John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever (1977)
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER: "Staying Alive"
Music & Lyrics: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb Performed by: The Bee Gees
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Poll: Walk the Walk... and Sing the Song
In Cinema, there's more in walking than going from a point A to a point B, it's less about the destination of the characters, than the mindset or the state of mind that inhabits them during that short, long or recurring walk. And what better than a song to convey the emotional resonance of their feelings, whether it's sung by them or played in the background.
From young and cocky Tony Manero swaggering down the street under the Bee Gees' tempo to Dorothy and her friends off to see the wizard or Will Kane wandering the deserted streets of Hadleyville, hoping not to be forsaken... it seems like there's no great walking scene without a song to define it.
So, which of these walking and singing or walking WHILE singing movie moments is your favorite?
Only one song per movie... and only songs, no marches or wordless scores, which means, no "Colonel Bogey March" or "Surf Rider".
Make Your Choice
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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN: "Singin' in the Rain"Music: Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics: Arthur Freed Sung by: Gene Kelly
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RESERVOIR DOGS: "Little Green Bag"Music: George Baker Selection Lyrics: Jan Gerbrand Visser
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Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, and Scotty Mattraw in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS: "Heigh-Ho"Music: Frank Churchill Lyrics: Larry Morey
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Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
THE WIZARD OF OZ: "We're Off to See the Wizard"Music: E.Y. Harburg Lyrics: Harold Arlen
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Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967)
THE GRADUATE: "The Sounds of Silence"Lyrics: Paul Simon Performed by: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
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Pam Grier in Jackie Brown (1997)
JACKIE BROWN: "Across 110th Street"Music and Lyrics: Bobby Womack Performed by: Bobby Womack
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Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, and Kevyn Major Howard in Full Metal Jacket (1987)
FULL METAL JACKET: "Mickey Mouse Club March"Music: (uncredited) Lyrics: Jimmie Dodd
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#9
SONG OF THE SOUTH: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"Lyrics: Allie Rubbel and Ray Gilbert Performed by: James Baskett
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Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)
DO THE RIGHT THING: "Fight the Power"Music & Lyrics: Chuck D., Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee Performed by: Public Enemy
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Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell in Stand by Me (1986)
STAND BY ME: "Lollipop"Lyrics: Beverly Ross and Julius Dixson Performed by: The Chordettes
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#12
SCHINDLER's LIST: "Jerusalem of Gold"Lyrics: Naomi Shemer Performed by: The Ramat Gan Chamber Choir Tel-Aviv
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Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy (1969)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY: "Everybody's Talkin'"Lyrics: Fred Neil Sung by: Harry Nillson
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Robert Banas, David Winters, Tony Mordente, Tucker Smith, and Russ Tamblyn in West Side Story (1961)
WEST SIDE STORY: "Quintet (Tonight)"Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
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Inherit the Wind (1960)
INHERIT THE WIND: "(Gimme Dat) Old Time Religion"Performed by: Leslie Uggams
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Peter Graves, Harvey Lembeck, and Robert Strauss in Stalag 17 (1953)
STALAG 17: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"Music: (uncredited) Lyrics: Louis Lambert
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Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990)
PRETTY WOMAN: "Oh, Pretty Woman"Lyrics: Roy Orbison & Bill Dees Performed by: Roy Orbison
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Gary Cooper in High Noon (1952)
HIGH NOON: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)"Music: Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics: Ned Washington Sung by: Tex Ritter
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Matthew McConaughey and Jason London in Dazed and Confused (1993)
DAZED AND CONFUSED: "Hurricane"Music: Bob Dylan Lyrics: Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy Performed by: Bob Dylan
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Lacey Chabert, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried in Mean Girls (2004)
MEAN GIRLS: "Pass that Dutch"Performed by: Missy Eliott
