tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776031415427663302.post6688452582423617271..comments2024-03-27T00:27:04.726-04:00Comments on Net-flixation: Question for the Week of May 29-Jun 1: Strangest Theme Song TrendsThaddeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776031415427663302.post-24272487129866617922014-05-29T13:20:16.071-04:002014-05-29T13:20:16.071-04:00Stupid me, I thought "Hollis" was short ...Stupid me, I thought "Hollis" was short for "Hollywood!" Now I gotta check all this on wiki...Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776031415427663302.post-74926301774143071432014-05-29T13:15:48.686-04:002014-05-29T13:15:48.686-04:00The funny thing is, in Die Hard John McClane's...The funny thing is, in Die Hard John McClane's a New York cop who's a fish out of water in LA. The transition song that announces he's in a weird new environment when he arrives on the West Coast? It's a song about Hollis, Queens!DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901649394069002585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776031415427663302.post-49509629904707002972014-05-29T12:47:41.020-04:002014-05-29T12:47:41.020-04:00Well, you are dead right on the Ghostbusters II sc...Well, you are dead right on the Ghostbusters II score. I just didnt want to write more about that film - it's best left forgotten, but it was an oversight.<br /><br />However, the three cases I provided were songs specifically made for the films. "Christmas in Hollis" is a nicely jarring transition that announces that the lead is now in a whole new, weird environment, so it's suitable in that context. Also, it doesn't mention Nakatomi Plaza or Bruce Willis' character, John...Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776031415427663302.post-82134235741135937922014-05-29T12:31:05.879-04:002014-05-29T12:31:05.879-04:00It goes beyond strange theme songs, I think this w...It goes beyond strange theme songs, I think this was an overall soundtrack trend in the late '80s, where every studio film soundtrack was supposed to resemble a pop top 40 station. So you get Bobby Brown on the Ghostbusters II (1989) soundtrack (he does a little rap about Vigo in the theme song), then you also get Run-DMC, Elton John, Doug E. Fresh, Oingo Boingo, and Glenn Frey.<br /><br />The first stick-out-like-a-sore-thumb use of hip hop that I can remember in a film was Run-DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" in Die Hard. It's of a piece with Argyle's subplot, which features him hanging around doing nothing much all movie long, until it's time for him to punch out the film's black undervillain.DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901649394069002585noreply@blogger.com