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Ishtar
(May, 1987)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (OOP)
(Ross, 1976)
The Devils
(Russell, 1974)
The Pirates of Penzance
(Papp/Leach, 1983)
The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)
-30-
(Webb, 1959)
Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)
Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)
The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)
Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)
In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)
That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)
Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)
Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)
Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)
Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

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1930's-1950's
The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs (OOP)
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
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Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

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Ever so often a few bars from a song that was briefly hot in your early youth but which no one plays or even thinks about just pops into your head. I haven't heard Keith's 98.6 in eons, but it came back to me today. Strange.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 7, 2009 at 4:48 PM

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QualityGibberish says ...

Dammit. Didn't even need to hear that title.

Posted by QualityGibberish at November 7, 2009 7:47 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Thank god I'm too young to even know what you guys are talking about. But here's some fun from a comic I saw on twitter the other day: Try not to think about She Drives Me Crazy by Fine young Cannibals. Have a nice day.

Posted by BurmaShave at November 7, 2009 8:03 PM

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Travis Crabtree says ...

Hey... 98.6, it's good to have you back again oh.... hey.....

Next it'll be "Come On Down to My Boat" or "Let it All Hang Out"....

Hit's of the late 60's! All night long!

"Lightning Striking Again"!

Posted by Travis Crabtree at November 7, 2009 10:31 PM

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Travis Crabtree says ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRXbBX6Ccc

Posted by Travis Crabtree at November 7, 2009 10:35 PM

comment #5

berg says ...

Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love

Posted by berg at November 7, 2009 11:00 PM

comment #6

nemo says ...

An expertly crafted piece of fluff.

Now you've got me hearing Carpenters songs in my head. Rainy days and Mondays always bring me down . . .

Posted by nemo at November 7, 2009 11:09 PM

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Gordon27 says ...

Oddly, I hear 'Lightning Strikes Again' at least once a month. And I don't even have it on my iPod.

I heard 'It's The End of the World As We Know It' today and realized I hadn't heard it in years; I still managed a respectable 75%.

Posted by Gordon27 at November 7, 2009 11:25 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Never heard that song on any of the oldies stations, but I have to say it's nice to once again experience a song which isn't lacking in purpose and full of ADD-inspired lyrics.

Posted by DeeZee at November 8, 2009 12:09 AM

comment #9

Gordon27 says ...

Nice to see a post from DZ that isn't full of links sorted by an ADD sufferer.

Posted by Gordon27 at November 8, 2009 12:42 AM

comment #10

TheGK says ...

Off topic - the healthcare reform bill has passed in the House.
It's going to have a much harder time getting through the Senate, but it sure does feel good knowing that jackass Ronald McFirbank was wrong in pronouncing it dead straight off the bat.

Posted by TheGK at November 8, 2009 4:17 AM

comment #11

George Prager says ...

Nick Gilder "Hot Child in the City"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UVOPfotYRs

Sorry.

Posted by George Prager at November 8, 2009 4:51 AM

comment #12

George Prager says ...

I missed the 60s so songs like 98.6 and other Top40 hits of that era don't drive me crazy. This song does though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqLRd4neGGE

I have a brother who is 9 years younger than me, and a Steely Dan fan. he can't understand why I hate them.

These 70s songs OWN!!!!

"Billy Don't Be a Hero"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lKmznjgfQ

"Moonlight Feels Right"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCuQQcISZTM

Posted by George Prager at November 8, 2009 5:04 AM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Along with Rose Garden, Lightning Strikes is one of my favorite oldies of all-time (also the titles of good tracks by Aerosmith and Dokken). Come to think of it, I can't think of too many bad songs with the word lightning in the title. Diamond Head, Paralex, Metallica, Live, Oasis, Yardbirds.

Not too fond of the Who's "Call Me Lightning," though. I always did prefer their heavier stuff to their "Beatley" songs.

Is this the first time DeeZee's ever expressed an actual opinion while staying on-topic? Reading that was a gigantic shock to the system.

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at November 8, 2009 5:11 AM

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dixiedugan says ...

One of my faves...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N63YxKsR5-A

Posted by dixiedugan at November 8, 2009 6:31 AM

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Travis Crabtree says ...

I wasn't around for the 60's songs, either, but that doesn't mean you can't dig 'em up and get down.

I was around when The Maltese Falcon came out either, but it's still one of my favorites.

Posted by Travis Crabtree at November 8, 2009 9:28 AM

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M. Hulot says ...

Hey Wells, thanks for illegally supplying a song to your readership. Which, by the way, is not in the public domain.

I reported to you to ASCAP this morning on behalf of artists everywhere. Nice to know you consider music piracy is acceptable. Why not post a download to one of the many DVD's in your collection?

Posted by M. Hulot at November 8, 2009 11:07 AM

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