{"id":39761,"date":"2023-05-11T10:50:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=39761"},"modified":"2023-05-11T10:50:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:50:44","slug":"my-five-favorite-grease-musical-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/11\/my-five-favorite-grease-musical-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"My Five Favorite \u201cGrease\u201d Musical Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/grease-movie-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/grease-movie-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/grease-movie-poster.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/grease-movie-poster-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/grease-movie-poster-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>If there\u2019s anything that Paramount loves to do is unleash \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/21\/grease-1978\/\">Grease<\/a>\u201d at any given opportunity. They consistently re-release it on physical media, and in theaters. And while it sounds like I\u2019m complaining (I kind of am), the re-release of \u201cGrease\u201d was only inevitable since Paramount is now streaming \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/30\/grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies-carries-the-torch-of-the-classic-movie-well\/\">Rise of the Pink Ladies<\/a>,\u201d the prequel series to \u201cGrease.\u201d With \u201cGrease\u201d being a bonafide childhood favorite, and set to be put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fathomevents.com\/events\/Grease-45th-Anniversary\">in to theaters once again<\/a> on May 14<sup>th<\/sup> and 17th for its 45th Anniversary, I ran down my five favorite numbers from the classic film. I never could figure out why Danny drives away with Kenickie\u2019s hot rod in the end. I love the movie. Honest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41x9GVo\"><strong>What&#8217;s your favorite &#8220;Grease&#8221; number?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cU_pcU6AFPQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>5. Hopelessly Devoted To You<br \/>\n<\/strong>John Travolta and Olivia Newton John Have two solo numbers in \u201cGrease\u201d and the latter\u2019s \u201cHopelessly Devoted\u201d is infinitely better than the former\u2019s. Still basically in love with Danny after his dickish attitude toward her, she belts out a wonderful tune about being in love with him and still pretty much devoted to him. It\u2019s a great, emotional aside with the late great Olivia Newton John.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong><strong>Greased Lightnin\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong>There\u2019s a sad history behind this number, as it was originally meant for Kenickie, but Travolta demanded he be allowed to sing it instead. Allegedly after falling from the engine during the middle of the song, Jeff Conaway was injured and became addicted to pain killers. That sad note aside, \u201cGreased Lightnin\u2019\u201d is still a fun raucous number with the T-Birds\u2026 well celebrating how much babes they\u2019re going to get with Kenickie\u2019s new hot rod. There\u2019s a ton of innuendo, and double entendres in the lyrics.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itRFjzQICJU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>3. <\/strong><strong>You\u2019re The One That I Want<br \/>\n<\/strong>The penultimate number of \u201cGrease\u201d sees Danny and Sandy re-united and basically playing a flirtatious game with one another. It\u2019s a song basically about compromise where they both give something of themselves to stay with each other. The lyrics are great, the performances are dynamite, and the song is so goddamn catchy. If you\u2019ve seen \u201cGrease\u201d as much as I have, I dare you not to break in to song when you hear the words \u201cI got chills\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong><strong>Born to Hand Jive<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Hand Jive musical number from Sha Na Na is one of the most raucous, exciting, and high energy numbers of the entire movie. The centerpiece of \u201cGrease\u201d is the big televised school prom, and there\u2019s a big turn of events with Danny be snatched up by his old girlfriend Cha Cha, and Kenickie fighting over Rizzo. In the midst of all the drama there are just excellent dance scenes, paired with fantastic editing that really enhances the film with high energy.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZW0DfsCzfq4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>1.<\/strong><strong> Summer Nights<br \/>\n<\/strong>A lot of fans prefer \u201cYou\u2019re the One that I Want\u201d or \u201cHopelessly Devoted\u201d but my favorite number is \u201cSummer Nights.\u201d Not only does it kick off the whole film, but it really does indicate what kind of excitement and fun that we\u2019re in store for. It also gives us a lot of crucial information about the intensity of Danny and Sandy\u2019s summer fling, and their feelings toward each other. And we, as the audience, are left knowing that they\u2019re both in the same school, at the same time, and can only imagine what\u2019s going to happen when they finally cross paths.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s anything that Paramount loves to do is unleash \u201cGrease\u201d at any given opportunity. They consistently re-release it on physical media, and in theaters. And while it sounds like I\u2019m complaining (I kind of am), the re-release of \u201cGrease\u201d was only inevitable since Paramount is now streaming \u201cRise of the Pink Ladies,\u201d the prequel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,424,558,698,700,766],"class_list":["post-39761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-list-junkies","tag-adaptation","tag-grease","tag-john-travolta","tag-music","tag-musical","tag-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39763,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761\/revisions\/39763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}