My Nominations for the PHC Top 3 Monthly Contest - Movie Tunes
For the first PHC Top 3 Monthly Contest (Comedy Movies), I decided (with a little encouragement from the PHCtop3 team) to submit my entries with gifs. I see no reason not to to that again! 😊
And while I didn't intentionally go for a certain theme for my favorite movie tunes, it just happened that the first three (of about a bajillion) that popped into my head are all from the 80s, and two of them are dance related. Guess I have a type! 😂
So without further ado, here are my 3 nominations for the PHC Top 3 Monthly Contest - Movie Tunes contest, in no particular order...
Nomination 1 - Separate Lives by Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin, from the movie White Nights
REASON
From the moment Phil sings, "You called me from the room in your hotel" with just a couple of simple guitar chords, my feels go into overdrive! Add to that the movie itself, with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines performing some of the most amazing movie dance moves ever (slight bias on my part as a former ballerina), and this song just grabs my heart and doesn't let go!
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Official Video
Nomination 2 - What a Feelin' by Irene Cara, from the movie Flashdance
REASON
Yes, this song is amazingly empowering, and with lyrics like, "Take your passion/And make it happen/Pictures come alive/You can dance right through your life" it's inspiring enough to forgive the horrible wig Beal's dance double Marine Jahan had to wear (fun fact - Jahan was briefly married to Peter Tramm, the dance double for Kevin Bacon in Footloose). However, this song also brings to mind this little moment, when every woman who's ever taken her bra off this way exclaimed, "YES! What a feeling!"
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Official Video
Nomination 3 - Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds, for the movie The Breakfast Club
REASON
I graduated high school in 1983, two years before this movie came out. While the one time I ever had detention wasn't nearly as cool as this movie made it seem, there is just so much about the movie, and the song, that brings me right back to that time, and all the millions of unrequited crushes I had. Every time it came on the radio, I'd sing at the top of my lungs in a defiant kind of, "Oh yeah? You wouldn't go to prom with me? Well, don't you forget about me, because one of these days, you're gonna realize what you missed out on, and then you'll be sorry, but I'll be too busy being fabulous to care!!!" Just like I'm sure everyone else in the world did... and in my case, still does...😜
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Again this was great fun, Power House Creatives Top 3! Best of luck to everyone entering, and I can't wait to see what songs everyone else picks out!
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Great choices; Phil Collins does it for me
Man everyone is straight up killing it this round! I'm glad we don't vote because I think I might have to vote for them all. 🤣 I like your type @traciyork, haha. That gif for the Flashdance song is so perfect! What a feeling, indeed. Though I was only just born in the 80's, I'm still a huge fan of 80's movies. The Breakfast Club ranks up there as one of my faves. I've never done karaoke before, but if I did I might just have to belt out that song in public. So glad you squeaked by with your entry this round again!
Thanks for these awesome suggestions for our contest this month! We've given you an upvote and logged your nominations, ready for the dpoll - keep an eye on our blog for the dpoll post!
Remember to transfer 50% of the post payout as SBD to @phctop3 with a link to your entry in the memo, otherwise it won't be eligible. This is the minimum entry fee, there is no maximum. You can add as much as you like to your initial fee to give you bigger potential rewards.
The Queen of gifs brings a solid showing yet again! You definitely hit on some iconic movie music moments with your choices. The last few entries have really brought the best of the '80s to the contest! Glad to see some of these anthems live on! Good luck!
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Oh @traciyork Where do I start!
You've nailed it again with some of my favourite music from that era.
Phil Collins is awesome. I went through a stage of listening to his stuff all the time. Serious Hit Live was a brilliant album and separate Lives is arguably his best song, if not one of them (there are a few peaches). Like you, it induces memories and emotions in me of a happy time. I was going out with a girl that lived a distance away and separate lives got played a lot!!
Flashdance was cool and the track is very uplifting. I gets played a lot to this day. My daughter loves that track and a lot of other eighties stuff. It's not my fault, honest!
Simple Minds! The first ever concert I went to as a 14 year old was Simple Minds in Cardiff Arms Park in 87. What a mind blowing experience. I was instantly hooked. My all time favourite SM track is Belfast Child which they made a few years later but from the concert two really stood out. Waterfront was one and Don't You Forget about Me was the other. Absolutely ingrained in my psyche. I like The Breakfast Club a lot but nowhere near how much I loved Jim, Charlie and the boys.
Thanks for the memories.
Gaz
Great picks @traciyork I love White Nights. It's been a while since I've seen it 😞 I almost chose 'Don't You Forget About Me.'
Phil Collins for number 1 great musician, so glad we got to see him live in Durban. Excellent movie to go with the music LOL...
Irene Cara beautiful song, singer and artist, loved this movie, I had actually forgotten how much I enjoyed seeing it.
Simple Minds another great reminder of a bygone area, enjoyed their music, still think the positioning of your favourites is spot on!
Hey Hey Hey Hey! OOOOooooooo oohhhh, :D Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
I love that song! A hit that travelled through time that people today can still enjoy ^_^
Now that I went straight forward to the one I recognized by title; the first one I haven't heard before but it is a nice song, emotions surface with that one :D
The 2nd one I know, just didn't recognize it from the title. Definitely a song that gets us up and dancing! An awesome dance seen there too in the video. So you mean to tell me you could do those moves? :P
Awesome! Thanks for sending over your entry fee, just letting you know that I've added you in with your nominations now!
Good luck and keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming dpoll between 16th - 18th where we put it to the public vote and let the Steem community decide their top 3 :)
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