Friday, February 9

LISTS: Movies over music

The Onion A/V Club has a good list of songs whose use in movies has become forever linked to that movie. Example: "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel always conjures images of "Reservoir Dogs." The song can't have been written or recorded for the movie, however, so "Axel F" from "Beverly Hills Cop" doesn't qualify. Sorry, Harold Faltemeyer!

DULLARD TAKE: It's a solid list, even including a few pleasant surprises such as "Where Is My Mind" as heard in "Fight Club." Unfortunately, "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop has gone beyond "Trainspotting" into use by cruise lines and sports talk show host Jim Rome.

Two others I would throw in (with YouTube links to the song/movie):

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