Beauty school dropout – Frankie Avalon Watching and becoming aware of Grease at a young age, and keeping that awareness into maturity, a lot of the humour, gravity and touchstones in it go and remain completely over my head. Like just how hilarious it is for Frankie Avalon to appear in a heaven-set dream sequence, [...]
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Beauty School Dropout
Posted in Frankie Avalon, movie songs on May 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Posted in movie songs on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There’s no business like show business – Frank, Buffalo Bill, Charlie Davenport, Annie with ensemble Annie get your gun… and stick it in the face of my work’s marketing executives.
Linda Linda
Posted in movie songs, Paranmaum on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Linda Linda – Paranmaum Last night we watched Linda Linda Linda, so how could i not have this song stuck in my head. It really is such a perfect movie, so sweet, so understated, and perfectly captures what it’s like to be in a band, especially in high school. How tuning takes up half the [...]
The Rainbow Connection
Posted in movie songs on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Rainbow Connection – Kermit the Frog How many times can one person listen to the same song in a row? My girlfriend must have listened to this continuously for over an hour straight, waking me up with it, bookending my shower with it, dancing around the house with it. I think i’ve said this [...]
That Thing You Do!
Posted in movie songs, Wonders on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
That thing you do! – The Wonders I was going to say this sounds like the Fountains of Wayne, and lo and behold it was written by their bassist. I once thought it was entirely Tom Hanks’ brainchild – the movie, the music, the love and care behind it all. It turns out i was [...]
Je Ne Pourrai Jamais Vivre Sans Toi
Posted in movie songs on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi – Catherine Denueve and Nino Castelnuovo (Danielle Licari and Jose Bartel) It is my birthday today. What better way to celebrate than watch The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and collapse on the floor as far away as an empty body can carry, drained of everything that could support it, [...]
