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(12-06-2018 08:16 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:  

Billy Idol was a huge part of the 80's. There was no escaping him. The safe dangerous guy.

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Originally written for Donna Summer "You Can" was another ground breaking production from the incomparable Georgio Moroder. When Donna regected the song he gave it to up and coming Swedish pop/ dance star 22 yo Madleen Kane who ended up making the song a global hit. Very sultry, sexy, genius production:

Solid Gold version





Full version

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Here's somebody I bet you forgot all about.

Dancer. Singer. Actor.

Gregory Hines was all over the place in the 80's.

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Fresh


https://youtu.be/sTJ1XwGDcA4

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When I got this tape for my birthday as a kid...... it changed everything

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on a George Michael note:





this song. he may have been the archetype of the sexual-deviant trainwreck currently destroying the fabric of Western society, but cot damn did he have an amazing voice.

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The VCR covers. Netflix is gonna deprive a whole generation of going down to blockbuster video and picking movies purely based off of which one has the most awesome cover art. Guns? Check. Babes? Check? Gangsters? Check. Renting? You bet.

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For anyone looking to indulge in pure 80's cinematic cheeze, no words bring a greater frisson of anticipation than:

"A Golan-Globus Production"

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I might be wrong on this observation, but movie soundtracks of the era seemed to have a better "design philosophy".

Unlike contemporary OSTs, which usually sport the tagline "music from and inspired by the film", most 80's soundtracks seem to be compiled from b-sides or throwaway tracks (exceptions being actual theme songs like "Axel F.", "Theme from Fletch", "Ghostbusters", "Footloose" or the entire "Purple Rain" album).

There weren't that many songs made specifically for the movie, and it shows.

For example:

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High had a great soundtrack.

I was going to disagree with you about it being B-sides, so I looked it up and you are right:

Raised on the Radio
Performed by Ravyns
Written by Rob Fahey
Somebody's Baby
Performed by Jackson Browne
Written by Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar
Love Rules
Performed by Don Henley
Written by Don Henley & Danny Kortchmar
Waffle Stomp
Performed by Joe Walsh
Written by Joe Walsh
Never Surrender
Performed by Don Felder
Written by Don Felder & Kenny Loggins
So Much in Love
Performed by Timothy B. Schmit
Written by W. Jackson, R. Straigis, G. Williams
Goodbye, Goodbye
Performed by Oingo Boingo
Written by Danny Elfman
Courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.
Uptown Boys
Performed by Louise Goffin
Written by Louise Goffin & Janna Allen
Fast Times (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Performed by Billy Squier
Written by Billy Squier
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Sleeping Angel
Performed by Stevie Nicks
Written by Stevie Nicks
Courtesy of Modern Records
Speeding
Performed by The Go-Go's (as The Go Go's)
Written by Charlotte Caffey & Jane Wiedlin
Courtesy of International Records Syndicate, Inc.
The Look In Your Eyes
Performed by Gerard McMahon
Written by Gerard McMahon & Michael Ostin
Courtesy of Full Moon / Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Love is the Reason
Performed by Graham Nash
Written by Graham Nash
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Don't Be Lonely
Performed by Quarterflash
Written by Marv Ross
Courtesy of Geffen Records
I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)
Performed by Jimmy Buffett
Written by Jimmy Buffett & Mike Utley
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Performed by Sammy Hagar
Written by Sammy Hagar
Courtesy of Geffen Records
I'll Leave It Up to You
Performed by Poco
Written by Rusty Young
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
Moving In Stereo
Performed by The Cars
Written by Ric Ocasek (uncredited)
Published by Lido Music, Inc. / Oversnare Music, Inc.
Courtesy of Elektra Records
We Got The Beat
Performed by The Go-Go's (as The Go Go's)
Written by Charlotte Caffey (uncredited)
Courtesy of International Records Syndicate, Inc.
Winter Wonderland
Performed by Darlene Love
Written by Felix Bernard (uncredited) & Richard B. Smith (uncredited)
Courtesy of Phil Spector International
American Girl
Performed by Tom Petty
Written by Tom Petty (uncredited)
Courtesy of Shelter Recording Company, Inc. & MCA Records, Inc.
Life In The Fast Lane
Written by Joe Walsh (uncredited), Glenn Frey (uncredited), & Don Henley (uncredited)
Performed by Reeves Nevo & The Cinch
Wooly Bully
Written by Domingo Samudio (uncredited)
Performed by Reeves Nevo & The Cinch
Kashmir
Performed by Led Zeppelin
Written by Jimmy Page (uncredited) & Robert Plant (uncredited) with John Bonham (uncredited)
Courtesy of Swan Song, Inc.
Highway Runner
(uncredited)
Written by Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer
Performed by Donna Summer
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Purple Rain had a good soundtrack. Not B sides. But probably the exception.

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Hey little girl is your daddy home.......will now upset people





When women could rock





Everybody gotta die sometime Red





And

EDDIE LIVES

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(12-18-2018 06:15 AM)Hypno Wrote:  Purple Rain had a good soundtrack. Not B sides. But probably the exception.

Seeing Purple Rain in the theaters was insane. People were up and dancing in the aisles, even in the suburbs.

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(12-18-2018 11:31 AM)debeguiled Wrote:  

(12-18-2018 06:15 AM)Hypno Wrote:  Purple Rain had a good soundtrack. Not B sides. But probably the exception.

Seeing Purple Rain in the theaters was insane. People were up and dancing in the aisles, even in the suburbs.

Seeing Apollonia cleanse herself in Lake Minnetonka, on a big screen? Mercy.
Never saw it in theatres (too young for that), only on a very worn VHS, which I still have.

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Speaking of Prince protegés:




(featuring The Time as "the band behind the curtain". Sounds better/funkier than the album cuts.)


This one's a piece of curio, an unreleased Apollonia 6 mini-movie. And a very rough cut, some FX are missing.

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Not sure if mentioned yet, but Eddie Murph was on a blast back then. He even sang!

Here with Rick James, another 80s iconical figure.