Сегодня мне в голову взбрело найти песни не из фильмов, а о фильмах, режиссёрах и актёрах.
Скажу сразу, таких миллион и поэтому придётся ограничиться количеством в пятнадцать, что ли.
Всё началось с песни Velvet Underground — New Age, которая сегодня играла в плеере, — именно в этот момент я понял, что знаю много песен (хороших песен), в которых важную роль играет кино.
Velvet Underground — New Age
Can I have your autograph
He said to the fat blonde actress
You know I've seen every movie you've been in
From Paths of Pain to Jewels of Glory
And when you kissed Robert Mitchum
Gee but I thought you'd never catch him
Придя домой, я решил найти ещё
Итак, чтобы не быть голословным — приступаем к самому важному — к самим песням. Я решил, что было бы неплохо что выкладывать не только их самих но и тексты песен (в них то и есть главная ценность для нас).
Это те песни, которые я нашел у себя в ITunes.
О каждой песне я напишу в отдельности (если будет что написать, конечно), а немного ниже их все можно прослушать.
1.Velvet Underground — New Age
Часто о песне не так много скажешь, надо просто её услышать. Скажу только, что та самая fat blonde actress — это американская актриса Ким Новак, снявшаяся «Головокружении» А.Хичкока и куче других фильмов.
Can I have your autograph
He said to the fat blonde actress
You know I've seen every movie you've been in
From Paths of Pain to Jewels of Glory
And when you kissed Robert Mitchum
Gee but I thought you'd never catch him
Over the hill right now
And you're looking for love
You're over the hill right now
And you're looking for love
I'll come running to you honey when you want me
I'll come running to yoy honey when you want me
Can I have your autograph
He said to the fat blonde actress
You know I know everything you've done
Anyway I hate divorces
To the left is a marble shower
It was fun even for an hour
You're over the hill right now
And you're looking for love
You're over the hill right now
And you're looking for love
I'll come running to you honey when you want me
I'll come running to you honey when you want me
Something's got a hold on me
And I don't know what
Something's got a hold on me
And I don't know what
It's the beginning of a new age
It's the beginning of a new age
2.Bob Dylan — Motorpsycho Nightmare
Песня Motorpsycho Nightmare - это такой большой референс к фильму Психоз всё того же Альфреда Хичкока. There stood Rita/
Lookin' just like Tony Perkins. Энтони Перкинс — актёр, игравший Нормана Бэйтса в фильме.
I pounded on a farmhouse
Lookin' for a place to stay.
I was mighty, mighty tired,
I had gone a long, long way.
I said, «Hey, hey, in there,
Is there anybody home?»
I was standin' on the steps
Feelin' most alone.
Well, out comes a farmer,
He must have thought that I was nuts.
He immediately looked at me
And stuck a gun into my guts.
I fell down
To my bended knees,
Saying, «I dig farmers,
Don't shoot me, please!»
He cocked his rifle
And began to shout,
«You're that travelin' salesman
That I have heard about.»
I said, «No! No! No!
I'm a doctor and it's true,
I'ma clean-cut kid
And I been to college, too.»
Then in comes his daughter
Whose name was Rita.
She looked like she stepped out of
La Dolce Vita.
I immediately tried to cool it
With her dad,
And told him what a
Nice, pretty farm he had.
He said, «What do doctors
Know about farms, pray tell?»
I said, «I was born
At the bottom of a wishing well.»
Well, by the dirt 'neath my nails
I guess he knew I wouldn't lie.
«I guess you're tired,»
He said, kinda sly.
I said, «Yes, ten thousand miles
Today I drove.»
He said, «I got a bed for you
Underneath the stove.
Just one condition
And you go to sleep right now,
That you don't touch my daughter
And in the morning, milk the cow.»
I was sleepin' like a rat
When I heard something jerkin'.
There stood Rita
Lookin' just like Tony Perkins.
She said, «Would you like to take a shower?
I'll show you up to the door.»
I said, «Oh, no! no!
I've been through this before.»
I knew I had to split
But I didn't know how,
When she said,
«Would you like to take that shower, now?»
Well, I couldn't leave
Unless the old man chased me out,
'Cause I'd already promised
That I'd milk his cows.
I had to say something
To strike him very weird,
So I yelled out,
«I like Fidel Castro and his beard.»
Rita looked offended
But she got out of the way,
As he came charging down the stairs
Sayin', «What's that I heard you say?»
I said, «I like Fidel Castro,
I think you heard me right,»
And ducked as he swung
At me with all his might.
Rita mumbled something
'Bout her mother on the hill,
As his fist hit the icebox,
He said he's going to kill me
If I don't get out the door
In two seconds flat,
«You unpatriotic,
Rotten doctor Commie rat.»
Well, he threw a Reader's Digest
At my head and I did run,
I did a somersault
As I seen him get his gun
And crashed through the window
At a hundred miles an hour,
And landed fully blast
In his garden flowers.
Rita said, «Come back!»
As he started to load
The sun was comin' up
And I was runnin' down the road.
Well, I don't figure I'll be back
There for a spell,
Even though Rita moved away
And got a job in a motel.
He still waits for me,
Constant, on the sly.
He wants to turn me in
To the F.B.I.
Me, I romp and stomp,
Thankful as I romp,
Without freedom of speech,
I might be in the swamp.
3.Morrissey — You Have Killed Me
В первом куплете песни есть мощный референс к фильму Пьера Паоло Пазолини Аккаттоне — фильму о проституции в трущобах Рима. Как говорит Википедия, первые строчки песни Моррисси фанаты трактуют
Показывая нам недюжинные знания кинематографа, Моррисси и дальше поет нам о Лукино Висконти и любимой актрисе режиссера Анне Маньяни.
Pasolini is me
'Accattone' you'll be
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
'Til you came with the key
And you did your best but
As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me
Piazza Cavour, what's my life for?
Visconti is me
Magnani you'll never be
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
'Til you came with the key
And you did your best but
As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes, I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me
Who am I that I come to be here…?
As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me
And there is no point saying this again
there is no point saying this again
But I forgive you, I forgive you
Always I do forgive you.
4.Husky Rescue — The Good Man
Это песня о Супермэне, о том самом, которым восхищаются до сих пор дети всего мира. Да,
I am the superman, the great enemy of evil. I fight for goodness, fight for what's right. The superman with super powers, the super good against bad behaviour.
I've always been a superman.
When I was a boy, I wanted to be a fireman, run through the flame with my super helmet, pump up water and fight the fire, halt flame and evil smoke, smash things up with the big hammer and rescue the good people, the proper citizen.
I wanted to make my mum proud of me. She was my superwoman. I wanted to be doctor, fight against diseases with my knowledge, make my mum immortal, help everybody who is in trouble or feeling bad.
And I wanted to be an officer, a policeman with a blue uniform, put bad people into jail and keep crimes out of street, chase gangsters with my super car and shoot them up with my bullets.
I wanted to be a great man, like my father, a good man, taking care of his loving family, wife and son. Coming home everyday after work and reading newspaper. Build the house in the countryside and go fishing.
Now I got it all. Well my wife doesn't love me anymore but, that's ok. I've got the other plan already. I have it all figured out. I AM the superman, fight against the bad.
One day, I'll fly away, like a butterfly, high up into the sky. And I'll touch the sun.
5.Ladytron — He Took Her To A Movie
Ещё одна песня о том, как «he took her to a movie». Никаких референсов — песня «просто о кино» (даже скорее не о нем, а о них, тех кто в зале).
He met her in the fall, he took her to a movie
and when they'd done it all, he took her to a movie
and from the hospital, he took her to a movie
but so did I
And when her heart was sad, he took her to a movie
she's all he's ever had, he took her to a movie
and should their love turn bad, he took her to a movie
but so did I
I think she's been alone, he took her to a movie
when they cut off the phone, he took her to a movie
and when her cover's blown, he took her to a movie
but so did I
there's nothing on TV, he took her to a movie
but she's the one for me, he took her to a movie
we're at number three, he took her to a movie
but so did I
6.Elvis Costello — Complicated Shadows
Этот трэк — референс ко всем гангстерским фильмам, а «You can say just what you like in a voice like a John Ford film» — это референс к великому Джону Форду, снявшему Дилижанс и еще миллион крутейших фильмов.
Well you know your time has come and you're sorry for what youve done
You shouldve never have been playing with a gun
In those complicated shadows
Well theres a line that you must toe
And itll soon be time to go
But its darker than you know in those complicated shadows
All you gangsters and rude clowns
Who were shooting up the town
When you should have found someone to put the blame on
Though the furys hot and hard
I still see that cold graveyard
Theres a solitary stone thats got your name on
You dont have to take it from me
But I know what I spake
You think youre like iron and steel
But iron and steel will bend and break
In those complicated shadows
Go!
Sometimes justiceyou will find
Is just dumb not colour-blind
And your poor shattered mind cant take it all in
All those phantoms and those shades
Should jump up on judgement day
And say to the almighty Im still stinking of sin
But the jury was dismissed
Took his neck and they give it a twist
So you see you wont be missed in those complicated shadows
You can say just what you like in a voice like a john ford film
Take the law into your hands
You will soon get tired of killing
In those complicated shadows
Complicated shadows
Complicated shadows
Complicated shadows
Go!
7.The White Stripes — The Union Forever
C.F.K в песне - это аббревиатура имени Charles Foster Kane из фильма Гражданин Кейн
It can't be love
for there is no true love
It can't be love
for there is no true love
Sure I'm C.F.K.
but you gotta love me
the cost no man can say
but you gotta love me
Well I'm sorry but I'm not
interested in gold mines, oil wells, shipping or real estate
what would I liked to have been?
everything you hate
cause It can't be love
for there is no true love
It can't be love
for there is no true love
There is a man
a certain man
and for the poor you may be sure
that he'll do all he can
who is this one?
who's favourite son?
just by his action has the traction
magnets on the run
who likes to smoke
enjoys a joke
and wouldn't get a bit
upset if he were really broke
with wealth and fame
he's still the same
I'll bet you five you're not alive
If you don't know his name
You said the union forever
You said the union forever
You cried the union forever
but that was untrue girl
cause It can't be love
for there is no true love
It can't be love
for there is no true love
8.Weird Al Yankovich — Ode To A Superhero
Это одна из двух песен Йанковича, которую я решил вставить в этот пост. «Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can…», только другими словами. После этой песни можно и фильмов не смотреть и комиксов не читать.
Poor Peter Parker was pitiful
Couldn't have been any shyer
Mary Jane still wouldn't notice him
Even if his hair was on fire
But then one day he went to that science lab
That mutated spider came down
Oh, and now Peter crawls over everyone's walls
And he's swingin' all over town
La li la, li de da
La la, li le la da dum
Sling us a web, you'rethe Spider-Man
Sling us a web tonight
'Cause we're all in the mood for a hero now
And there's evil doers to fight
Now Harry the rich kid's a friend of his
Who horns in on Mary Jane
But to his great surprise it seems she prefers guys
Who can kiss upside down in the rain
«With great power comes great responsibility»
That's the catch phrase of old Uncle Ben
If you missed it, don't worry, they'll say the line
Again and again and again
Oh, la la la, di de da
La la, di di da da dum
Now Norman's a billionaire scientist
Who never had time for his son
But then something went screwy and before you knew he
Was trying to kill everyone
And he's ridin' around on that glider thing
And he's throwin' that weird pumpkin bomb
Yes, he's wearin' that dumb Power Rangers mask
But he's scarier without it on
Sling us a web, you'rethe Spider-Man
Sling us a web tonight
'Cause you're brave and you're strong and so limber now
But where'd you come up with those tights?
It's a pretty sad day at the funeral
Norman Osborn has bitten the dust
And I heard Harry said he wantsSpider-Man dead
Aw, but his buddy Pete he can trust
Oh, and M.J. is all hot for Peter now
Aw, but Peter, he just shuts her down
Mary Jane, don't you cry, you can give it a try
Again when the sequal comes 'round
Oh, la la la, di de da
La la, di di da da dum
Sling us a web, you'rethe Spider-Man
Sling us a web tonight
'Cause we all sure could use us a hero now
And we think that you'll do all right
9.Deep Blue Something — Breakfast At Tiffany's
Казалось бы, весь текст песни, которая называется точно так же, как и фильм Завтрак У Тиффани, должен иметь схожее содержание, что и фильм. На выходе оказывается, что это всего лишь воспоминание (об этом услышим в припеве), нечто общее между двумя влюбленными, ну и это романтично, конечно.
You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care
And I said what about «Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, „I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.“
And I said, „Well, that's the one thing we've got.“
I see you — the only one who knew me
And now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now? It's plain to see we're over,
And I hate when things are over —
When so much is left undone
And I said what about „Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, „I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.“
And I said, „Well, that's the one thing we've got.“
You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care
And I said what about „Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, „I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.“
And I said, „Well, that's the one thing we've got.“
10.Weird Al Yankovich — Star Wars (The Saga Begins)
Вот и вторая песня Йанковича, блистательная пародия на „American Pie“ Мадонны (который на самом деле кавер а не оригинал, но об этом в другом месте, в другое время). Этакая история Звёздных Войн вкратце, а вообще добрая песня.
A long long time ago
In a galaxy far away
Naboo was under an attack
And I thought me and Qui Gon Jin
Could talk the federation into maybe cutting them a little Slack
But their response, it didn't thrill us
They locked the doors and tried to kill us
We escaped from that gas
And met Jar Jar in Bosnas
We took a bongo from the scene
And went to Theed to see the Queen
We all wound up on Tatooine
That's where we found this boy
Oh my, my this here Annakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later
Now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mummy goodbye
Saying „Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi“
„Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.“
Did you know this junkyard slave
Isn't even old enough to shave?
But he can use the force they say
Ah, do you see him hitting on the Queen?
Though he's just nine
And she's fourteen
Yeah, he's probably going to marry her some day
Well I know he built C3PO
And I've heard how fast his pod can go
And we were broke, it's true
So we made a wageror two flying ace
He was a pre-pubescent
And the minute Jabba started off that race
Well, I knew who would win first place
Oh yes, it was our boy
We started singing:
My, my this here Annakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later
Now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mummy goodbye
Saying „Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi“
„Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.“
Now we finally got to Coruscant
The Jedi council we knew would want
To see how good the boy could be
So we took him there and we told the tale
How his midichloreans readings were off the scale
And he might fulfill that prophesy
Oh the council was impressed of course
'Could he bring balance to the force?
They interviewed the kid
Oh training they forbid
Because Yoda sensed in him much fear
And Quigon said „Now listen here
Just stick it in your pointy ear
I still will teach this boy
He was singing:
My, my this here Annakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later
Now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mummy goodbye
Saying „Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi“
„Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.“
We caught a ride back to Naboo
'Cause Queen Amadala wanted to
I frankly would have liked to stay
We all fought in that epic war
And it wasn't long at all before
Little hotshot flew his plane
And saved the day
And in the end some gunguns died
Some ships blew up
And some pilots fried
A lot of folks were croakin'
The battle droids were broken
And the Jedi I admire most
Met up with Darth Maul
And now he's toast
I'm still here and he's a ghost
I guess I'll train this boy
And I was singin':
My, my this here Annakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later
Now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mummy goodbye
Saying „Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi“
„Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.“
We were singing:
My, my this here Annakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later
Now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mummy goodbye
Saying „Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi“
„Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.“
11.Georgie Fame — The Ballad Bonnie & Clyde
Бонни и Клайд — что тут скажешь. Помните, как Клайд говорит банкиру: „Выйди и скажи моей девушке, что у вас нет денег“? —
Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin' people
But I can tell you people They were the devil's children,
Bonnie and Clyde began their evil doin'
One lazy afternoon down Savannah way,
They robbed a store,and high-tailed outa that town
Got clean away in a stolen car,
And waited till the heat died down,
Bonnie and Clyde advanced their reputation
And made the graduation
Into the banking business.
„Reachfor the sky“ sweet-talking Clyde would holler
As Bonnie loaded dollars in the dewlap bag,
Now one braveman-he tried to take 'em alone
They left him Iyin' in a pool of blood,
And laughed about it all the way home.
Bonnie and Clyde got to be public enemy number one
Running and hiding from ev'ry American lawman's gun.
They used to laugh about dyin',
But deep inside 'em they knew
That pretty soon they'd be lyin'
Beneath the ground together
Pushing up daisies to welcome the sun
And the morning dew.
Acting upon reliable information
A fed'ral deputation laid a deadly ambush.
When Bonnie and Clyde came walking in the sunshine
A half a dozen carbines opened up on them.
Bonnie and Clyde, they lived a lot together
And finally together they died
12.Harpo — Movie Star
Этакая песня, котрой можно дразнить. „Ты думаешь, ты выглядишь как…“ — что же здесь нужно
You feel like Steve McQueen
when your driving in your car
and you think you look like James Bond
when you're smoking your cigar
it's so bizarre
you think you are
a new kind of James Dean
but the only thing I've ever seen of you
was a commercial spot on the screen
movie star, movie star
you think you are a movie…
movie star, movie star
you think you are a movie star
You should belong to the jet set
fly your own private Lear jet
but you worked in the grocery store
everyday until you could
afford to get away
so you went to Sweden to
meet Ingmar Bergman
he wasn't there
or he just didn't care
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I think it's time for you my friend
to stop pretending that you are a
Movie star, movie star
you think you are a movie…
movie star, movie star
you think you are a movie star
Frozen hero
your words are zero
and your dreams have vanished into dark
and long ago
but you don't want to know
Movie star, moviestar
you think you are a movie…
movie star, movie star
you think you are a movie star
13.The Drifters — Saturday Night At The Movies
Песня про то, что нужно делать в субботу вечером. Стоит принять к сведению.
Well Saturday night at 8 o'clock
I know where I'm gonna go
I'm gonna pick my baby up
And take her to the picture show
Everybody in the neighbourhood
Is dressing up to be there too
And we're gonna have a ball
Just like we always do
Saturday night at the movies
Who cares what picture you see
When you're hugging with your baby in last row in the balcony
Well there's technicolor and cinemascope
A cast out of Hollywood
And the popcorn from the candy stand
Makes it all seem twice as good
There's always lots of pretty girls
With figures they don't try to hide
But they never can compare
To the girl sittin' by my side
14.Miss Kitten And The Hacker — Frank Sinatra
Рэбел песня, в которой фигурирует Фрэнк Синатра, который, как известно, не только пел, но и в кино снимался.
Everynight with my star friends
We eat caviar and drink champage
Sniffing in the VIP area
We talk about Frank Sinatra..
„You know Frank Sinatra?“
He's dead!
HAHAHAHAHA!
dead.
To be famous is so nice
Suck my dick
Kiss my ass
In limosines we have sex
everynight with my famous friends
Nice…
Suck my dick
Kiss my ass
so nice . . .
VIP area. . .
Frank… Frank Sinatry
Motherfuckers are so nice
Suck my dick
Lick my ass
In the mix we have sex….
Everynight with my favorite friends..
Frank.. Frank.. Frank Sinatra
Everynight with my star friends
Shake your body like the dance
Stupid smiles and autographs
This is a song for France
Everynight with my star friends
In Limosines we have sex.
15.Dean Martin & Toni Bennett — Take Your Girlie To The Movies
И ещё пару советов ребятам о том, что надо делать с „girlie“, кинотеатром и кино.
Take your girlie to the movies if you can't make love at home
There's no little brother there who always squeals
You can do an awful lot in seven reels
Take your lessons at the movies and have love scenes of your own
When the picture's over and you have to leave
Don't forget to brush the powder off your sleeves
So take your girlie to the movies if you can't make love at home
Take your girlie to the movies if you can't make love at home
Take your girlie all alone
You should see how they maneuver in the dark
Take your tips from Tyrone Power and have love scenes of your own
Stealing kisses in the dark is just immense
Where can you get half as much for sixty cents
So take your girlie to the movies if you can't make love at home
Hey pops, if you can't make love at home
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