Songs That Inspired Movies (Part 3)
21.PRIVATE IDAHO by THE B-52S
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| PRIVATE IDAHO by THE B-52S |
In this song, the fine state of Idaho is used to represent a case of paranoia - the lyrics "get out of that state" meaning to get out of that state of mind. B-52s singer Fred Schneider came up with the title, which was a play on the phrase "Private Eye" well before Hall and Oates used it in a song with a similar theme, but with hand claps.
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Why Idaho? Schneider explained to the Idaho Statesman that it was the wacky reputation of the state, saying, "Idaho is pretty mysterious to all of us. I know it's a beautiful state, but then I know there's also a lot of crazy right-wingers and all that stuff." He added, "The song's about all different things. It's not like a parody of Idaho or anything."
22.RIDERS ON THE STORM by THE DOORS
This was the last song Jim Morrison recorded. He went to France and died a few weeks later. The single was released in June 1971, shortly before Morrison's death.
23.ROAD LESS TRAVELED by LAUREN ALAINA
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| ROAD LESS TRAVELED by LAUREN ALAINA |
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Lauren Alaina sends a message to her fans through this uplifting country rocker that it's OK to follow your own path. "It's a song to encourage people to just be who they are and don't apologize for it," said the singer. "I think that's a hard thing to do because it feels like there's so much pressure to fit this mold that everyone has like made for us which is ridiculous, because last time I checked if we were all the exact same, it would be pretty boring."
24.ST. LOUIS BLUES by BESSIE SMITH
This song has been used in a number of films.
In 1914, it appeared in the Charlie Chaplin movie, The Star Boarder.
In 1929, Bessie Smith made her only film appearance, starring in a movie titled St. Louis Blues that was based on this song.
It was sung by Theresa Harris and played several times, including in the opening credits, in the 1933 movie Baby Face.
St. Louis Blues, a highly fictionalized 1958 biopic of Handy that starred Nat King Cole as the blues composer, was named after his most famous song.
25.THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS by STAFF SERGEANT BARRY SADLER
Sadler wrote this song to boost morale among the American troops fighting in Vietnam when public opinion was low. Sadler was injured by a punji stick (a type of booby trap), and while laid up in the hospital released the rights to this song so it could be heard.
26.THE CAT CAME BACK by FRED PENNER
In this popular children's tune, Old Mr. Johnson desperately tries to get rid of his pesky cat, but the resourceful feline keeps returning. Written by Tin Pan Alley composer Harry S. Miller as a minstrel number in 1893, the comical song was first recorded the following year by Charles Marsh and was picked up in the early 1920s by country singer Fiddlin' John Carson. The song, like the cat, kept coming back.
27.THE CHRISTMAS SHOES by NEWSONG
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| THE CHRISTMAS SHOES by NEWSONG |
The song tells the story of a little boy with clothes that "were worn and old" buying shoes one Christmas Eve for his sick mother so she'll look good if she "meets Jesus tonight." Founding member Eddie Carswell told us, "it was inspired by this lady who'd actually been in that situation - not exactly the way the story goes, but a very similar story."
28.THE GAMBLER by KENNY ROGERS
Click here "The Gambler" was written by the Nashville songwriter Don Schlitz. With the classic chorus lines, "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em," the song is told from the first-person perspective about a conversation with an old poker player on a train. The card shark gives life advice to the narrator in the form of poker metaphors, before presumably dying in his sleep.
29.WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN by ARCTIC MONKEYS
This song is about prostitution in the Neepsend district of Sheffield in England. The Arctic Monkeys are from High Green in Sheffield, which they refer to in their song "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secure."
(Source: songfacts)
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