m a kind of poet

And I’ve got a lot of things to say

And when I’m gloomy you simply got to listen to me

Until it’s all talked away

Well, that’s how it goes

And Joe I know you’re getting anxious to close

So, thanks for the beer

I hope you didn’t mind my bending your ear

Don’t let it be said

Little Freddie couldn’t carry his load

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

That long, long road

NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, 1983)

2011-11-10T09:10:00.000-08:00

One good thing aside from non-stop action and endless skirt-chasing of the famous 007 James Bond is the theme that goes along with every movie. In the '80s, Lani Hall sang one of her signature song. A sultry theme, no less. Never Say, Never Again stars Sean Connery and Kim Basinger in one of her earliest movie roles.

NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN

sung by: Lani Hall

You walk in a room

A woman can feel the heat

One look is a guarantee

Nights could be long and sweet

The message is clear

Like nothing I’ve ever known

But the more that I hear

Forget about long-range plans

'Cause this man’s got his own

To get mixed up with a man who says never

Maybe big trouble but then

I just could be the woman to take you

And make you never say never again

Never, never say never again

Never, never say never again
Never, never say never again
Never, never say never again

You’ve got all the moves

Ah, but baby I’ve got them too

No matter your attitude or your mood

I’ll come through

The touch of your voice

The feel of your eyes on me

You leave me no choice

Though I know there’s danger there

I don’t care let it be

To get it bad with a man who says never

May have no future but then

I just could be the woman to reach you

And teach you to never say never again

I’ll beg you

I’ll get you

I’ll reach you

I’ll teach you

I’ll take you

I’ll make you

NEVER SAY DIE (IRON EAGLE, 1986)

2011-07-30T22:22:00.000-07:00

"Break the sound barrier. Break the speed barrier." - tagline

King Kobra's Never Say Die is a riproaring tune from the '80s movie Iron Eagle. The action flick stars Louis Gossett, Jr as Col. Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair and Jason Gedrick as Doug Masters who's on a mission to save his father, an Air Force Pilot.

NEVER SAY DIE

sung by: King Kobra

I can do anything when I choose

Got everything but I got nothing to lose

Go anywhere from heaven to hell

I might find the devil you can never tell

There’s a thousand hills and valleys

A million dams and streams

An ocean of eternity

Between my hopes and dreams

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Nothing’s forever, now or ever

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Never look back, never say die

Don’t try and bring my soul to the ground

My spirit remembers old mountain magic sounds

Against all odds, I’ll come out on top

'Cause I never learned the meaning of what meant stop

There are walls and there are bridges

But no problems when you’re free

An adventure past the horizon

Always beckons me

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Nothing’s forever, now or ever

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Never look back, never say die

(INSTRUMENTAL)

There are walls and there are bridges

But no problems when you’re free

An adventure past the horizon

Always beckons me

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Never look back, never say die

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Nothing’s forever, now or ever

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Never look back, never say die

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Nothing’s forever, now or ever

Never say die, Iron Eagle

Never look back, never say die

MY RIFLE, MY PONY AND ME (RIO BRAVO, 1959)

2011-07-29T12:30:00.000-07:00

Rio Bravo, one of the famous western flicks among aficionados of the genre stars the legendary John Wayne. The film also star Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson who also sang together the wistful My Rifle, My Pony And Me in one of the film's scene.

MY RIFLE, MY PONY AND ME

sung by: Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson

Sun is sinking in the west

The cattle go down to the stream

The redwing settles in the nest

It’s time for a cowboy to dream

Purple light in the canyon

That is where I long to be

With my three good companions

Just my rifle, pony and me

Gonna hang my sombrero

On the limb of a tree

Coming home sweet my darling

Just my rifle, pony and me

Whippoorwill in the willow

Sings a sweet melody

Riding to Amarillo

Just my rifle, pony and me

No more cows to be ropin

No more strays will I see

'Round the bend she’ll be waitin’

For my rifle, pony and me

For my rifle, my pony and me

MY LITTLE GIRL (FLICKA, 2006)

2011-07-28T08:55:00.000-07:00

Country superstar Tim McGraw acted and sang the heartfelt My Little Girl from the 2006 film, Flicka. The film is about a young girl Katie (Alison Lohman) who wants to prove to her father (Tim McGraw) she can run their family ranch some day by taming a wild horse as her own.

MY LITTLE GIRL

sung by: Tim McGraw

Gotta hold on easy as I let you go

Gonna tell you how much I love you

Though you think you already know

I remember I thought you looked like an angel

Wrapped in pink, so soft and warm

You’ve had me wrapped around your finger

Since the day you were born

You beautiful baby from the outside in

Chase your dreams but always know the road

That’ll lead you home again

Go on, take on this whole world

But to me you know you’ll always be

My little girl

When you were in trouble that crooked little smile

Could melt my heart of stone

Now look at you, I’ve turned around

And you’ve almost grown

Sometimes you’re asleep I whisper ‘I love you’

In the moonlight at your door

As I walk away, I hear you say’Daddy, love you more’

You beautiful baby from the outside in

Chase your dreams but always know the road

That’ll lead you home again

Go on, take on this whole world

But to me you know you’ll always be

My little girl

Someday, some boy will come

And ask me for your hand

But I won’t say yes to him unless I know

He’s the half that makes you whole

He has a poet’s soul, and the heart of a man’s man

I know he’ll say that he’s in love

But between you and me

He won’t be good enough

You beautiful baby from the outside in

Chase your dreams but always know the road

That’ll lead you home again

Go on, take on this whole world

But to me you know you’ll always be

My little girl

OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN’ (OKLAHOMA!, 1955)

2011-07-27T08:59:00.000-07:00

Oklahoma! is just one of the numerous Rodgers and Hammerstein's movie-musical production. The story centers around a two cowboys (Gordon McRae and Rod Steiger) who vie for the affection of young women. One of them is a prairie lady named Laurey (Shirley Jones). The late McRae as the good natured Curly sang the iconic and cheery Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'.

OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN’
sung by: Gordon MacRae

There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow

The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye

And it looks like it’s climbin’ clear up to the sky

Oh, what a beautiful morning

Oh, what a beautiful day

I’ve got a beautiful feeling

Everything’s going my way

All the sounds of the earth are like music

The breeze is so busy it don’t miss a tree

And an ol’ Weepin’ Willer is laughin’ at me

Oh, what a beautiful morning

Oh, what a beautiful day

I’ve got a beautiful feeling

Everything’s going my way
Oohh, what a beautiful day

JUMP IN THE LINE (BEETLEJUICE, 1988)

2011-07-26T10:42:00.000-07:00

Director Tim Burton's earlier effort is an entertaining and at most times a surreal journey into the world of one naughty ghost named Beetlejuice (just don't call his name thrice in a row!). Michael Keaton, more popular as Burton's version of Batman plays the titular character, he gets to act crazy in a phantasmic way. Cool songs were also heard throughout the film, the end scene when Lydia (Winona Ryder) floats and dances into Harry Belafonte's Jump In The Line song is pure Burton fun.

JUMP IN THE LINE

(SHAKE, SHAKE SENORA)

sung by: Harry Belafonte

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time

Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line

Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

My girl's name is Senora

I tell you friends, I adore her

And when she dances, oh brother!

She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time

Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line

Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

You can talk about Cha Cha

Tango, Waltz, or de Rumba

Senora's dance has no title

You jump in the saddle

Hold on to de bridle!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Rock your body, child!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Somebody, help me!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time

(Whoa)

Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line

(Yep)

Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

Senora, she's a sensation

The reason for aviation

And fellas, you got to watch it

When she wind up, she bottom, she go like a rocket!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Hoist those skirts a little higher!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Up the chim-en-y!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Whoa oh oh oh!

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Shake, shake, shake, Senora

Shake your body line

Work, work, work, Senora

Work it all the time

Dance, dance, dance, Senora

Dance it all the time

Work, work, work, Senora

Work it all the time

Senora dances Calypso

Left to right is de tempo

And when she gets the sensation

She go up in the air, come down in slow motion

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Somebody, help me!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time)

Whooooa!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time

Work, work, work, Senora!!

ONE UPON A TIME (BEYOND THE SEA, 2004)

2011-07-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

Oscar Winner Kevin Spacey gets to portray the iconic Bobby Darin, one of his dream roles. In Beyond The Sea, (the movie title culled from one of Darin's signature songs) Spacey's Bobby traces back the life of the famous singer from being a nobody to a total entertainer. Spacey is simply amazing as he uncannily resembles Bobby Darin!

ONCE UPON A TIME

sung by: Kevin Spacey

Once upon a time

A girl with moonlight in her eyes

Put her hand in mine

And said she loved me so

But that was once upon a time
Very long ago

Once upon a time

We sat beneath a willow tree

Counting all the stars

And waiting for the dawn

But that was once upon a time

Now the tree is gone

How the breeze ruffled through her hair

How we always laughed

As though tomorrow wasn’t there

We were young

And didn’t have a care

Where did it go?

Once upon a time

The world was sweeter than we knew

Everything was ours

How happy we were then

But somehow once upon a time

Never comes again

MY HEART AND SOUL (HEART AND SOULS, 1993

2011-07-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

Funny yet heartwarming best describes 1993's Heart And Souls. Starring Robert Downey, Jr. as Thomas Reilly, a yuppie who must help four lost souls (Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick and Tom Sizemore) to settle their unfinished business who also became his guardians the moment he was born. Stephen Bishop, veteran for singing movie themes sang once again another theme called My Heart And Souls. A feel-good song with a feel-good theme.

MY HEART AND SOUL

sung by: Stephen Bishop

The years they come and go

And change will come I know

You won’t be there

My heart and soul

Different time and place

The time cannot erase

The smile that lights your face

As you gaze in mine

It will always shine

And you will always be

An angel making sure I can

A memory that’s always there

Your dreams won’t die if they live inside of me

You’ll always be my heart and soul

The years go long and on

I looked and you were gone

I miss you so

My heart and soul

The years can make you wise

I finally realize

That if I just close my eyes

I can see all there

From the love we share

And you will always be

A dream so real it cannot die

A trust in faith that lets me fly

A thought so strong it just belongs to me

You’ll always be my heart and soul

An angel making sure I can

A memory that’s always there

You’ll always be my heart and soul

MORE THAN A WOMAN (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, 1977)

2011-07-24T10:24:00.000-07:00

Here's another two themes:

Perhaps the definitive disco movie ever made was 1977's Saturday Night Fever. Lead star John Travolta make waves as Tony Manero, an average joe who becomes the King of the dance floor every Saturday night in their local disco. Travolta earned nominations for acting both for the Oscars and the Golden Globe. Bee Gees songs has become the staple in every dance spots when their songs has been part of the successful film soundtrack. One of their very popular song featured in the film is More Than A Woman.

MORE THAN A WOMAN

sung by: Bee Gees

Oh, girl I’ve known you very well
I’ve seen you growing everyday
I never really looked before
But now you take my breath away

Suddenly you’re in my life
Part of everything I do
You got me working day and night
Just trying to keep a hold on you

Here in your arms I found my paradise
My only chance for happiness
And if I lose you now I think I would die

Oh say you’ll always be my baby
We can make it shine, we can take forever
Just a minute at a time
Oh, oh, oh

More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, more
than a woman to me
Oh, oh, oh

There are stories old and true
Of people so in love like you and me
And I can see myself
Let history repeat itself

Reflecting how I feel for you
Thinking of
those people then
I know that in a thousand years
I’d fall in love with you again

This is the only way that we should fly
This is the only way to go
And if I lose your love I know I would die

Oh say you’ll always be my baby
We can make it shine, we can take forever
Just a minute at a time
Oh, oh, oh, oh

More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, more than a woman to me
More than a woman, more than a woman to me……..

MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU (ROAD TO MOROCCO, 1942)

2011-07-22T07:58:00.000-07:00

Screen Legends Bing Crosby and Bob Hope star in 1942's Road To Morocco. They play Jeff and 'Turkey', two spirited castaways on the road to well, Morocco. Dorothy Lamour plays Shalmar, the princess the two castaways both long for. Crosby himself sang the classic and timeless Moonlight Becomes You.

MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU
sung by: Bing Crosby

Moonlight becomes you

It goes with your hair

You certainly know the right thing to wear

Moonlight becomes you

I’m thrilled at the sight

And I could get so romantic tonight

You’re all dressed up to go dreaming

Now don’t tell me I’m wrong

And what a night to go dreaming

Mind if I tag along

If I say I love you

I want you to know

It’s not just because there’s moonlight

Although, moonlight becomes you so

(INSTRUMENTAL/WHISTLE)

Moonlight becomes you

What a beautiful view

Moonlight with you

You’re all dressed up to go dreaming

Now don’t tell me I’m wrong

And what a night to go dreaming

Mind if I tag along

If I say I love you

I want you to know

It’s not just because there’s moonlight

Although, moonlight becomes you so

MAYBE THIS TIME (CABARET, 1972)

2011-07-21T10:56:00.000-07:00

One of the iconic roles in Hollywood cinema Sally Bowles was portrayed by no less an icon herself, Liza Minelli in the musical motion picture, Cabaret. She plays a club entertainer who falls for two men during the Weimar Republic era in Berlin. Minnelli sang one of her famous songs in the film, Maybe This Time.

MAYBE THIS TIME

sung by: Liza Minnelli

Maybe this time, I’ll be lucky

Maybe this time, he’ll stay

Maybe this time

For the first time

Love won’t hurry away

He will hold me fast

I’ll be home at last

Not a loser anymore

Like the last time

And the time before

Everybody loves a winner

So nobody loved me

'Lady Peaceful,' 'Lady Happy'

That’s what I long to be

All the odds are in my favor

Something’s bound to begin

It’s got to happen, happen sometime

Maybe this time I’ll win…

NEW DIVIDE (TRANSFORMERS, 2007)

2011-07-20T09:25:00.000-07:00

'80s very popular toy line Transformers and its t.v. cartoon series gets an upgrade in the new millienium via the 2007 motion picture. Produced by no less than Steven Spielberg himself, the movie presented the all-time war between the Autobots and Decepticons. Linkin Park sang the ultra-cool main theme, New Divide.

NEW DIVIDE

sung by: Linkin Park

I remembered black skies

The lightning all around me

I remembered each flash

As time began to blur

Like a startling sign

That fate had finally found me

And your voice was all I heard

That I get what I deserve

So give me reason

To prove me wrong

To wash this memory clean

Let the floods cross

The distance in your eyes

Give me reason

To fill this hole

Connect this space between

Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies

Across this new divide

There was nothing inside

The memories left abandoned

There was nowhere to hide

The ashes fell like snow

And the ground caved in

Between where we were standing

And your voice was all I heard

That I get what I deserve

So give me reason

To prove me wrong

To wash this memory clean

Let the floods cross

The distance in your eyes

Across this new divide

In every loss in every lie

In every truth that you deny

And each regret and each goodbye

Was a mistake too great to hide

And your voice was all I heard

That I get what I deserve

So give me reason

To prove me wrong

To wash this memory clean

Let the floods cross

The distance in your eyes

Give me reason

To fill this hole

Connect this space between

Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies

Across this new divide

O CHILDREN (HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, 2010)

2011-07-19T08:09:00.000-07:00

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part One needs no further introduction. And most will remember the dancing scene inside the tent of Harry and Hermione (albeit awkward) when Ron left them by themselves. And the song they danced to is by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, the slow and quite somber O Children.

O CHILDREN
sung by: Nick Cave And the Bad Seeds

Pass me that lovely little gun

My dear, my darling one

The cleaners are coming, one by one

You don't even want to let them start

They are knocking now upon your door

They measure the room, they know the score

They're mopping up the butcher's floor

Of your broken little hearts

O children

Forgive us now for what we've done

It started out as a bit of fun

Here, take these before we run away

The keys to the gulag

O children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon

Here comes Frank and poor old Jim

They're gatherin' round with all my friends

We're older now, the light is dim

And you are only just beginning

O children

We have the answer to all your fears

It's short, it's simple, it's crystal clear

It's round about and it's somewhere here

Lost amongst our winnings

O children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

The cleaners have done their job on you

They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove

They've hosed you down, you're good as new

They're lining up to inspect you

O children

Poor old Jim's white as a ghost

He's found the answer that we lost

We're all weeping now, weeping because

There ain't nothing we can do to protect you

O children

Lift up your voice, lift up your voice

Children

Rejoice, rejoice

Hey little train! We are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

And the train ain't even left the station

Hey, little train! Wait for me!

I once was blind but now I see

Have you left a seat for me?

Is that such a stretch of the imagination?

Hey little train! Wait for me!

I was held in chains but now I'm free

I'm hanging in there, don't you see

In this process of elimination

Hey little train! We are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

It's beyond my wildest expectation

Hey little train! We are all jumping on

The train that goes to the Kingdom

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun

And the train ain't even left the station

MY SWEET, ETERNAL LOVE (THE MUMMY TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, 2008)

2011-07-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

The third installment of The Mummy series is easily the weakest entry. Subtitled Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, the story has an ancient chinese emperor (Jet Li) cursed by a witch and came back as (what else) mummy to wreak havoc in the life of Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his family. A single scene stood out when the song My Sweet, Eternal Love sang by Helen Feng was heard during the bar scene.

MY SWEET, ETERNAL LOVE

sung by: Helen Feng

Before you, my life was so secure

Without allure and far too sure

Into my lap you fell

Like an angel straight from hell

You came into my world as a sweet surprise

In my eyes you have no disguise

In your arms I lost paradise

My sweet, Eternal love

My sweet, Infernal love

My sweet, Eternal love

Your touch scorched me with luscious fire

And the strange desire

To possess your soul entire

But your heart made mine alive

My sweet, Infernal love

My sweet, Eternal love

My sweet, Infernal love

Now we told ourselves to forget the past

The reach should not exceed the grasp

And nothing true can ever last

Except our words of pain and our hearts of lust

My sweet, Eternal love

My sweet, Infernal love

My Eternal, Infernal love

MALAGUENA SALEROSA (KILL BILL VOL. 2, 2004)

2011-07-18T18:20:00.000-07:00

Author's Note: Missed out July 17's entry. Here are the two entries.

Kill Bill Vol.2, the second part of perhaps the ultimate revenge drama ever made nevertheless gave another great soundtrack. Chingon provided the end theme in the movie, Malaguena Salerosa. Well-put out!

MALAGUENA SALEROSA
sung by: Chingon

Que bonitos ojos tienes

Debajo de ésas dos cejas

Debajo de ésas dos cejas
Que bonitos ojos tienes

Ellos me quieren mirar

Pero si tú no los dejas

Ni siquiera parpadear

Malagueña salerosa

Besar tus labios quisiera

Malagueña salerosa

Y decirte niña hermosa

Que eres lin........da y hechicera

Que eres linda y hechicera

Como el candor de una rosa

Si por pobre me desprecias

Yo te concedo razon

Si por pobre me desprecias

Yo no te ofrezco riquezas

Te ofrezco mi corazón

A cámbio de mi pobreza

Malagueña salerosa

Besar tus labios quisiera

Malagueña salerosa

Y decirte niña hermosa

Que eres lin........da y hechicera

Que eres linda y hechicera

Como el candor de una rosa

Y decirte niña hermosa

MAGIC WORKS (HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, 2005)

2011-07-16T23:15:00.000-07:00

One of the memorable scene in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire was the prom in Hogwarts. Viewers and fans especially witness the transformation of Hermione into a beautiful belle that surprised Harry and Ron Weasley more than anybody else. The song heard during the dance scene is Magic Works.

MAGIC WORKS
sung by: Jason Buckle, Steve Claydon, Jarvis Cocker, Jonny Greenwood, Steve Mackey, Phil Selway

And dance your final dance

This is your final chance

To hold the one you love

You know you've waited long enough

So,

Believe that magic works

Don't be afraid

Of bein' hurt

Don't let this magic die

The answer's there

Oh, just look in her eyes

And makeYour final move

Mmm, don't be scared

She wants you to

It's hard

You must be brave

Don't let this moment slip the way

Believe that magic works

Don't be afraid
Afraid of bein' hurt

No, don't let this magic die

Ooh, the answer's there

Yeah, just look in her eyes

And don't believe that magic can die

No, no, no, this magic can't die

So dance, your final dance.

'Cause this is, your final chance

LYIN' EYES (URBAN COWBOY, 1980)

2011-07-15T08:05:00.000-07:00

Urban Cowboy, one of John Travolta's early fare is the story of a young "cowboy" Bud Davis who goes to Gilley's, Houston's famed nightclub. There he meets Sissy (the stunningly beautiful Debra Winger) who fancies him as the 'real thing'. Scott Glenn co-stars. The Eagles sang just one of their popular songs in , Lyin' Eyes.

LYIN' EYES
sung by: Eagles

City girls just seem to find out early

How to open doors with just a smile

A rich old man

And she won't have to worry

She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

Late at night a big old house gets lonely

I guess ev'ry form of refuge has its price

And it breaks her heart to think her love is

Only given to a man with hands as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening

To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down

But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'

She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes

And your smile is a thin disguise

I thought by now you'd realize

There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

On the other side of town a boy is waiting

With fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal

She drives on through the nice anticipating

'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel

She rushes to his arms

They fall together

She whispers that it's only for awhile

She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever

She pulls away and leaves him with a smile

You can't hide your lyin' eyes

And your smile is a thin disguise

I thought by now you'd realize

There ain't no way to hide you lyin' eyes

She gets up and pours herself a strong one

And stares out at the stars up in the sky

Another night, it's gonna be a long one

She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry

She wonders how it ever got this crazy

She thinks about a boy she knew in school

Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?

She's so far gone she feels just like a fool

My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things

You set it up so well, so carefully

Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things

You're still the same old girl you used to be

You can't hide your lyin eyes

And your smile is a thin disguise

I thought by now you'd realize

There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes

LOVING YOU IS ALL I KNOW (THE OTHER SISTER, 1999)

2011-07-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

The Other Sister is feel-good story of two mentally-challenged young people who fell in love and decide they want to make it on their own. Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi plays Carla and Daniel who play their characters to a tee. The film also boasts of great tunes both old and new. One of the songs featured is the wonderful song Loving You Is All I Know by The Pretenders.

LOVING YOU IS ALL I KNOW

sung by: The Pretenders

I don't understand how the sun keeps shining

And I don't understand why the seasons change

And I don't have a clue, what makes the rivers flow

Loving you is all I know

I cant tell you why stars come out in the evening

And I cant tell you where they go when there gone

And I don't have a clue, what makes a flower grow

Loving you is all I know

I don't know how the world keeps on spinning round

I don't know why the sky don't come falling down

I just know that I would die without your touch

I don't know why the tide needs to reach the shore

I just know that I'll need you for, forever more

Knowing that I guess I know enough

I can't really say if there is a heaven

But I feel like it's here when I feel you near me baby

If angels are real, they must know how I feel

'Cause loving you Is all I know

I don't know how the world keeps on spinning round

I don't know why the sky don't come falling down

I just know that I would die without your touch

I don't know why the tide needs to reach the shore

I just know that I'll need you for, forever more

Knowing that I guess I know enough

I don't understand how the sun keeps shining

I don't understand why the seasons changin', changin', changin'

I don't have a clue, what makes the rivers flow

And loving you is all I know

(is all I know, is all I know, is all I know)

Loving you is all I know

LOVING STRANGERS (NOTHING IN COMMON, 1986)

2011-07-13T09:11:00.000-07:00

Christopher Cross once again lent his voice to render one of the themes from the movie Nothing In Common, Loving Strangers. In this '80s dramedy, Tom Hanks plays David Basner, a successful ad man who must struggle to keep his sanity when his parents broke-up. Jackie Gleason and screen legend Eva Marie Saint plays his warring parents Max and Lorraine.

LOVING STRANGERS
sung by: Christopher Cross
　
Young and free, kicking the fences down

Somewhere hearts are breaking

But he can't hear the sound

They got nothin' in common

He smiles away on the wings of a dream

He's all caught up in that world of his

She says I'm gonna miss you but I can't live like this

We got nothin' in common

So sad to say it has to be this way

Everyone on a road of their own

Everyone gotta find a heart a home

Loving strangers - that's you and me

Gonna have the way to love, give a little honesty

('Cause they got nothing in common)

I can feel there's a hope on the wind

The sound of your voice - I think I hear a friend

We got nothin' in common

I know we don't, but it won't stay that way

Everyone on a road of their own

Everyone gotta find a heart a home

Loving strangers - that's you and me

Give a way to love, give a little honesty

Everybody needs to know if there will somewhere

Someday be someone to call their own

Everybody needs to hope that there will one day come

A someone just in time

Everyone on a road of their own

Everyone gotta find a heart a home

Loving strangers - that's you and me

Give a way to love, give a little honesty

'Cause we got nothing in common

LOVE WILL SHOW YOU EVERYTHING (IF ONLY, 2004)

2011-07-12T10:20:00.000-07:00

Jennifer Love Hewitt stars in what could be her most famous movie (aside from I Know What You Did Last Summer series), If Only. She plays Samantha Andrews, a musician who dies in an accident while having a row with her fiance, Ian Wyndham (Paul Nicholls). Ian, in a twist of fate, gets to relive the day with Samantha with unexpected results. A weeper of a movie, to say the least. Hewitt herself sang one of the theme from the movie, Love Will Show You Everything.

LOVE WILL SHOW YOU EVERYTHING
sung by: Jennifer Love Hewitt

Today,

Today I bet my life

You have no idea

What I feel inside

Don't, be afraid to let it show

For you never know

If you let it hide

I love you, you love me

Take this gift and don't ask why

'Cause if you, will let me

I'll take what scares you and hold it deep inside

And if you, ask me why

I'm with you and why I'll never leave

Love will show you everything

One day,

When youth is just a memory

I know,

You'll be standing right next to me

I love you, you love me

Take this gift and don't ask why

'Cause if you, will let me

I'll take what scares you and hold it deep inside

And if you, ask me why

I'm with you and why I'll never leave

My love will show you everything

My love will show you every - thing, thing

My love will show you, everything

Our love will show us everything

LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE (SOLARBABIES, 1986)

2011-07-11T10:15:00.000-07:00

Solarbabies made in 1986 is sort of an underrated (and cult classic) sci-fi flick made for teens at that time. The story centers around a group of orphaned teenagers lead by Jason (Jason Patric) who play a hockey-based game on roller skates and the special orb with unique results among the group. Smokey Robinson sang the main theme of the movie, Love Will Set You Free.

LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE
sung by: Smokey Robinson

This is the right time, if you've been confused

It's in a lifetime, it's up to you to choose

So much happening, still you have a choice

He gave you his word, and if you hear his voice

Love will set you free (love will set you free)

Weary of wonder, imprisoned in your doubt

Love and thunder, your heart is crying out

Don't you know that now you're standing

In the danger zone (in the danger zone)

But love won't leave you, to ever stand alone

Love will set you free (love will set you free)

He said, come follow me and where we go

(Come follow me and where we go)

You can reap every dream you sow

(You can reap every dream you sow)

Nothing's impossible, when you believe

Come follow me and you'll be free

(Free free, free free)

Folloooooow, follow follow

Folloooooow, follow

Well sometimes, sunshine (sometimes sunshine)

Can be cold and gray (cold and gray)

But love will warm you, let them lead the way

Love will set you free (Free free, free free)

He said come follow me and where we go

(Come follow me and where we go)

You can reap every dream you sow

(You can reap every dream you sow)

Nothing's impossible, when you believe

Come follow me and you'll be free

(Free free, free free)

Come follow me and you'll be free (freeee)...

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LOVE TOUCH (LEGAL EAGLES, 1986)

2011-07-10T09:12:00.000-07:00

A legal dramedy, Legal Eagles is the story of District Attorney Tom Logan (Robert Redford) on the way up but got involved with two women in the process. One by the name of Laura Kelly (Debra Winger), a defence lawyer and the other, by the name of Chelsea Deardon (Daryll Hannah), Kelley's client. Three's a crowd and hilarity ensues. Rod Stewart sang the main theme of the movie, Love Touch.

LOVE TOUCH
sung by: Rod Stewart

Oh, baby, I don't know why

But somehow I always seem to

Get tangled up in my pride

But oh, baby, we're not that blind

Deep down inside you know

This love's worth one more try

Don't push it all aside

'Cause I wanna be good for you

I didn't mean to be bad

But darlin' I'm still the best

That you ever had

Just give me a chance

To let me show you how much

I wanna give you my love touch

(love touch, touch)

Why can't I climb your walls

And find somewhere to hide

Can't I knock down your door

And drag myself inside

I'll light your candles baby

And maybe I'll light your life

I wanna feel the breathless end

You come to every night

This ever changing love

Is pushing me too far

I feel the need to reach you

Right now wherever you are

These empty arms are getting stronge every day

Believe me baby

They won't let you get away

No, they won't let you get away

'Cause I wanna be good for you

I didn't mean to be bad

But darlin' I'm still the best

That you ever had

Just give me a chance

To let me show you how much

I wanna give you my love touch

(love touch, love touch)

You know it don't matter

Who's right who's wrong

Think we're gonna find out

If the love is strong

Just give me a chance

To win back your trust

I wanna give you my love touch love touch

(Oh you're gonna get a, oh you're gonna get a big love touch)

LOVE SOMEBODY (HARD TO HOLD, 1984)

2011-07-09T10:53:00.000-07:00

'80s music icon Rick Springfield delved into acting in his feature fil debut Hard To Hold. In the movie, he plays James Roberts, well, a rock singer. One of his famous song, Love Somebody was featured in the film.

LOVE SOMEBODY
sung by: Rick Springfield
　
I can see the path youre cutting

It cost me a little piece of my heart

I can see the doors youre shutting

'Cause they were open at the start

Baby loving you has been hard on me

You're such a tough little sister

Just looking for Mr. Right

On the wrong side of town

You better love somebody

It's late

You better love somebody

Don't wait

You better love somebody

Don't tempt fate

You're gonna pull you just a little too far

One night

Your eyes are wild, your skin so white

Youre undernourished and overfed

She's got the teeth, she knows how to bite

'Cause when you bit I bled

You got the perfect image

Of the perfect man

You're a tough little sister

But you'll settle for a mister tonight

But you're running out of time

You better love somebody

It's late

You better love somebody

Don't wait
You better love somebody

Don't tempt fate

You're gonna pull you just a little too far

One night

I'm only saying what I feel

You think I'm wrong I know

You thought I was sleeping at the wheel

I thought that you were driving

You better love somebody

It's late

You better love somebody

Don't wait

You better love somebody

Don't tempt fate

They're gonna pull you just a little too far

One night

LOVE MOVES IN (MYSTERIOUS WAYS) (THE BUTCHER'S WIFE, 1991)

2011-07-08T09:17:00.000-07:00

Julia Fordham's original version of Love Moves In (Mysterious Ways) has been both rendered great and wanting by almost any singer in their repertoire. In the time when the music industry has nowhere but to go 'revival', the song heard in the film The Butcher's Wife has often been included in any singer's album. But of course, there's nothing like the original.

LOVE MOVES IN (MYSTERIOUS WAYS)

sung by: Julia Fordham

Who'd have thought this is how the pieces fit

You and I shouldn't even try making sense of it

I forgot how we ever came this far

I believe we have reasons but I don't know what they are

So blame it on my heart, oh

Love moves in mysterious ways

It's always so surprising when love appears over the horizon

I love you for the rest of my days

But still it's a mystery of how you ever came to me

Which only proves, love moves in mysterious ways

Heaven knows love is just a chance we take

We make plans but then love demands a leap of faith

So hold me close never ever let me go

'Cause even though we think we know which way the river flows

It's not the way love goes, oh

Love moves in mysterious ways

It's always so surprising when love appears over the horizon

I love you for the rest of my days

Still it's a mystery of how you ever came to me

Which only proves, love moves in mysterious ways

Like the ticking of the clock

Two hearts beat as one

But I'll never understand the way it's done

Love moves in mysterious ways

It's always so surprising when love appears over the horizon

I love you for the rest of my days

Still it's a mystery of how you ever came to me which only proves

Love moves in mysterious ways

Love moves in mysterious ways....

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LOVE LIVES ON (HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS, 1987)

2011-07-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

In Harry And The Hendersons, John Lithgow leads the cast as the head of the Henderson family who stumbled upon a ferocious looking Bigfoot (named Harry!) while going back on vacation. The feared giantvat first turns out to be one big friendly beast and becomes part of their household. A not to be missed family movie, hilarious yet heartwarming. Joe Cocker sang one of the most heartfelt theme in the '80s, Love Lives On. The ending will surely induced tears to the viewers.

LOVE LIVES ON
sung by: Joe Cocker
　
You touched my life

And turned my heart around

Seems when I found you

It was me I really found

You opened my eyes

And now my soul can see

Our moment may be over

But you're still here with me

'Cause love lives on

Beyond goodbye

The truth of us

Will never die

Our spirits will shine

Long after we're gone

And so our love lives on

There was so much

I didn't understand

And then you brought me here

Far from where

It all began

The change you made

In my life will never end

I look across the distance

I'll know I have a friend

'Cause love lives on

Beyond goodbye

The truth of us

Will never die

Our spirits will shine

Long after we're gone

And so our love lives on

I was travellin' in the dark

Never sure of what to do

I didn't know that I was lost

I found myself in you

Play something

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Love lives on

Beyond goodbye

The truth of us

Will never die

Our spirit will shine

Long after we're gone

And so our love lives on

And on

And so our love lives on

LOVE IS MY DECISION (ARTHUR 2 ON THE ROCKS, 1988)

2011-07-06T08:30:00.000-07:00

Following the success of the hit comedy Arthur in 1981, a sequel followed 7 years after. This time in Arthur On The Rocks, Arthur (Dudley Moore) loses all of his inheritance while his wife Linda (Liza Minnelli) wants to have a baby of their own. Chris De Burgh lent his voice as part of the film's soundtrack with the song, Love Is My Decision.

LOVE IS MY DECISION

sung by: Chris De Burgh

And when they tell you that you're crazy

You've got to try to settle down

You got to turn yourself around

Life is more than just good times, and parties

You got the moon in New York city

You've got the whole world in your hands

Too many cards from Disneyland

Saying that I was sorry, come one day

But if, I ever have to chose, love is my decision

With you I just can't lose, stay here by my side

Love is my decision, forever you and I

I'll tell you this

If you should ever go away, I'll know

That I could never live a single day without you

You are the one that lights my world up

The one that money just can't buy

And now I promise I will try

Maybe even a family together

But if, I ever have to chose, love is my decision

With you I just can't lose, stay here by my side

Love is my decision, forever you and I

If, I ever have to chose

If I ever have to chose

(If, I ever have to chose, love is my decision)

Forever let me hear in my heart

(Stay, always by my side, love is my decision)

Forever let me live my heart

(If, I ever have to chose, love is my decision)

I'm never going to let you down

(Stay, always by my side, love is my decision)

Forever let me hear my heart

(If, I ever have to chose, love is my decision

stay, always by my side, love is my decision)

LOVE IS LOVE (ELECTRIC DREAMS, 1984)

2011-07-05T09:34:00.000-07:00

One of the most famous singing group in the '80s era was Culture Club. The group lead's singer Boy George sang one of their popular songs that stood the test of time. Love Is Love was part of the 1984's cult classic, Electric Dreams soubdtrack.

LOVE IS LOVE
sung by: Culture Club

You don't have to touch it to know

Love is everywhere that you go

You don't have to touch it to feel

Love is every second we steal

Love is love is nothing without you

Love is love is everything you do

Open up your eyes

And you will see

Love is love is everything to me

You don't have to touch it to be

Wrapped up in emotion like me

Everyone must feel how I do, yeah

Love is just to be close to you

Love is love is nothing without you

Love is love is everything you do

Open up your eyes

And you will see

Love is love is everything to me

And you know that love is love

It's written in black and blue

And everything you say

Must bring her closer, closer to you

Ba-ba, ba-ba, ba-ba

You don't have to touch it to know

Love is everywhere that you go

You don't have to touch it to feel

Love is every second we steal

Love is love is nothing without you

Love is love is everything you do

Open up your eyes

And you will see

Love is love is everything to me

Love is love is nothing without you

Love is love is everything you do

LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ONE (SOMEONE TO LOVE, 1987)

2011-07-04T10:18:00.000-07:00

American singer Stephen Bishop known for his movie themes sang one of his lesser known song, Looking For The Right One. The film has a 'film director' puts all of his friends and strangers in a deserted movie theater to discuss about love in general. This is the last film of the legendary Orson Welles.

LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ONE
sung by: Stephen Bishop

I've been so unlucky

I'm no good at playing games

I remember their faces

Forget their names

Thought I found the right one

But she hasn't found me

So I bundle up my emotions and start

Looking for the right one

But will the right one ever come along

I'm looking for the right one

When will the right one come along

They say there's no use running

After something

You'll never get

But my heart says don't say no

Somewhere in this lonely city

Is the woman for me

But will I wait another lifetime to keep on

Looking for the right one

But will the right one ever come along

I'm looking for the right one

When will the right one come along

They say love always comes and goes

Well, that I already know

Yes I really know

LONG WAY AROUND (FIRE DOWN BELOW, 1997)

2011-07-03T08:16:00.000-07:00

In late '90s, Steven Seagal stars in one of his last major movie, Fire Down Below. He plays Jack Taggart, an environmenatl protection agent who must stop the dumping of toxic waste from big bosses. The film not only deals with action and revenge as Seagal is known for, but some environmental issues, too. Richie Sambora sang the heartfelt slow rock Long Way Around.

LONG WAY AROUND
sung by: Richie Sambora
　
I am just a traveling man

Alone and in my shell

Beaten by these broken times

Wandering through this hell

And I have taken chances

And I've lost all my rules

The answer's right in front of me

And I have been a fool

I keep taking the long way around

Why must I take the long way around

I keep thinkin' that I'm moving up

When I'm losing my ground

Why must I take the long way

The long way around

All I ever wanted

In this life was to be pure

Seduced by colors in my eyes

Taken by the hand

Of all the things I've ever wanted

Of all the treasures in my life

The greatest is the mind

So why do I take the long way around

Why must I take the long way around

I keep thinking that I'm moving up

When I'm losing my ground

Why must I take the long way

The long way around

He told me what's the cost

But only when the path is lost

And whoever found an open door

In this ocean of suffering

If I've had anything

I don't want to hide from me no more

I am just a traveling man

Alone and in my shell

Beaten by these broken times

Wandering through this hell

And I have taken chances

I've lost all my rules

The answer is right in front of me

I have been a fool

I keep taking the long way around

Why must I take the long way around

I keep thinking that I'm moving up

When I"m losing my ground

I keep taking the long way

The long way around

I keep taking the long around

I keep thinking that I'm moving up

When I'm losing my ground

I keep taking the long way

The long way around

SORRY (TEACHING MRS. TINGLE, 1999)

2011-07-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

In the late '90s, Dawson's Creek creator and Scream writer Kevin Williamson wrote and directed Teaching Mrs. Tingle, a tale of a bright student Leigh Ann (Katie Holmes) and the mean teacher Mrs. Tingle (Oscar winner Helen Mirren) who rains on her parade. Teaching was originally meant to be called Killing Mrs. Tingle but the tragic event that occured in Columbine Massacre that time prompted the studio to change the title from 'Killing' to Teaching. Stretch Princess sang one of the songs in the film's soundtrack, Sorry.

SORRY
sung by: Stretch Princess
　
You can say you're sorry

Still you know that it won't change a thing

While I'm here, I'll love you still bigger

But it's too late for me

Girls like you, I'd like to, but I guess I don't

Oh, I owe it to me

Let's spend the weekend on our own

Trying to get it right

When you're high, I'm down on you

When you're gone, I'm around for you

What you need, I've heard it all before

And true, it's just the same thing

You can say forever

We both know that it won't change a thing

I guess I tried to love you

But sometimes it's better when some things stay the same

Girls like you, I'd like to, but I guess I don't

Oh, I owe it to me

Let's spend the weekend on our own

Trying to get it right

When you're high, I'm down on you

When you're gone, I'm around for you

What you need, I've heard it all before

And true, it's just the same thing

There's just a better view

Let's spend the weekend on our own

Just spend the weekend on our own

Trying to get it right

When you're high, I'm down on you

When you're gone, I'm around for you

What you need, I've heard it all before

And true, it's just the same thing

There's just a better view

It's just the same thing

There's just a better view

LOLLIPOP (STAND BY ME, 1986)

2011-07-01T06:49:00.000-07:00

Stand By Me, based on the novella The Body by Stephen King stood the test of time as one of the most memorable and well-made coming-of-age drama. A writer (Richard Dreyfuss) recounts the days of his childhood and his friends during the fateful day they found a dead boy's body. All of the great oldies accompanies the film and one of the songs featured in the soundtrack was The Chordettes' fun Lollipop.

LOLLIPOP
sung by: The Chordettes

Lollipop lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli

Lollipop lollipop.....

Call my baby lollipop

Tell you why

His kiss is sweeter than an apple pie

And when he does his shaky rockin' dance

Man, I haven't got a chance

I call him

Lollipop lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli

Lollipop lollipop.....

Sweeter than candy on a stick

Huckleberry, chimry or lime

If you had a choice

He'd be your pick

But lollipop is mine

Lollipop lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli

Lollipop lollipop.....

Crazy way he thrills me

Tell you why

Just like a lightning from the sky

He loves to kiss me till I can't see straight

GEE, MY LOLLIPOP IS GREAT

I call him

Lollipop lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli

Lollipop lollipop...

SPEED (SPEED, 1994)

2011-06-30T18:57:00.000-07:00

Definitely, Speed is one of the best action flicks that came in the '90s and has been often included in the list for the said category. Keannu Reeves and then less known Sandra Bullock stars in the edge-of-your-seat thriller. '80s rock icon Billy Idol sang the titular theme, Speed.

SPEED
sung by: Billy Idol

Running from the nightmare

In the middle of the road

Hell's no place for sleeping

In a world beyond control

Caught up in the headlights

Coming after you

When I woke up this morning

I had to do what I gotta do

Blast me to heaven for loving you

Speed

Give me what I need

Yeah!

White lightning

Let's speed, on speed

On wheels, on wheels

Speed

Oh, let it bleed

Yeah!

Greased lightning

Let's speed, on speed

On wheels, on wheels

I've seen a train full of pain

On the edge of overload

We're in heaven, baby

You are gonna implode

I've got these crazy feelings

That I can't explain

I've got to save you baby

Or I'll die in vain

Blast me to heaven for loving you

I said blast me to heaven just for loving you

I said speed

Give me what I need

Yeah!

White lightning

Let's speed, on speed

On wheels, on wheels

Speed

Oh, let it bleed

Yeah!

Greased lightning

Let's speed, on speed

On wheels, on wheels

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Blast me to heaven for loving you

I said blast me to heaven for loving you

Now I'm rushing on the run, yeah

I wanna have me some fun

I'll speed

Give me what I need

Oh, set me free

Let's speed

On wheels, on wheels, on wheels

Said speed

Give me what I need

Yeah!

White lightning

Let's speed, on speed

On wheels, on wheels

Said speed

Oh, let it bleed

Yeah!

Greased lightning

Let's speed, on speed

On wheels, on wheels

Speed

Oh, let it bleed

Yeah!

White lightning

Let's speed, on speed

On wheels, on wheels

C'mon!

I said speed, speed

Give me what I need

I said speed, speed

Give me what I need

I said speed, speed

Give me what I need

Yeah!
Alright!

LITTLE WONDERS (MEET THE ROBINSONS, 2007)

2011-06-29T08:10:00.000-07:00

Meet The Robinsons is Disney's another attempt at full-length CGI animation after the less stellar success of Chicken Little in 2005. This time, it's about a boy inventor who travels via time machine to track down the evil Bowler Hat Guy. Rob Thomas of the group Matchbox Twenty sang the wonderful song, Little Wonders.

LITTLE WONDERS
sung by: Rob Thomas

Let it go

Let it roll right off your shoulder

Don't you know

The hardest part is over

Let it in

Let your clarity define you

In the end

We will only just remember how it feels

Our lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate

Time falls away

But these small hours

These small hours

Still remain

Let it slide

Let your troubles fall behind you

Let it shine

Till you feel it all around you

And I don't mind
If it's me you need to turn to

We'll get by

It's the heart that really matters in the end

Our lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate

Time falls away

But these small hours

These small hours

Still remain

All of my regret

Will wash away somehow

But I cannot forget

The way I feel right now

In these small hours

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate

Yeah, these twisted turns of fate

Time falls away

Yeah, but these small hours

These small hours

Still remain

Yeah, oh they still remain

These little wonders

All these twists and turns of fate

Time falls away

But these small hours

These little wonders

Still remain

LISTEN (DREAMGIRLS, 2006)

2011-06-28T08:35:00.000-07:00

Though the film Dreamgirls is about a trio of women singers, the film clearly belongs to the Oscar-winning role of Jennifer Hudson. While Beyonce Knowles, the one-third of the singing group takes a tad backseat, she however shines in the scene when she sang Listen. The song that earned the reputation as part of the reportoire in any musical contest. Listen, is all Beyonce.

LISTEN
sung by: Beyonce Knowles
　
Listen

To the song here in my heart

A melody I start

But can't complete

Listen, to the sound from deep within

It's only beginning

To find release

Oh, the time has come for my dreams to be heard

They will not be pushed aside and turned

Into your own all 'cause you won't

Listen

I am alone at a crossroads

I'm not at home, in my own home

And I've tried and tried

To say whats on my mind

You should have known

Now I'm done believin you

You don't know what I'm feelin

I'm more than what, you made of me

I followed the voice you gave to me

But now I gotta find, my own

You should have listened

There is someone here inside

Someone I'd thought had died

So long ago

Ohh I'm free now and my dreams'll be heard

They will not be pushed aside or worse

Into your own

All 'cause you won't

Listen

I am alone at a crossroads

I'm not at home, in my own home

And I've tried and tried

To say whats on my mind

You should have known

Now I'm done believin you

You don't know what I'm feelin

I'm more than what, you made of me

I followed the voiceyou gave to me

But now I gotta find, my own

I don't know where I belong

But I'll be movin on

If you don't

If you won'tListen

To the song here in my heart

A melody I start

But I will complete

Now I'm done believin' you

You dont know what I'm feelin'

I'm more than what, you made of me

I followed the voice, you think you gave to me

But now I gotta find, my own

My own

LET'S GET TOGETHER (THE PARENT TRAP, 1961)

2011-06-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

The Parent Trap is one of Disney's well-made family film in the early '60s. Hayley Mills stars as identical twins who plan to reunite their estranged parents. Let's Get Together is perhaps the most famous song in the film. A 1998 remake was made also by Disney.

LET'S GET TOGETHER
sung by: Hayley Mills
　
Let's get together, yeah yeah yeah
Why don't you and I combine?
Let's get together, what do you say?
We can have a swinging time
We'd be a crazy team
Why don't we make a scene?
Together oh, oh, oh, oh

Let's get together, yeah yeah yeah
Think of all that we could share
Let's get together, everyday
Every way and everywhere
And though we haven't got a lot
We could be sharing all we've got
Together

Oh! I really think you're swell
Uh huh! We really ring the bell
Oo wee! And if you stick with me
Nothing could be greater, say hey alligator

Let's get together, yeah yeah yeah
Two is twice as nice as one
Let's get together, right away
We'll be having twice the fun
And you can always count on me
A gruesome twosome we will be
Together, yeah yeah yeah

IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR (IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR, 1982)

2011-06-26T09:02:00.000-07:00

In the same year that he dons the Beastmaster role, Marc Singer also essays the character of Tom Sullivan, a real life blind singer. The title of the autobiographical film If You Could See What I Hear is also the title of one of Sullivan's songs. A very apt title theme.

IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR

sung by: Tom Sullivan

I look at the world with my heart
I see things that no one can see
Day after day, in it’s own special way
Life sings a love song to me

If you could see what I hear
The sights and sounds of life are ringing in my ear
So close your eyes and I’ll take your hand
I’ll make you understand

If you could see what I hear
I’ll walk with the wind in the rain
There’s music wherever I go
Round every bend in the road there’s a friend
Waiting to tell me ‘hello’
Ohh...

If you could see what I hear
The sights and sounds of life are ringing in my ear
So close your eyes and I’ll take your hand
I’ll make you understand

If you could see what I hear
If you could see what I hear
The sights and sounds of life are ringing in my ear
So close your eyes and I’ll take your hand
I’ll make you understand

If you could see what I
If you could see what I
If you could see what I hear
If you could see what I hear

L O V E (THE PARENT TRAP, 1998)

2011-06-25T10:23:00.001-07:00

L O V E is one of Nat King Cole's classic song and was often heard in romance-comedy-themed flicks. In the 1998 remake of the family classic, The Parent Trap used the famous song as heard during the opening credits.

L O V E
sung by: Nat King Cole

L is for the way you look at me

O is for the only one I see

V is very, very extraordinary

E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that I can give to you

Love is more than just a game for two

Two in love can make it

Take my heart and please don’t break it

Love was made for me and you

L is for the way you look at me

O is for the only one I see

V is very, very extraordinary

E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that I can give to you

Love is more than just a game for two

Two in love can make it

Take my heart and please don’t break it

Love was made for me and you

LET ME BE YOUR WINGS (THUMBELINA, 1994)

2011-06-24T08:18:00.000-07:00

Crooner Barry Manilow (sang with Debra Byrd) the love theme of the 1994 Don Bluth production of Thumbelina, Let Me Be Your Wings. Though the animated flick received a lukewarm response from audiences, the song nevertheless ups the production's ante if only for a bit.

LET ME BE YOUR WINGS
sung by: Barry Manilow & Debra Byrd

Let me be your wings

Let me be your only love

Let me take you far beyond the stars

Let me be your wings

Let me lift you high above

Everything we’re dreaming of will soon be ours

Anything that you desire

Anything at all

Everyday I’ll take you higher

And I’ll never let you fall

Let me be your wings

Leave behind the world you know

For another world of wonderous things

We’ll see the universe and dance on Saturns’s rings

Fly with me and I will be your wings

Anything that you desire

Anything at all

Everyday I’ll take you higher

And I’ll never let you fall

(You will be my wings)

Let me be your wings

(You will be my only love)

Get ready for a world of wonderous things

(Wonderous things are sure to happen)

We’ll see the universe and dance on Saturn’s rings

Heaven isn’t too far

Heaven is where you are

Stay with me and let me be your wings

KING OF WISHFUL THINKING (PRETTY WOMAN, 1990)

2011-06-23T08:36:00.000-07:00

Perhaps Pretty Woman is Julia Robert's most famous movie. No less than the 1990 film earned Roberts her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress (she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Steel Magnolias). The now classic romantic comedy also boasts of great soundtrack. Go West sang one of the recognized and catchy songs in the film, King Of Wishful Thinking.

KING OF WISHFUL THINKING

sung by: Go West

I don’t need to fall at your feet
Just ‘cause you cut me to the bone
And I won’t miss the way that you kiss me
We were never carved in stone
If I don’t listen to the talk of the town
Then maybe I can fool myself

I’ll get over you, I know I will
I’ll pretend my ship’s not sinking
And I’ll tell myself I’m over you
‘Cause I’m the king of wishful thinking
I am the king of wishful thinking

I refuse to give in to my blues
That’s not how it’s going to be
And I deny the tears in my eyes
I don’t want to let you see, no
That you have made a hole in my heart
And now I’ve got to fool myself

I’ll get over you, I know I will
I’ll pretend my ship’s not sinking
And I’ll tell myself I’m over you
‘Cause I’m the king of wishful thinking

I will never, never shed a tear for you
I’ll get over you
If I don’t listen to the talk of the town
Then maybe I can fool myself

I’ll get over you, I know I will
I’ll pretend my ship’s not sinking
And I’ll tell myself I’m over you
‘Cause I’m the king of wishful thinking

I’m the king of wishful thinking
I’ll get over you, I know I will
You made a hole in my heart
But I won’t shed a tear for you
I’ll be the king of wishful thinking

I’ll get over you
I’ll pretend my heart’s still beating
‘Cause I’ve got no more tears for you
I’m the king of wishful thinking

I’ll get over you, I know I will
You made a
hole in my heart
And I’ll tell myself I’m over you
‘Cause I’m the king of wishful thinking

KEEP HOLDING ON (ERAGON, 2006)

2011-06-22T07:41:00.000-07:00

Eragon was based on a children's fantasy book of the same name by Christopher Paolini. The movie adaptation attempts to make an engaging family fantasy movie about a farm boy who discovers a dragon's egg but fails in almost all levels. The theme Keep Holding On sung by Avril Lavigne somehow makes the film worth watching.

KEEP HOLDING ON

sung by: Avril Lavigne

You’re not alone

Together we stand

I’ll be by your side, you know

I’ll take your hand

When it gets cold

And it feels like the end

There’s no place to go

You know I won’t give in

No, I won’t give in

Keep holding on

'Cause you know we’ll make it through, we’ll make it through

Just stay strong

'Cause you know I’m here for you, I’m here for you

There’s nothing you could say (nothing you could say)

Nothing you could do (nothing you could do)

There’s no other way when it comes to the truth

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we’ll make it through, we’ll make it through

So far away

I wish you were here

Before it’s too late, this could all disappear

Before the doors close

And it comes to an end

With you by my side I will fight and defend

I’ll fight and defend

Yeah, yeah

Keep holding on

'Cause you know we’ll make it through, we’ll make it through

Just stay strong

'Cause you know I’m here for you, I’m here for you

There’s nothing you could say (nothing you could say)

Nothing you could do (nothing you could do)

There’s no other way when it comes to the truth

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we’ll make it through, we’ll make it through

Hear me when I say, when I say I believe

Nothing’s gonna change, nothing’s gonna change destiny

Whatever’s meant to be will work out perfectly

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

La da da daLa da da da

La da da da da da da da da

Keep holding on

'Cause you know we’ll make it through, we’ll make it through

Just stay strong

'Cause you know I’m here for you, I’m here for you

There’s nothing you could say (nothing you could say)

Nothing you could do (nothing you could do)

There’s no other way when it comes to the truth

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we’ll make it through, we’ll make it through

Keep holding on

There’s nothing you could say (nothing you could say)

Nothing you could do (nothing you could do)

There’s no other way when it comes to the truth

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we’ll make it through, we’ll make it through

JUST TELL ME YOU LOVE ME (JUST TELL ME YOU LOVE ME, 1980)

2011-06-21T07:36:00.000-07:00

Just Tell Me You Love Me also goes by the name Maui as the film was set in the said titular place. Stars Lisa Hartman, of the successful tv series Knots Landing. The famous duo England Dan & John Ford Coley sang the theme of the movie. While the movie bomb big time, the song has stood the test of time.

JUST TELL ME YOU LOVE ME

sung by: England Dan & John Ford Coley

Many times, I wished you were here

Through the velvet shadows of my dreams

Many times, I wished you were near

Through the darkness as it came but it seems

That you, you never said what I needed to hear

Just tell me you love me

Whisper words I so long to hear

Let this time not be borrowed

Let it be ours to share

If you tell me you love me

It will lead the way to your heart

Through the mereness of silence

You love me

Quietly I’ve waited

For the memory born of our first kiss

Patiently, I’ve waited

For the moment you will take me to world

That I, I’ve never seen that world before

Just tell me you love me

Whisper words I so long to hear

Let this time not be borrowed

Let it be ours to share

If you tell me you love me

It will lead the way to your heart

Through the mereness of silence

You love meYou love me

JOY TO THE WORLD (28 DAYS, 2000)

2011-06-20T09:11:00.000-07:00

28 Days stars Sandra Bullock. She plays Gwen Cummings, a happy-go-lucky newspaper columnist who is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab after crashing a limousine on her sister's wedding while DUI. She eventually learns to examine life inside the four walls of rehab. Bullock's gets to display her comedic chops as well as dramatic timing in the story written by Susannah Grant. The famous Three Dog Night song Joy To The World was used to great effect in the movie.

JOY TO THE WORLD

sung by: Three Dog Night

Jeremiah was a bullfrog

Was a good friend of mine

I never understood a single word he said

But I helped him drink his wine

And he always had some mighty fine wine

Singin’

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls, now

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

Joy to you and me

If I were the king of the world

Tell you what I’d do

I’d throw away the cars and the bars and the wars

And make sweet love to you

Said, make sweet love to you

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

Joy to you and me

(INSTRUMENTAL)

You know I love the ladies

I love to have my fun

I’m a high life flyer and a rainbow rider

A straight shootin’ son-of-a-gun

I said, a straight shootin’ son-of-a-gun

Singin’

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls now

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

Joy to you and me

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls

Joy to the world

Joy to you and me

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

Joy to you and me

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

Joy to you and me

JEEPERS CREEPERS (GOING PLACES, 1938)

2011-06-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

Jeepers Creepers is one of Louis Armstrong's famous songs and was used in the 1938 musical comedy Going Places. The film stars Dick Powell and Ronald Reagan. The song has stood the test of time in fact, in 2001, the horror film Jeepers Creepers also used the song as its 'unofficial' theme sang by Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing.

JEEPERS CREEPERS

sung by: Louis Armstrong

Jeepers, creepers....where’d ya get them peepers

Jeepers, creepers...where’d ya get those eyes

Gosh oh, git up....how’d they get so lit up

Gosh oh, gee oh....how’d they get that size

Golly gee...When you turn them heaters on

Woe is me...got to put my cheaters on

Jeepers, creepers....where’d ya get them peepers

Oh, those weepers....how they hypnotize

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Jeepers, creepers....where’d ya get them peepers

Oh, those weepers....how they hypnotize

Where did ya get those

Golly where’d ya get those

Where did ya get them there eyes…

JOURNEY TO THE PAST (ANASTASIA, 1997)

2011-06-18T08:50:00.000-07:00

Singer Aaliyah sang one of her famous songs before her very untimely death, Journey To The Past. The theme was featured in the 1997 animated movie Anastasia, loosely based on the story of the last monarch's youngest daughter of Imperial Russia. The theme was nominated at the Oscars and Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

JOURNEY TO THE PAST

sung by: Aaliyah

Heart, don’t fail me now

Courage, don’t desert me

Don’t turn back now that we’re here

People always say

Life is full of choices

No one ever mentions fear

Or how the world can seem so vast

On a journey to the past

Somewhere down this road

I know someone’s waiting

Years of dreams just can’t be wrong

Arms will open wide

I’ll be safe and wanted

Finally home where I belong

Well, starting now I’m learning fast

On this journey to the past

Home, love, family

There was once a time I must have had them too

Home, love, family

I will never be complete until I find you

One step at a time

One hope then another

Who knows where this road may go?

Back to who I was

On to find my future

Things my heart still needs to know

Yes, let this be a sign!

Let this road be mine!

Let it lead me to my past!

And bring me home at last!

I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN (BORN TO DANCE, 1936)

2011-06-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

A very famous song, I've Got You Under My Skin was first heard in the 1936 musical, Born To Dance. Virginia Bruce sang the song and the music score was heard during the film. Eleanor Powell stars along with James Stewart in the fun musical film. Powell plays Nora, the girl who wants to become a broadway dancer while Stewart plays a nayman looking for love.

I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

sung by: Virginia Bruce

I’ve got you under my skin

I’ve got you deep in the heart of me

So deep in my heart that you’re really a part of me

I’ve got you under my skin

I’d tried so not to give in

I said to myself: this affair never will go so well

But why should I try to resist when, baby, I know so well

I’ve got you under my skin?

I’d sacrifice anything come what might

For the sake of havin’ you near

In spite of a warnin’ voice that comes in the night

And repeats, repeats in my ear

Don’t you know, little fool, you never can win?

Use your mentality, wake up to reality

But each time that I do just the thought of you

Makes me stop before I begin

'Cause I’ve got you under my skin

I’ve got you under my skin

I’ve got you deep in the heart of me

So deep in my heart that you’re really a part of me

I’ve got you under my skin
I’ve got you

I’ve got you under my skin

I’ve got you deep in the heart of me

So deep in my heart that you’re really a part of me

I’ve got you under my skin

IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY (LIZZIE, 1957)

2011-06-16T07:11:00.000-07:00

Crooner Johnny Mathis sang one of the most famous classic songs ever, It's Not For Me To Say in the 1957 film Lizzie. The film is about one woman's struggle with multiple personality. One of them is the name Lizzie. Based on Shirley Jackson's novel The Bird's Nest. Mathis appears in the film as a piano singer.

IT’S NOT FOR ME TO SAY

sung by: Johnny Mathis

It’s not for me to say you love me

It’s not for me to say you’ll always care

Oh, but here for the moment, I can hold you fast

And press your lips to mine

And dream that love will last

As far as I can see, this is heaven

And speaking just for me, it’s ours to share

Perhaps the glow of love will grow

With ev’ry passing day

Or we may never meet again

But then, it’s not for me to say

(INSTRUMENTAL)

And speaking just for me, it’s ours to share

Perhaps the glow of love will grow

With ev’ry passing day

Or we may never meet again

But then, it’s not for me to say

IT'S MAGIC (ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS, 1948)

2011-06-15T08:08:00.000-07:00

The eternally wholesome Doris Day sang one of her signature songs It's Magic. Heard in the 1948 romantic comedy Romance In The High Seas, the film is about one Socialite's suspicion of her husband's infidelity. Comic ensues when the two party hires a detective to spy on each other. Bugs Bunny even sang 'his' own version in one of the episodes of Looney Tunes.

IT’S MAGIC
sung by: Doris Day

You sigh, a song begins

You speak and I hear violins

It’s magic

The stars desert the skies

And rush to nestle in your eyes

It’s magic

Without a golden wand

Or mystic charms

Fantastic things begin

When I am in your arms

When we walk hand in hand

The world becomes a wonderland

It’s magic

How else can I explain

Those rainbows when there is no rain

It’s magic

Why do I tell myself

These things that happen are all really true

When in my heart I know

The magic is my love for you

(INSTRUMENTAL)

It’s magic

Why do I tell myself

These things that happen are all really true

When in my heart I know

The magic is my love for you

IT’S EASY TO SAY (10, 1979)

2011-06-14T08:24:00.000-07:00

One of the rare duets in a movie happened in the comedy hit 10. Lead star Dudley Moore sang with Dame Julie Andrews on the piano and the result is It's Easy To Say. 10, the signature film of Bo Derek and famous for her iconic beach scene.

IT’S EASY TO SAY
sung by: Dudley Moore & Julie Andrews

It’s easy to say it’s over

It’s easy to say we’re the best of friends

You walk away and for a while

You try the summer of a younger smile

But the memory never ends

You could lose your mind

But then you’ll find

It’s easy to say I love you

There’s only one way to say I love you

You could search the years away

That old cliche is the first of May

To old or new love

It’s easy to say, easy as ABC

I love you, love you, love you....

(INSTRUMENTAL)

You could search the years away

That old cliche is the first of May

To old or new love

It’s easy to say, easy as ABC

I love you, love you, love you....

IT'S A LONG ROAD (FIRST BLOOD, 1982)

2011-06-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

One of Sylvester 'The Sly' Stallone's signature films was the action-packed Rambo. The name Rambo has become so famous that it was later used as the title in sequels, but the first installment was only called First Blood. Dan Hill lent his voice to sing the soulful It's A Long Road.

IT’S A LONG ROAD
sung by: Dan Hill

It’s a long road

When you’re on your own

And it hurts when

They tear your dreams apart

And every new town

Just seems to bring you down

Trying to find peace of mind

Can break your heart

It’s a real war

Right outside your front door I tell ya

Out where they’ll kill ya

You could use a friend

Where the road is

That’s the place for me

Where I’m me in my own space

Where I’m free that’s the place

I wanna be

'Cause the road is long yeah

Each step is only the beginning

No breaks just heartaches

Oh man is anybody winning

It’s a long road

And it’s hard as hell

Tell me what do you do

To survive

When they draw first blood

That’s just the start of it

Day and night you gotta fight

To keep alive

It’s a real war

Right outside your front door I tell ya

Out where they’ll kill ya

You could use a friend

'Cause the road is long yeah

Each step is only the beginning

No breaks just heartaches

Oh man is anybody winning

The road is long yeah

Each step is only the beginning

No breaks just heartaches

Oh man is anybody winning

It’s a long road

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING (STATE FAIR, 1945)

2011-06-12T08:36:00.000-07:00

State Fair, a fun family movie. Frake Family heads to the Iowa for the State Fair and things become interesting as they each found possible mates. The song It Might As Well Be Spring was by Rodgers and Hammersteins II no less. The song won the Oscars for Best Original Song.

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
sung by: Louanne Hogan

The things I used to like

I don’t like anymore

I want a lot of other things

I’ve never had before

It’s just like mother says

I sit around and mope

Pretending I am wonderful

And knowing I’m a dope

I’m as restless as a willow in a windstorm

I’m as jumpy as a puppet on a string

I’d say that I had spring fever

But I know it isn’t spring

I’m starry-eyed and vaguely discontented

Like a nightingale without a song to sing

Oh, why should I have spring fever

When it isn’t even spring?

I keep wishing I were somewhere else

Walking down a strange new street

Hearing words that I have never heard

From a man I’ve yet to meet

I’m as busy as a spider spinning daydreams

I’m as giddy as a baby on a swing

I haven’t seen a crocus or a rosebud
Or a robin on the wing

But I feel so gay in a melancholy way

That it might as well be spring

It might as well be spring

IT GOES LIKE IT GOES (NORMA RAE, 1979)

2011-06-11T09:41:00.000-07:00

One of the powerful drama that came in the '70s was Norma Rae. Sally Field plays the titular character, a single mother and textile worker who struggles to unionize her co-workers' welfare amidst dangers. Field won numerous acting awards including Best Actress in the Oscars the next year. The song sung by Jennifer Warnes also won as best Original Song.

IT GOES LIKE IT GOES

sung by: Jennifer Warnes

Ain’t no miracle being born

People doin’ it everyday

Ain’t no miracle growin’ old

People just roll that way

So it goes like it goes

Like the river flows

And time it rolls right on

And maybe what’s good

Gets a little bit better

And maybe what’s bad gets gone

Bless the child of the workin’ man

She knows too soon who she is

And bless the hands of a workin’ man

He knows his soul is his

So it goes like it goes

Like the river flows

And time it rolls right on
And maybe what’s good
Gets a little bit better

And maybe what’s bad gets gone

Yeah, it goes like it goes

Like the river flows

And time keeps rollin’ on
And maybe what’s good

Gets a little bit better

And maybe what’s bad gets gone

INVINCIBLE (THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN, 1985)

2011-06-10T07:44:00.000-07:00

"Fair is fair!" - Billie Jean

Helen Slater steps out of her Supergirl costume and dons a punk teen look in the '80s cult classic The Legend Of Billie Jean. She plays the titular character who takes justice into her own hands. Pat Benatar sang one of the greatest songs ever recorded, the upbeat Invincible.

INVINCIBLE

sung by: Pat Benatar

This bloody road remains a mystery

This sudden darkness fills the air

What are we waiting for?

Won’t anybody help us?

What are we waiting for?

We can’t afford to be innocent

Stand up and face the enemy

It’s a do or die situation

We will be invincible

This shattered dream you cannot justify

We’re gonna scream until we’re satisfied

What are we running for?

We’ve got the right to be angry

What are we running for?

When there’s no where we can run to anymore

We can’t afford to be innocent

Stand up and face the enemy

It’s a do or die situation

We will be invincible

And with the power of conviction

There is no sacrifice

It’s a do or die situation

We will be invincible

Won’t anybody help us?

What are we running for?

When there’s no where, no where we can run to anymore

We can’t afford to be innocent

Stand up and face the enemy

It’s a do or die situation

We will be invincible

And with the power of conviction

There is no sacrifice

It’s a do or die situation

We will be invincible

Yeah…ooohhh…yeah…

IN THE CITY (THE WARRIORS, 1979)

2011-06-09T08:27:00.000-07:00

The Warriors is the story of gangs in the seedy part of New York. American singer Joe Walsh sang the aptly theme titled In The City, where the gang a.k.a. The Warriors rule. The song were later recorded by Eagles.

IN THE CITY

sung by: Joe Walsh

Somewhere out on that horizon

Out beyond the neon lights

I know there must be somethin’ better

But there’s nowhere else in sight

It’s survival in the city

When you live from day to day

City streets don’t have much pity

When you’re down, that’s where you’ll stay

In the city, oh, oh

I was born here in the city

With my back against the wall

Nothing grows and life ain’t very pretty

No one’s there to catch you when you fall

Somewhere out on that horizon

Far away from the neon sky
I know there must be somethin’ better

And I can’t stay another night

In the city, oh, oh

In the city, oh, oh
In the city, oh, oh…

I'LL BE THERE (GROSS ANATOMY, 1989)

2011-06-08T07:43:00.000-07:00

Starship, one of '80s well-known rock group sang the theme I'll Be There from the medical drama, Gross Anatomy. Matthew Modine and Daphne Zuniga leads the cast as med students. The title refers to 'human dissection'.

I’LL BE THERE
sung by: Starship

People need their reasons

Reasons to live and reasons to die

Just something to believe in

Whatever it takes to get through the night

When the road just leads to nowhere

And your faith can’t follow through

I’ll be there for you, I’ll be there for you

Black is black and white is white
And the blues are sometimes gray

When you hurt and you don’t know why

And your tears won’t go away

There’s a rainbow out there somewhere

And one thing is always true

I’ll be there for you, I’ll be there for you

I’ll be there for you, when hope seems thin and your chances are few

I’ll be there for you, I’ll share the pain and be someone to hold

And there’s so much more I can do, I’ll be there for you

We could talk forever

There’s reasons to stay and reasons to go

But while we’re here together

I might as well make my intentions known

There’s a light that shines in my window

It’s a place you can run back to

And I’ll be there for you, I’ll be there for you

I’ll be there for you, when hope seems thin and your chances are few

I’ll be there for you, when the outside world turns your inside cold

And no one will tell you the truth, I’ll be there for you

And if the day should come in this lifetime (I will be there)

I hope one mornin’ you’ll wake up to find

Anyone with half a heart could see, we might cross this great divide

(GUITAR SOLO)

When the road just leads to nowhere

And faith can’t follow through

I’ll be there for you, I’ll be there for you (yeah!)

I’ll be there for you, when hope seems thin and your chances are few

I’ll be there for you, I’ll share the pain and be someone to hold

There’s so much more I can do, so much more

Baby I’ll be there for you

Yes I will, you know that I will be there for you

Yes I will, I will be there (I’ll be there for you)

I will be there (I’ll be there for you)

(I’ll be there for you) Don’t you worry baby

(I’ll be there for you) I will, I will...

IF YOU LEAVE (PRETTY IN PINK, 1986)

2011-06-07T08:15:00.000-07:00

One of the definitive teen flicks of the '80s was Pretty In Pink. The film stars Molly Ringwald as Andie Walsh, a not-so-popular teen who fell in love with a rich kid on the block Blane McDonnagh played by Andrew McCarthy. A feel-good flick that came out of that era. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark a.k.a. OMD sang the iconic theme of the movie that stood the test of time.

IF YOU LEAVE

sung by: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

If you leave, don’t leave now
Please don’t take my heart away
Promise me just one more night
Then we’ll go our separate ways
We always had time on our sides
Now it’s fading fast
Every second every moment
We’ve got to—we’ve gotta make it last

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won’t let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d still be friends someday

If you leave I won’t cry
I won’t waste one single day
But if you leave don’t look back
I’ll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge
Like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now
You’ve got to—you’ve gotta say you will

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won’t let go
at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d meet again

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won’t let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d still be friends

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won’t let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d meet again someday

If you leave
Oh if you leave
Oh if you leave
Don’t look back
Don’t look back

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND (54, 1998)

2011-06-06T08:35:00.000-07:00

A trio comprises of Ultra Nate, Amber and Jocelyn Enriquez sang their disco version of If You Could Read My Mind, theme of 54 a.ka. Studio 54 loosely based on the infamous disco house in the '70s. Mike Myers, Neve Campbell, Salma Hayek and Ryan Phillippe stars.

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

sung by: Ultra Nate, Amber & Jocelyn Enriquez

ULTRA NATE:

If you could read my mind love

What a tale my thoughts would tell

Just like an old time movie

'Bout a ghost from a wishing well

In a castle dark or a fortress strong

With chains upon my feet

You know that ghost is me

TRIO:
I don’t know where we went wrong

But the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back

If you could read my mind, yeah

AMBER:

If you could read your mind love

What a tale my thoughts would tell

Just like a paperback novel

The kind that drugstores sell

When you reach the part where the heartache comes

The hero would be you

Heroes often fail

TRIO:

Never thought I could feel this way

And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it

I don’t know where we went wrong

But the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back

If you could read my mind

If you could

If you could read my mind

If you could

If you could read my mind

JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ:

If you could read my mind love

What a tale my thoughts would tell

Just like an old time movie

'Bout a ghost from a wishing well

TRIO:

If you could read my mind love

What a tale my thoughts would tell

Just like a paperback novel

The kind that drugstores sell

ULTRA NATE:

And when you reach the part where the heartache comes

The hero would be you

Heroes often fail

TRIO:

Never thought I could feel this way

And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it

I don’t know where we went wrong

But the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back

If you could

If you could read my mind

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE (THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, 1982)

2011-06-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

Perhaps best known as Whitney Houston's song, I Will Always Love You was originally covered by Dolly Parton and was heard in the 1982 comedy, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. The original rendition is mainly of country flavor.

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
sung by: Dolly Parton

If I should stay

Well I would only be in your way

And so I’ll go, and yet I know

That I’ll think of you each step of my way

And I will always love you

I will always love you

Bittersweet memories

That’s all I have and all I’m taking with me

Goodbye, oh please don’t cry

'Cause we both know that I’m not what you need

But I will always love you

I will always love you

And I hope life will treat you kind

And I hope that you have all

That you ever dreamed of

Oh I do wish you joy and I wish you happiness

But above all of this, I wish you love I love you

I will always love you

I, I will always, always love you

I will always love you, I will always love you

I will always love you

I HAVE THE POWER (THE SECRET OF THE SWORD, 1985)

2011-06-04T08:53:00.000-07:00

One of the most successful cartoons ever made was He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe. So successful was the show that the producers came up with a female version, She-Ra. She was He-Man's twin sister and The Secret Of The Sword tells the beginnings of how She-Ra came to be. I Have The Power theme has been used also as a score during end credits of She-Ra cartoon series.

I HAVE THE POWER

sung by: Erika Scheimer & Noam Kaniel

Somewhere out there someone needs me
I don’t know how or where but believe me
I’ll walk the universe to find her
For better or for worse beside her

For the honor of love
By the power above
I have the power
I have the power

A stranger walked into my world
And when he talked I really heard
He spoke of things like love and peace
The joy it brings will never cease

For the honor of love
By the power above
I have the power
I have the power

The truth of love is here to guide me
The strength above is here beside me
Forevermore we’ll be together
Our hearts will soar one to the other

(INSTRUMENTAL)

The truth of love will always guide us
The strength above will be inside us
Forevermore will be together
Our hearts will soar one to the other

For the honor of love
By the power above
We have the power
We have the power
So can you

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME (10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, 1999)

2011-06-03T08:38:00.000-07:00

One of the most entertaining and well-made teen romance that came in the late 90's, 10 Things I Hate About You. The movie is the modern version of Shakespeare's The Taming Of the Shrew. Letters To Cleo sang the end theme I want You To Want Me and was seen playing on top of the school building.

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME

sung by: Letters To Cleo

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me
I’m begging you to beg me

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me

I’ll shine up my old brown shoes
I’ll put on a brand new shirt
I’ll get home early from work
If you say that you love me

Didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?
Feeling all alone without a friend you know you feel like dying
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me
I’m begging you to beg me

I’ll shine up my old brown shoes
I’ll put on a brand new shirt
I’ll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
Didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?

Feeling all alone without a friend you know you feel like dying
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?
Hey!

(GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL)

Feeling all alone without a friend you know you feel like dying
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?

(GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL)

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me
I’m begging you to beg me

I want you to want me
I want you to want me
I want you to want me
I want you to want me

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU (DAME, 1934)

2011-06-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

The classic and very wonderful tune I Only Have Eyes For You was first heard in the musical comedy in the '30s, Dames. Stars Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler themselves sang the theme together. The popular song has been covered by numerous artists.

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

sung by: Dick Powell & Ruby Keeler

My love must be a kind of blind love

I can’t see anyone but you

Are the stars out tonight?

I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright

I only have eyes for you, dear

The moon maybe high

But I can’t see a thing in the sky

'Cause I only have eyes for you

I don’t know if we’re in a garden

Or on a crowded avenue

You are here and so am I

Maybe millions of people go by

But they all disappear from view

And I only have eyes for you

I NEED YOU (IRON EAGLE II, 1988)

2011-06-01T08:18:00.000-07:00

80's rock star Rick Springfield sang the ballad theme from one of the era's well-known adventure series, Iron Eagle II. The second installment tars Academy award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair.

I NEED YOU

sung by: Rick Springfield

Like an eagle soaring through the sky

I can see beyond the borders of our lives

No more fighting, no more taking sides

Now I’m standing here with both arms open wide

Talk to me and I won’t be a stranger

Close your eyes and we both feel the same

I need you

Like the air I’m breathing

I need you

You’re a part of me inside

I’m with you

As long as my heart’s beating

And together we’ll survive

Stand beside me, we can work it out

I could use some help, and that’s what love’s about

Look through my eyes, past the setting sun

I could see a day when we can live as one

Take my hand, let nothing come between us

I will be here for you ‘til the end

I need you

Like the air I’m breathing

I need you

You’re a part of me inside

I’m with you

As long as my heart’s beating

And together we’ll survive

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Hear me out, use your heart to listen

Different worlds can’t keep us apart

I need you

Like the air I’m breathing

I need you

You’re a part of me inside

I’m with you

As long as my heart’s beating

And together we’ll survive
Yeah!

I need you

I’ll be here when you need me

I’ll hold you
As dear to me as life
(As dear to me as life)

I need you

You’ve given love a new meaning

You’re a part of me inside...

I SEE YOU (AVATAR, 2009)

2011-05-31T07:50:00.001-07:00

Avatar, 2009's epic adventure topped as the all-time highest grossing film previously held by Titanic. Only James Cameron could beat James Cameron in box-office revenues. Former X-Factor wannabe Leona Lewis sang the love theme from the movie, I See You.

I SEE YOU

sung by: Leona Lewis

I see you

Walking through a dream, I see you

My light in darkness breathing hope of new life

Now I live through you and you through me, enchanting

I pray in my heart that this dream never ends

I see me through your eyes

Living through life flying high

Your life shines the way into paradise

So I offer my life as a sacrifice

I live through your love

You teach me how to see

All that’s beautiful

My senses touch your word I never pictured

Now I give my hope to you

I surrender

I pray in my heart that this world never ends

I see me through your eyes

Living through life flying high

Your love shines the way into paradise

So I offer my life

I offer my love, for you

When my heart was never open

(And my spirit never free)

To the world that you have shown me

But my eyes could not division

All the colors of love and of life ever more

Evermore

(I see me through your eyes)

I see me through your eyes

(Living through life flying high)

Flying high

Your love shines the way into paradise

So I offer my life as a sacrifice

And live through your love

And live through your life

I see you

I GO CRAZY (SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, 1987)

2011-05-30T08:29:00.000-07:00

One of the well-meaning teen romance/drama that came in the '80s. Some Kind Of Wonderful boasts of wonderful script by no less than John Hughes. Flesh For Lulu provides the theme I Go Crazy that has become one of the most recognizable tunes of the era.

I GO CRAZY

sung by: Flesh For Lulu

SPOKEN:
"I go crazy when I’m without you"

I go crazy when I’m without you

What have I done today

Just sat and watched the jets fly over

A car goes by

And the sun goes down

We talk about the town

This city’s mad in the head

And sick in the soul

All the stars flew away a long time ago

Isn’t that nice

Like Miami Vice

I go crazy when I’m without you

Well your life is like an infants dream

It’s like everything’s on TV

You see your face in the mirror

Could it be your place in the mirror

And so we turn on the TV one more time

And we see that everything is fine

But what have I done today

I go crazy

What have I done today

I go crazy when I’m without you

What have I done today

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Sue-Ellen looks so upset

This isn’t the first time

And it won’t be the last

Things going on behind her back

Oh they give you a heart attack

I go crazy when I’m without you, go crazy

I go crazy when I’m without you

But what have I done today

I go crazy

I go crazy
But what have I done today

I go crazy

But what have I done today

I go crazy when I’m without you

I go crazy

I go crazy when I’m without you, go crazy

I go crazy when I’m without you

But what have I done today

I go crazy

I go crazy
I go crazy