Songs that are better than the films that spawned them

dark crystal

Was just listening to a movie music radio station there and 'Show me heaven' by Maria Mckee came on. Great song, but the film it came from, Days Of Thunder was a pile of absolute shoite.

Got me thinking of other songs that were better than the movies they featured in. This one also came to mind from the 80's stinker 'Mannequin'....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5s6V8rQH4

Great song - cack film.

Diego Maradona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhlPAj38rHc

LETHAL LADY

Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus liked the song the film was Loser and what a shiite film that was. Somebody post the song cause I cant.

Sunnyisland

Gangsters paradise by coolio, great song not so great movie imo.

(dangerous minds was film )

Where To

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MagCoUYvIXE

castletownman

Wild Wild West. Deadly song! Crap movie!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

rage against the machine - no shelter

far better than that piece of **** godzilla

Queen-Mise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOvBOTyX00

From one of the Twilight films - the song is good though.

Where To

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTTzcXSLjhI

tommyboy2222

^^^^^^

Rocky was a class movie !!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2YYHGvL-K0

dark crystal

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

rage against the machine - no shelter

far better than that piece of **** godzilla

Speaking of which, Jamiroquai's 'Deeper Underground' was also featured in that film (I think). That's also a great song.

Where To

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThBhL-R58UI

LETHAL LADY

^^^

Both classics imo.;)

Tombo2001

i havent seen Harry's Game, but I doubt its better than the theme tune by Clannad.

Teyla Emmagan

Sheryl Crow's Tomorrow Never Dies. A really cruddy song which was only marginally better than the execrable film it was the theme song of.

mikemac1

Great song, poor film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4CR2HcHLQ

Pinturicchio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEtm9l7Auyk

mike65

A View to a Kill was the only Duran song I liked when they were in their pomp (apart from Girls on Film).

Live and Let Die is a cracker, I like the film but the song is shorter!


Someone has just got their hands on vari-lights for the first time! :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK2hKzZss5Y

newport2

The Mission was a good film, but two of the music pieces from it were class, Gabriel's Oboe and the theme tune

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

I'm going to do the opposite and post a crap song from a great film. I was never so thankful that fast forward existed as I was watching this as a kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95P1P6t9dAw

3ndahalfof6

Fame, so much better than the movie.

Lollers

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Fame, so much better than the movie.

True, I can't even remember their names.

goose2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwTtl8IydcA

gubbie

1) Don't wanna miss a thing, by Aerosmith from Armageddon. Grand movie, but great song

2) Iris, by the GooGoo Dolls from City of Angels. Again, grand movie, but better song

EoghanIRL

The think the songs from o brother of art thou are really great. Brilliant soundtrack

grindle

Crap movies, great soundtracks thanks to David Holmes.

From 'Out of Sight'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgGC-BRUegA

From 'Ocean's Eleven'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFcVb1DYJc0

dark crystal

grindle wrote: »

Crap movies, great soundtracks thanks to David Holmes.

From 'Out of Sight'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgGC-BRUegA

From 'Ocean's Eleven'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFcVb1DYJc0

Neither of those movies are crap, though. In fact, they're both pretty damn good movies.

BOHtox

mikemac1 wrote: »

Great song, poor film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4CR2HcHLQ

Finally, someone's doing it right!

grindle

dark crystal wrote: »

Neither of those movies are crap, though. In fact, they're both pretty damn good movies.

If you say so.

The King of Moo

New York, New York, from the ambitious but flawed 1977 Martin Scorsese musical of the same name (yes, the song's not even forty years old).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLeC9RvrKrU

Though of course the Frank Sinatra version is better than the Liza Minnelli version from the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlJl1LfDP4

dark crystal

Great song written by ELO for a terrible film, 'Xanadu' (Gene Kelly, what were you thinking ):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76XI2aG-jk

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

I always assumed the film New York New York was named after the song, which had to be at least 60 years old. My mind is blown.

wendell borton

Batman forever was a awful film but had two decent singles from the soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ateQQc-AgEM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8FAO2-cHaE

JupiterKid

The Carrie Nations - Sweet Talking Candyman (1970). From the very trashy Russ Meyer directed Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGW_L3zzs0

WumBuster

Think the soundtrack to Into the Wild by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder is fantastic but the film is just ok-ish.

gurramok

This came from the film Drive, good tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZVxvm_jvg

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

gurramok wrote: »

This came from the film Drive, good tune film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZVxvm_jvg

FYP

gurramok

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

FYP

Both are a good film and song?

K4t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdpliMfoAM

Overrated film (fight club), fantastic soundtrack from the pixies.

Wacker The Attacker

wendell borton wrote: »

Batman forever was a awful film but had two decent singles from the soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ateQQc-AgEM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8FAO2-cHaE

what exactly does "I've been kissed by a rose on the grey" mean

uch

I'm waiting on a film called "Stop,,,, Hammer Time", now that I think of it, it would have to be a porno with a name like that

Washington Irving

Submarine is pretty good but the soundtrack is one of my favourites from any film (third only to Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction)

On phone so I don't have a link

uch

It'd have to be, Cheech and Chong's,,,,,,,,, My Scrotum,,, Da Da Dada dA da da da da da dada da..da da dada da da dada da dada, my scrotum!

Where To

Shouldn't really post this as I love this movie.
Song is kicking though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jvqPvDUEW8

Flincher

Good film, brilliant song.

flyswatter

realies wrote: »

Gangsters paradise by coolio, great song not so great movie imo.

(dangerous minds was film )

That's basically a Stevie Wonder song.

Rothko

WumBuster wrote: »

Think the soundtrack to Into the Wild by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder is fantastic but the film is just ok-ish.

I was gonna post the song, Society, from the soundtrack.

I like Good Will Hunting a lot but I'd pick this song over it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8-lQ9CeyI

callaway92

K4t wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdpliMfoAM

Overrated film (fight club), fantastic soundtrack from the pixies.

GTFO

The soundtrack was by the Dust Brothers. Pixies only had 1 song on it.

grohlisagod

goose2005 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwTtl8IydcA

All I ever think about when I hear that song.:D

AllyMcFearless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkFB8f8bzbY

I'll throw this one out there. Mediocre movie, amazing song,albeit overplayed...

Capt'n Midnight

Louis Armstrong - We have all the Time in the World