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Pip
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
333 Posts |
 Posted - 08/22/2008 : 8:12:10 PM
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Long along I had this idea for a TV show where a troupe of actors would, every week, take a song and make it an hour-long show. Assuming that the actors were good and the budget was there, I would like to see the following as the first 10 song/show season...
Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park by Cowboy Junkies
Simple Kind of Life by No Doubt
Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
On the Radio by Regina Spektor
Lovers in Japan by Coldplay (Clocks maybe, if directed by Akira Kurosawa like his Dreams movie.)
Crush by Garbage
The Road Goes on Forever by Robert Earl Keen
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
I Will Survive by Cake
Red Barcheta (sp? the car song) by Rush
What would yall pick?
Pip
"These five fingers: individually they're nothing, but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold!" - Lucy Van Pelt |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Gristle McThornbody
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Germany
186 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 1:40:49 PM
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I had to stop myself at 10...
America by Simon & Garfunkle
My Wife by The Who
Hemispheres by Rush
Theela Hun Ginjeet by King Crimson
Captain Jack by Billy Joel
In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
It's a Long Way to the Top if You Want to Rock -n- Roll by AC/DC
Shooting Shark by Blue Oyster Cult
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow/Nanook Rubs It by Frank Zappa
Duchess by Genesis
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 2:46:10 PM
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My suggestions:
Piano Man (Billy Joel) [There was a movie with James Cagney in the forties set in a bar that would fit this song]
The Last Farewell (Roger Witaker)
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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TVsGrady
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
671 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 5:57:07 PM
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Hotel California by the Eagles
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"If you really want to irritate a flaming screaming skull, turn him toward something highly unpleasant, like, say, a Rob Schneider movie. He has no eyelids and no way to turn away. It's fun!"-Michael J. Nelson
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 7:46:08 PM
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Band on the Run by Wings
Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller
Life in the Fast Lane by the Eagles
Why yes, these could all be covered in one movie or show.
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2008 : 12:11:01 PM
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A Passion Play by Jethro Tull. Yeah, it's an entire album but technically it's still a single song. I actually did a complete set of story boards for an animation for it when I was a kid...
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
2329 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 11:21:37 AM
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"I shot the Sherriff."...a natural...
"All along the watch tower"...by...uh,by...D'OH!...Sorry.
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KODT
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 12:11:09 PM
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The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
I Often Dream of Trains - Robyn Hitchcock
"You talk to us about heavy artillery. Thank God, we don't have any. It's the lightness of its guns that make the French army what it is." - representative of the French General Staff to the budget commission of the Chamber of Deputies, 1909 |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2008 : 6:23:22 PM
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Originally posted by TVsGrady
Hotel California by the Eagles
Nice one! |
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BT
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2008 : 7:39:41 PM
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Virtually the entire "Mosquitoes" album by Stan Ridgeway. It's a spectacularly underrated album, but it has an amazing cinematic feel to it. Songs like "Going Southbound", "A Mission in Life" and "Peg and Pete and Me" all would be solid songs to start with.
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"Here Comes a Regular" by the Replacements
"Lone Star Song" by Grant Lee Buffalo
"Let the Day Begin" by The Call |
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Jay
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2008 : 9:18:54 PM
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Originally posted by BT
Virtually the entire "Mosquitoes" album by Stan Ridgeway. It's a spectacularly underrated album, but it has an amazing cinematic feel to it. Songs like "Going Southbound", "A Mission in Life" and "Peg and Pete and Me" all would be solid songs to start with.
Also:
"Here Comes a Regular" by the Replacements
"Lone Star Song" by Grant Lee Buffalo
"Let the Day Begin" by The Call
Ooo...I likes the Replacements & Grant Lee Buffalo ideas.
Inane ramblings - http://www.blahdityblahblah.blogspot.com |
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Ken HPoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
1530 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2008 : 11:17:48 AM
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Fishheads by Barnes and Barnes. Duh.
PEGGY: I don't see how having a girl on the team would ruin it. Did a woman judge ruin the Supreme Court?
HANK: Yes, and that woman's name was Earl Warren.
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
2329 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2008 : 4:05:51 PM
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Its now offical! Ken has opened the door to novelty songs.
TIMOTHY.
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KODT
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CDiehl
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
361 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2008 : 1:15:30 PM
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Just about any song on Tumbleweed Connection by Elton John would work. Also, a lot of Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen songs would work.
I'd also suggest:
Whiskey in the Jar by Thin Lizzy and Metallica
Baba O'Reilly by The Who
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Vicki Lawrence and Reba McEntire
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins (you could just take the urban legend of that song and make an episode from it)
The Minstrel Boy
Another Auld Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg (this would be the Christmas episode)
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner by Warren Zevon
Nothing Compares 2 U by Prince and Sinead O'Connor
The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring
Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
You know Grand Funk, don't you? The wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The ... adequate drumwork of Don Brewer? |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2008 : 5:39:58 PM
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