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Spike Lee Soundtracks Anybody a fan of his soundtracks? The movies might not be as good, but the accompanying music is always top notch.
Nola (She's Gotta Have It) - performed by Bill Lee Perfect Match (School Daze) - performed by Tech adn the Effx Be Alone Tonight (School Daze) - lead vocal by Tisha Campbell Straight and Nappy (School Daze) - Jiggaboo & Wannabees Chorus I Can Only Be Me (School Daze) - Keith John Wake Up Suite (School Daze) - Bill Lee/Natural Spiritual Orchestra We've Already Said Goodbye (Before We Said Hello) - Pieces of a Dream Feels So Good (Do the Right Thing) - Perri Never Explain Love (Do the Right Thing) - Al Jarreau Fight the Power (Do the Right Thing) - Public Enemy My Fantasy (Do the Right Thing) - Guy Do the Right Thing the original score- performed by Bill Lee/Natural Spritual Orchestra and Branford Marsalis Harlem Blues (Mo' Better Blues) - performed by Cynda Williams Pop Top 40 (Mo' Better Blues) - performed by Denzel Washington & Wesley Snipes Jazz Thing (Mo' Better Blues) - performed by Gang Starr Malcolm X the Original Score - performed by Terrence Blanchard Love Me Still (Clockers) - performed by Chaka Khan Feeding Off the Love of the Land (Jungle Fever) - performed by Stevie Wonder | |
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I have a few.
SCHOOL DAZE!!! 
Mo Betta Blues Summer of Sam Jungle Fever Bamboozled (LOVE that piano score!) Thanks for reminding me about "Love Me Still" by Chaka - I always loved the way they used it in the trailer, fucking perfect. Gotta get that one    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Yes it feels so good
2 know that ur here by my side! Perri. My partner played that song out. I love all Spike Lee's movies (except for Mo Better Blues and 25th Hour) Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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"Never explain love"-Al Jarreau, damn I love that song, chorus so catchy too! Don't u think this track sounds very Princey, but without the falsetto proberly! Chec kout the orchestra!
"Fight the power" by Public Enemy is still one of their best jams! Wish I could find some of his other soundtracks, but in the UK I'm lucky just to own his movies! He derserves to be big over here! "Tu y yo" by Rubin Blades is beutiful as well as "Never explain love"! "My fantasy" by GUY is OK, but I prefer the very simular sounding track (released after this) called "I wanna get with you"! "My fantasy" sounds like a dry run for "I wanna..." Thanx 4 reminding me about one of his soundtracks! | |
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Just d/l'd "Love Me Still" from BuyMusic  Thanks again for this thread! I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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The 'Summer Of Sam' soundtrack is superb.A nice mix of late 70s disco and funk,but also a few memorable pop gems ("Baba O Reilly" by The Who..."Dancing Queen" by Abba).A few tracks are hard to find (Machine's "There But For The Grace Of God"),and The Emotion's "Best Of My Love" sounds like a rare demo version!! It's definitley not the regular single version that we know so well. | |
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thesexofit said: "Never explain love"-Al Jarreau, damn I love that song, chorus so catchy too! Don't u think this track sounds very Princey, but without the falsetto proberly! Chec kout the orchestra!
I always thought this song was very Prince-ish. This has to be my favorite Al Jarreau song. And that orchestra breakdown...  | |
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That sound is writer/Keyboardist Raymond Jones, A big contributer on Spike Lee's Soundtracks---
Originally a keyboardist with Chic from '77-81', and now a solo artist, his writing and Production credits include songs like "Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight", From School Daze "Never Explain Love"and "Prove To Me" from Do The Right Thing, "People In Search Of A Life" from Clockers and " Harlem Blues" from Mo' Better Blues.... [This message was edited Tue May 25 7:23:34 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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psykosoul said: Anybody a fan of his soundtracks? The movies might not be as good, but the accompanying music is always top notch.
The movies are GREAT! 
My favorite being, of course, The Jungle Fever and Girl 6 soundtracks. "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" is one of my fav. songs by Stevie. I wonder why he decided to release it 17 years later?  | |
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okaypimpn said: "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" is one of my fav. songs by Stevie. I wonder why he decided to release it 17 years later? I wanna know why he never released it on one of his own albums( It didn't even make the soundtrack!!). In one biography(Stevie Wonder, by Constanze Elzner), background singer Jim Gilstrap mentioned to the author that as good as the released stuff was , they worked on tons of stuff that they thought was incredible , only to have it shelved. Jim said they(the musicians and singers) would beg Stevie to release some of that stuff, but most of it remains in the Black Bull vault... [This message was edited Tue May 25 8:07:38 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: okaypimpn said: "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" is one of my fav. songs by Stevie. I wonder why he decided to release it 17 years later? I wanna know why he never released it on his own. In one biography(Stevie Wonder, by Constanze Elzner), background singer Jim Gilstrap mentioned to the author that as good as the released stuff was , they worked on tons of stuff that they thought was incredible , only to have it shelved. Jim said they(the musicians and singers) would beg Stevie to release some of that stuff, but most of it remains in the Black Bull vault... [This message was edited Tue May 25 8:03:24 2004 by paligap] You know there used to be a website that listed all of Stevie's known unreleased material. It's down now, but just the titles alone sounded really good.  It was well over 200 songs from his entire career! | |
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okaypimpn said: You know there used to be a website that listed all of Stevie's known unreleased material. It's down now, but just the titles alone sounded really good. It was well over 200 songs from his entire career! Man, I wish I had gotten a copy of THAT list..." I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: That sound is writer/Keyboardist Raymond Jones, A big contributer on Spike Lee's Soundtracks---
Originally a keyboardist with Chic from '77-81' I knew he came from a 70s band, didn't know it was Chic. And it's usually all of the tracks that he wrote and produced that I fall in love with. | |
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okaypimpn said: "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" is one of my fav. songs by Stevie. I wonder why he decided to release it 17 years later? Definitely one of my favorites too. Do you know if the strings were added by Bill Lee for the movie or were they included on the original version. The only Stevie songs I heard with original string sections from that era were on the Syreeta album. | |
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psykosoul said: paligap said: That sound is writer/Keyboardist Raymond Jones, A big contributer on Spike Lee's Soundtracks---
Originally a keyboardist with Chic from '77-81' I knew he came from a 70s band, didn't know it was Chic. And it's usually all of the tracks that he wrote and produced that I fall in love with. Yup! Same Here! " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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psykosoul said: okaypimpn said: "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" is one of my fav. songs by Stevie. I wonder why he decided to release it 17 years later? Definitely one of my favorites too. Do you know if the strings were added by Bill Lee for the movie or were they included on the original version. The only Stevie songs I heard with original string sections from that era were on the Syreeta album. I always wondered that too. when I finally found an mp3 of the original, there were no strings, Just Stevie at the piano. " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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psykosoul said: okaypimpn said: "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" is one of my fav. songs by Stevie. I wonder why he decided to release it 17 years later? Definitely one of my favorites too. Do you know if the strings were added by Bill Lee for the movie or were they included on the original version. The only Stevie songs I heard with original string sections from that era were on the Syreeta album. Yeah, I believe Bill added those because the version I have is just Stevie singing over him playing the piano. | |
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okaypimpn said: Yeah, I believe Bill added those because the version I have is just Stevie singing over him playing the piano. So why ain't it on the soundtrack? copyright problems or just Stevie being Stevie?" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: okaypimpn said: Yeah, I believe Bill added those because the version I have is just Stevie singing over him playing the piano. So why ain't it on the soundtrack? copyright problems or just Stevie being Stevie?Probably just Stevie being Stevie.  It was available as the b-side from the 12" single to "Gotta Have You." | |
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paligap said: okaypimpn said: You know there used to be a website that listed all of Stevie's known unreleased material. It's down now, but just the titles alone sounded really good. It was well over 200 songs from his entire career! Man, I wish I had gotten a copy of THAT list...I remember that website.Soemone posted the link here,and I printed out the entire list.I gotta find it but when I do,I'll start a new thread ("A List of Stevie's unreleased recordings") and list all the songs. | |
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DavidEye said: I remember that website.Soemone posted the link here,and I printed out the entire list.I gotta find it but when I do,I'll start a new thread ("A List of Stevie's unreleased recordings") and list all the songs.
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DavidEye said: paligap said: Man, I wish I had gotten a copy of THAT list...I remember that website.Soemone posted the link here,and I printed out the entire list.I gotta find it but when I do,I'll start a new thread ("A List of Stevie's unreleased recordings") and list all the songs. Good lookin' out DavidEye. I think it was me, but I'm not sure. | |
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DavidEye said: paligap said: Man, I wish I had gotten a copy of THAT list...I remember that website.Soemone posted the link here,and I printed out the entire list.I gotta find it but when I do,I'll start a new thread ("A List of Stevie's unreleased recordings") and list all the songs. Yay!! " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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DavidEye said: The 'Summer Of Sam' soundtrack is superb.A nice mix of late 70s disco and funk,but also a few memorable pop gems ("Baba O Reilly" by The Who..."Dancing Queen" by Abba).A few tracks are hard to find (Machine's "There But For The Grace Of God"),and The Emotion's "Best Of My Love" sounds like a rare demo version!! It's definitley not the regular single version that we know so well.
I agree. Great movie and soundtrack. | |
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psykosoul said: Perfect Match (School Daze) - performed by Tech adn the Effx
Be Alone Tonight (School Daze) - lead vocal by Tisha Campbell Straight and Nappy (School Daze) - Jiggaboo & Wannabees Chorus Fight the Power (Do the Right Thing) - Public Enemy These are the ones that most come to mind for me. The scores are beautiful. I'd also add: She Spoke 2 Me -- Prince (Girl 6) Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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