# Songs that could be made into movies

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-be-made-into-movies/524569 "2010-01-11T22:17:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-be-made-into-movies/524569/61 "2010-01-15T13:57:58Z")

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Black Diamond Bay- Bob Dylan

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-be-made-into-movies/524569/62 "2010-01-15T15:14:58Z")

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> [@Labdad](#):
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> Really? I’d like to see a movie made out of “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner!”

OTOH … a movie version of “Excitable Boy” might be a bit much. 😉

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-be-made-into-movies/524569/63 "2010-01-15T17:20:35Z")

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“Grab the Money and Run” by Kevin Johnson - three highway workers steal the payroll, bribe their way onboard a cargo ship bound for Mexico, where the singer grabs the money from the other two and runs.

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