Each song that appears in both volumes of Peter Quill’s “Awesome Mix,” and the Zune that Kraglin gives him to replace his destroyed Walkman, reflects an important theme in the story, and no song from the 2017 sequel represents that like this Fleetwood Mac song. It is no secret that Guardians of the Galaxy helmer James Gunn loves pop hits of the 1970s and ‘80s, but is careful never to put them in his Marvel films for their catchiness. “The Chain” By Fleetwood Mac (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. It was the perfect way to open a film that makes light of what was an otherwise devastating event in the MCU timeline in a surprisingly endearing way.Ħ.
However, the hilarious call back to the deaths of Tony Stark, Natasha “Black Widow” Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), and Vision (Paul Bettany) and Steve Rogers’ (Chris Evans) “disappearance” in Spider-Man: Far From Home, released just three months after Avengers: Endgame, was tastefully done, complete with this timeless romance song.Īfter the film’s pre-logo introductory scene, the second film centrally focused on Tom Holland’s Peter Parker begins with an “In memoriam” tribute to the late Avengers, which appears to have been made by high school students with Windows Movie Maker, and uses Whitney Houston’s Grammy-winning 1992 cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” to express their gratitude to their fallen heroes. Referencing of a moment of tragedy for laughs mere months after it occurs is usually a highly inappropriate offense. “I Will Always Love You” By Whitney Houston (Spider-Man: Far From Home)
“I’ve Got No Strings,” which is now just as famous for Avengers: Age of Ultron as it is for the 1940 animated classic it originated from, is Ultron’s anthem of liberation, declaring himself free from the “strings” that pull him down below the authority of humanity.ħ. His sentience convinces him that he is more than machine, but a “real boy,” and therefore superior to the Avengers. Ulton (voiced by James Spader) sings key lines from the song, originally written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Disney’s Pinocchio, as a means to compare himself to the famous enchanted puppet. Remember when covers of popular songs slowed down to ominous effect become a common recurrence in movie trailers? Well, Disney could not seem to pass up that trend and did so quite effectively to promote Joss Whedon’s 2015 sequel to The Avengers with a darker take on “I’ve Got No Strings,” which was paid off exquisitely in the film when sung by the titular protagonist.
“I’ve Got No Strings” By Leigh Harline And Ned Washington (Avengers: Age of Ultron) Now, anytime you hear that “Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga,” you can’t not think of Star-Lord, right?Ĩ. Luckily, Star-Lord would eventually get his revenge, and his “Awesome Mix” back when the ragtag crew make their escape. Thomas song brought back into the mainstream.Īs the eventual Guardians of the Galaxy are first brought to the Kyln, an employee of the interstellar prison is sorting through their belongings when he comes across Quill’s Walkman, forcing the enraged music lover to cry out that the song playing from the headphones, “Hooked on a Feeling," belongs to him, only to be incapacitated by a stunning device. There are key moments in both of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy films that make that fact evident, but the most iconic one would have to be the one that this chart-topping 1974 cover of a B.J. If there is one thing that is certain about Peter “Star-Lord” Quill (Chris Pratt), it is that you DO NOT mess with his tunes. “Hooked On A Feeling” By Blue Swede (Guardians Of The Galaxy)