Point of Zevon/Nilsson intersection: two famous Scorsese scenes, "Werewolves" in The Color of Money and "Jump Into the Fire" in Goodfellas. Independent of the who's-more-famous question (if anything, it's another thing on Nilsson's resume I'd forgotten), I think many more people would identify Zevon with "Werewolves" than would know who sings the weird echo-ey thing from the helicopter montage in Goodfellas.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
I didn't know either of those songs were in either of those films tbh. I've only saw "The Color of Money" once though.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
did “jump in the fire” get classic rock radio play? Feels like I heard it a million times before I knew who did it. I’ve only seen Goodfellas once.
― brimstead, Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
maybe it was like a Wayne’s World/BoRap thing?
― brimstead, Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
The "Werewolves" scene, for me, is one of Scorsese's greatest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsAE2jFPqLw
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
Not a film I've ever had any great urge to re-watch.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
Not sure about "Jump in the Fire." I'd had Nilsson Schmilsson for years when Goodfellas came out, but I bought it for the two hits and never played the whole album much, so when I first saw the film, I had it in my mind that "Jump Into the Fire," which I didn't recognize, must have been "Memo from Turner," which I spotted in the credits and didn't know either.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
I actually came to know “werewolves of London” via David Lindsey’s version... “his hair was very very greasy”
― brimstead, Saturday, 4 July 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
lindley (dad was a fan)
In the Kidz Bop version, they sing, “A little old lady got quite a scare the other night...”
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Saturday, 4 July 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 5 July 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Re-run with "A Boy Named Sue".
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 July 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
That was my idea too--maybe just here, informally. "Werewolves" or "A Boy Named Sue"?
I like "Sue," but "Werewolves" for me.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 July 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
I love the David Lindley version.
― banjoboy, Sunday, 5 July 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
Something that made me laugh: I mentioned this poll to some friends, we got talking about it, and we realized that Ray Stevens' biggest hit was a non-novelty song, "Everything Is Beautiful."
― clemenza, Friday, 14 August 2020 02:59 (three years ago) link
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― budo jeru, Friday, 14 August 2020 03:42 (three years ago) link
speaking of novelty hits, I just head "Dawn of Correction" (#36, 1965) by the Spokesmen, an answer record to "Eve of Destruction" performed by guys who wrote "At the Hop" "You Don't Own Me" "Rock'n'Roll is Here to Stay" etc. Very neolib lyrics:
You tell me that marches won't bring integrationBut look what it's done for the voter registrationBe thankful our country allows demonstrationsInstead of condemnin', make some recommendations
You missed all the good in your evaluationWhat about the things that deserve commendation?Where there once was no cure, there's vaccinationWhere there once was a desert, there's vegetationSelf-government's replacing colonizationWhat about the Peace Corp. organization?Don't forget the work of the United Nations
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 14 August 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
A playlist I was listening to just reminded me of this piece of crap, which I thought might belong in this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs
Turns out, it was a hit nearly everywhere but the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaddap_You_Face#Charts
A rare way to go, America from me, then!
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Sunday, 23 August 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link
A Czech interpretation written by Zdeněk Borovec, "Já na bráchu blues", performed by Helena Vondráčková and Jiří Korn, was a hit in Czechoslovakia in 1981.
― brimstead, Sunday, 23 August 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link