Biggles Wrote:Blue Oyster Cult: "Beat 'Em Up" ("Club Ninja" album), "Don't Turn Your Back" or "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" ("Fires of Unknown Origin")
Wishbone Ash: "Warrior"
Black Sabbath: "Iron Man"
Peter Gabriel: "Shock the Monkey" ("Security")
Genesis: "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
Who: "Won't Get Fooled Again" ("Who's Next")
Steely Dan: "Do It Again" or "Night By Night"
I'm a bit late coming into this discussion, but I have to add my two cents on some of the above tracks. I love Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, but it strikes me as a little too upbeat-sounding for an RJ movie. (That's despite having one of Phil Collins's darker lyrics. It's about a strung-out guy trying to procure his next hit from his pusher, which kind of cracks me up when I hear it playing in, say, the supermarket.)
The Genesis track I think would be great in an RJ movie: Back in N.Y.C.! (One of my musical pet peeves: people who confuse Phil Collins with Genesis and/or don't even know Peter Gabriel used to be their singer. And Steve Hackett is my favorite guitarist ever.) I could maybe see The Light Dies Down on Broadway for a movie, too.
Shock the Monkey: Probably not a bad choice since people know it. I don't think I hear it much in movies, either. (People always seem to want In Your Eyes.) I'd add some other Gabriel songs to the list for consideration: Down the Dolce Vita (I've always thought that would make a great movie track -- maybe even over opening credits), Intruder, Not One of Us, I Don't Remember, Darkness, and maybe others if I thought about it more.
Won't Get Fooled Again is a terrific choice, too. I've never been much of a Who fan, but the opening of that song is one of the greatest pieces of music around, IMHO.
Others I'd add:
Robert Plant: Watching You
Pink Floyd: Run Like Hell
The Moody Blues: Twilight Time (from the last half of "Evening" on the Days of Future Passed album)
Roger Waters: Amused to Death
Marillion: Man of a Thousand Faces
Led Zeppelin: In the Evening, When the Levee Breaks (my favorite off of the ZOSO album; I think it's unfairly overshadowed by the good -- but overplayed -- Stairway to Heaven)
Wow, I think this is my most long-winded post so far, at least since the transition to the new board.
Blake