10 Immersive Songs That Would Make Killer Movies

2. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpd5xb1iKS4 I'm bending another of my rules here, since there's technically already been a movie made based on Vicki Lawrence's 1972 song. However, the 1981 film uses none of the song's plot. Therefore, I feel that the song's place on this list is justified. "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" begins as a young businessman returns to Candletop, Georgia, after a long business trip. The businessman stops at a bar, run by his friend Andy, for a drink before he goes home to his wife. Andy greets his friend with bad news: the businessman's wife has been sleeping with several other men, including Andy himself. The businessman leaves the bar and goes home. The businessman's wife is out, but that doesn't matter; the businessman goes and finds what he came home for: a gun. The businessman goes to Andy's house and finds Andy's dead body. The businessman flags down a passing cop, who immediately arrests the businessman for Andy's murder. The businessman is arrested, tried, convicted, and executed in one night. The most striking (and chilling) part of the song, however, comes after the businessman is killed. You see, it's at this point that the song's narrator, the businessman's sister, reveals that she's the one who killed Andy. She didn't stop at Andy, either; the narrator also killed her brother's cheating wife. A film adaptation of Lawrence's song (one that stays true to the lyrics, that is) could be an excellent mix of Southern Gothic and noir. Any film set in the southern United States needs to be atmospheric, instilling the film with the flavor that characterises the region. One of the characteristics of the southern states' legacy is the wealth of dark, twisted stories that come out of the area. "Georgia" fits into this tradition perfectly. The song's lyrics also display the cynicism that defines the noir genre.