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Okay. I guess I'm okay with this.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #69:
"On the Good Ship Lollipop", Bright Eyes, 1934, sung by Shirley Temple, written by Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare

Checks out.

Someone wants to tell me this is a better song than rainbow connection? I'm ready to fight right here and now.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #68:
"Streets of Philadelphia", Philadelphia, 1993, sung and written by Bruce Springsteen

Nope. And before Phoebe says it: the fact that this is above Rainbow Connection is a goddamn crime.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #67:
"Nobody Does It Better", The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977, sung by Carly Simon, written by Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager


This is a bit of a crappy video capture of it, but I always remember this song being used for a commercial that was at the beginning of VHS tape movies back in the 90s:

Way too high on this list, and definitely belongs lower than Rainbow Connection.

I agree Rainbow Connection is a top 20 movie song!

Also, I have a soft spot for Streets of Philadelphia
and Nobody Does it Better is the best Bond. Maybe should be higher!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #66:
"Suicide Is Painless", M*A*S*H, 1970, sung by Chorus, written by Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman

Nah. I mean sure it's a song written for a movie, but no one cared until it was a TV theme song.

I give it a 27 out of 100% as good as Rainbow Connection

Agreed. Doesn't belong on the list.

Pete's Top 36 36 Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai #13



The better kite one! Not only better kites, better buildings, better Fuji, and in a rare case... pretty good people too! I mean they are still grotesques, but one is feeling so gnarly that the kites are out. Looks like he's doing the rock and roll devil horns, as everyone should do when kites are flying because kites are cool, dudes.

But wait, another person is throwing a package. I'd like to think still the guy's hands are stretched out because he's vibing so hard on the kites that he doesn't notice a chicken (or giant saltwater taffy) being hurled their way. What an inspiration!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #65:
"I Will Always Love You", The Bodyguard, 1992, sung by Whitney Houston, written by Dolly Parton

Eye--ey-eyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #64:
"My Favorite Things", The Sound of Music, 1965, sung by Julie Andrews, written by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II

Whitney- for sure. Should be higher. Maybe top ten. Definitely above Rainbow Connection.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #63:
"Thanks for the Memory", The Big Broadcast of 1938, 1938, sung by Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, written by Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin

Meh. It's no Rainbow Connection.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #62:
"Beauty and the Beast", Beauty and the Beast, 1991, sung by Angela Lansbury (as Mrs. Potts), written by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman

Seems about right. Rainbow Connection should be way above this, though.

Amen.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #61:
"Get Happy", Summer Stock, 1950, sung by Judy Garland, written by Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler

Nope.

I put the second 'm', in the bomp-di-bomp-di-bomp.

Eliahad wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:55 pm I put the second 'm', in the bomp-di-bomp-di-bomp.

In the middle bomp? That was you?

Beauty in the Beast a good 85% Rainbow Connection. I always liked it but never made me teary eyed until imagining Howard Ashman writing it on his deathbed. Oh, it's happening again!

poorpete wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:55 pm Screen Shot 2022-03-22 at 4.44.18 PM.jpg

I finally figured out what was happening here and I am now dead and slain halpppppp

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #60:
"It Had to Be You", When Harry Met Sally..., 1989, sung by Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., written by Isham Jones, Gus Kahn

Eh. I guess.

No. I reject that. Good song, sure, but not because of the movie. Not an iconic movie moment. When the song plays anywhere else, an overwhelming majority of people DON'T think of When Harry Met Sally.

Simply no.

Eh. I guess.

Kyle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:27 amEh. I guess.

Support me, dammit!!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #59:
"Tonight", West Side Story, 1961, sung by Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood) and Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), written by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim

Mike wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:53 am

Kyle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:27 amEh. I guess.

Support me, dammit!!

I was agreeing with you! What more do you want from me?!?

Have y'all seen the new version. It's pretty pretty pretty pretty good!

If you love amazing camera work and choreography, it's heaven.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #58:
"Gonna Fly Now", Rocky, 1976, sung by DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford, written by Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins

Yup, that's the one I associate with that movie.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #57:
"The Windmills of Your Mind", The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968, sung by Noel Harrison, written by Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman

I associate its iconic opening titles.



Didn't know it was played again in the film, which shows how long I get through the film before getting bored and turning it off. Never lives up to the titles, which promises something exciting and intriguing and instead leaves us with scenes like that.

Good song! I like these Leonard Cohen-esque poetic meanderers.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #56:
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls", Gigi, 1958, sung by Maurice Chevalier, written by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner

#56? Creeps be voting!

Ewwww. No no no no no.

Tahlvin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:41 am #56
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls", Gigi, 1958

So the American film institute is a nasty, vile organization, yes, but I need a specific list of the people who were on the voting committee for this particular ranking and placed this particular song on it, not to mention this far above rainbow connection. I was already riled up by the other crap on this page but now I want to know who's responsible personally.

Like when I think top movie songs, for sure I'm thinking of droll little numbers that celebrate underage girls being sex trafficked by their own parents, and how much the perverts appreciate it.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #55:
"Flashdance... What a Feeling", Flashdance, 1983, sung by Irene Cara, written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara

I get it. Appropriate placement. Rainbow Connection should be above it.

Pete's Top 36 36 Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai #12


Beautiful winter wonderland, idealistic cabin (mimics Fuji), snow on trees, using very few colors and using them well. Maybe doesn't peak my intellectual curiosity, but I just love looking at this one. One of the few where the people in the print are enjoying the scenery just like us.