Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Music Meme: Favorite Use of a Song in a Non-Musical movie or TV show

I think I have to go with the obvious answer. I love the use of Elton John's Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous. I can still remember how shocked I was when everyone on the bus started singing along. Excellent use of the 4th wall.


As for TV shows, I adore Community's use of ABBA in the zombie episode from the second season. I would never have expected that combination to work, but it was perfect.

I also want to talk about my least favorite use of a song in a movie. Which is hands-down Hallelujah in Watchmen. It doesn't fit with the scene at all, and it completely took me out of the movie when I saw it. So awkward and cringe-worthy. Here's the clip if you feel any need at all to watch it.


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  1. ZachOctober 24, 2012 at 6:33 AM

    True story: when I read through the Music Meme thing there were some answers that I immediately knew this was one of them. My favorite use of a song in a non-musical is Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous. We are, for maybe the first time ever, on the same wavelength musically. Probably means we should watch Almost Famous when we're out next weekend.

    In the interest of also having something useful to provide, The Hero of Canton from Jaynestown is also one of the best uses of song to carry narrative in any TV show ever. So there you go Caitlin, now we're totally on the same page. I couldn't find a clip on the youtubes (admittedly I didn't look very hard) but some people do have just the song up there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8omJvCrwRdY

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    1. CaitOctober 24, 2012 at 7:01 AM

      I'm really excited that we share a musical opinion! I didn't think this day would ever come.

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    2. ZachOctober 24, 2012 at 2:35 PM

      I should also add the use of Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine at the end of The Matrix. That scene not only solidified The Matrix as my all-time favorite movie, but also introduced me to Rage Against the Machine, which quickly became one of my all-time favorite bands. The profound influence that that movie and that band have had on the course of my life warrants their mention in this section.

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  2. KevinOctober 25, 2012 at 4:13 PM

    Ok, I've been half-thinking about it all day, and I think I've come to the conclusion that - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUaE2pUR_U - is the best ever use of music in a movie. It blows almost famous out of the water.

    I will continue to think about TV, although I haven't come up with much.

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