Anyone here...
Lauren
certain scene (i.e. Our Lady Peace's "Somewhere Out There" at the end
of Redux when Lana tells Clark her real father is out there)...I'm
going to admit, Smalllville has turned me onto some good bands (and I
don't really listen to the radio...)
Lauren
Debby
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Oh yeah, they've got some fantastic music!
Bast Black
plot and sometimes it's just screams "product placement."
My favorite music tie-in was an episode that ended with Lana
telling Clark she loved Whitney "because he makes her feel safe."
Which is ironic, because Clark saved her life, not Whitney. Whitney
got the credit for it. As the camera pans away from a devastated Clark
alone in the school hallway, Jewel's song plays "... Do you want me
like I want you, or am I standing still?"
*chills*
Hey... Have the ever used the Superman song on Smallville?
The one that starts with, "I can't stand to fly?" I love that song!!!!!
)
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"Wake up and smell the ORANGE!"
PJ Browning
bast...@aol.comUSA (Bast Black) wrote:
> Hey... Have the ever used the Superman song on Smallville?
> The one that starts with, "I can't stand to fly?" I love that song!!!!!
>
I forget which ep, but yes they have.
I want to say that it was Stray
Jim Davis
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Is it really called "The Superman Song"? I'm just asking because (call me
aging) but Crash Test Dummies first (and best) album had an incredble song
by the same name...
Jim Davis
Lauren
*Yep it was...was just watching it today :) Also dig that Oasis song that was on Red
Lauren
Robert Goodman
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> like the way how some of the music on the show interacts with a
> certain scene (i.e. Our Lady Peace's "Somewhere Out There" at the end
> of Redux when Lana tells Clark her real father is out there)...
I like all references like that. I especially love it when a movie or
TV show uses music in an ironic way -- for instance, a song intended as
metaphoric laid over a setting using the literal meaning of its lyrics.
Unfortunately I know little enough of music that many such references
(like the one above) go over my head, and also unfortunately I agree
with Omar's assessment that most of "Smallville"'s music is pretty
crappy. They're led to compromise between picking music for art's sake
and for the paid plugs.
Also cute, in the right setting, is incorporating a musical performance
by a cast member. They did that all the time as a running gag on "Due
South", showing off star Paul Gross's singing by contriving excuses in
the plot for it. It'd be hard to do that on "Smallville" because of the
mood; for instance, FAWK, the piano-playing MOTW from Season 1 might've
been played by an actor who really was good at that, but it'd be a lousy
way to showcase that talent, because we'd assume the music was dubbed
and close-ups of someone else's hands used. The only reason I realized
Remy Zero was a real performer was that his credits had already appeared
before they played in the season closer; otherwise I'd've thought it was
a fictionally named band at the school function -- actors mouthing and
pantomiming, music dubbed in.
Robert
W. Blaine Dowler
> The only reason I realized
> Remy Zero was a real performer was that his credits had already appeared
> before they played in the season closer; otherwise I'd've thought it was
> a fictionally named band at the school function -- actors mouthing and
> pantomiming, music dubbed in.
The WB has a history of using real bands for that sort of thing, although
it's usually not the band's real name. (They made the exception for Remy
Zero, since they do the theme song.)
If you look at the first three seasons of "Buffy," there's a lot of bands
playing at the Bronze. Those are all real bands, although they rarely use
the band's real name.
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Lauren
> If you look at the first three seasons of "Buffy," there's a lot of bands
> playing at the Bronze. Those are all real bands, although they rarely use
> the band's real name.
*And they're really UNKNOWN...don't think they've ever had mainstream play...
Lauren
W. Blaine Dowler
> *And they're really UNKNOWN...don't think they've ever had mainstream
> play...
They had Third Eye Blind once. (I think it was for a season premier, so it
may have been an advertising point.) Apart from that, I haven't heard of
any of them.
I wouldn't be surprised if they had Nerf Herder on there at some point,
either. Of course, that's a group that's unknown to anyone who doesn't
read the Buffy credits. :)
forge
Kay's Choice was unknown? Sean Lennon's band Cibo Matto? Allison
Krauss and Union Station?
http://www.clan-bertram.co.uk/Buffy/Series_one.html
http://www.clan-bertram.co.uk/Buffy/Series_two.html
John Iwaniszek
> On 4 Nov 2002 12:24:07 -0800, thedamn...@yahoo.com (Lauren) wrote:
>
>>> If you look at the first three seasons of "Buffy," there's a lot of
>>> bands playing at the Bronze. Those are all real bands, although
>>> they rarely use the band's real name.
>>
>>
>> *And they're really UNKNOWN...don't think they've ever had mainstream
>> play...
>
> Kay's Choice was unknown? Sean Lennon's band Cibo Matto? Allison
> Krauss and Union Station?
Cibo Matto is cool. Real Sci Fi Wasabi!
Lauren
*Its not like Top 40 or anything
Lauren
forge
>> Kay's Choice was unknown? Sean Lennon's band Cibo Matto? Allison
>> Krauss and Union Station?
>*Its not like Top 40 or anything
No, but Top 40 isn't the limit of pop music in America. Heck,
Billboard magazine has several other charts itself! Plus lots of
people buy and listen to music that doesn't make a significant mark on
*any* chart *anywhere,* because it's good music.
Doesn't have to be Top 40 to be good - I mean, that's only forty songs
after all. There are radio stations that only play the Top 40 (mixed
in with stuff from further down the chart and a few "this was a
chart-topper a few months back" tunes. They're... kinda dull, really.
I hate hearing the same song twice in a 2-hour period.
Lauren
> No, but Top 40 isn't the limit of pop music in America. Heck,
> Billboard magazine has several other charts itself! Plus lots of
> people buy and listen to music that doesn't make a significant mark on
> *any* chart *anywhere,* because it's good music.
>
> Doesn't have to be Top 40 to be good - I mean, that's only forty songs
> after all. There are radio stations that only play the Top 40 (mixed
> in with stuff from further down the chart and a few "this was a
> chart-topper a few months back" tunes. They're... kinda dull, really.
> I hate hearing the same song twice in a 2-hour period.
*You must've MISunderstood what I meant...MEANING most of the bands on
Buffy aren't top 40...is Louie Says on top 40? no...is Nickel top 40?
no....I MEANT that the bands ON there are mainly indie, non-mainstream
and stuff....whereas Smallville has had music on there by the Goo Goo
Dolls, Oasis, etc. etc. I don't find anything wrong with Top 40 or
non-mainstream bands (hell I don't even really listen to the radio
anymore since my preferences are towards punk bands such as The
Explosion, The Adicts, etc.)Did I clear up the confusion?
Lauren
forge
>Did I clear up the confusion?
Yes.