movie songs

[geordie]

there is so many forgotton movie songs that i like some are classics
all that i am :worthy: please dontstop loving me i could go on. whats yours

[simmerrocks]

iv'e always liked ,the girl i never loved, beginners luck , a world of our own, big love big heartache. among others . have a great week, simmerrocks

[T_J]

Follow that Dream is perhaps my fave movie song, although not really a forgotten one. Some less high profile ones I like are:

A boy like me, a girl like you
I don't wanna be tied
So close, yet so far
You're time hasn't come yet baby
All I needed was the rain

[Deke Rivers]

Let's Forget About The Stars comes to mind as does Summer Kisses, Winter Tears....Wild In The Country.......I'm not sure I Got Lucky fits that category but I love it.....I have to agree with So Close Yet So Far (From Paradise); Let Us Pray also comes to mind....I am sure I am forgetting a few.

[boogie]

let's see, when i play some movie songs there are always these i would go for
Flaming Star
Wild in the country
Marguerita
angel

[NightRider]

There are many great move tracks....i don't believe that half are as bad as some people would make out Ok...there are a couple of real howlers but most are enjoyable at the very least.

Anyhow....a few of my favourites.....

Please don't stop loving me
Beginners Luck
Pocketful of rainbows
Charro
Change Of Habit
Edge Of Reality
Home is where the heart is
What every woman lives for
Clean up your own backyard
Big Love Big Heartache
I got lucky
Puppet on a string
Wolf call

i could go on....and on....so i better stop there

[Albert]

Because Elvis (as The King of Rock'n Roll) received (and still receives) so much criticism on his movies, the fans seem to be embarrased by them. And because those sessions for the moviesoundtracks replaced sessions of the regular (and mostly stronger) studioalbums.

Many of the soundtracksongs aren't near as good as tracks from albums like 'Elvis Is Back', 'Pot Luck' or 'Something For Everybody', most of the times they were still entertaining. And there even are quite a few very good songs recorded for the soundtracks.

These are (in my opinion) underrated gems:
* All That I Am
* Almost
* Can't Help Falling In Love
* Change Of Habits
* Clean Up Your Own Backyard
* Dixieland Rock
* Edge Or Reality (almost 60's psychodelic)
* Have a Happy
* I Need Somebody To Lean On
* Let Us Pray
* Let Yourself Go
* Spinout
* They Remind Me Too Much of You
* Tonight Is Allright For Love
* Trouble

and many more...

These songs are strong enough to be on normal studioalbums, or be released as single. Great quality...

[JerryNodak]

I'll just name a few: I Need Sombody To Lean On; Angel; Kissin' Cousins;
Tender Feeling; Spinout; Am I Ready?; Home Is Where The Heart Is; Hard Knocks. I could go on..............

[Scottishthistle]

There are far to many favourite movie songs for me to name but if I have to name two off the top of my head i would say..

Young Dreams -King Creole

vino dinero y' amor - Fun in Acapulco

[curtis simpkins]

What about.

Today,Tomorrow And Forever- (With Ann-margret)
your the boss-(With Ann-margret)
and "the lady loves me"-(With Ann-margret)

i think that these are rare and forgotton movie songs from viva las vegas.

and thinks to ftd it is on the maine soundtrack it would stay for a very long time.

[Jungleroom76]

GREAT QUESTION GEORDIE!!!

In my opinion, as with most everyone else here, there are quite a few underrated movie songs that deserve more attention than they receive!

Some of the underrated movie songs, in my opinion, are:

* ALMOST
* CHANGE OF HABIT
* LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE STARS (although I have to say on this one that I am glad they didn't include it in CHARRO...considering CHARRO was a serious Western, this song just wouldn't have been appropriate for inclusion in the film in my opinion, despite how pretty it is!)

* THE GIRL I NEVER LOVED
* HARD LUCK (what a great blues song!)
* IF YOU THINK I DON'T NEED YOU
* SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR (FROM PARADISE)
* DRUMS OF THE ISLANDS
* I'LL BE BACK
* CITY BY NIGHT
* ALMOST IN LOVE
* EDGE OF REALITY
* POCKETFUL OF RAINBOWS

I'm sure there are others I am forgetting right off hand, but these are a few of my favorite underrated movie songs!!!

TCB!
Mike

[carolynlm]

I have to agree with 'I'll Be Back'............it's a classic......

[Jungleroom76]

THANKS CAROLYNLM!!! GLAD YOU AGREE!!!

TCB!
Mike

[Lonniebealestreet]

I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell is a favorite of mine I haven't seen mentioned yet.

I first heard the non-movie version on a cassette of Separate Ways, I guess, and I've really dug it ever since. It is a highly underrated song, equally deserving of acclaim as many of the '50s chart-toppers, in my mind.

It's so catchy! The movie version is appropriate for the situation, but the other really rocks!

[Jungleroom76]

Ahhhh yes....the unforgettable Camden album SEPARATE WAYS with that goofy looking cover of Elvis standing in the middle of the highway just waiting to be run over!!!

Not to mention the embarassing tracklisting for that album, with 2 of Elvis' greatest ballads from the 1970's mixed in with a bunch of lesser known songs. (I'm certainly not knocking the other songs on the SEPARATE WAYS album by any means...but SEPARATE WAYS and ALWAYS ON MY MIND certainly deserved better treatment than they got being stuck on a budget album!) Almost as embarassing as the BURNING LOVE AND HITS FROM HIS MOVIES VOL. 2 album from Camden (exactly when were SANTA LUCIA or I LOVE ONLY ONE GIRL hits for Elvis? Must have missed those on the charts!)

GREAT CALL on I SLIPPED, I STUMBLED, I FELL though, buddy!!! A GREAT SONG FOR SURE!!!

TCB!
Mike

[quinn53]

Anything from King Creole
Young And Beautiful
Tonight Is So Right For Love
One Broken Heart For Sale
Return To Sender
Anything from Tickle Me, though these were older songs
many more, and the ones already mentioned

[Memphisgurl]

i've only seen 4 movies of elvis's so far, LOVING YOU, GI BLUES AND IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR, VIVA LAS VEGAS.

the songs fron viva las vegas were great! viva las vegas of course, c'mon everybody i liked.


shoppig around was good, gi blues also.

[PaleRider]

I agree with many of the ones already mentioned. Sticking to just lesser-known songs, here are a few more 60's movie tunes I haven't seen mentioned yet that I enjoy:

• Wonderful World
• Lonely Man
• Stay Away (Greensleeves)
• Where Do You Come From
• Almost In Love

[1100ccRider]

If I confine it just to my favorites from the '60s movies, not counting the great studio songs used in Tickle Me or the excellent "Rubberneckin'," there're still a lot of songs. Even then I skipped many that I like a lot -- the soundtracks to Blue Hawaii and Fun In Acapulco, for example, are of a pretty unformly high standard and very enjoyable (beautiful lesser-known ballads like "Hawaiian Sunset," "Island Of Love," etc, etc, etc). Here's my list, including some songs recorded for the soundtrack but cut from the film:

Shoppin' Around
Doin' The Best I Can
G.I. Blues
Wooden Heart
Pocketful Of Rainbows
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Flaming Star
Lonely Man
In My Way
Wild In The Country
Forget Me Never
Aloha Oe
No More
Slicin' Sand
Blue Hawaii
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Steppin' Out Of Line
Can't Help Falling In Love
Beach Boy Blues
Rock A Hula Baby
Angel
Follow That Dream
What A Wonderful Life
King Of The Whole Wide World
Home Is Where The Heart Is
Riding The Rainbow
I Got Lucky
This Is Living
We're Coming In Loaded
Thanks To The Rolling Sea
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Return To Sender
I Don't Wanna Be Tied
We'll Be Together
Mama
Relax
They Remind Me Too Much Of You
One Broken Heart For Sale
Beyond The Bend
Bossa Nova Baby
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
Marguerita
El Toro
Guadalajara
C'mon Everybody
Viva Las Vegas
I Need Somebody To Lean On
Santa Lucia
Today, Tomorrow, And Forever
What'd I Say
Kissin' Cousins
Little Egypt
Poison Ivy League
Hard Knocks
It's A Wonderful World
Roustabout
Big Love, Big Heartache
One Track Heart
Carny Town
There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon
Wheels On My Heels
Puppet On A String
The Meanest Girl In Town
Girl Happy
Cross My Heart, Hope To Die
Spring Fever
Do Not Disturb
I've Got To Find My Baby
Wolf Call
Shake That Tambourine
So Close, Yet So Far
Wisdom Of The Ages
Hey, Little Girl
Animal Instinct
Please Don't Stop Loving Me
Shout It Out
Frankie And Johnny
Chesay
Hard Luck
Drums Of The Islands
This Is My Heaven
Sand Castles
A Dog's Life (total garbage, but catchy garbage)
Stop, Look, Listen
Am I Ready
Beach Shack (and the outtakes are classic)
Spinout
All That I Am
I'll Be Back
Could I Fall In Love?
Double Trouble
Baby, If You'll Give Me All Of Your Love
Long Legged Girl
City By Night
Easy Come, Easy Go
I'll Take Love
She's A Machine
You Gotta Stop
How Can You Lose What You Never Had
You Don't Know Me (but the studio version is FAR better)
Clambake (can't help it!)
Hey, Hey, Hey (again -- catchy garbage)
There Ain't Nothing Like A Song
Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
Who Are You?
Speedway
Suppose
Let Yourself Go
All I Needed Was The Rain
Dominick (I know -- its just so infernally appealing to me, darn it)
Goin' Home
Stay Away
Wonderful World
Edge Of Reality
A Little Less Conversation
Almost In Love
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard
Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
Almost
Charro!
Change Of Habit

Even if you're pickier than I am -- and these really are my favorites, meaning that there are plenty more that I like a lot -- there's a fair amount of good material there. Would I have preferred that Elvis' career had gone a different way in the '60s? Of course. But what he left us from the movie years still bears plenty of gems, albeit many are mere echoes of what he might have otherwise done. It'[s what we've got, and it's possible to greatly enjoy much of it. The films themselves, of course, have by now achieved a legitimacy that was more lacking before, given that so many of us grew up with them and they have collectively become almost a cult phenomenon.

[Wendy56]

Wow! You're so right... I guess Young Dreams, Almos In Love, Today, Tomorrow and Forever (with Ann-Margret) and many others should receive more atention. I'd like to add "Lover Doll".