Songs that could be made into a film ?

[Fane]

J4CKO said:

I want to know what the "Top Estate" is, high up or expensive ?

Oldham is rather hilly and has quite a few council estates. .... was always my understanding of it.

[toasty]

shakotan said:

My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard

Dodgeball version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzgfAqfHFU

[toasty]

Your mother's got a penis - GLC

[Fastchas]

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger

If I Could Take the Place Of Your Man - Prince

Darlin' Nikki - Prince ( 'I met her in a hotel lobby masturbating to a magazine')

[Starfighter]

Nikita - Elton John
Man (or woman to increase the political correctness count) spends time ogling attractive Cold War border guard. Ending choices range from a shifty 5 knuckle shuffle to a dash over the fence, shots fired and and WW3.

[Voldemort]

Willie Nelson - Time of the Preacher

Warren Zevon - Veracruz

Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier

[ctdctd]

Caught by the Fuzz - Supergrass

A perfect indie song and a complete plot for a film!

[Dave.]

The dead south - the recap

Most of their stuff could be used tbh.

Eta - Same with Jerry Reed, although Guitar Man probably already has.

Eata - Foreigner - Jukebox Hero, again probably already been done.

Edited by Dave. on Wednesday 12th December 19:04

[HOGEPH]

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel.

[curlyks2]

matbat said:

Dire Straits - On every street

Always felt there was a good story in that song, something along the lines of a detective nearing retirement with that one unfinished case he can't let go of.

IMO there are many songs penned by Mark Knopfler that could be made into films. For detectives there's also Private Investigations. Given his literary and journalistic background it is perhaps unsurprising that his style has a particular storytelling leaning that could lend his songs to this thread, for (further) example:

• Telegraph Road
• Where do You Think You're Going
• Yon Two Crows

Moving on from Knopfler/Straits:

• Tom Waits - The Ghosts of Saturday Night
• Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
• The Corrs - Forgiven, Not Forgotten

[Sway]

I hope you die - the Bloodhound Gang

Or

Stan - Eminem.

[ndtman]

"All along the watchtower" à la Jimi Hendrix. Totally incomprehensible plot with an irrelevant, long drive across a desert in an AC Cobra.

[gregs656]

Paradise by the Dashboard Light.

Lots of Steely Dan tracks are stories - maybe Kid Charlemagne

Whiskey in the Jar

[nikaiyo2]

MikeT66 said:

Dr Jekyll said:

Meeting across the River, Bruce Springsteen.

Probably loads from Springsteen. 'Racing In The Street' another one. 'My Hometown', 'The River'...

Nebraska is an ideal candidate surely?

Metallica- The Four Horsemen

Guns N Roses- Welcome to the Jungle

Misfits- Last Caress

All of the above would be great directed by Rob Zombie.

Steven Earle- Johnny Come Lately

The Gambler- Kenny Rogers

Pulp- Sorted for E’s & Wizz

[nikaiyo2]

Dexys Midnight Runners- Come on Eileen


Sorry could not resist

[irocfan]

Enola Gay - OMD?

[DickyC]

In A Broken Dream

More as inspiration for a film than the synopsis. The romance, the end of the romance and the main character's descent in personal drink-fuelled ruin have plenty of scope for a story or two to be tacked on there.

[Dave.]

nikaiyo2 said:

Dexys Midnight Runners- Come on Eileen


Sorry could not resist

Steel Panther's She's on the rag (either version) would make a great educational video....

[jcremonini]

The Curse of Millhaven - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

[GravelBen]

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