Pop Music for Yoga
I love movie soundtracks, yoga, and Pilates.
Inspired by the mellow “About Her” Malcolm Mclaren version of The Zombies “She’s Not There” on the Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack and the instrumental cover of “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” by the The Smiths in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off I am looking for popular music covered in a yoga-class appropriate style for the yoga class I teach once a week.
I know some yogis would frown upon this, and I want to be clear that I am not a professional yogi. I teach a free yoga-Pilates-stretching hybrid class once a week for 45-minutes. It is in a group fitness studio in a busy college wellness center so I like to use music to try to create a yoga-like atmosphere.
In my search, I came across the Yoga Pop Ups on Amazon.com. I like the concept, but not the music. You can download music to yoga to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Morrissey and The Smiths, Sublime, Jimmy Buffet, Journey, Lady Gaga, and Mötley Crüe to name a few. Mötley Crüe? Really?
If you’re interested in doing yoga to Girls, Girls, Girls, check out Yoga Pop Ups on Amazon.com MP3 downloads.
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Last week, American Idol had Quentin Tarantino as a guest and the contestants performed songs featured in movie soundtracks. I could not believe the garbage the contestants picked out of all the wonderful movie soundtracks that exist.
Here are my top ten best movie soundtracks arranged by movie release date:
Urban Cowboy (1980)
1. Hello Texas – Jimmy Buffett
2. All Night Long – Joe Walsh
3. Times Like These – Dan Fogelberg
4. Nine Tonight – Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
5. Stand by Me – Mickey Gilley
6. Cherokee Fiddle – Johnny Lee
7. Could I Have This Dance – Anne Murray
8. Lyin’ Eyes – Eagles
9. Lookin’ for Love – Johnny Lee
10. Don’t It Make Ya Wanna Dance – Bonnie Raitt
11. Devil Went Down to Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band
12. Here Comes the Hurt Again – Mickey Gilley
13. Orange Blossom Special – Gilley’s Urban Cowboy Band
14. Love the World Away – Kenny Rogers
15. Falling in Love for the Night – The Charlie Daniels Band
16. Darlin’ – Bonnie Raitt
17. Look What You’ve Done to Me – Boz Scaggs
18. Hearts Against the Wind – Linda Ronstadt
Valley Girl (1983)
1. Million Miles Away – The Pilmsouls
2. Johnny, Are You Queer? – Josie Cotton
3. Eyes of a Stranger – Payola
4. Angst in My Pants – Sparks
5. Who Can It Be Now? – Men at Work
6. Everywhere at Once – The Plimsouls
7. I La La La Love You – Pat Travers
8. He Could Be the One – Josie Cotton
9. Love My Way – The Psychedelic Furs
10. Jukebox (Don’t Put Another Dime) – The Flirts
11. Fanatic – Felony
12. She Talks in Stereo – Figures, Gary Myrick & The Figures
13. Oldest Story in the World – The Plimsouls
14. School Is In – Josie Cotton
15. I Melt with You – Modern English
Pretty in Pink (1986)
1. If You Leave – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
2. Left of Center – Suzanne Vega
3. Get to Know Ya – Jesse Johnson
4. Do Wot You Do – INXS
5. Pretty in Pink – The Psychedelic Furs
6. Shellshock – New Order
7. Round, Round – Belouis Some
8. Wouldn’t It Be Good – Danny Hutton Hitters
9. Bring on the Dancing Horses – Echo & the Bunnymen
10. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths
Batman (1989)
1. Future – Prince
2. Electric Chair – Prince
3. Arms of Orion – Sheena Easton, Prince
4. Partyman – Prince
5. Vicki Waiting – Prince
6. Trust – Prince
7. Lemon Crush – Prince
8. Scandalous – John L. Nelson, Prince
9. Batdance – Prince
Pure Country (1992)
1. Heartland – George Strait
2. Baby Your Baby – George Strait
3. I Cross My Heart – George Strait
4. When Did You Stop Loving Me – George Strait
5. She Lays It All On The Line – George Strait
6. Overnight Male – George Strait
7. Last In Love – George Strait
8. Thoughts Of A Fool – George Strait
9. The King Of Broken Hearts – George Strait
10. Where The Sidewalk Ends – George Strait
11. Heartland – George Strait
True Romance (1993)
1. You’re So Cool – Hans Zimmer
2. Graceland – Charlie Sexton
3. In Dreams – John Waite
4. Wounded Bird – Charles & Eddie
5. I Want Your Body – Nymphomania
6. Stars At Dawn – Hans Zimmer
7. I Need A Heart To Come Home To – Shelby Lynne
8. Viens Mallika Sous Le Dome – Howard Blake
9. (Love Is) The Tender Trap – Robert Palmer
10. Outshined – Soundgarden
11. Amid The Chaos Of The Day – Hans Zimmer
12. Two Hearts – Chris Isaak
Clay Pigeons (1998)
1. Timebomb – Old 97’s
2. Another Perfect Catastrophe – Firewater
3. Moon over Montana – Jimmy Wakely
4. Everybody’s Talkin’ – Tonic
5. Sea of Heartbreak – Don Gibson
6. 1229 Sheffield – The Verve Pipe
7. Almost New – Sara Evans
8. Teach Me About Love – Lyle Lovett
9. Let Your Love Flow – Sister Hazel
10. Stop the Clock – Tonio K.
11. Moody River – Pat Boone
12. Clay Pigeons (The Ballad of Lester Long) – Collapsis
Sliding Doors (1998)
1. Have Fun, Go Mad – Blair
2. Drug Soup – Space Monkeys
3. Turn Back Time – Aqua
4. Good Enough – Dodgy
5. Thank You – Dido
6. Use the Force – Jamiroquai
7. Miracle – Olive
8. On My Own – Peach Union
9. Amateur – Aimee Mann
10. Honky Cat – Elton John
11. Don’t Feel Like Cryin’ – Abra Moore
12. Call Me a Fool – Those Magnificent Men
13. More Love – The Brand New Heavies
50 First Dates (2004)
1. Hold Me Now – Wayne Wonder (original by The Thompson Twins)
2. Love Song – 311 (original by The Cure)
3. Lips Like Sugar – Seal featuring Mikey Dread (original by Echo and the Bunnymen)
4. Your Love (L.O.V.E. Reggae Mix) – Wyclef Jean featuring Eve (original by The Outfield)
5. Drive – Ziggy Marley (original by The Cars)
6. True – Will.I.Am & Fergie (original by Spandau Ballet)
7. Slave To Love – Elan Atias featuring Gwen Stefani (original by Roxy Music)
8. Every Breath You Take – UB40 (original by Sting and The Police)
9. Ghost In You – Mark McGrath (original by Psychedelic Furs)
10. Friday, I’m In Love – Dryden Mitchell (original by The Cure)
11. Breakfast In Bed – Nicole Kea (original by UB40)
12. I Melt With You – Jason Mraz (original by Modern English)
13. Forgetful Lucy – Adam Sandler
Marie Antoinette (2006)
1. Hong Kong Garden – Siouxsie And The Banshees
2. Aphrodisiac – Bow Wow Wow
3. What Ever Happened – The Strokes
4. Pulling Our Weight – The Radio Department
5. Ceremony – New Order
6. Natural’s Not In It – Gang Of Four
7. I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
8. Kings Of The Wild Frontier – Adam & The Ants
9. Concerto In G – Roger Neill
10. The Melody Of A Fallen Tree – Windsor For The Derby
11. I Don’t Like It Like This – The Radio Department
12. Plainsong – The Cure
What is the instrumental song in the art museum scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
I’ve always loved the art museum scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I especially love the instrumental song that plays as Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron admire work such as Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges-Pierre Seurat at the Art Institute of Chicago…
No soundtrack of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was ever released so in case you’ve been wondering too, that song is an instrumental cover of Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.
The instrumental version of this song featured in the movie is by Dream Academy. It appears on their greatest hits album Somewhere in the Sun: Best of the Dream Academy. (At the time this post was written, the ONE available on Amazon was $149.99! If anyone knows how to get their hands on an MP3 of this song, I would love to hear it…)
The original version of this song (with lyrics) is by The Smiths. It appeared on their 1984 album, Hatful of Hollow as well as The Very Best of The Smiths. The Smiths’ version also appears on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack (I own this on cassette tape!) and the Never Been Kissed soundtrack.
I recently heard this song during “Local on the 8’s” on the Weather Channel and I hope Ferris Bueller plays on cable some time soon… Enjoy!
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Lyrics by Stephen Morrissey
Music by Johnny Marr
Good times for a change
See, the luck I’ve had
Can make a good man
Turn bad
So please, please, please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time
Haven’t had a dream in a long time
See, the life I’ve had
Can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time