5 Classic Songs Ruined by the Movies

Movies and music go together like peanut butter and an over-heated sheep. That's not how the saying goes? There's something deeply wrong with me? Well, that's an article for another day. Today's topic is the seemingly blissful marriage of classic songs with film. But, like any marriage, things occasionally hit a bump. You come home to find your spouse in a spandex body suit covering herself in glitter and nothing is ever the same after that. Sure, you smile at each other and show up at all the kids' events, but you know, deep down, nothing short of a Tinkerbell/Captain Hook roleplaying session is ever going to please your mate. And you can't, you just can't, wear the hook. Not even for her. I've lost track again. Something about marriage. Or music. No, movies. Music and movies. And the movies that ruin those songs forever.

Sheep have such judgmental eyes.

5. Stuck in the Middle With You- Stealer's Wheel

Stuck in the Middle With You is not a Bob Dylan song despite what every user on Napster circa 1998 would have you believe (and every mis-labled illegally downloaded mp3 since then). The song was recorded by Stealer's Wheels, a band whose most notable accomplishment outside this single was recenlty reforming without any of its original members. The song is rambling, upbeat, sunny and a bunch of other adjectives that could also be used to describe the decade in which it was recorded ("shag-carpeted"?). 

Until, of course, it was completed ruined by Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino's first, and probably best film, blends 70's style, music and swagger with modern day violence and mayhem. And of course this also happens:

You know the scene. You see it even when you close your eyes. Michael Madsen's uber creepy dance with the open razor in his hands. The gasoline. The ear. The blood. So much blood. And all of it set to the tune of Stealer's Wheel chirpy little tune released in the middle of the most harmless decade of all time. Try hard as you might, every time you hear this damn song, you replay this damn scene over and over and over again. It's Tarantino's greatest crime.

Well, second.

4 Q. Lazzarus's "Goodbye Horses"

Q. Lazzarus may as well have titled their biggest hit "Goodbye Horses", the "Penis Tucking Song" instead. In the film Silence of the Lambs, the song supplies the soundtrack to this bit of movie magic.  

Can you imagine how happy this obscure artist was when he found out that his song was going to be used in a major motion picture featuring Sir Anthony Fucking Hopkins and Jodie Foster? Can you picture his face as he sat in the darkened theatre on opening night anxiously awaiting the moment when he'd hear the words he'd written played as the movie unfolded? You can almost hear him bragging to his new lady friend (who in any other circumstance, would have been way out of his league by the way). 

And then this happened.

I can't stop posting this picture!

Like burning down your last place of employment, that's the kind of thing that doesn't come off the ol' resume.

3. Dont stop Believin- Journey

It's hard to ruin a Journey song, seeing as how shitty they are to begin with. In fact, Don't Stop Believin is one of those songs that's been ruined more than once (beyond just by Journey's releasing it). But this song is resilient. This song has returned more times than John Travolta. Check it out. 

1. Bill Clinton appropriates the song as his unofficial theme. Later, BJ puns ensue.
2. Glee covers the song in their premiere- more BJ jokes ensue. 
3. And that takes us to The Sopranos

In the shittiest (or best, depending on how smart you want to appear) finale ever, Tony Soprano is gunned down (or is he?) to the tune of Don't Stop Believin'. What is the significance of this song at this moment? Much has been written. None of it makes sense. It's a shit song that raises my ire every time I hear it. Tony Soprano deserved a lot of things in the finale-- Journey was not one of them.

2. Singin' in the Rain- Gene Kelly

Even if you have never seen the film Singing in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, you know the song. Maybe you hate puppies and rainbows as well, I'm not even going to speculate as to why you'd deny yourself the pure joy that is seeing Gene Kelly dancing in the rain with nothing but an umbrella and a streetlight. 

This is not the rain scene I was referring to.

Go to Youtube and watch it now. Did you do it? Are you smiling? Well, then obviously you've also never seen Clockwork Orange.

Because you've clearly just time traveled back in time from a futuristic society where television and movies are no longer a thing, I'll explain Clockwork Orange as well. It's a movie so violent, it was banned in Britain for years (and this is a country that didn't bat an eye when the Spice Girls arrived). And one of the most violent scenes in the film features the main character beating the ever loving shit out an older man with a cane, all to the tune of Gene Kelly's incredibly bouncy classic song. 

Now whenever I hear Singing in the Rain, I find myself adding 'Whap whap whap' after every verse. I imagine giant concrete dildos and penis masks. And yes, this is all in the movie. I'm not giving you a glimpse into my tortured soul. Quite frankly, you couldn't handle it. 

5. Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen

If ever there was a Queen song that showed off Freddy Mercury's incredible vocal range or ecclectic musical influences, it's Bohemian Rhapsody. This single is probably the unlikliest rock and roll hit of all time, fusing hard rock and opera of all things into an eight minute song that every man, woman in child in America can sing along, too. And, unfortunately, also Canada. Because Canadian Mike Myers liked the song so much he stuck it in his extended Saturday Night Live sketch/movie Wayne's World. 

You know the scene-- a bunch of slacker douchebags head banging in a shitty car, rocking out to Queen. Which is unfortunately what anyone who sings the song alone in their car also looks like. The movie's biggest crime here is holding up a mirror where no one wanted one to begin with. There's a reason why there's no reflective surfaces at the Sizzler. 

Feel the judgmental sheep eyes on you?

17 Slutty Halloween Costumes Gone Wrong (Part 1)

Let me first say that I am a big fan of the whole slutty costume genre. The slutty nurse, librarian, angel, heck, even the nun. I'm even willing to overlook the slutty vampire and slutty zombie because undead cleavage is still cleavage and needs love, too.

It's an easy formula. Hot woman + low cut shirt + high cut skirt = awesome. And let's throw in a couple of male fantasy figures (e.g., the Catholic schoolgirl, the airline stewardess, the fast food fry chef. OK, the last one might just be me.) as the cherry on what's already a fucking awesome ice cream sunday.

But occassionally costume makers try to think outside the box, which is a mistake. The box is awesome. The box has perky, wenched up boobs and underwear slips. The box should never, ever be tampered with. Because when you  do, you wind up with boner-crushing results like these:

17. Slutty Big Bird

Can you tell me how to get some candy?

That's right. Big... Fucking... Bird. An androgynous, schizophrenic yellow bird who terrorizes children on Sesame Street with visions of an invisible, talking wooly mammoth.

Let's set the record straight-- aside from Mr. Cooper, there is nothing on Sesame Street even remotely sexy.

And the man just can't help it. He oozes sex from his pores.

I mean how can you look at this costume without flashing back to kindergarten when you were only just beginning to question the nature of Bert and Ernie's relationship. It was a simpler time when your life centered around chocolate milk, playground swings, and Saturday morning cartoons. Nothing should sully that.

And what's more, the good folks at Seasame Street should have know better than to have signed off on this officially licensed costume. I mean have they learned nothing from Kevin Clash? Start introducing sex onto Sesame Street and before you know it, the Muppets will get in on the act, too. I mean, can you just imagine, a slutty Kermit the Frog?

16. Slutty Kermit the Frog

I just died a little inside.

There are so many things wrong with this outfit, I don't even know where to begin. For one, this isn't even a costume. Somebody took the slutty ballerina outfit, dyed it green, and put a picture of Kermit on the shirt. Second, they named  it 'Sassy Kermit the Frog'. Third, IT'S A FUCKING BLONDE BIMBO IN A KERMIT COSTUME. I could see doing this with Miss Piggy. Maybe. She always seemed pretty loose. But don't mess with the man who sang Rainbow Connect. Just. Don't.


15. Sexy Boba Fett
Let's pretend that the last three Star Wars movies didn't happen. Boba Fett is not a whiny adolescent clone with an Oedipal compelx. It's 1977 and he is mysterious, silent, and has a goddamn jetpack on his back. Like all the time. Even when he showers. The man is ready to be awesome at a moment's notice.

He had like five seconds of screen time in the original films and still managed to be one of the most talked about characters. And this is a movie with more cultural icons in it than Betty Ford. He was the tits, is what I'm saying. Well, not literally of course.

I stand corrected.

This costume manages to be lame on so many levels that it makes you forget that what you're essentially looking at is a Catholic School Girl outfit (complete with leggings). The makers thought fuck the jetback, fuck the badass battle worn helmet, and fuck the cock-sized pistol...she can just stand there and point her finger in the air and look all cute. Well fuck you, no she can't. The only thing this bitch can bob for at my party is the door.

Oh well, at least they didn't ruin Darth Vader.

14. Slutty Darth Vader

Sorta puts a new spin on the line, 'Use the force.'

Sigh. And they didn't even include the fucking mask. You could wear a pair of black pants and a black sweatshirt and you're just a pervert in the bushes. But put on a Darth Vader mask and suddenly you're the baddest person in the whole universe. Shit, you wouldn't even have to wear pants. The mask is what makes Darth Vader Darth Vader. But this craptastic costume is just a patterned miniskirt and a sad looking light saber that, I'm sorry, we all know is just a penis.

13. Slutty Clockwork Orange

You don't want to know what she does with the cane.

Oh come on! Did you even see the movie, costume makers? Fuck, all you had to watch was the first five seconds when the main character says, "This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence." That's the whole goddamn movie. Violence. And something about society and youth and the establishment and, I don't know, utopia and whatnot. But mostly it's about violence. Women get raped, a drunk gets beaten, and a guy gets his head crushed with a gigantic cock statue. Does that sound even remotely sexy to you? If you got an erection anywhere during this movie, you're a psychopath. Go get yourself tested. And the costume makers, in their enormous wisdom, made two sluttified version of this outfit-- one with shit-kicking knee high combat boots which I guess is part of foreplay wherever these were made.

Why stop there? If we're going to tart up violent characters from iconic movies, why not just make a slutty Leatherface?

12. Slutty Leatherface

In my head, I've re-inserted this Leatherface into all the movies. This actually improves the 3-D one.

Leatherface is the main baddie in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a movie so violent it was banned in numerous countries and significant portions of the film had to be trimmed just to earn an R-rating. Leatherface is a hulking, chainsaw wielding apparition in an apron covered with blood stains from his numerous victims. And oh yeah, he's got a mask made from human skin.

Some costume maker must have watched this movie and thought, damn Leatherface, why don't you take off that mask and let's get freaky? The result is an outfit consisting of a torn tunic, thigh high hooker boots, and a rubber chainsaw. No mask. No apron. Not even a damned name tag. So ladies be prepared to answer this question all night, "So what are you dressed as?" (to be followed by "Want to playing bobbing for cock?"

11. Slutty Jason and Slutty Freddy

And Camp Crystal Lake was booked solid for years to come...

And while we're at it, let's ruin a few other horror movies...Jason and Freddy are the now iconic ghouls behind the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th films; two franchises which have spawned 2385 sequels combined. Their garishly deformed and brutalized faces appear on everything from action figures to kids lunch boxes. But there was a time when these guys were responsible for 98% of the nightmares in America. They were unstoppable aberration; impossible killing machines that ran on screams and fear-pee. And now they're tarts in miniskirts. At least they gave the Jason costume the iconic hockey mask. Of course she can't put it on because it won't fit over her enormous hair and it might ruin her lipstick, but the costume makers at least made some effort here. Freddy's deformed face, on the other hand, is understandably missing--it's hard to be pretty when you look like a burn victim. And isn't that what Halloween is really all about?

10.  Slutty Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The turtles are muck-dwelling, glorified lizards who were exposed to toxic waste and turned into mutant killing machines by a 6 foot rat. Are you as turned on as I am right now?

I found seven versions of this costume. Seven. And I'm sure there's more. Besides the requisite short skirt and titty squeezing top, want to know what they all have in common? Not one of them features a fucking turtle mask. Wearing a green outfit does not make you a turtle in the same way that driving a Porsche does not make your cock any bigger.

And just for the record, the subject of nuclear waste has not raised a single trouser tent anywhere. Not even in fan fiction, and those freaks jack off to Harry Potter.


Tomorrow: 1-10. If you want to see the second half of this article alive, go and buy my Bud the Crud.