I must say that the show Scrubs never ceases to amaze me with the great music they keep finding for their ending segments. For those who don’t watch, these are usually collage scenes (not always) that wrap up the story lines for that episode, and are set to music. The music always fits the scenes very well, and any multiple storylines are usually related by some common theme.
I loved the ending on tonight’s episode. Anybody else see it? What did you think?
The music used was the song “Waiting For My Real Life To Begin”, by Colin Hay. Except, the way it was done… (in a spoiler tag in case anybody taped it and didn’t watch yet):
The song selection was sung by various cast members – and it sounded like their actual voices (for the regulars), so I’d say there are some pretty good singers in the cast, especially Carla – in the scene where Elaine, the girl who was waiting on a heart transplant, was dying. J.D. was imagining her death in the way she had hoped that her death would be – as a musical number where she can “go out with a real flourish”.
It’s a fantastic song (and I’m probably going to go look for that Colin Hay album now).
Every time I see this show, it gets me thinking about the great music selections they pick for the endings – and it’s not all one genre or style. But it always fits what’s going on. And lately, if I don’t recognize it, I Google on the lyrics to see if I can find the title. Some of the ones I can remember are:
She Says - Howie Day
Tell Her This - Del Amitri
Dreaming of You - The Coral (an absolutely addicting song)
These three were from very recent episodes. Also:
The theme from the cartoon Underdog - in 4 part harmony, sung by the hospital barbershop quartet guys. (silly, but fitting for that episode).
Overkill - (Men At Work) - played and sung by Colin Hay on the episode, as a guest appearance
Hallelujah - (Leonard Cohen) - they used the Rufus Wainwright version. It was on an excellent episode from the first season – the one when the three majors each lost their first patient.
Of course, now I’m wishing I could remember more of them (or had searched and ID’d more of them earlier on). Anybody else remember other good songs they have used? (or even better, know of a web site that lists the ones they’ve used?)
