Stuff I Love: Top Ten Edition Challenge 3
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merricatbChallenge 3:
Make a Top Ten list for your favourite music picks and share what you love about them. This can be in any format - songs, artists, albums, music videos, soundtracks, scores, something else not mentioned here. If it's vaguely related to music, it ticks the box, so go with whatever you like!
I'm not really fannish about music to be honest. I can't stand silence and constantly have it playing, but the idea of being at a concert makes me want to crawl into a hole in the ground and I loathe live music in general. But keeping with the fannish theme here are 10 scenes in movies/shows where the music plays a big part. I actually found them all on YouTube so beware of spoilers if you haven't seen them.
1) What's Up 4 Non Blondes - Sense8 - The scene of all scenes karaoke lobotomy mix. I love so much of the music in the show but this is THE Sense8 song. Riley being all sad on her iPod shuffle, Wolfgang facing his stage fright, Nomi about to get Niles Bulgered, Will coming to her rescue, Sun singing in the shower, Lito in bed with Hernando and Dani, Capheus adorably getting the words wrong singing on his bus, Kala dreaming and showing up to rock Wolfgang's world, gaaaah it's so good. I'm using my Rajan singing Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai icon and including that video as well because it's delightful.
2) Starman David Bowie - The Martian - The sciencing their way to go get Mark Watney montage. This is usually when the tears really start flowing.
3) Hot Stuff Donna Summer - The Full Monty - When they're all standing in line at the job centre office and the song comes on the speakers and they just cannot resist their training and start doing their routine while queued up. Mark Watney from The Martian also falls victim to Hot Stuff. Cinematic proof that men are weak when it comes to this song and must do a shoulder shimmy.
4) The Chain Fleetwood Mac - Our Flag Means Death - There are so many songs and so many moments to choose from in this show but I like Fleetwood Mac anyway and this scene is chaos and romance and a naked Scotsman running around. What's not to love?
5) Love Crime Siouxsie - Hannibal - The romance the horror the gallons of blood. This song permanently altered my brain chemistry from the very first note.
6) Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie - The Magicians - This is my favorite episode and scene of The Magicians. Much like What's Up in Sense8, the characters come together while singing along (and save some lives in the process) and it gives me all the feeeeeels.
7) Major Tom (Voellig Losgeloest) Peter Schilling - Atomic Blonde - Iconic scene. Charlize Theron beating up men with her high heel in a moving car. 11/10 no notes.
8) Rivers of Babylon Boney M AND Dana-Dan Bloodywood - Monkey Man - This is technically two songs but they happen basically right after each other and it's my list so I'm going with it. Boney M makes me so happy and the elevator scene OMG Dev Patel was insane for this (and insane IN this). And I am already a sucker for pop music with violence (see #7). Dana-Dan marks the entrance of the Hijras and the flowing skirts and flowing blood GOD I love the visuals of this movie.
9) This Feeling Alabama Shakes - Fleabag - The song at the end of the series is just perfection. Fleabag has gone through two seasons of grief and love and heartache, and when she looks back at us it really does feel so nice to know we're gonna be alright.
10) I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The entire soundtrack is filled with absolute bangers, but this one has a special place in my heart. To this day I cannot listen to this song without hearing the didgeridoo accompaniment.
Make a Top Ten list for your favourite music picks and share what you love about them. This can be in any format - songs, artists, albums, music videos, soundtracks, scores, something else not mentioned here. If it's vaguely related to music, it ticks the box, so go with whatever you like!
I'm not really fannish about music to be honest. I can't stand silence and constantly have it playing, but the idea of being at a concert makes me want to crawl into a hole in the ground and I loathe live music in general. But keeping with the fannish theme here are 10 scenes in movies/shows where the music plays a big part. I actually found them all on YouTube so beware of spoilers if you haven't seen them.
1) What's Up 4 Non Blondes - Sense8 - The scene of all scenes karaoke lobotomy mix. I love so much of the music in the show but this is THE Sense8 song. Riley being all sad on her iPod shuffle, Wolfgang facing his stage fright, Nomi about to get Niles Bulgered, Will coming to her rescue, Sun singing in the shower, Lito in bed with Hernando and Dani, Capheus adorably getting the words wrong singing on his bus, Kala dreaming and showing up to rock Wolfgang's world, gaaaah it's so good. I'm using my Rajan singing Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai icon and including that video as well because it's delightful.
2) Starman David Bowie - The Martian - The sciencing their way to go get Mark Watney montage. This is usually when the tears really start flowing.
3) Hot Stuff Donna Summer - The Full Monty - When they're all standing in line at the job centre office and the song comes on the speakers and they just cannot resist their training and start doing their routine while queued up. Mark Watney from The Martian also falls victim to Hot Stuff. Cinematic proof that men are weak when it comes to this song and must do a shoulder shimmy.
4) The Chain Fleetwood Mac - Our Flag Means Death - There are so many songs and so many moments to choose from in this show but I like Fleetwood Mac anyway and this scene is chaos and romance and a naked Scotsman running around. What's not to love?
5) Love Crime Siouxsie - Hannibal - The romance the horror the gallons of blood. This song permanently altered my brain chemistry from the very first note.
6) Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie - The Magicians - This is my favorite episode and scene of The Magicians. Much like What's Up in Sense8, the characters come together while singing along (and save some lives in the process) and it gives me all the feeeeeels.
7) Major Tom (Voellig Losgeloest) Peter Schilling - Atomic Blonde - Iconic scene. Charlize Theron beating up men with her high heel in a moving car. 11/10 no notes.
8) Rivers of Babylon Boney M AND Dana-Dan Bloodywood - Monkey Man - This is technically two songs but they happen basically right after each other and it's my list so I'm going with it. Boney M makes me so happy and the elevator scene OMG Dev Patel was insane for this (and insane IN this). And I am already a sucker for pop music with violence (see #7). Dana-Dan marks the entrance of the Hijras and the flowing skirts and flowing blood GOD I love the visuals of this movie.
9) This Feeling Alabama Shakes - Fleabag - The song at the end of the series is just perfection. Fleabag has gone through two seasons of grief and love and heartache, and when she looks back at us it really does feel so nice to know we're gonna be alright.
10) I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The entire soundtrack is filled with absolute bangers, but this one has a special place in my heart. To this day I cannot listen to this song without hearing the didgeridoo accompaniment.
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Date: 2026-02-15 04:40 pm (UTC)Major Tom also one of my favorites <3
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Date: 2026-02-15 05:11 pm (UTC)Charlize can really kick some ass. That whole movie has great fight scenes but I'm partial to Major Tom.
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Date: 2026-02-15 07:06 pm (UTC)Yeah that one is heavy. They did such a good job with the music in OFMD. I equated Lou Reed's Perfect Day with Trainspotting for so long and now I mostly think of Ed.
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Date: 2026-02-16 02:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-02-16 01:22 pm (UTC)Me too!
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Date: 2026-02-16 07:33 am (UTC)Also OMG I hadn't seen anything from The Full Monty since the year it was out :D
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Date: 2026-02-16 01:23 pm (UTC)I saw the movie before reading the book so I might be a little biased but I think it's a great adaptation.
Hard to believe it was so long ago.