Month: August 2011

Ode to movie theme songs—Part 4: Don’t You (Forget About Me)

If there was ever a song that could define an era, it would have to be Don’t You (Forget About Me). Featured in the cult classic, The Breakfast Club, this song would catapault The Simple Minds from a couple of New Wave pop-stars from the UK to a World-Wide phenomenon. The thing you might not …

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Ode to movie theme songs—Part 2: Coo, coo, ca-choo Mrs. Robinson

For those of you who didn’t grow up in the 60s, myself included, there was a time when studios rarely worked with recording artists to cut tracks for their films. However, during the filming of The Graduate, director Mike Nichols was so enamored with Simon and Garfunkel, his producer, Larry Turman, actually convinced Paul Simon …

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Ode to movie theme songs—Part 1: Blaze of Glory

I like movies. And I like music. Yeah, who doesn’t, Sergio? But there’s something oh-so-wonderful when a recording artist works with a studio to create a beautiful backdrop for a film, elevating it from a mere flick to a motion picture masterpiece. Not to be mistaken for a soundtrack—a collection of music used in a …

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The lonely tower

There’s no story to tell here. At least not one that I can think of. But imagine what stories this tower could tell as it stands here desolate and dreary withering away to nothing. I’m 230 miles from Chicago right now in a small town called Bitely. Yeah, Bitely, Michigan. Ever hear of it? Neither …

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