-Bin Bin and his girlfriend singing along together to that Chinese pop song in Unknown Pleasures; plus, of course, that haunting final scene.
-The rock performances in The Man without a Past.
-Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang" played over the opening credits of Kill Bill.
-The simultaneous versions of "Fly Me to the Moon" played while Ewan MacGregor and Renee Zellweger are dressing for the evening in Down with Love.
-The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" played over the opening in Stuck on You.
-The terrific use of Elvis's "Suspicious Minds" over Intolerable Cruelty's opening credits sequence.
-The karaoke scene in Lost in Translation. (I personally prefered Scarlett's Chrissie Hynde to Bill's Elvis Costello, and wasn't nearly as crazy about the movie as most people seem to be; nice scene, though.)
― Josh Timmermann (Josh Timmermann), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 14:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Jonathan Z., Tuesday, 6 January 2004 14:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Josh Timmermann (Josh Timmermann), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 14:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael B, Tuesday, 6 January 2004 14:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 15:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 16:45 (twenty years ago) link
I wish more movies were like that.
― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
(I had just posted this on my music blog.)
― Robomonkey (patronus), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 19:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark B (Mark B), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Jole, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:07 (twenty years ago) link
Keep an eye out for my Pazz/Jop comments if interested.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:15 (twenty years ago) link
― ModJ (ModJ), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:23 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:28 (twenty years ago) link
― heywood jablomi (heywood), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:39 (twenty years ago) link
― ModJ (ModJ), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 06:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
otherwise unmentioned, All the Real Girls opening with Will Oldham; and the new Charlie's Angels actually has a lot of great moments ft/ fabo musical juxtaposition, starting w/ the mechanical bull.
― andrew s, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Robomonkey (patronus), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago) link
I counted down my 100 (109, actually) favorite uses of pop music in a film or TV show on Facebook, then moved the list over to a Google doc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_sSmz_3m1bkJrH4SmJMhlZb3n_Xr7bf0p7pul-GNnrY/edit?usp=sharing
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 13:23 (three years ago) link