THE SHINING - A Musical Retrospective

Artist Song
ELVIS PRESLEY  Heartbreak Hotel 
SLEATER-KINNEY  Call The Doctor 
PIXIES  Tony's Theme 
RAMONES  Danny Says 
THE CARDIGANS  Closing Time 
THE PRIMITIVES  Shine 
THE STANDELLS  There's A Storm Comin' 
PAT BENATAR  Out-A-Touch 
THE OFFSPRING  Come Out And Play 
THE SMOKE  My Friend Jack 
THE CLASH  Somebody Got Murdered 
THE BEACH BOYS  Wendy 
CHUCK BERRY  Johnny B. Goode 
PINK FLOYD  Run Like Hell 
WISHPLANTS  The Maze 
H_SKER D_  Ice Cold Ice 
MANDA AND THE MARBLES  Dead By Dawn 
PATSY CLINE  Crazy 

Comment:

This retrospective, of course, follows the events of the film. Here are comments about each song on how it relates to the film:

1. Jack Torrence travels to the Overlook Hotel to apply for a job.

2. Back home, his son Danny goes into some sort of seizure, and the doctor is called.

3. It is revealed that Danny has an imaginary friend, Tony, living inside his mouth.

4. The song goes, "Danny says we gotta go, gotta go to Idaho..." (Okay, so they don't go to Idaho.) But, as Jack is offered the job hundreds of miles away, Danny (through his friend Tony) already knows Jack has the job, and that they will be leaving soon.

5. The Torrences arrive at the Overlook Hotel on closing day.

6. Danny learns from Mr. Halloran, the hotel cook, that the gift he has is called "shining".

7. The first big storm comes, and the Torrences can no longer drive into town. They're now totally isolated at the Overlook.

8. Just 35 minutes into the film, Jack starts to lose it.

9. The bloody twin sisters in the elevator ask Danny to "come out and play".

10. Jack meets Lloyd the bartender.

11. REDRUM! REDRUM!

12. Wendy, of course, is Jack's wife. Jack chases Wendy up the stairs with an axe. Wendy hides in the bathroom, which leads to...

13. HEEEERRRRE'S JOHNNY!! (Go! Johnny! Go!)

14. Danny and Wendy "run like hell"!!

15. Jack chases Danny around the hedge maze.

16. Hmmmm...it's getting cold, but Jack is tired from chasing Danny, so he decides to sit down and take a break. (Bad move.)

17. Jack's fate.

18. A nice slow one to wrap things up. ROLL CREDITS.
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strange loop
Date: 5/18/2008
Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!Good theme and great music makes this a nice mix!
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avocado rabbit
Date: 5/18/2008
Classic Nicholson I must admit even if he is a Lakers fan.
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darrylseattle
Date: 5/18/2008
great concept - thank you!
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World of Sounds
Date: 5/19/2008
That's amazing. Great mixtape idea.