THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT (THE FACULTY, 1998)

“I always thought the only alien in this high school was me.” – Stokely

Aliens took over the Herrington High, literally. Creatures from another planet with insatiable thirst for water possesses the teachers and staff of the ill-fated school. A group of unlikely students however bonded to put a stop on them. This was made at the height of teen slasher flicks in the ‘90’s. Director Robert Rodrguez tries a different route of the alien kind. The Offspring sung one of the songs in the film's soundtrack, The Kids Aren't Alright. Aptly timely.

THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT
sung by: The Offspring

When we were young the future was so bright

The old neighborhood was so alive

And every kid on the whole damn street

Was gonna make it big in every beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn

The kids are grown up but their lives are worn

How can one little street

Swallow so many lives

Chances thrown

Nothing's free

Longing for Used to be

Still it's hard

Hard to see

Fragile lives

Shattered dreams

Jenny had a chance, well she really did

Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids

Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job

He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

Jay committed suicide

Brandon OD'd and died

What the hell is going on?

The cruellest dream - reality

Chances thrown

Nothing's free

Longing for what used to be

Still it's hard

Hard to see

Fragile lives

Shattered dreams

I MELT WITH YOU (SKY HIGH, 2005)

“Oh my God, I made out with an old lady.” – Will Stronghold

A fun variation in a story of one young man’s dreams and predicaments of being a superhero. Will Stronghold happens to be on how to deal on being a sidekick. The classic ‘80’s song I Melt With You has been revived by the group Bowling For Soup.


I MELT WITH YOU
sung by: Bowling For Soup

Moving forward using all my breath

Being friends with you was never second best

And I saw the world crashing all around your face

Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace

I'll stop the world and melt with you

You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

There's nothing you and I won't do

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(You should know better) Dream of better lives, the kind which never hate

(You should see why) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace

(You should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human race

(You should see why) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by

(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

(Let's stop the world) You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

(Let's stop the world) There's nothing you and I won't do

(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

The future's open wide

(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world) I've seen some changes, but it's getting better all the time

(Let's stop the world) There's nothing you and I won't do

(I'll stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

The future's open wide

I'll stop the world

I'll stop the world

I'll stop the world

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

(I'll stop the world) And there's nothing you and I won't do

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with youI'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, 2006)

"Details of your incompetence do not interest me."

- Miranda Priestly

Acting legend Meryl Streep is deliciously evil as the boss from hell Miranda Priestly based on the bestseller of the same title, The Devil Wears Prada. An entertaining film for all sexes. Music group legend U2 sums up the feel of the movie in the eyes of Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) via the song City Of Blinding Lights.

CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS

sung by U2

The more you see the less you know

The less you find out as you go

I knew much more then than I do now

Neon heart, day-glow eyes

The city lit by fireflies

They're advertising in the skies

And people like us

And I miss you when you're not around

I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight...

Don't look before you laugh

Look ugly in a photograph

Flash bulbs, purple irises the camera can't see

I've seen you walk unafraid

I've seen you in the clothes you've made

Can you see the beauty inside of me?

What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

And I miss you when you're not around

I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight...tonight

In the city of blinding lights

Time...time....time...won't leave me as I am

But time won't take the boy out of this man

Oh you look so beautiful tonight

Oh you look so beautiful tonight

Oh you look so beautiful tonight

In the city of blinding lights,

The more you know

The less you feel

Some pray for, others steal

Blessings not just for the ones who kneel, luckily

FORSAKEN (QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, 2002)

"All She Wants Is Hell On Earth." - tagline

One of the good things in the film Queen Of The Damned are the songs in the soundtrack. While the film somewhat lacks the 'bite' of a real Anne Rice novel-turned-into a movie, the songs played elevate the film and Lestat himself (Stuart Townsend) into a believable rock star.

FORSAKEN

sung by: Jonathan Davis

I’m over it.

You see I’m falling in a vast abyss

Clouded by memories of the past

At last I see

I hear it fading

I can’t speak it

Or else you will dig my grave

You feel them finding

Always whining

Take my hand

Now be alive

You see I cannot be forsaken

Because I’m not the only one

We walk amongst you

Feeding, raping

Must we hide from everyone

I’m over it

Why can’t we be together?

Endlessly

Sleeping so long

Taking off the masks

At last I see

Queen of the Damned

Dave Draiman-Forsaken

My fear is fading

I can’t speak it

Or else you will dig my grave

You fear them finding

Always whining

Take my hand

Now be alive

You see I cannot be forsaken

Because I’m not the only one

We walk amongst you

Feeding, raping

Must we hide from everyone

You see I cannot be forsaken

Because I’m not the only one

We walk amongst you

Feeding, raping

Must we hide from everyone

Everyone

Everyone

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (THE OTHER SISTER, 1999)

"I love you every minute. I love you more than band music and cookie-making." - Daniel McMann

Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi play their role to a t as two mentally-challenged young adults who fell in love and overcome obstacles. A heartwarming and fun flick to watch. Juliette Lewis herself sung one of the songs in the soundtrack, Come Rain Or Come Shine. Cute.

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE

sung by Juliette Lewis

I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you

Come rain or come shine

High as a mountain, deep as a river

Come rain or come shine

I guess when you met me

It was just one of those things

But don't you ever bet me

'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me

Come rain or come shine

Happy together, unhappy together

Won't if feel fine

Days may be cloudy or sunny

We're in or out of the money

But I'm with you always

I'm with you rain or shine

I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you

Come rain or come shine

High as a mountain, deep as a river

Come rain or come shine

I guess when you met me

It was just one of those things

But don't you ever bet me

'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me

Come rain or come shine

Happy together, unhappy together

Won't if feel fine

Days may be cloudy or sunny

We're in or out of the money

But I'm with you always

I'm with you rain or shine

SOME HEARTS (AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, 2001)

"Can I just say something please? Excuse me. What was said about my penis on the screen... that is completely false. Completely! I am extremely well hung. I will submit to a physical inspection right now." - Hector

One of the lesser known songs in America's Sweethearts but nevetheless worth listening to. Kelly Levesque sung Some Hearts aptly played at the end of the film. One of Julia Roberts's signature films.

SOME HEARTS

sung by: Kelly Levesque

I've never been the kind that you call lucky

Always stumblin around in circles

But I must have stumbled into something

Look at me

Am I really alone with you?

I wake up feeling like my life's worth living

Can't recall when I last felt that way

Guess it must be all this love you're giving

Never knew, never knew

It could be like this...

But I guess

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

Now who'd have thought someone like u could love me?

You're the last thing my heart expected

Who'd have thought I'd ever find somebody?

Someone who, someone who

Makes me feel like this

Well I guess

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

Ooooh

Even hearts like mine

Get lucky, lucky sometimes

oooh oh oh oh

Ohhhhhhhhhh!

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

I'm not the kind of girl that you call lucky...

I'm not the kind of girl that you call lucky

(some hearts get lucky sometimes...oooooooh....)

THE END IS THE BEGINNING IS THE END (BATMAN AND ROBIN, 1997)

"There is no defeat in death, Master Bruce. Victory comes in defending what we know is right while we still live." - Alfred

Arguably, the most loathed film made in recent years, Joel Schumacher nevertheless brings out the wackiness and campiness one has come to expect after he took over from Tim Burton. Smashing Pumpkins sung one of the theme in the film, The End Is The Beginning Is The End.

THE END IS THE BEGINNING IS THE END

sung by Smashing Pumpkins

The sewers belch me up

The heavens spit me out

From ethers tragic I am born again

And now I'm with you now

Inside your world of wow

To move in desires made of deadly pretends

Till the end times begin

Is it bright where you are

Have the people changed

Does it make you happy you're so strange

And in your darkest hour, I hold secrets flame

You can watch the world devoured in it's pain

Strange

Climb my ribcage to

The replays run for you

Unhook my lights to peek behind the flash

For I am crystal chrome

I am shatter dome

I am kremlin king of angels avenged

To destroy the end

Is it bright where you are

Have the people changed

Does it make you happy you're so strange

And in your darkest hour, I hold secrets flame

You can watch the world devoured in it's pain

The zeppelins rain upon us

The guns of love disastrous

A shadow lies amongst you

To defy the future cast

Is it bright where you are

Have the people changed

Does it make you happy you're so strange

And in your darkest hour, I hold secrets flame

You can watch the world devoured in it's pain

Strange

Strange

INDEPENDENT WOMEN PART 1 (CHARLIE'S ANGELS, 2000)

"Good morning Angels." - Charlie

It was only a matter of time for one of the most popular and iconic tv kick-ass girls to be shown on the big screen. And in 2000, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu took the place as Charlie's Angels. Destiny's Child back then sung the theme about women empowerment.

INDEPENDENT WOMEN PART 1

sung by Destiny's Child

Lucy Liu... with my girl, Drew... Cameron D. and Destiny

Charlie's Angels, Come on

Uh uh uh

Question: Tell me what you think about me

I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings

Only ring your cell-y when I'm feelin lonely

When it's all over please get up and leave

Question: Tell me how you feel about this

Try to control me boy you get dismissed

Pay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills

Always 50/50 in relationships

The shoes on my feet

I've bought it

The clothes I'm wearing

I've bought it

The rock I'm rockin'

I've bought it

'Cause I depend on me

If I wanted the watch you're wearin'

I'll buy it

The house I live in

I've bought it

The car I'm driving

I've bought it

I depend on me

(I depend on me)

All the women who are independent

Throw your hands up at me

All the honeys who makin' money

Throw your hands up at me

All the mommas who profit dollas

Throw your hands up at me

All the ladies who truly feel me

Throw your hands up at me

Girl I didn't know you could get down like that

Charlie, how your Angels get down like that

Girl I didn't know you could get down like that

Charlie, how your Angels get down like that

Tell me how you feel about this

Who would I want if I would wanna live

I worked hard and sacrificed to get what I get

Ladies, it ain't easy bein' independent

Question: How'd you like this knowledge that I brought

Braggin' on that cash that he gave you is to front

If you're gonna brag make sure it's your money you flaunt

Depend on noone else to give you what you want

The shoes on my feet

I've bought it

The clothes I'm wearing

I've bought it

The rock I'm rockin'

I've bought it

'Cause I depend on me

If I wanted the watch you're wearin'

I'll buy it

The house I live in

I've bought it

The car I'm driving

I've bought it

I depend on me

(I depend on me)

All the women who are independent

Throw your hands up at me

All the honeys who makin' money

Throw your hands up at me

All the mommas who profit dollas

Throw your hands up at me

All the ladies who truly feel me

Throw your hands up at me

Girl I didn't know you could get down like that

Charlie, how your Angels get down like that

Girl I didn't know you could get down like that

Charlie, how your Angels get down like that

Destiny's Child

Wassup?

You in the house?

Sure 'nuff

We'll break these people off Angel style

Child of Destiny

Independent beauty

Noone else can scare me

Charlie's Angels

Woah

All the women who are independent

Throw your hands up at me

All the honeys who makin' money

Throw your hands up at me

All the mommas who profit dollas

Throw your hands up at me

All the ladies who truly feel me

Throw your hands up at me

Girl I didn't know you could get down like that

Charlie, how your Angels get down like that...