Comments on: Movie Urban Legends Revealed #23

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:24:55 +0000

Ritter sang the song in the film. He just didn’t want to release it as a single (he changed his mind after the song became a hit).

By: sean

sean — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:39:17 +0000

Wait, so how did Tex Ritter’s version wind up in the movie?

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:20 +0000

“I do things like that for people every day.”

Typical Dylan. There has to be some kind of arrogant posturing in there.

By: Chris Nolan.ca

Chris Nolan.ca — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:59 +0000

“Contrast that, for instance, with 1984’s “Footloose,” which was already a hit song by Kenny Loggins…

BEFORE the film of the same name came out and was a big hit.”

Footloose was a musical with all original songs. The Kenny Loggins song was released prior to the film as part of the marketing plans for the picture (MTV was in it’s infancy after all). The special features on the Footloose DVD go into details on this and many other aspects of the production.

By: onion3000

onion3000 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:27:00 +0000

The only version of ‘Laura’ I’ve ever heard was by Spike Jones and his City Slickers – But what a song!