How many times have you heard a song in a show or movie, only to have it get stuck in your head until you watched the show again or at least satisfied your brain with a listen on Spotify? Such is my life lately.
This past week was “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is” by Irma Thomas (https://open.spotify.com/track/6L2woktiAuW35BrcROmhW5?si=IfxF4PU3Tgufsqgz_bT6ew). I got sucked into Black Mirror by Netflix’s great marketing (http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/?ref=m_nv_sr_1). I swear this song is the only song they got permission for. It shows up in so many episodes you can’t help but wonder what exactly are the writers trying to communicate with this choice? Are we to assume all episodes of the show take place in the same horrific universe? Eek.
Before that it was yet another Netflix show, Stranger Things (http://m.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/?ref=m_nv_sr_1). The unmistakable sounds of the 80’s make this not just one of the most listenable soundtracks but one of the most memorable as well (https://open.spotify.com/album/0CTCk1eshEadFqZ4NBfe9N?si=cIEN7R-WSQClqskdIwAbTw). It makes for particularly great driving music. And if you are the passenger you can enjoy Spotify’s “Stranger Things Mode”. Oooooo….
Ok, so it’s just a flash light… booo
The last song that gets stuck in my head all the time is the very first song from the movie Youth (http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3312830/). Not only do they shove you right into the singers face for the first three minutes of the movie, they play the entire length of “You’ve Got The Love” (https://open.spotify.com/track/0ORGJ57agfMRKO242oprbf?si=RqLEjhZ1SlKc0aSWxzwRjA), thereby placing it squarely in your subconscious, only to come back weeks and months later begging for a re-watch. While listening to this on Spotify I actually discovered the rest of the soundtrack is pretty darn good as well. Even the song sung by cows (https://open.spotify.com/track/5iOVO7D5JbtyTqFF62c11i?si=t1Ttb7A2SR-GL7Rdw9j2Cg). If you never watch the movie (which you should) you should at least give the soundtrack a spin. Cows people, cows…
Sir Michael Caine directing cows in song, does it get any better than this?
