10 Greatest Musical Moments In Martin Scorsese Movies

2. Mean Streets : The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash

Now this is how you give a character a memorable entrance. As Harvey Keitel’s Charlie suffers a crisis of faith at the bar, Robert DeNiro’s Johnny Boy struts in, bathed in the hellish red light, a girl on either arm.

As that iconic Keith Richards guitar riff kicks in and fills the scene with a strutting and cocksure swagger, Johnny Boy makes his way across the bar in a perfect matching of song and character.

Everything you need to know about this person is established in this one sequence, a sleazy, dangerous but undeniably fun guy who owns the room and can't help but attract people to him. It’s a gas, gas, gas.

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