In honor composer Clint Mansell’s 62nd birthday, today’s song of the day is Mansell’s haunting Lux Aeterna from 2000’s Requiem For A Dream.
In honor composer Clint Mansell’s 62nd birthday, today’s song of the day is Mansell’s haunting Lux Aeterna from 2000’s Requiem For A Dream.
Since we’re in a Back to the Future sort of mood at the site today, today’s song of the day is an obvious one. Here is The Power of Love, by Huey Lewis and the News!
The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
More than a feeling, that’s the power of love
Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl’s dream
Make a bad one good, mm, make a wrong one right
Power of love that keep you home at night
You don’t need money, don’t take fame
Don’t need no credit card to ride this train
It’s strong and it’s sudden, and it’s cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That’s the power of love
That’s the power of love
First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it, it might make you mad
But you’ll be glad, baby, when you’ve found
That’s the power makes the world go ’round
And it don’t take money, don’t take fame
Don’t need no credit card to ride this train
It’s strong and it’s sudden, it can be cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
They say that all in love is fair
Yeah, but you don’t care (ooh)
But you know what to do (what to do)
When it gets hold of you
And with a little help from above
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Can you feel it?
Hm-hm
It don’t take money, and it don’t take fame
Don’t need no credit card to ride this train
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
But you won’t feel nothin’ ’til you feel
You feel the power, just feel the power of love
That’s the power, mm, that’s the power of love
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Feel the power of love
Songwriters: Huey Lewis / John Victor Colla / Christopher John Hayes
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to both Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton!
Along with being two of America’s best actors, Duvall and Keaton also co-starred in the first two Godfather films. They didn’t share many scenes in the second film (though there was at least one Duvall/Keaton scene that was filmed but not included in the final film) but, in the first film, they have a memorable moment in which Keaton (as Kay) asks Duvall’s Tom Hagen to send a letter to Michael in Sicily. Hagen politely refuses. When Kay notices a car that has obviously been bombed, Tom replies with bland good cheer, “Oh, that was an accident. Luckily, no one was hurt!”
In honor of these two amazing performers and my favorite movie of all time, today’s song of the day is Nino Rota’s theme from The Godfather.
Since today is director Harmony Korine’s birthday, I decided that today’s song of the day should be one that was used quite memorably in Korine’s best film, 2013’s Spring Breakers. From Skrillex, here is Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites!
In honor of Sergio Leone’s birthday, today’s song of the day is the main theme from Leone’s best-known film, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Ennio Morricone’s score is as much of a character in this film as the ones played by Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef. It perfectly sets the moods, telling us that we’re about to see something that is truly epic. The opening notes, which have so often been parodied but which have never lost their power, truly capture the feel of Sergio Leone’s mythical vision of the old west.
In honor of National Science Fiction Day, today’s song of the day comes from the film that sent James Bond into space!
Released in 1979, Moonraker may not get as much respect as some of the Bond films but I’ve always liked it. The theme song was the third and final Bond song to be performed by Shirley Bassey. The song was originally written for Frank Sinatra but he turned it down. Johnny Mathis then agreed to perform the song but he backed out at the last minute. Shirley Bassey came in to record the song just weeks before the film was due to premiere.
Because this is a 70s film, there were two versions of this song, the original and the disco. Because I’m the one writing this post, we’re going with the disco version.
Where are you, why do you hide
Where is that moonlight trail that leads to your side?
Just like the moonraker goes in search of his dream of gold
I search for love, for someone to have and hold
I’ve seen your smile in a thousand dreams
Felt your touch, and it always seems
You love me, you love me
Where are you, when will we meet?
Take my unfinished life and make it complete
Just like the moonraker knows
His dream will come true someday
I know that you are only a kiss away
I’ve seen your smile in a thousand dreams
Felt your touch, and it always seems
You love me, you love me
Songwriters: John Barry / Hal David
Today’s song of the day was the second James Bond theme song to receive an Oscar nomination, Carly Simon’s Nobody Does It Better. It’s a song that I’m picking for today because, in 2025, nobody is going to do it better than the crew here at the Shattered Lens!
Add to that, it’s just a really good song and a great way to start of the New Year. This is one of the few songs that I can sing, though not as well as Carly Simon. Still, there was one summer night when I totally slayed this song during karaoke night at Grandpa Tony’s. The audience was full of drunk yankees who were in Dallas for some sort of pharmaceutical convention and they loved me!
Here is Carly Simon performing today’s song of the day.
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, you’re the best
I wasn’t lookin’ but somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your love light
But like heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keepin’ all my secrets safe tonight
And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why’d you have to be so good?
The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There’s some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from runnin’
But just keep it comin’
How’d you learn to do the things you do?
And nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, baby
Darlin’, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Sweet baby, you’re the best
Darlin’, you’re the best
Darlin’, you’re the best
Sweet baby, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Sweet baby
Songwriters: Carole Sager / Marvin Hamlisch
Did everyone have a good Christmas? Did everyone get everything that they wanted?
If the answer’s yes, you have one man to thank for that!
Hooray for Santy Claus!
(You might recognize this song from one of our favorite holiday classics, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians!)
The much-missed Gary Loggins always shared this song on Thanksgiving, on both this site and his own personal site. I’m happy to honor his memory by continuing that tradition.
Today’s song of the day is in tribute to Jonathan Saul Kane, who died earlier this month at the age of 55. This British DJ was also known as Depth Charge and The Octagon Man and he is one of the many people who have been credited, over the years, as being the inventor of both trip hop and big beat. Along with founding several key independent record labels, Kane was also sampling Kung Fu movies before it was cool. In fact, as one of the founders Made In Hong Kong, Kane played a key role in introducing Hong Kong action to the west.
As for today’s song of the day, Under The Eye Of The Electric Storm was first released in 1991.
RIP, J. Saul Kane.