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I always thought some songs would make good movies. Every time I hear these songs, I think about movies based on them.
A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash) (which could also make a tv series)
Bus Stop (The Hollies)
Does anyone else have any songs to movies?
Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)Lots of meaty images in that song.
Marthe48
(16,974 posts)I always picture a group of kids coming of age one summer
Ohiya
(2,234 posts)"Tweeter and the Monkey Man" By The Traveling Wilburys
Marthe48
(16,974 posts)It would make quite a twist!
lastlib
(23,244 posts)Jan & Dean, "Dead Man's Curve"
J. Frank Wilson & Cavaliers, "Last Kiss"
Dickie Lee, "Laurie" (that would be a horror movie?)
Mopar151
(9,983 posts)Max "Jethro" Baer directs, produced. Unexpectedly good!
Ohiya
(2,234 posts)Ohiya
(2,234 posts)I'm thinking maybe Harper Valley PTA and the one about Billie Joe McAllister and the Tallahassee Bridge
Marthe48
(16,974 posts)Long time ago.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)The best movies come from short stories or very short novels
Movies from novels are hard because there is simply too much narrative for a feature length movie. The result is often truncation at the expense of parts of the story or character development.
The worst movies come from anything shorter or less serious than a short story. We have seen movies made from skits, toys, games, etc. They just don't have enough material to flesh out without really starting from scratch with a plot.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)I nominate
Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
and
Several options from Harry Chapin including "Cat's in the Cradle", "A Better Place to Be", "Mr. Tanner" and "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" just for fun
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Sang along to both. Waved Brenda and Eddie goodbye. Close to the stage for both concerts.
Docreed2003
(16,862 posts)Miami 2017, or at least it could have when the song was written and 2017 was way in the future
genxlib
(5,528 posts)But that song messes with my head after 9/11. I know it was from much earlier about something completely different but some of those lyrics just haunt me now.
Docreed2003
(16,862 posts)After 9/11 between that & Bowie singing "Heroes", it was quite chilling. I can appreciate your feelings for sure!
Ohiya
(2,234 posts)Docreed2003
(16,862 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)snoopy and the red baron?
Chainfire
(17,549 posts)I am not certain which came first the Kenny Rogers song or the movie.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)icwlmuscyia
(296 posts)Always wondered how Nancy or Lil would be rendered.
Harker
(14,022 posts)flouncy dress. Late 19th C.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Marthe48
(16,974 posts)on my h.s. senior class trip Double feature with Midnight Cowboy.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)An ensemble film based on Stephen King's Novela titled THE BODY.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,642 posts)He had a special talent for weaving a whole, rich story into just one song. Cats in the Cradle and Taxi come to mind.
Eugene
(61,900 posts)with Kris Kristofferson
The Roux Comes First
(1,299 posts)Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Workin' at the Carwash Blues, Time in a Bottle, and Lover's Cross are just a few examples.
Another great singer-songwriter gone too soon.
The Roux Comes First
(1,299 posts)In original Dylan form or the fabulous Hendrix version.
But there are a multitude of Dylan's tunes that could inspire some pretty wild cinema, like, say, Stuck Inside of Mobile, Highway 61 Revisited, or Desolation Row.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)MissMillie
(38,560 posts)...a voice I could listen to all day.
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)...
skypilot
(8,854 posts)*
Harker
(14,022 posts)with a satisfying ending.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)I could be wrong, but it seemed like I heard that song as a little kid long before a movie was released.
Yep, confirmed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Valley_PTA
The song later inspired a 1978 motion picture and a short-lived 1981 television series, both starring Barbara Eden playing the heroine of the story, Mrs. Johnson, who now had a first name, Stella.
Oh! And "Coal Miner's Daughter"! At least that movie was somewhat good.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)Marthe48
(16,974 posts)The man who wrote the song just recently passed away. Jerry Jeff Walker
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DFW
(54,403 posts)DFW
(54,403 posts)The Hollies' song came out ten years later
Marthe48
(16,974 posts)Bus Stop (1956) was a drama. I watched a few years ago. I'd watch it again
DFW
(54,403 posts)I did see the Hollies perform it live in 1967, though!
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GumboYaYa
(5,942 posts)I would love to see the full story on the big screen