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This land is your land - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (from Up in the Air)
Falling slowly - Glen Hansard (from Once)

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Annie Lennox singing "Into the West", from "The Lord of the Rings" - melody by Billy Boyd, so this counts as a doubly Scottish suggestion!

For something more upbeat, "Georgie Girl" by the Seekers

To make you feel my love - Trisha Yearwood (from Hope Floats)
A kind and steady heart - Peter Gabriel (from Babe in the City)
Have a little faith in me - Jewel (from Phenomenon)
A love that will never grow old - Emmylou harris (from Brokeback Mountain)
Me and the Eagle (steve Earle) or A soft place to Fall (Allison Moorer) form the Horse Whisperer
Fallin' and Flyin' - Colin Farrel/Jeff Bridges(from Crazy Heart)
Speaking of happiness - Gloria Lynne (from Se7en)

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last one: That's amore - Dean Martin (from Moonstruck)

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PS Great theme. Well worth re-visiting.

Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live (Con Air, original and best version)

Bruce Springsteen - Secrete Garden (Jerry McGuire, great film, great song)

Secret Garden

I recently spent my summer holiday at the house of a friend who has hives (no, silly, not an allergic rash...beehives). In fact I, who has a bit of a phobia of stingy flying insects, actually spent an hour or so in a room with about a hundred of the wee creatures while my friends extracted the honey from the combs. It was all fascinating and now I love watching them.

Anyway...my new found interest in things apiarian (repeat 10 times quickly Bryan), drew me to the film 'The Secret Life Of Bees, which is very good indeed (cast includes Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson).

'Song For Mia' sung by Lizz Wright is featured and is well worth a listen...she has a beautiful voice.

This One's From The Heart - Tom Waits & Crystal Gale (One From The Heart)

#7 Also on the soundtrack is 'Doncha Know (Sky Is Blue)' - Alicia Keys which is also very good.

That Blue Velvet suggestion is very tempting - love that song. As for Betty Blue - well, I have a very boring-to-others story about that film I'll spare everybody, suffice to say the Room With A View we thought we were going to see was more than we'd bargained for. The GFT was strangely packed, we couldn't get seats together.... let alone a Room. With or without a View.

Excellent list, joe-k. I'm struggling myself to conjur up a comparable list so am stuck with just a couple for the mo' that are absolutely fantastic. Well, IMO, anyway.

From the Pulp Fiction soundtrack
Urge Overkill Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
A brilliant cover of Neil Diamond. I prefer it to the original. Just a different mood that is edgier. The words are still as creepy as any song that ever mentions young lassies on the cusp of womanhood for the delictation of even creepier sounding older blokes, but in this case I don't think it's a grooming exercise.
It's a fantastic song.

And from Reservoir Dogs, another Tarrantino film
George Baker Selection Little Green Bag

My film viewing is strictly limited.

Anyone know what the rest of the week`s themes are?

OST.
Theme From Steelyard Blues (Drive Again) - Nick Gravenites & Mike Bloomfield.
Hard Working Man - Captain Beefheart. from, Blue Collar.
Don't Do It - The Band. from, The Last Waltz.
At The Hop - Sha Na Na. Woodstock.

something from "O brother where art thou" - eg "I am a man of constant sorrow" or "Keep on the sunny side"

In support of henri hannah "at last " by Etta James featured in "American Pie" tho not included in the soundtrack

#11 No

I recently re-saw (is there such a word???) The Graduate after a 20 year gap. I had forgotten how good it was.

Mrs Robinson by S & G please

DC

#11

Looks like we're gonna get them one day at a time.

TUESDAY

'Saturday Night Special' - Lynyrd Skynyrd

from 'Mean Machine' (1974) starring Burt Reynolds

#13

Brilliant Norma, thanks.

At Last - Etta James from the film "American Pie".

#11

I think there's been a policy change, Adam, the theme gets announced the night before.They were so chuffed with all the additional blogging on a nightly basis, greater spontaneity etc, during the alphabet they've kept it going like this. Double edged sword, I think - it makes the blog less considered but also means we don't devote our brains to remembering fantasic music that hasn't a hope in hell of getting played.

regardez vous

henri

#16 & #17
Well, its Joe I feel sorry for.

In the old days they used to have a thread for every theme (keeps it neat) but still gave out the themes at the end of the week previous.

So what makes Friday different now then?

Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 - Liszt - From Fred Quimby's 'Cat Concerto' starring Tom and Jerry.

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Some films I have enjoyed:

Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (Risky Business)

Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes (Officer & a Gentleman)

New Slang - the Sins (Garden State)

The Motorcycle Song - Arlo Guthrie (Alice's Restaurant)

Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Temptations (The Big Chill)

Ramblin' Man - Allmann Brothers (Big Fish)

or

Man of the Hour - Pearl Jam (Big Fish)

Mustapha Dance - the Clash (The History Boys)

Tuesday: Film Night....

I think one of the best things that Sting ever did was a track that featured over the closing credits of the 1994 film 'Leon', namely 'The Shape Of My Heart'.

Or how about something from 'Restless Natives' with a great 'Big Country' soundtrack. 'Come Back To Me' is one of their best tracks and rarely heard!

Something from 'The Graduate' soundtrack is a must play... how about 'April, Come She Will'?

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Some great suggestions above. There is absolutely no excuse for filling tonights show with Fame, Stayin Alive, Pretty woman, time of my Life etc

A film i have never seen is American Pie Bandstand, but there is a great song from it which I heard on late night radio one night and took me yonks to track down since i didn't catch the artist. Turned out it was Tal Bachman, the offspring of Randy from BTO.

Aeroplane / Tal Bachman
Much underrated singer songwriter.


If anyone has seen Animal House they will surely remember
Shout / Otis Day and the Knights
who featured a young Robert Cray in the band. Created for the movie they have continued to tour without Mr Cray.

Song of the night last night Norrie. Sorry to hear about your nephew.


Listening to the show last night I had another idea for a theme. Friday's perhaps. The best throaty gravelly voices in Music, featuring
early Rod, Satchmo, Tom Waits, Later Laughing Lenny, Chris Rea. Joe Cocker etc. Hell even Bonnie Tyler and Frankie Miller would qualify. Come to think of it, it might be better for monday. We all like to sound a bit rough after a good weekend!

I agree with Paolo. A wonderful song which obviously touched the hearts of a few of us.

Loads of suggestions to come, but any danger that we can get something from ? The is brilliant and Bill Nighy plays the same washed up hasbeen with delusions of grandeur type that he went on to reprise in Love Actually, but does it so, so much better here.

For preference:
* Jimmy Nail - What Might Have Been
* Strange Fruit - All Over the World Tonight
a great rocker, with a strong vocal from Bill Nighy.

...or at a pinch, something from The Fratellis' Costello Music - the album title a reference to Still Crazy.

#13

You could just put the O Brother OST on and leave it at that. There's not a track on there which isn't brilliant.

Being a bit of a bluegrass fan, and having had some of those tracks with me since early childhood (esp Angel Band on the closing credits), this is one of my favourite movies of all time.

To avoid it tonight would be .

For today...

Wasn't Born To Follow ~ T. ByrdsÌý'Easy Rider'Ìý
Nature Boy ~ Miles Davis 'The Talented Mister Ripley'
Wheel of Fortune ~ Kay Starr 'LA Confidential'
Didn't I (blow your mind this time) ~ Delfonics 'Jackie Brown'
Safe From Harm ~ Massive Attack 'The Insider'
Use Me ~ Bill Withers 'American Beauty'
Superfly ~ Curtis Mayfield 'Superfly'
Got to be Real ~ Cheryl Lynn 'The Last Days Of Disco'

or the beautiful

"Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" ~ Ryuichi Sakamoto

#28

Nature Boy also very nicely featured on Moulin Rouge: this time by Bowie/Massive Attack.

Here's a question: are we going to get any instrumentals tonight? If so, then Mike Oldfield is a strong possibility on two different fronts.

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Norrie - Which song was yours? I was driving home from England and missed the show. Can't see your request on the blog or next door.


For Tuesday - The Rhythm Of Life - Sammy Davis Junior ~ Sweet Charity

OK, long list here (even with some aggressive prioritisation), as this (along with cover versions) is one of my specialist areas:

* 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me High Fidelity
* Aimee Mann & Michael Penn - Two of Us Magnolia
* Trashmen - Surfin' Bird Full Metal Jacket, plus a Family Guy bonus
* Badly Drawn Boy - Something To Talk About About a Boy
* Neil Hannon - So Long and Thanks for All The Fish Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* I to I - The Right Time 4 Weddings & a Funeral
* Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink Pretty in Pink
* Santana - Oye Coma Va Carlito's Way
* James Taylor - Our Town Cars
* Human League - Get Carter a cover, rather than OST
* DNS - Mad World Donnie Darko
* Sly and the Family Stone - If you want me to stay Dead Presidents
* Gypsy Kings - Hotel California The Big Lebowski
* The Edge/Sinead O'Connor - Heroine Captive
* U2 - The Hands that Built America Gangs of New York
* James Taylor - Fire and Rain Running on Empty
* Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' Midnight Cowboy
* José Feliciano/Ewan McGregor - El Tango De Roxanne Moulin Rouge
* Michelle Shocked - Bare Necessities Jungle Book - again a cover, but lovely Western Swing
* All Saints - Pure Shores The Beach
* Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells The Exorcist

I'd *love* to get some Clint Mansell on - the Moon OST in particular is well worth checking out.

The Blowers Daughter / Damien Rice
from Closer

- essential apparel for tonight's show.

Norrie, so sorry to hear about your nephew. Senga, it was the k.d.lang song.

#35 - Gaie - Thank you. I thought that one was Julie's. Beautiful song. Very sad circumstances.

Shake a tail feather - The Five Du Tones (Blues Brothers)
Too darn hot - Erasure from Red Hot & Blue album (Kiss Me Kate)
Venus as a boy - Bjork (Leon)
Your so cool - Hans Zimmer (True Romance)
Don't stop me now - Queen (Shaun of the Dead)

Crossroads - Ry Cooder from

would be excellent..

#28 Instrumentals, like it may I also add...

Cavatina ~ John Williams 'Deer Hunter'

Other after thoughts are

Hello Vietnam ~ Johnny Wright 'Full Metal Jacket'

Clubbed To Death ~ Rob D 'T. Matrix'

TIMESTEPS from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: WENDY CARLOS'S COMPLETE ORIGINAL SCORE

Can I thank everyone for their very kind messages - not only here but privately and on email etc. Very kind and greatly appreciated.

Music Movies ~

MAGIC FINGERS from 200 MOTELS by THE MOTHER'S OF INVENTION

BE GLAD FOR THE SONG HAS NO ENDING by THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

Sound of Silence or Scarborough Fair - Simon and Garfunkel from The Graduate
Gordon.
Kirrie

#41

Norrie, there are no adeqaute words to describe the great inequity that is life.i was sorry to hear about your nephew.Great song,in tribute, moving and I felt for you (and your folks) as it was played.

reagrdez vous

henri

On Days Like These - Matt Munro

from the Italian Job - I think he was on last night, but this is his finest work .. and what's wrong with Matt Munro two night onthe trot .. not like it's the Proclaimers or Dignity or anything...