movies that feature musical numbers- Page 2

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 2/17/06 at 11:37pm

Which one, DawnlikesRent?
The one where they sing "Good King Wenceslaus" and the kids start jumping and dancing around? Or are there others? I haven't seen it yet.

And speaking of holiday movies with emotions, I just saw a movie called "NOEL". It's great stuff. It has beautiful, somber music by LSOH's Alan Menken, who I believe is one of the best composers EVER.

[caitiesus1522]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:13am

10 Things I Hate About You has a musical number :)

The rest of my favorites have been mentioned (Mel Brooks movies)

[LaVieHilary]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:06am

Oh I loved 10 things I hate about you!!!!
-My Best Friend's Wedding has Say a Little Prayer
-Pretty in Pink has that one scene with Duckie but he is lipsyncing

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:09am

The First Wives Club..."You Don't Own Me".

"Killing Me Softly" in About a Boy.

Kind of shoddy examples, but hey.
Updated On: 2/18/06 at 01:09 AM

[jimmirae]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:19am

"The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert"
Song list:
1. I've Never Been To Me - Charlene
2. Go West - Village People
3. Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace
4. My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
5. I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges (original version)
6. Can't Help Lovin' That Man - Trudy Richards
7. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
8. Fine Romance, A - Lena Horne
9. Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
10. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Patti Page 11. Finally - CeCe Peniston (7" choice mix)
12. Take A Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
13. Mamma Mia - ABBA
14. Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
15. I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges (real rapino 7" mix)
16. Go West-The Village People (original 12" mix)
17. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (1993 Phil Kelsey classic 12" mix)
18. Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb (original 12" mix)
19. I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges (Phillip Damien extended vox)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:26am

Get Over It

[jimmirae]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:29am

??? Is that me that is supposed to and if so, What am I to get over please? Thank You

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:42am

I can't believe no one remembered the best one of all.The Spanish Inquisition from History of the World Part I.That is my favorite scene from any of his movies.

Updated On: 2/18/06 at 01:42 AM

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 2:54am

I think Capn was referring to the movie "Get Over It."

Posted: 2/18/06 at 9:41am

HOW THE WEST WAS WON - "Home in the Meadow","Raise a Ruckus" and "What Was Your Name in the States?" - All performed by Debbie Reynolds.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 10:07am

Yeah, jimmirae...no worries, Get Over It is a teen movie with Kirsten Dunst.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 10:28am

How could I forget the Spanish Inquisition? Love it love it love it!
"Hey Torquemada, whaddaya say?/
I just got back from the auto-da-fe!/
Auto-da-fe? What's an auto-da-fe!/
It's what you oughtn't ta do, but you do anyway!"

Of course does anybody remember the "Rockafella Skank" dance number in "She's All That"?

[sally1112]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 10:55am

Tank Girl. There is a beautiful 1930's style musical number smack in the middle of this movie. It's a Cole Porter song...and in the movie it takes place in an indoor pool.
I remember watching this with friends, and as soon as it was over, we went back and watched just this sceen two or three more times.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 11:08am

I remember the Rockafella Skank number well, Josh. I was at a dance a while ago and it came on, but no one would do the dance with me. I seriously tried to get them to.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 11:39am

That reminds me of the number from "13 Going on 30" where Jennifer Garner and the cast do the whole "Thriller" routine to help kick the party up a notch.

All the Camp Chippewa songs in "Addams Family Values", of course.

I wish I learned that Rockafella Skank dance so the next time I'm at a dance and they play that song, I'm getting anybody who knows that dance to do it. Of course I might get the same results as justagirl2, but who knows.

John Cleese's version of "My Way" from George Of The Jungle.

The "Sound of Music" songs featured in "The Pacifier".

And of course, who could forget "Shout" from National Lampoon's Animal House?

[QMAN03]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 12:30pm

If anybody wants to see the worst musical number in a movie, go see Date Movie. It was one of the worst scenes I have ever seen on film.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:31pm

Not Another Teen Movie

Bullets over Broadway

[DawnlikesRent]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 2:12pm

Josh,
There are kids who do a musical number in Love Actually. They do it for a talent show. Its a band and the girl sings. I think they sing some Christmas song.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:39pm

That's cool.

I got some really old cult stuff here:

A really old one called "HYSTERICAL" from 1983. In the middle of the film, some crazed villagers-turned-zombies start doing a dance/song called "Zomboogie!"

And probably the weirdest sci-fi spoof ever: "ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES". In fact, they have a couple of musical numbers, one being an uptempo dance number. I wouldn't be too surprised if people musicalized that and took it to the stage.

And, of course, the Muppets have their share of musical numbers in their movies, which are some of my favorites. Muppet Movie has some great songs, but it is THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER that pays true homage to the old MGM-style musical numbers. There's an Astaire-style shadow tap dance that Kermit does, and there are two Piggy numbers: a foxtrot Cole Porter-style ballad that turns into a vigorous dance break with men in tuxedos flanking Piggy Monroe-style. The other one she has is very Esther Williams, which is-- you guessed it-- SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING!!! To heighten things up, they even hired a Broadway-style chorus to sing backup for the big numbers.

While THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN has a lot of Broadway-style songs (orchestrated by Broadway vet Ralph Burns) that they do in their Broadway-bound show, they changed directions with "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (by Paul Williams) which is basically light-piano-meets-baroque pop numbers like "Room In Your Heart" and "One More Sleep Till Christmas". Muppet Treasure Island was given a more swashbuckling feel with a couple of comic turns (one of them by Tim Curry!). There are no original song numbers in "Muppets from Space," but there are, like some that were previously mentioned, big dance numbers set to "Brick House" and "Celebration". The former is absolutely hilarious as it takes place on their usual wake-up rituals with the Commodores song being played in the background. At the end involve everybody getting down with their bad selves and singing in unison... "OH, A BRICK... HOUSE!!" Anybody seen any of these?

Okay that was weird and pretty dang LONG.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:09pm

Major props to whoever mentioned The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. That movie is KA-RAZY! Hugo Weaving leads a great rendition of "I Will Survive", all while wearing an awesome green gown.

I think Robert DeNiro had a thing for "I Feel Pretty" in the Analyze movies, didn't he? That was pretty great, too.

[mygfdontliveincanada]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:48pm

The best--by far--is "The Sweetest Thing"

You're too big to fit in here,
Too big to fit in there...

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:50pm

Anger Management also has a cameo musical appearence in it with I FEEL PRETTY

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 11:05pm

Cable Guy - "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane
Ella Enchanted - "Somebody to Love" by Queen, and of course "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Planes Trains and Automobiles - everybody singing "Meet The Flintstones" led by John Candy

I second Anchorman - "Afternoon Delight"

[jimmirae]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 11:23pm

Thanks for letting me know what "Get over it" was - I thought I was supposed to get over something, but what to get over I was totally lost on, LOL!
Also, I'm glad you enjoyed Priscilla as much as I did, LOVE that film, Big Time!! Always makes me feel better!

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 11:33pm

It is a very different film. Those crazy Aussies...and their love of all things ABBA! LoL