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Film: Starman
Album: Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr
Format: Region 1
Discovered By: Andrew C. Wendland
Set Up: Start the album when the film begins, when the Columbia Pictures logo starts to fade in.

Length of sync: 1 hour 55 minutes (Put album on repeat to cover movie length). 

Notes: Do not use the Spotify version of the album as that uses a completely different track listing, using songs that where never on the original CD. 

Connections

  • The movies name is of course, Starman. One R short of Ringo Starr, man....
     
  • The booklet of the compilation contains images of all/most of the singles on the album. The cover of Photograph shows Ringo in a “tin-foil” star, giving it an early Sci-Fi look. Snookeroo and No-No Song’s record label have what appears to be a sun or something star looking.

Lyrical/musical connections

Photograph

  • “Every time I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go. But I’ll I’ve got is a photograph and I realize you’re not coming back anymore” x3 - The camera pans into the window of the house showing the main character Jenny Hayden watching an old film of her and her late husband.

It Don't Come Easy

  • “It don’t come easy” x3 - Jenny after watching the home film looking dejected.
     

  • “Or leap about” - As the character Mark quickly hops back into his chair.
     

  • “Here within your reach” - he reaches for the telephone.
     

You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)

  • Song starts almost exactly on camera cut.
     

  • “You come on like a dream…” - Jenny stirs in her sleep.
     

  • “...on the night we met” - As the Starman approaches Jenny’s home, on the night they would eventually meet.

Back Off Boogaloo

  • The guitars kick in as soon as Jenny opens her eyes.
     

  • “Standing there” - the Starman in the form of a baby, looking at Jenny who’s standing in the doorway.
     

  • “Back off boogaloo x6” - Jenny grabs a gun ready to shoot the Starman.
     

  • “come on” - the Starman turns his head as soon as the lyrics are sung. As if to make a “come on...” type of gesture.

I'm the Greatest

  • “And now I’m a man…” - the Starman approaches a mirror to find he has taken the form of Jenny’s husband.
     

  • “I looked in the mirror” - the Starman looking at Jenny’s husband on film.
     

Oh My My

  • “And as I was leaving, this is what she said to me” - Jenny goes to the doorway, but then turns to see the Starman outside her window.
     

  • “...slow down” - Jenny slowly walks around the corner to see if The Starman is there.

Only You (And You Alone)

  • “...darkness...” - After the Starman’s projection of the U.S. map (showing Jenny the rendezvous point in Arizona), is turned off.

Beaucoups of Blues

  • “...take me all over this land” - Jenny and the Starman begin the traveling on a journey that will take them across the entire country.
     

  • “...only to lose” - the driver experiences the Starmans powers through his wrench catching flames and a near by tree exploding.

Early 1970
Snookeroo

  • “Pigs will fly…” - a shot of an army helicopter landing.

No No Song

  • “Then it makes it hard to find the door,” - The Starman looking confused at the women’s restroom door.

It's All Down to (Goodnight Vienna
Hey Baby

  • “Hey, hey baby! (Hey baby!)” as soon as Ringo sings “Hey!” a large truck carrying a multitude of hay bales careens into view and nearly collides with Jenny’s car.
     

  • The truck is still visible in the background as the chorus is repeated.

    (You have no idea how funny that part is, Trust me, you'll get a great laugh from it - Sam the Angel Fox)

A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll

  • Song ends exactly as scene does.

Weight of the World
King of Broken Hearts

  • The song starts, appropriately, with Jenny crying.
     

  • “Look how fast the tide can turn…” - The scene cuts to the Starman outside the restaurant with Jenny looking from inside.

    (From this point to the rest of the song, I personally found it to be very emotional, the song’s emotion as the deer is brought back to life. I feel suited the scene very well - Sam the Angel Fox)

Never Without You

  • “...bright spark lights.” - Jenny fires off a gun in an attempt to break up the fight.

Act Naturally (Ft.Buck Owens)

  • “...a film about a man…” - the Starman sees the film From Here to Eternity on the television. When “a man” is sung, it cuts to the male lead in the film.

Wreck My Brain
Fading In, Fading Out

  • “...shines so bright.” - a shot of the resulting fire after Jenny’s car crashes into the oil tanker truck.
     

  • “First you’re here, then you’re gone” - The Starman looking over an injured/dead Jenny.

Second Play-through

Photograph

  • “The day you went away” - Jenny wakes to find The Starman not with her.

It Don't Come Easy
You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)

  • “...and into my car” - Jenny and The Starman hitch a ride in the back of a pickup truck.
     

  • Song ends just before scene transition.

Back Off Boogaloo
I'm the Greatest

  • “Hey, hey, hey…” - More hay.

Oh My My
Only You (And You Alone)

  • Song starts nearly as the scene inside the casino begins.
     

  • “...you alone” - Jenny notices the Starman has gone somewhere else in the casino.

Beaucoups of Blues

  • “Take me all over this land” - as Jenny and the Starman are traveling once again.
     

  • “I see me a man” - as the waiter comes to serve Jenny and the Starman.

Early 1970

  • “When he comes to town” - It cuts to Mark in his car catching up to the police.
     

  • “I want to see all three” - Mark arrives to see Jenny and the Starman, now all three of them together.

Snookeroo

No No Song

It's All Down to (Goodnight Vienna)

Hey Baby
A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll

  • “You’re feeling down, you’re feeling blue. You do know that you care, but you don’t know what to do.” - The introduction of the song, musically and (to a degree) lyrically, suits the scene where the Starman departs in the spherical spaceship. The buildup and structure of the song suits the end of the film quite nicely, and is also a nice segue into the credits.

Weight of the World

  • The song serves as the syncs credit/ending song.

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