I love Journey. But for some reason I hated, “Don’t Stop Believin” and I could not understand why I loathed that song until I recently rewatched The Sopranos for the second time after 16 years and the final episode had that song playing until the “blackout.” And now I know why…
Anyone else had a similar experience with a popular song that you couldn’t explain why it rubbed you the wrong way?
Immigrant song, in “Thor Ragnarok”, on the bridge scene at the end when he gets his thunder powers back, why did they play immigrant song again? It should’ve been Thunderstruck. It really really really should’ve been. Then Deadpool 2 used Thunderstruck in the parachuting scene and I just wanted to cry. It should’ve been in Thor
You’re not the God of hammers
“You’ve been [Thor hits the bridge] thunderstruck”
I mean, Immigrant Song is about Ragnarok? Not saying that Thunderstruck wouldn’t have been killer, but, thematically Immigrant Song is perfect.
I’m with you, but I’m Aussie. The thought of seeing Hemsworth’s God of Thunder make a heroic comeback to the sound of Acca Dacca’s Thunderstruck chills the beer in my veins (in a good way).
On a (slightly) related tangent, I’ve literally just realised I’ve been incorrectly thinking Immigrant Song was also used for Gadot’s Wonder Woman. It wasn’t, but I definitely wasn’t the only one who thought it was.
I hate when album style music is played in the context of a movie where the characters can’t hear it.
I would have preferred something like epic and old sounding for that scene, for example I like back in black in the avengers because it’s literally playing in the world and the characters can hear it.
The way it’s done Thor Ragnarok just instantly kills immersion.
Well… there is a KISS song that may fit…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MysFVQ7SMnE&pp=ygUTZ29kIG9mIHRodW5kZXIga2lzcw%3D%3D
Music nerd here so bear with me.
I liked Third Eye Blind when I first heard them, probably as a teen? (I’m an older millennial.) But then every song they released afterward sounded the same and I couldn’t stand them anymore. I took enough music theory (read: too much, I have degrees) so I was able to figure out why. They lean hard on singing on the third scale degree over a IV chord, which I suppose you could claim is a IV7, but their melody is always on the third. So yeah. I think they’re hacks without any ideas except that one. I get why people think they’re catchy though.
I’ve never noticed this but I have a feeling I’ll never be able to listen to them the same way again
I’m not super familiar with a lot of 3EB’s work, but I do like “How’s It Gonna Be”, and you’re absolutely right, they lean on that third pretty hard as a melodic element. The third tends to be sung a lot against the ii in that particular song (so yielding a ii9), but when they do use the IV, I notice the melody will often do the same, and it serves as kind of a tension breaker given how much emphasis is given to the third against the other chords leading up to the IV. The bass line is also great in this song, not just using the root of the chord, but different degrees and transitions between them for interest. That said, I can’t speak to the rest of their catalogue.
Fucking Sweet Caroline. Such an annoying song because everyone expects you to sing along to that stupid-ass part.
The story behind what inspired that song is pretty interesting though….
It’s opposite for me (in that I now like a song I hated). I never really liked Hip To Be Square by Huey Lewis. It always felt a bit cheesy to me, and I always thought Power Of Love did a much better job of showcasing Huey’s talent.
But then I saw that scene in American Psycho. And now when I hear Hip To Be Square, it reminds me of how much I love that movie. So I don’t mind the song any more.
I kinda like don’t stop believin’, because for a pop song it has one extended chorus to end the song. I like unique song structures though especially when really popular songs do something interesting like that. Journey kinda played around with structure and phrasing, given their musical backgrounds. Arena rock with fusion roots.
That’s the thing. I always recognized it as an amazing song, but I actually got nauseous whenever it came on the radio and I just could not figure out why until now.
Damn the last episode of the Sopranos. Now I need to figure out why I hate “Fly me to the Moon” when i love Sinatra so much.
Have you seen Neon Genesis Evangelion? Fly me to the moon was the ending theme, and that might explain it if you saw all 26 episodes.
