Way OT: Stoopidest Academy Awards for Best Song

by Titov on Sep 6, 2009 12:45 PM EDT Comment 36 comments

1964: Chim Chim Cheree beats My Kind of Town and Dear Heart
1966: Born Free beats Alfie and Georgie Girl
1967: Talk to the Animals beats The Look of Love. Seriously.
1973: The way We Were beats Live and Let Die. Holy crap!
1977: You Light Up My Life beats...anything. OK, Nobody Does It Better.
1982: Up Where We Belong beats It Might Be You
1995: Colors of the Wind beats You've Got a Friend

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LOL

I saw John Williams conduct the LA Phil @ Hollywood Bowl last night. I was really looking forward to Born Free but…. they never played it. It’s not an amazing song or anything, but I have no problem with it beating Georgie Girl, and probably none for it beating Alfie, either.

You Light Up My Life beating Nobody Does It Better is sacrilege. And Live And Let Die? Maybe one of the best oscar nominated songs ever. ’Nuff said.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 6, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed: Live and Let Die is, in the end, my choice for best non-winner.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 6, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

pretty good...

thinking about wings makes me cry, though.

"If they pitch to you, make them pay."

--Diamond Dave to the Phenom

by j.q. higgins on Sep 7, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As somebody put it: "Wings: the group the Beatles might've been..."

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe, but...

from a critical and commercial standpoint, don’t you think george was probably the most accomplished ex-beatle?

(though, if memory serves, ringo has the most ex-beatle #1s)

"If they pitch to you, make them pay."

--Diamond Dave to the Phenom

by j.q. higgins on Sep 8, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

From a critical standpoint

Did George do anything good beyond All Things Must Pass? I would go with John as the most critically accomplished ex-Beatle. Imagine and Plastic Ono Band are classics. And Double Fantasy isn’t bad.

Birdman is too sexy for this website.

by birdman on Sep 8, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the record after that...

did well. i guess cloud nine is really more of a jeff lynne/george harrison record.

your point’s fair, though.

john lennon certainly made the most consistently good records post-beatles. walls and bridges and mind games are pretty freakin solid, as well. i think double fantasy is kind of weak.

"If they pitch to you, make them pay."

--Diamond Dave to the Phenom

by j.q. higgins on Sep 8, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I forgot about Cloud Nine. Good stuff.

Birdman is too sexy for this website.

by birdman on Sep 8, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Traveling Wilburys?

Jim Palmer: "I said to Nolan, 'Why do you run every ball out like that?' and he said, 'Why wouldn’t you?' "

by duck on Sep 8, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but TW doesn't count as solo work

But I do like Handle with Care especially the Roy Orbison vocals.

Birdman is too sexy for this website.

by birdman on Sep 8, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and honestly?

THAT’S all about jeff lynne, too, for the most part (arrangment and production-wise).

"If they pitch to you, make them pay."

--Diamond Dave to the Phenom

by j.q. higgins on Sep 8, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+2, I miss 'em

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yikes, that was supposed to get laughs! It's an Alan Partridge joke (though I can't swear he coined it...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZspqjtG2k

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Slow afternoon in Moscow, btw?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 6, 2009 1:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yup. I just couldn't do any translating. Forget it. Two gin and tonics later, It Might Be You comes on the radio and I'm thinking...

what a great song— what could possibly have beaten it out for the AA? Off to Google. Yikes, I thought I was steamed when I got there…

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 6, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i hate to disagree, but

Tootsie is an amazing film. Practically flawless. But the one part of it I can’t abide is the It MIght Be You montage in the middle. Cloyingly saccharin, and takes a smart rom com and turns it into pap for three minutes.

Different strokes…

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 6, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No argument for the montage; it's the song I like. And I'm also quite partial to S. Bishop's other smasheroo chart-er...

which evokes a reaction among various people I know not unlike Belushi’s reaction to Bishop himself in Animal House.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 7, 2009 5:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

without looking,

it’s the pina colada song, right?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 7, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no wait

it’s “on and on” isn’t it?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 7, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ding-ding-ding!

Far as I’m concerned, SB is a two-hit wonder— but boy, those were some two hits…

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so are you saying it's actually stephen bishop playing "i gave my love a cherry" in AH?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 8, 2009 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yup. Check 'im out. I DARE you not to start laughing when Bluto pauses on the stares, looks left...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JYq-mXprw

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 3:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

er, stairs...although "stares" has a certain ur-logic to it, I guess.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 3:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

GENIUS

Man, the 6 or 7 different takes Belushi does there—what a comic master he was.

Bishop sings On and On on American Bandstand

WARNING: Contains bad 70’s split-screen “ghosting” effects and close-ups of Bishop’s teeth.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 8, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, annoying effects & it's off-sync-- but the sound is remarkably good!

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, and agreed

takes a ladder, plucks a star from the sky
puts on sinatra and starts to cry

how can anyone deny that is a sweet lyric?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 8, 2009 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+3

Every guy everywhere who has ever missed an old girlfriend (show of hands, please?) has some stake in that lyric

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 3:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

whoops, i misquoted

“takes a ladder steals the stars from the sky”

and yeah. i think i probably cried to that lyric after getting dumped in the late 70s.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Sep 8, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And no, those don't even come close.

“Blame Canada” from “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut” losing to Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be In My Heart” from “Tarzan.”

THAT’S the biggest travesty for Best Song.

Jim Palmer: "I said to Nolan, 'Why do you run every ball out like that?' and he said, 'Why wouldn’t you?' "

by duck on Sep 6, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So, I take it no one else was outraged by this?????

Jim Palmer: "I said to Nolan, 'Why do you run every ball out like that?' and he said, 'Why wouldn’t you?' "

by duck on Sep 8, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A miscarriage of justice, to be sure

But I stopped caring about what the Academy thought when all Pulp Fiction & Tarantino got was the table scrap of “best screenplay”.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Sep 8, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

goodfellas getting screwed...

did it for me.

…but i’m eyetalian.

"If they pitch to you, make them pay."

--Diamond Dave to the Phenom

by j.q. higgins on Sep 8, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Guilty pleasure alert:

I love “up where we belong.”

When you're born into the human race you're given a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you're given a front row seat. And some of us have notepads.-George Carlin

by Afghanistan Steve on Sep 7, 2009 12:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Aarrrrgggghhhh! Barrrrfffff!

But I mean that in a positive, supportive kind of way.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 8, 2009 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand.

I really am a little girl, and should be shot in the head for some of my tastes.

When you're born into the human race you're given a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you're given a front row seat. And some of us have notepads.-George Carlin

by Afghanistan Steve on Sep 9, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Miscarriage of justice II

“I’m Checkin Out” sung by Meryl Streep at the end of Postcards From the Edge lost to some tune from Dick Tracy.

Shel Silverstein (who wrote “Where the Sidewalk Ends”) wrote "I’m Checkin Out’ for the movie, but it sounds like an old honky-tonk standard. The lyrics are priceless.

by typozzz on Sep 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs