http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVh8Mu1a4Q
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime was originally by The Korgis, but the version I'm familiar with is Beck's cover (above), featured in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. For me, at least, it's inextricably tied to the movie.
It's weird to only know a song from a film, but there's no shame in that. I only know Mad World from Donnie Darko (which I haven't even seen!) I only know Where Is My Mind from Fight Club. I only know Johnny B. Goode from Back to the Future.
Worst of all (or maybe best) I first heard Hallelujah in 2001 (god damn, I was in first grade) — not the Leonard Cohen version, nor the John Cale, nor the Jeff Buckley. It was the Rufus Wainwright version that found me. It was on the soundtrack to Shrek. Even in first grade, I was ashamed that such a good song had reached me through an animated film.
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