Earlier this month, I decided to step away from my kamikaze commitment to daily blog posting and cut back to a more reasonable schedule of three to four posts a week. And in two of the three weeks since then, an episode of the Only Three Lads podcast has compelled me to throw in an unplanned extra post anyway.
This week's edition of O3L is supposed to spotlight songs from movies, presumably all within the podcast's designated classic era of alternative music, from the 1970s through the 1990s. That's a great topic, and I couldn't resist coming up with my own list. But rather than do a Top 5, I figured I'd just go all out and compile a full three-hour playlist of movie songs from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.
I avoided documentaries and in-concert films, limited myself to one track per artist (Wings and Paul McCartney are technically two different acts), stuck strictly to tracks that were, if not created for the film, at least from roughly contemporaneous time frames. It's certainly not all alternative music, and quite obviously not an exhaustive list, but it makes for a pretty decent screen-smacked playlist.
As I write this, the new O3L hasn't been posted yet, so I don't know how many (if any) of my tracks duplicate the ones chosen by the Lads. When you're done scanning my coming attractions here, go on out through the lobby and down to the actual rock 'n' roll cineplex to witness this week's feature at Only Three Lads. Movies and music? It's a date.
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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Songs From Movies in the '70s, '80s, and '90s (The Only Three Lads Classic Alternative Era)
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS: Light Of Day [Light Of Day]
STRANGE FRUIT: All Over The World [Still Crazy]
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: That's The Way Of The World [That's The Way Of The World]
DAVID JOHANSEN AND ROBIN JOHNSON: Flowers In The City [Times Square]
LITTLE RICHARD: Great Gosh A'Mighty! [Down And Out In Beverly Hills]
THE STRAY CATS: Sixteen Candles [Sixteen Candles]
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PRINCE: When Doves Cry [Purple Rain]
THE CARRIE NATIONS: Look On Up (At The Bottom) [Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls]
SUZANNE VEGA: Left Of Center [Pretty In Pink]
PAUL McCARTNEY: Not Such A Bad Boy [Give My Regards To Broad Street]
THE TRAMMPS: Disco Inferno [Saturday Night Fever]
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: Institutionalized [Repo Man]
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THE RAMONES: I Want You Around [Rock 'n' Roll High School]
THE BUSBOYS: The Boys Are Back In Town [48 Hours]
THE FOUR TOPS: Are You Man Enough [Shaft In Africa]
THE WONDERS: That Thing You Do! [That Thing You Do!]
THE CAST OF THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: The Time Warp [The Rocky Horror Picture Show]
X: Wild Thing [Major League]
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ISAAC HAYES: Theme From Shaft [Shaft]
THE CRAWLING KINGSNAKES: Philadelphia Baby [Porky's Revenge]
REDD KROSS: 1976 [Spirit Of '76]
HARRY NILSSON: Daybreak [Son Of Dracula]
THE SMITHEREENS: Time Won't Let Me [Time Cop]
BLOODSTONE: Hooray For Romance [Train Ride To Hollywood]
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BONNIE HAYES AND THE WILD COMBO: Shelly's Boyfriend [Valley Girl]
APRIL WINE: Rock Myself To Sleep [Fright Night]
CURTIS MAYFIELD: Freddie's Dead [Superfly]
QUEEN: Flash's Theme [Flash Gordon]
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS: Crawling To The USA [Americathon]
DIANA ROSS: Theme From Mahogany [Mahogany]
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THE BANGLES: Hazy Shade Of Winter [Less Than Zero]
THE BACKBEAT BAND: C'mon Everybody [Backbeat]
SEAL: Kiss From A Rose [Batman Forever]
LULU: The Man With The Golden Gun [The Man With The Golden Gun]
COVEN: One Tin Soldier [Billy Jack]
TINA TURNER: The Acid Queen [Tommy]
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SPINAL TAP: Hell Hole [This Is Spinal Tap]
SIMPLE MINDS: Don't You (Forget About Me) [The Breakfast Club]
MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Rock On [Superman III]
WINGS: Live And Let Die [Live And Let Die]
BLONDIE: Call Me [American Gigolo]
PAUL WESTERBERG: Dyslexic Heart [Singles]
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THE FLESHTONES: American Beat '84 [Bachelor Party]
DEBARGE: Who's Johnny? [Short Circuit]
THE ZONES: New Life [That Summer!]
DEVO: Doctor Detroit [Doctor Detroit]
GEORGE HARRISON: Cheer Down [Lethal Weapon]
TALKING HEADS: Wild, Wild Life [True Stories]
SPARKS: Get Crazy [Get Crazy]
THE RUBINOOS: Revenge Of The Nerds [Revenge Of The Nerds]
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BADFINGER: Come And Get It [The Magic Christian]
INXS AND JIMMY BARNES: Gonna Have A Good Time [The Lost Boys]
ROSE ROYCE: Car Wash [Car Wash]
DAVY JONES: Girl [Star Spangled Girl]
CHEAP TRICK: Everything Works If You Let It [Roadie]
THE SEX PISTOLS: Something Else [The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle]
HOLE: Heaven Tonight [Never Been Kissed]
LOS LOBOS: La Bamba [La Bamba]
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JOHN WILLIAMS WITH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Superman (Main Title Theme) [Superman: The Movie]
HAROLD FALTERMYER: Axel F [Beverly Hills Cop]
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