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Weekend Rock List: Oscars’ Best Original Songs

2/20/09, 4:03 pm EST

With the Academy Awards going down this Sunday — the biggest night in both Hollywood and Peter Travers’ living room — this week’s Rock List is dedicated to the Best Original Song winners and nominees. We include the nominees because way too many Disney and Celine Dion songs have won in the past, so we needed to open the voting to great songs that didn’t walk away with the Oscar. Comb through Wikipedia’s Best Original Song page to help you out, come back and tell us your favorites, and on Monday we’ll hand the Rock Daily Award to one lucky winner. Before you start racking your brain about how Prince got completely snubbed with no Purple Rain nominations in 1984, check out our picks:

• 1999: Aimee Mann’s “Save Me” from Magnolia (Nominee)

• 1971: Isaac Hayes’ “Theme From Shaft” from Shaft (Winner)

• 1993: Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia” from Philadelphia (Winner)

• 1973: Paul McCartney’s “Live & Let Die” from Live & Let Die (Nominee)

• 2002: Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” from 8 Mile (Winner)

And don’t forget to follow Travers’ continuing Oscar coverage in his blog, the Travers Take.


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Zipzapzopzoup | 2/20/2009, 4:10 pm EST

Prince may not have received any Best Song nominations, but he did win Best Score, so it evens out, no?

Ghostoftomwaits | 2/20/2009, 4:51 pm EST

Bob Dylan – Things have Changed (Wonderboys)
Elliot Smith – Miss Misery (Good WIll Hunting)
Neil Young – Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
Willie Nelson – On The Road Again (Honeysuckle Rose)

Mikey | 2/20/2009, 5:07 pm EST

Elliott Smith “Miss Misery” FTW

steve | 2/20/2009, 5:08 pm EST

i just called to say i love you, in the woman in red. stevie wonder is AWESOME

joe p. | 2/20/2009, 5:12 pm EST

i don’t wanna miss a thing, for armaggedon, was really cool

mel | 2/20/2009, 5:16 pm EST

al otro lado del rio is an awesome song, and it was a nice surprise to see an unknown foreign artist recieve the award, ditto for the “once” soundtrack”.

Anonymous | 2/20/2009, 5:55 pm EST

Prince – Purple Rain(Winner)
Aimee Mann – Save Me (Nominee)
Björk – I’ve Seen It All (Nominee)
Eminem – Lose Yourself (Winner)

Daniel Plainsview | 2/20/2009, 6:06 pm EST

Johnny Greenwood’s soundtrack for There Will Be Blood was excellent, but snubbed by those academy hooligans. I demand it be recognized as being excellent

nito montana | 2/20/2009, 6:32 pm EST

al otro lado del rio- gustavo santaolalla
the wrestler-bruce (even if just came out this year it will make the rounds in years to come)

ElJayVee | 2/20/2009, 8:33 pm EST

“The Hands that Built America” by U2 from Gangs of New York

Sorry, “Lose Yourself” by Eminem won that year ;)

Blake Taylor | 2/20/2009, 10:41 pm EST

Purple Rain (Winner), Period

roknrol188 | 2/21/2009, 12:05 am EST

Springsteen – Streets of Philadelphia

Eminem – Lose Yourself

you don’t have to agree, but Beauty and the Beast

ScreamingTurnips | 2/21/2009, 1:22 am EST

Miss Misery by Elliott Smith

Who | 2/21/2009, 1:28 am EST

Johnny Greenwood’s soundtrack for There Will Be Blood

thatguy | 2/21/2009, 3:00 am EST

I think I could go more with a bunch of snubs, but I’ll stick with the “right way,” I guess.’

Call Me Irresponsible
Windmills Of Your Mind
Theme From Shaft
Ben
Live and Let Die
Gonna Fly Now
The Rainbow Connection
On The Road Again
Eye of the Tiger
Footloose
Under the Sea
Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
You’ve Got A Friend In Me
I’ve Seen It All
Scarlet Tide

Brendan | 2/21/2009, 4:27 am EST

FALLING SLOWLY

That Thing You Do (written by the bassist from Fountains Of Wayne)

Faffnir | 2/21/2009, 5:05 am EST

Bob Dylan – Things have changed (2000)

Anonymous | 2/21/2009, 5:25 am EST

“Blame Canada”

Sluggo | 2/21/2009, 1:07 pm EST

Wetter or knot it be NOminated

Holiday Road- Lyndsey Buckingham from Lampoon’s Vacation..
next to Live and Let Die..
The BEST.

Sluggo | 2/21/2009, 1:07 pm EST

Wetter or knot it be NOminated

Holiday Road- Lyndsey Buckingham from Lampoon’s Vacation..
next to Live and Let Die..
The BEST.

Orgo | 2/21/2009, 2:59 pm EST

“Nine To Five”-Dolly Parton(instead of “Fame”)
“The Power Of Love”-Huey Lewis & The News(instead of “Say You Say Me”)
and criminal how “Duelling Banjos” from “Deliverance” was overlooked

JSuzart | 2/21/2009, 7:30 pm EST

Sorry for the Prince vote, but I sweared that was the award he won!

Falling Slowly – (from Once) (Winner)
Vanilla Sky – Paul McCartney (nominee)
Blame Canada – (from South Park)(nominee)
Nine to Five – Dolly Parton (nominee)
Over The Rainbow – Judy Garland (winner)
Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney (nominee)

The worst:
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Starship (nominee!!!!!!!!)
How Do I Live – Trisha Yearwood (nominee!!)
I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing – Aerosmith (nominee…)
Have You Ever really Loved a Woman – Bryan Adams (nominee)
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor (nominee)
Hopelessly Devoted To You – Olivia Newton John (nominee)

tom in Vegas | 2/21/2009, 8:26 pm EST

Purple Rain, Streets of Philadelphia, Live and Let Die, Things Have Changed, Moon River.

Aeg | 2/21/2009, 9:17 pm EST

The Ballad Of High Noon
White Christmas
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será)
High Hopes
Streets of Philadelphia

thezero | 2/22/2009, 10:53 am EST

i guess i have to break the ice…

IT’S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP!

white people, you know you were digging that one…

kkyleh | 2/22/2009, 2:07 pm EST

Things Have Changed – Bob Dylan
Philadelphia – Neil Young
You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy Newman
On The Road Again – Willie Nelson
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – Burt Bacharach

Grease is thw word | 2/23/2009, 10:44 pm EST

The Best is… Hopelessly Devoted to You by Olivia Newton-John (nominee)

Grease is the word | 2/23/2009, 10:44 pm EST

The Best is… Hopelessly Devoted to You by Olivia Newton-John (nominee)

Grease is the word | 2/23/2009, 10:44 pm EST

The Best is… Hopelessly Devoted to You by Olivia Newton-John (nominee)

me | 3/8/2009, 4:55 pm EST

Just Dance -Lady Gaga
Kiss Me Thru the Phone -Soulja Boy ft. Sammie
Untouched -The Veronicas
I’m Yours -Jason Mraz
We Live- Superchick

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