sorry, i'm quite young and this film is like 17 years older than me. this might sound stupid, but the song" living next door to Alice' by the band 'smokie', is it by any chance related to the movie"alice doesn't live here anymore'?
lawyer - "you sir are a moron"
Homer - "a mormon,but I'm from earth!
No connection whatsoever.
shareI was asking myself the same question.
The song is two years older than the movie, so only the movie could have been inspired by the song and not vice-versa.
but have you noticed the original version of "i will always love you" that will feature later in The Bodyguard?
shareActually, the Smokie song came out in 1976, two years after this film. But it's always reminded me of this film also.
shareWhile the Smokie version was indeed released in 1976, the original version was already released in 1972. The movie came out in 1974, so the song could have inspired the movie, but not vice-versa.
shareYou're right. I didn't realize until now that Smokie's version is a cover of a song by an Australian band called New World. I stand corrected!
shareIt was originally written for the Australian band "New World" and released in 1972. It was not successful then but "Smokie's" version in 1976 was. "Living Next Door to Alice" is about a girl who died at 24. The line about the limousine refers to a hearse.
"Alice? Who the f..k is Alice?"
Alice, who the **** is Alice?
sharewhat an epic song! I was 12 when i first heard it. i didn't even know at that stage that people could say F$%^ in Songs. Guess I got taught!
Seymour Skinner: You were right to be suspicious Edna. To the Crime lab!
Singers dropped f-bombs on albums occasionally in the '60s and '70s, as they did on that song, but I doubt it would have gotten much airplay! I suspect that was strictly an album cut, a take-off on the single "Livin' Next Door to Alice."
Joni Mitchell and Jefferson Airplane used the f-bomb on records years before Smokie, and in the Airplane's case, it made it on "The Dick Cavett Show" on "We Can Be Together" when the censors weren't paying attention.