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What is a story in a song that would make a good movie?

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    • Yours Truly, 2095 - Electric Light Orchestra
    • Underneath the Radar - Underworld
    • Silent Running - Mike and the Mechanics
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    I'd love to see a movie based on Silent Running. But I'm afraid it's shaping out to be a documentary...

    (The existing movie of the same name has nothing in common with the song, but it's worth watching anyway.)

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      I always imagine All Along the Watchtower as a 1980's fantasy movie along the lines of Red Sonya or The Beastmaster.

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        The Mariner's Revenge by The Decemberists

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        That's a good one

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          Several rush songs. 2112, Hemispheres, cygnus x-1

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            I'd love to see a movie based on Silent Running. But I'm afraid it's shaping out to be a documentary...

            (The existing movie of the same name has nothing in common with the song, but it's worth watching anyway.)

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            Yes, Wikipedia says:

            Rutherford named the song after the film Silent Running "because I remembered that film so well, and our song had a spacey feel to it."

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              Tool-Lost keys/Rosetta stoned. Maybe the stoner really did see something out in the desert.

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                Watsky, et al - Exquisite Corpse

                For best results this should be cheesy B-movie as hell, the song really leans into it I think

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                  Watsky, et al - Exquisite Corpse

                  For best results this should be cheesy B-movie as hell, the song really leans into it I think

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                  Mmm... Cheesey...

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                    Die Fantastischen Vier - Krieger could make an interesting piece or art piece.

                    It's German, here's the first lyrics translation weblink I found

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                      Dispatch - the general

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                        Dead Flag Blues. By Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

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                          Pinball wizard

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                          My time to shine.

                          I mean, Movie - Tommy 1975 (Pinball Wizard)

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                            Watsky, et al - Exquisite Corpse

                            For best results this should be cheesy B-movie as hell, the song really leans into it I think

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                            Each verse could be a chapter in a anthology movie, written and directed by different people

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                              Each verse could be a chapter in a anthology movie, written and directed by different people

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                              That's essentially how they wrote the song, so yeah! I can see it. I'd watch this.

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                                That's essentially how they wrote the song, so yeah! I can see it. I'd watch this.

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                                Yeah I know, I think they shot the music video for it in a similar way, and a movie with a bigger budget could expand on that

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                                  Jacob’s dream: based on a true story of two kids who went missing.

                                  The night the lights went out in Georgia: about a guy who gets lynched.

                                  18 and life: kid finishes school and starts doing crime

                                  Def leopard billys got a gun

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                                    Everything I Wanted - Billie Eilish

                                    I feel like you could do a really dark Scrooge themed story from it.

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                                      Filthy children!

                                      Learn your history!!

                                      https://youtu.be/JN_xXTI5Txo

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                                        Tool-Lost keys/Rosetta stoned. Maybe the stoner really did see something out in the desert.

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                                        Alrighty then... picture this if you will

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                                          Dispatch - the general

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                                          Ooh that would be super interesting

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