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Break Music Thread (Read 114977 times)
Reply #120 - Dec 27th, 2014 at 12:06pm

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Well "Iron Giant" is booked now so we're going to be searching for giant robot songs, or songs about friendship.


Most songs portray giant robots in a negative way: "Iron Man" or "Yoshimi vs. the Giant Robots" for example, suggest that a super-powerful, indestructible, metal Goliath capable of mass-destruction was a bad thing. Go figure!

Having seen and enjoyed "Iron Giant" at the 'thon years ago (stop here to avoid mild spoilers), I'm inclined toward "Waiting for Superman" or a couple of songs about too much coffee. Chances are that this one will be another prime-timer that will not include time for break music, but we should be ready just the same.

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TW for Edge of Tomorrow, how about Billy Preston's "Will It Go Round In Circles"


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Reply #121 - Dec 28th, 2014 at 9:27am

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R_F_Fineman wrote on Dec 27th, 2014 at 12:06pm:
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Well "Iron Giant" is booked now so we're going to be searching for giant robot songs, or songs about friendship.


Most songs portray giant robots in a negative way: "Iron Man" or "Yoshimi vs. the Giant Robots" for example, suggest that a super-powerful, indestructible, metal Goliath capable of mass-destruction was a bad thing. Go figure!

Having seen and enjoyed "Iron Giant" at the 'thon years ago (stop here to avoid mild spoilers), I'm inclined toward "Waiting for Superman" or a couple of songs about too much coffee. Chances are that this one will be another prime-timer that will not include time for break music, but we should be ready just the same.



Well there's The Kinks "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
Or the song heard in the background of this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdUAbatZFQ

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TW for Edge of Tomorrow, how about Billy Preston's "Will It Go Round In Circles"


Good One!


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Reply #122 - Dec 30th, 2014 at 2:27pm

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I Forgot to mention "Edge of Tomorrow"* for break music:
Jonathan Coulton has this one in the bag:

Tom Cruise Crazy - Jonathan Coulton MUSIC VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rwcNv3dhTM
"Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise Crazy...Just be glad it's him not you..."


"The Future Soon" -Jonathan Coulton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiDK_yBCw0


*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/?ref_=nv_sr_1
 

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Reply #123 - Jan 7th, 2015 at 5:39pm

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"Them!" is another great choice and a great opportunity for break music.

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Them (1954): It was "Big in Japan"

"High Hopes" went over well after "Phase IV" but it may be too soon for a redux. Jim Henson's "Ants in Your Pants" is fairly catchy as children's songs go; Less so, Tom Waits' "Army Ant Song". Songs with keywords like "sugar", "big" and "queen" can produce some intresting results.

...
Sandy Descher gives the thousand mile stare in "Them"
http://nightiesofthelivingdead.tumblr.com/search/Them

There is, of course, the Rolling Stones' "Girl with the Far Away Eyes!"
 

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Reply #124 - Jan 7th, 2015 at 6:02pm

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Maybe the obvious "The Ants Go Marching One By One" or as a tribute to Them's ending, Art Carney doing "We Sing The Song Of The Sewer"
 

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Reply #125 - Jan 15th, 2015 at 9:31pm

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"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is the silent film like...absolutely nothing else! It was monolithic in its groundbreaking creativity, from it's Weimar German expressionist sets to the creepy ballet-like performance of Conrad Veidt (He was the Nazi baddie in "Casablanca" 22 years and 90 films later.).  The film originated the "Monster Carries Girl in Nighties", "Nobody believes the hero." and final plot twist elements that would generate homages and rip-offs destined to become cliche` in the Horror genre.

I have the greatest respect for this film and sincerely hope that it doesn't get snarked by the fan base, but it probably will. Angry

There are plenty of songs available for the film's classic elements of nightmare, doomed love, insanity, and fear. The trick is picking the three best.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari


Year      Song            Artist            Source            
1920      Are You A Hypnotist?            The Flaming Lips                        
     --            Crazy            Patsy Cline                        
     --            Doctor Doctor (strange case of loving you)            various            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwv7FYqV2Wo            
     --            Far Away Eyes            Rolling Stones                        
     --            Getting Back Together With You (In My Nightmare)            NRBQ                        
     --            Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking?            Annette Hanshaw            #http://archive.org/details/AnnetteHanshaw-ADreamWalking#            
     --            I Put a Spell on You            Screamin' Jay Hawkins                        
     --            In Dreams            Roy Orbison                        
     --            I've Got Dreams to Remember            Buddy Guy                        
     --            Just My Imagination            Rolling Stones                        
     --            She Drives Me Crazy            Fine Young Cannibals                        
     --            Sleeping On The Roof                  The Flaming Lips                                    
     --            Spooky            Atlanta Rhythm Section            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMAo0m4E4Lc            
     --            Spooky Girlfriend            Elvis Costello            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTo6zYAkj1w            
     --            Strange Magic            Electric Light Orchestra                        
     --            Sulky Girl            Robert Palmer                        
     --            (I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just a Little) Unwell            Matchbox 20                        
     --            Be Calm            Fun            #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRLCSxSR39s#            
     --            Blinded Me With Science            Thomas Dolby                        
     --            Can't Get It Out of My Head            Electric Light Orchestra                        
     --            Come to the Carnival            The Rifftones            #http://www.rifftrax.com/music#            
     --            Destroyer            The Kinks                        
     --            Dream Police            Cheap Trick                        
     --            Girl Anachronism            Dresden Dolls            http://radtracks.tumblr.com/post/46106333788/girl-anachronism-the-dresden-dolls-...            
     --            I Don't Trust Nobody            George Thuorogood                        
     --            I Got You (I Don't Know Why Sometimes I get Frightened)            Split Enz            #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw#            
     --            I Must be Mad            The Craig            http://beyond-the-calico-wall.tumblr.com/post/62369040151/the-craig-i-must-be-ma...            
     --            I Put a Spell on you            The Crazy World of Arthur Brown            http://vigorton2.tumblr.com/post/65610523785/the-crazy-world-of-arthur-brown-i-p...            
     --            I'll Be Around            The Spinners                        
     --            I'll Be Seeing You            Jimmy Durante            #http://archive.org/details/1950-jimmyDurante-01-12#            
     --            I'll See You in My Dream            Cliff Edwards Jazz Band            http://archive.org/details/CliffEdwardsCollection1927-1933            
     --            Nur Geträumt (only dreamed)            Nena            #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Tk5b1CVzg#            
     --            Sir Psycho Sexy            Red Hot Chili Peppers                        
     --            Trans-mag-ni-fi-can-bam-dam-u-a-li-ty            Arthur Collins            #http://archive.org/details/ind-1062#            
     --            Walking Around in a Dream            Ted Lewis Jazz Band                        
     --            Was it a Dream?            30 Seconds to Mars                        
     --            Weird Science            Oingo Boingo            #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe5Ckt4joQ#            
     --            Welcome to My Nightmare            Alice Cooper                        
     --            Who Can it be Now            Men At Work                        


The list includes a lot of very obscure song titles loaded with lyrical charm. One of the most obscure is from the "Clues" album by the late Robert Palmer early in his career. People familiar with "Dr Caligari" and Lil Dagover's performance will see why this is a first rate fit.
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-----------Sulky Girl-------------

Go tell your sister about it
Go tell your brother the same
Bet they'll only look at you sideways
And call you insane

She wants a new brand of make-up
She can't decide what to wear
She's feels run down
And she can't do a thing with her hair

Refrain:
Well, you paint a picture
Of the whole wide world
But nobody's buyin' from
Such a sulky girl

Nobody gives you no leeway
They sure got a lot to learn
If they won't give you no sympathy
Wait 'til it's their turn

She enjoys messin' her grievance
And so she pouts all day
She won't ever a smile past her lips
Until things go her way
Such a sulky girl



 

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Reply #126 - Jan 15th, 2015 at 9:42pm

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I vote for "Have You Ever Seen A Dream Walking"

BTW maybe for Iron Giant "Heroes"
We've been trying to slip that in for a couple of years. Smiley
 

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Reply #127 - Jan 15th, 2015 at 11:39pm

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I wonder where this 1895 ditty by an unknown artist on an Edison Cylinder might fit in...

https://archive.org/details/DaisyBell1895

..hmm. Wink
 

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Reply #128 - Jan 25th, 2015 at 10:05pm

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As veteran sci-fi fans have no doubt noticed, "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and "Iron Giant" have a common theme and common plot elements. I thought it best to do them together so that shared possibilities could be included:


THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

Title (Year)      Song       Artist      Source            
(1954) What's so funny about Peace Love and Understanding      Elvis Costello      
     --            Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft            Karen Carpenter                        
     --            Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft            Atom                        
     --            Feeling Like an Alien            Atlanta Rhythm Section                        
     --            Gort the Visitor            Bernard Herman                        
     --            Just Like a Melody from Out of the Sky            Cliff Edwards Jazz Band            https://archive.org/details/CliffEdwardsCollection1927-1933            
     --            Loving the Alien            David Bowie            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOaqDEjxQAU            
     --            Peace, Love & Understanding            Chris Dowd, et al                        
     --            Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind?            Marlene Dietrich            #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLAxbQxyJSQ#            
     --            Starman            David Bowie                        
     --            The Observer            The Flaming Lips                        
     --            Where Have All the Flowers Gone?            Peete Seeger            #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tqtvxG8O4#            
     --            (Pray to the Lord When you See Those) Flying Saucers            Buchanan Brothers            #http://www.atomicplatters.com/more.php?id=127_0_1_0_M6#            
     --            A Walk With Peltor            Col. Bruce Hampton                        
     --            I'll Stop the World            Modern English       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls                  
     --            Immigrant Song            Led Zeppelin                        
     --            Never Fit In            Matt Keating                        
     --            Peace On Earth            U2                        
     --                                                
                                                           


The high road is certainly a redux of "Gort the Visitor" from Bernard Hermann's stunning score. The audio pun is Modern Englishes "I'll Stop the World". Somewhere in the middle are anti-war songs followed by alien visitor and alien love songs.

Songwriter Pete Seeger passed on recently and either his anti-war "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" or Marlene Dietrich's German language version would be a fitting homage. Vera Lynn and Dietrich did an English/German duet of the anti-war "Lili Marlene", but it isn't really a fit. In any case this film demands a dignified musical follow-up.
 

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Reply #129 - Jan 17th, 2016 at 12:25pm

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It is with a heavy heart that I announce that we will not be able to make the Marathon this year, thus ending a streak that began at SF-15. Cry

I, of course, would to be more than happy to query Colossus: the Break Music Song Generator and provide possible musical interludes for this stellar lineup. The titles announced so far are not only great Marathon fits but are ripe for the musical homage treatment what with non-humans, spiders, brains, darkness, Mars, faceless monsters, fools and strange women in the lineup. Cheesy

The late great David Bowie, who will make his appearance in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" might also make an appearance in the break music section with "Spiders from Mars" after "Big Ass Spider". His "Heroes" and the alternate version "Helden", which he performed in the German language like a native speaker, (one of his overlooked talents) never got a chance at the Somerville and are still waiting in the wings.

A song from the early 60's is going through my head right now:

Quote:
Don't know much about History,
Don't know much Biology
Don't know much about Science books
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love You
and I know that if you loved me too
what a wonderful world this would be.


This has a place after "Idiocracy"

Discuss...discuss...discuss my friends as this lineup is asking for it!
 

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Reply #130 - Jan 18th, 2016 at 12:44am

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Sorry you can't make it.

I was going to suggest passing on Happy Trails as our exit song this year and going with Bowie's "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOpO7SGLdtM
 

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Reply #131 - Jan 18th, 2016 at 5:33pm

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Sorry R.F will not be making it. Hope we'll see you next year.

Whomever takes over I'll throw some music suggestions at.

Man Who Fell To Earth- Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes"
Starman- Bowie's "Starman"
Idiocracy- "Weird Al's "Dare To Be Stupid."
High Treason- Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance"
Donovan's Brain- George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You"
They Live- ZZ Top's "Cheap Sunglasses"
Pitch Black- Sinatra's "Strangers In The Night"
 

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Reply #132 - Jan 20th, 2016 at 9:36am

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Sorry you can't make it. Come back soon.
 
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Reply #133 - Jan 22nd, 2016 at 9:23pm

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"Donovan's Brain" It's a real chance for Colossus to show its cerebral side:

"I Ain't Got No-body" -Ted Lewis Jazz Band
"It Wasn't Me" -George Thuroughgood
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" -Electric Light Orchestra
"When I held your Brain in My Arms" -The Rifftones
"Why Can't He be You" -Patsy Cline
"It Ain't Me Babe" -Bob Dylan
"Thinking Too Much" -Meiko
"Headwires" -Foo Fighters
"Think Too Much" -Paul Simon
"Be My Head" -The Flaming Lips

Big Ass Spider: Besides "Spiders from Mars", "Buggin' " by the Flaming Lips and "Big Trouble" by Robert Palmer might be good fits.
 

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Reply #134 - Jan 31st, 2016 at 11:24pm

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Anybody want to step up and do the music this year? Or, no someone who does?
 
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