My Favorite Needle Drops in Film
part two of the series: https://youtu.be/qDX3u1eBAi4
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Hello, folks — here’s part one of what will hopefully become a series discussing some of my favorite needle drops in movie history! Within this video, we talk about Quentin Tarantino (Chuck Berry – “You Never Can Tell”, Stealers Wheel – “Stuck in the Middle with You”, The Delfonics – “Didn’t I”, and The White Stripes – “Apple Blossom), Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (Naked City – “Bonehead”), Punch Drunk Love (Jon Brion, Harry Nilsson & Shelley Duvall – “He Needs Me”), and of course … Ma (Earth Wind & Fire – “September”). Hope you enjoy it! Woohoo! Go Ma!
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@JoyYu-h6l
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Under pressure by David Bowie and Queen from Aftersun gotta be the best needle drop in history
@wiiztec
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
I was thinking more like walking on sunshine from american psycho
@Zanzibarbarian88
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
"Harvest" in Inherent Vice might be my all time favorite
@TheeF00lish1
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
DO NOT MAKE ME DRINK ALONE PLS I'M BEING YOU
@geedeeewweee
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
The Bottoms needle drops are awesome….Bright Eyes during the car explosion scene….Complicated after the confrontation….party4u at the ending!!!! SO GOOD
@geedeeewweee
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
The ENTIRETY of Marie Antoinette! Plz! From the opening with Natural's Not in it by Gang of Four, Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie and the Banshees and Aphrodisiac by the Bow Wow Wows at the ball!!! Whatever Happened by the Strokes, Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants….Pulling Our Weight by the Radio Department….Ceremony by New Order…..just phenomenal music altogether omg SOMEONE PLZ TALK ABT THIS ONE
@AndrewMcClenning
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Damn it, I want to see "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Andy Williams over an unaliving scene. "How Not to Drown by CHVRCHES and Robert Smith over a fight scene on a tram; I was on a tram in London heading to Croydon when this played on my phone and it got my gears grinding.
The end of the 10th episode of Voice 2 (a Korean drama) features one of my all-time favourite needledrops – "Perfect Asymmetry" by Desolute Circle.
Stranger Things: "Blue Bayou" by Linda Ronstadt where Will finally confesses to Mike.
@Papachongo1972
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
My very forte memory of an awesome needle drop , was â in the air tonight â Miami vice first episode . As a kid it blew my mind how much more emotional the scene was
@yungjayco
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
needle in the hay by elliot smith in the royal tenenbaums is amazing
@rebeccag8589
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
One of my favorites is Dreaming by Blondie in SLC Punk!
@steve.santiago
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
The scores of Goodfellas and Forrest Gump are the best at this IMO
@Enceladus331
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
What ive done by linkin park in transformers is iconic
@Garfilt77
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
East Hastings in 28 Days Later is easily my favorite needle drop ever
@iangeorge7913
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Omg as soon as you showed the Funny Games example I immediatly thought of Cabin in the Woods! đ
@christopherdeguilio6375
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
So glad you mentioned Punch Drunk Love and its connection to Popeye…
Saw Popeye in the theater as a kid and have always loved it… I seem to be the lone member of that particular club, however…
@PaulyCon
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Goodbye Horses on Silence of the Lambs. Come on!âŚ..also an unfindable version of Colors by Donovan on Rules of AttractionâŚ.and music on Killing of a Chinese Bookie
@darenfuzzy5292
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Not sure if this counts since itâs a movie directly connected to an anime series, but KOMM, SUSSER TOD from The End of Evangelion is one of the most perfect needle drops in anything I have ever seen. Contrasts the bleak despair of the events of the movie with such a sweeping, beautiful, and most importantly, fun song about grieving over the pain of human connection. All wrapped up in a psychedelic, sexually provocative, catastrophic, ,âBook of Revelationsâ Esq ending. Shit was incredible to see in theaters.
@jennifercumbie4521
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
I just want to throw out Paper Planes by MIA in Slumdog Millionaire
@chelseafedy9046
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Donât make me drink alone
Please continue this series
@bonerjoe1230
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
If you like iconic needledrops, watch some Wong-Kar Wai movies. Especially Fallen Angels. It'll blow your mind.
@lukedoyle2770
June 7, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Iâm not sure if itâs âneedledropâ but one of my favourite uses of non-original diegetic music is that track in the diner at the end of Moonlight. Absolutely perfect. Also School of Rock when theyâre listening to âImmigrant Songâ