100 Songs Mostly Wrong

Don’t know if you caught it, but tonight on CBS, The American Film institute (AFI) unleashed their 100 Best Songs of the past 100 Years of Film list. Some choices were on the mark like “Mrs. Robinson”, “Summer Nights”, and “The Theme from Shaft”, but others selections were, as melon scratchers go, a honey doodle (thanks Ned Flanders). I mean I love Judy Garland and daughter Liza, but did they both have to occupy 1/3 of the list? And speaking of doodles, I don’t think people in the next 100 years are going to give a rat’s a$$ about “Yankee Doodle Dandy”. And I knows they was trying to be all hip, but what does Hilary Duff know about movies or music? She may sing and act, but have you heard or seen anything she’s done? Lohan must sleep well at night. And I do to… with thoughts of me nestled between her bosom and thighs. Anywho, the list would make any octogenarian as gay as Zorro and his blade, but I think they missed the boat all together. What about these ditties (in no particular order):

– “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in Big Lebowski

– “Holiday Road” by Lindsay Buckingham, from National Lampoon’s Vacation

– “Lust For Life” by Iggy Pop + most every song in Trainspotting

– “The Goonies R Good Enough” by Cyndi Lauper in The Goonies

– “Who Will Buy?” by various cast members, from Oliver!

– “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin in Manhattan

– “Pinball Wizard” by Elton John and the Who in Tommy

– “I Love You To Death” by The Village People in Can’t Stop The Music

– “The Cantina Theme” from Star Wars

– “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds in The Breakfast Club

– “View To A Kill” by Duran Duran in the best Bond movie ever to co-star Grace Jones

– Every “Oompa Loompa” song from Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

– “All Along The Watchtower” by Hendrix in any movie about the 60s or Vietnam

– “Mustang Sally” by and in The Commitments

– The theme song to “The Neverending Story” by Erasure

– “Wild Wild Life” by The Talking Heads in True Stories

– “These Boots Are Made for Walking” by Nancy Sinatra in Full Metal Jacket

– “If You Leave” by OMD (Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark) in Pretty In Pink

– “Oo-de-lally” from Disney’s Robin Hood

What are some of your favorites? If you post “Kokomo” by the Beach Boys in Cocktail, I will ban you from posting…