LIGHTS, CAMERA, MUSIC – Twenty songs that share their title with a film……

January 6, 2020

RANTS & REFLECTIONS

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MICHAEL DOUGLAS (Falling down with Joe Walsh);
  1. NIGHT MOVES Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band/ 1975 film starring Gene Hackman, directed by Arthur Penn;
  2. THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD Warren Zevon/1995 film starring Andy Garcia, directed by Gary Fleder;
  3. FALLING DOWN Joe Walsh/1993 film starring Michael Douglas/directed Joel Schumacher;
  4. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT The Who/2010 film starring Annette Bening, directed by Lisa Cholodenko;
  5. 48 HOURS The Clash/1982 film starring Eddie Murphy, directed by Walter Hill;
  6. STARMAN David Bowie/1984 film starring Jeff Bridges, directed by John Carpenter;
  7. TENDER IS THE NIGHT Jackson Browne/1962 film starring Jason Robards, directed by Henry King;
  8. STAND BY ME Ben E. King/1986 film starring Wil Wheaton, directed by Rob Reiner;
  9. A TASTE OF HONEY The Beatles/1961 film starring Rita Tushingham, directed by Tony Richardson;
  10. UP THE JUNCTION Squeeze/1968 film starring Suzy Kendall, directed by Peter Collinson;
  11. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Rod Stewart/1953 film starring Deborah Kerr, directed by Fred Zimmerman;
  12. THE HEART OF THE MATTER Don Henley/1953 film starring Trevor Howard, directed by George More O’Ferrall;
  13. CARRY ON REGARDLESS Van Morrison/1961 film starring Sid James, directed by Gerald Thomas;
  14. CITIZEN KANE The Byrds/1942 film starring and directed by Orson Welles;
  15. PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison/1990 film starring Richard Gere, directed by Garry Marshall;
  16. THE CRYING GAME Dave Berry/1993 film starring Stephen Rea, directed by Neil Jordan;
  17. ATLANTIC CITY Bruce Springsteen/1980 film starring Bert Lancaster, directed by Louis Malle.
  18. THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash/2006 film starring Stephen Graham, directed by Shane Meadows;
  19. THAT’LL BE THE DAY Buddy Holly/1973 film starring David Essex, directed by Claude Whatham;
  20. MANHATTAN Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band/1979 film starring Merrill Streep, directed by Woody Allen;

Honourable mentions: THE MISFITS (1961 film starring Marilyn Monroe/’Misfits‘ song by The Kinks), THE BIRDS (1963 film starring Tippi Hedren/’Birds‘ song by Neil Young). Dishonourable discharge: THE BITCH (1979 film starring Joan Collins/’Bitch‘ song by the Rolling Stones).

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NEIL SAMBROOK is the author of ‘MONTY’S DOUBLE‘ – an acclaimed thriller now available as an Amazon Kindle Book.