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Has it? I don’t think I’ve heard it anywhere but in the film
Film tie-in songs that were bigger than the film
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Has it? I don’t think I’ve heard it anywhere but in the film
Orang Utan
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I came here to post this!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Axel F is probably better known than Beverley Hills Cop, esp since that fascist frog did a cover of it
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
george formby's when i'm cleaning windows far larger than the film 'keep your seats please'. and the song was banned by the bbc for being too racy
Sammy Davis Junior recorded a version that was a massive international hit, it's one of his best known songs (if not his best)
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Starry Wisdom
sammy davis jr's only number 1 hit
Orang Utan
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard him sing!
Orang Utan
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It’s the coolest though. Or at least has become so in recent years
Orang Utan
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maybe not consciously but he's one of the most iconic singers of the mid-20th century - you've definitely heard him sing
Why???
Orang Utan
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Orang Utan
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Depends what you mean by heard. I have probably heard him but have never listened to him. though I think I have only really seen clips of him joking around on chat shows.
Also, you say mid-20th century and I was born in the 70s and am not in the habit of looking back
scifisam
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It's definitely not better known than the movie, though. I mean, it's a huge movie, and most kids now will have watched it - it's not just older generations that like it.
I dunno about that tbh. Popular in our circles perhaps but I think it's still pretty cultish. The SDJ song has a much wider cultural reach.
Orang Utan
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I disagree. I doubt many people under 60 even know who he is.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Great hair.....
As a side note in this discussion I love the fact this song was in the trailer but not even in the film.
I'm no Ferry fan but this is a beautiful cover version. A film to watch before you die.
As a side note in this discussion I love the fact this song was in the trailer but not even in the film.
I'm no Ferry fan but this is a beautiful cover version. A film to watch before you die.
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theres nothing fascist about crazy frog, take that back
Orang Utan
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Anyway, talking of mid century icons, Doris Day's Que Sera Sera probably counts as she sings it in Hitchcock's remake of his own The Man Who Knew Too Much
scifisam
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Roald Dahl himself is still absolutely massive among kids, and this adaptation is one of the most popular ones, along with Matilda. It seems to me as mainstream as any live action kids' movie ever is, TBH. OTOH I had no idea SDJ even did a version of that song, and I like SDJ.
Orang Utan
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oops still reading the thread. Have we had Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone, John Parr's St Elmo's Fire, Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now and Pete Cetera's Glory Of Love - am a big fan of big jacketed fist-drop power ballads that promoted mediocre 80s Brat Pack movies
I guess you can just as easily google it as I can and see it languished in obscurity for years before gathering a cult following in the video era. I don't think it's ever got much bigger than a cult following. The kids nowadays will probably watch the terrible Johnny Depp one over it too I guess.
ska invita
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made me think of this - not necessarily a dead on match for the thread but half interesting story
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" was written and composed by the producer Keith Forsey and the guitarist Steve Schiff while they were scoring the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. Both were Simple Minds fans and wrote the song with the band in mind. Forsey played a demo for the band's label, A&M Records, which invited him to meet the band backstage after one of their "Tour du Monde" shows in the U.S. However, A&M did not notify Simple Minds that Forsey would appear, and the band declined to record the song.[3]
Forsey offered "Don't You (Forget About Me)" to Bryan Ferry, who declined as he was working on his album Boys and Girls. Ferry said later: "It was just bad timing ... Keith Forsey sent me a demo of the song and it sounded like a hit to me. Simple Minds did a great version of it."[4] Billy Idol, whom Forsey was producing at the time, also declined.[3][a] A&M suggested Corey Hart, who had a hit at the time with "Sunglasses at Night", but Forsey did not think Hart was the right singer.[5] Cy Curnin, the lead singer of the Fixx, also declined.[citation needed]
According to the Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, Simple Minds were reluctant to record the song as they felt they should only record their own material. He said in 2018: "We are Simple Minds—we don't do songs that sound like Simple Minds. We are Simple Minds. We do our own songs." The band also were frustrated that their attempts to find success in the US market had not found significant radio airplay, and did not see how recording the song would change this.[3]
The band relented after persuasion from A&M and from Chrissie Hynde, Kerr's wife at the time, and after receiving a phone call from Forsey in which he reiterated his admiration for the band.[6] According to one account, the band "rearranged and recorded 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' in three hours in the north London studio and promptly forgot about it,"[7] believing that it would be a throwaway song on the soundtrack to a forgettable movie.[3]
In the process of recording, Simple Minds added parts such as Kerr's "la la la" vocal fills. They resumed work on Once Upon a Time, their next album. However, some of the band members had realised they had recorded something with commercial potential.[3]
The song became a number-one hit in the US in May 1985[10] and in Canada in June 1985. It is also the band's only number-one hit on the US Top Rock Tracks chart, staying atop that chart for three weeks. While only reaching number seven in the UK, it stayed on the charts from 1985 to 1987, one of the longest timespans for any single in the history of the chart.[citation needed]
Orang Utan
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Phil Collins' karaoke anthem for bitter divorced dads who refuse to take any responsibility for the break up of their marriages, Against All Odds is certainly better known than the film. It's the 80s equivalent of She Turned The Weans Against Us (the song not the film)
Orang Utan
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And people probably forget which film this ohrwurm comes from
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scifisam
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See, when I Googled "top kids live action movies" Willy Wonka was listed in nearly all of them. "Cult movie" doesn't really apply.
You might not like it, but that doesn't mean it's obscure.
Orang Utan
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Dusty Springfield’s The Look Of Love was written for Casino Royale and surely has eclipsed this dog’s breakfast of a movie
There’s no way that Willy Wonka is a niche or cult film. According to What to watch on Bank Holiday Monday as recently as last year, it was still being shown on the main ITV channel at a prime bank holiday slot, and it was being recommended by the Radio Times to boot. It’s still the definitive version of what remains one of children’s favourite books
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Starry Wisdom
Even though the 2005 version apparently closer to the book
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