Huey Lewis’ Pineapple Express Theme Song
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... “It is called Pineapple Express, cleverly,” director David Gordon Green told movieweb. “Our only input was, we told him we wanted it to sound like his 80s work that we loved so much. And we wanted to have the plot in it. And we wanted to have him say the title as many times as he could. There is a lot of alto sax. It is kind of like that ‘other’ Back to the Future Huey Lewis song. Not ‘Power of Love’ but ‘Back in Time’. Yeah.” ...
Judd Apatow’s “Five-Year Engagement” And The Gloriously ’80s “Pineapple Express” Theme Song
Hollywoodtuna —
... In other Apatow-related news, check out MovieWeb for a sneak peek at the Huey Lewis theme song for Pineapple Express. Said director David Gordon Green of the song: ...
'The Pineapple Express' is Hip to be Square!
Cinematical —
... fangirl heart went nuts last November, when a rumor went around that Seth Rogen wanted Huey Lewis to record music for Pineapple Express. When he popped up in the ever-so-brilliant Kimmel/Affleck "We Are the World" spoof, I began to wonder again. Huey still sounds great, and really, the world needs more of him. Well, I now "Believe in Love" because he is, indeed, the music man for the upcoming comedy's feature song. I missed this the other day, but Movieweb was talking with director David Gordon Green, and got him to "perform" some of the ...
'Pineapple Express' Theme Proves Heart of Rock n Roll Still Beating
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... that 'other' Back to the Future Huey Lewis song. Not 'Power of Love' but 'Back in Time'." By request, it describes the plot, says the title as many times as possible, and is loaded with alto sax.
Green recited the chorus:
We got trouble, we got to get out of here. I've got you, you've got me. We are as high as we can be. That's all right. How did we get into this mess? Pineapple Express!
It's so perfectly, spectacularly stupid that it hurts my head.
Hear Huey Lewis' Theme Song in Pineapple Express [Movieweb]
Five Musical Genres You May Have Forgotten To Miss [Purposeful Listmaking]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip —
... reference the movie they soundtrack. As videos go the way of the dinosaur, if music is going to successfully cross-promote itself with a more popular form of media, it's going to have to do it lyrically. Few remember Rick Moranis smiling at Bobby Brown's dancing ass in the "On Our Own" video, but everybody knows that if Vigo, the master of Evil, tries to battle his boys... that's not legal! Side note: Seth Rogen's getting Huey Lewis to tackle this and genre No. 1 for Pineapple Express, because Seth Rogen knows what time it is. ...
Pineapple Express Soundtrack to Feature a Rap Song by Shaq
Film School Rejects —
... the theme song for the film, which will be in the same vein as “The Power of Love” which was made famous as the theme for Back to the Future.
When asked about the Huey Lewis theme song, Green had this much to say: “I’m not going to sing it for you… But its really good. You’ll freak out when you hear it. You’ll do back flips and go bananas.”
And although he wouldn’t sing it for us, he did give our friends at Movieweb a little preview back at the end of February:
We got trouble,
we ...
Check This Out: Huey Lewis' Pineapple Express Theme Song!
FirstShowing.net —
... So for some clarification, director David Gordon Green previously explained the story of Huey Lewis to MovieWeb. "Our only input was, we told him we wanted it to sound like his 80s work that we loved so much. And we wanted to have the plot in it. And we wanted to have him say the title as many times as he could. There is a lot of alto sax." Brilliant. All you need to do to listen is head over to the ...

