There’s nothing I like better than all those old cheesy movies from the 80’s. I’m pretty sure you know, and have seen, all of them, just like me. Pretty In Pink, 16 Candles, Fast Times, Valley Girl, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s Fire, etc. etc. The list is endless. No, I’m not ashamed to say I went to see them…I mean, mostly, because my girlfriend/wife at the time wanted to see them…yeah, that’s gotta be it! Anyway, no matter how bad those movies were, you could always count on one thing, a great soundtrack. And by great, I mean, they invented, and perfected the modern movie soundtrack. Since the 80’s (with some exception of some of the Cameron Crowe movies in the 90’s), movie sound tracks have tried to be that cool, with very few successes. It was just the greatest 10 year span ever to be in my late teens / early 20’s. I love watching those movies now because it really does remind me that at one time, I could flit about the halls at high school, being an outsider, scorning the “in” crowd, and generally not giving a shit about anything. Maybe the reason I still listen to the music I do is because for 4 minutes at a time, I can still be like that.
The real reason I used to watch those movies, to be honest, is that, among my other crushes in the 80’s, Molly Ringwold just rocked my world. I thought she played some of the coolest characters back then, and it’s a shame her career died when she pissed of John Hughes. I don’t know where she is now, or what she’s doing, but for me, she’s just one of the coolest chicks from one of greatest times of my life. Here’s to you, Molly! Enjoy!
- Suzanne Vega - Left Of Center (Featuring Joe Jackson On Piano)
- The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
- Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t Let Be Good
- The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
- Oingo Boingo - Goodbye-Goodbye
- Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
- The Replacements - Within Your Reach
- The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
- Felony - The Fanatic
- Gary Myrick & The Figures - She Talks In Stereo
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1 MissParker0106 // Sep 26, 2008 at 7:25 am
“Don’t You Forget about Me” - Simple Minds
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2 Infonistacrat // Sep 26, 2008 at 9:17 am
@MissParker0106:
As always, a classic! I take it you love those 80’s flicks as well, eh?
It’s so good to hear from you again…I have been so busy, I’ve not had much time to jump over to read your blog, so I apologize. I hope everything is going well with you, and when I get a chance, I’ll have to shoot you an email so we can catch up.
3 Robert Lindsey // Sep 26, 2008 at 10:03 am
We are about the same age. Teen movies have never been as good as they were in the 80s.
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4 AMD // Sep 26, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Oh man, Say Anything is not cheesy! It has John Cusack in it, for goodness sake. Or maybe I’m biased because some Facebook quiz just told me that my ’80s movie is Say Anything.
You ought to check out the Retro Kino blog. The guy who writes it digs out some fine ’80s movies which I did see but which had been erased from my memory. “The Legend Of Billie something” with Helen Slater!
http://retro-kino.blogspot.com/
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5 Infonistacrat // Sep 26, 2008 at 6:25 pm
@AMD:
Honestly, I don’t think any of those movies are cheesy. Now my wife…she routinely laughs at me for my love of 80’s movies. All those flicks to me are a golden reminder of a great decade.
BTW, that’s a cool site. Retro 80’s movies. You happen to remember that movie “Night of the Comet”? I remember I taped that off HBO onto VHS, along with Repo Man and Billy Liar. I watched all three of those so much, I wore the tape out!
6 Urban Gypsy // Sep 28, 2008 at 12:46 am
Dear Infonistacrat,
I just stumbled upon your blog via a link from Retro Music Snob and recieved quite a surprise… it is I, the GIRL (not guy lol) who writes Retro Kino! So, uh, thank you AMD for plugging my blog for me! I’m glad you liked the movies I’ve picked out so far… I will have to look up Night of the Comet but Repo Man is going to be covered in the near future for sure. Thanks for filling in these great tunes that go along with the flicks. If you’ve got any requests or comments for me, I’d love to hear from you! Keep up the good work
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7 Infonistacrat // Sep 28, 2008 at 11:50 am
@Urban Gypsy:
First, my apologies for the the gender mix up. Fortunately, I don’t have that same problem in the real world!
Second, your site is just plain cool. From the comments, both public and private, I got about my post of songs from 80’s movies, there is a lot of people who love those great old movies from the 80’s. I know I do. Every chance I get to watch on, I do! You know what I would like to see…a list of “must see 80’s flicks”. I’m sure that would be controversial, as we all have our own opinions, but I think it would also be a great conversation starter!
Keep up the great work…and let me know when you get Repo Man up there. I can almost recite that movie line by line.
8 Steve // Sep 29, 2008 at 7:52 pm
My wife is quite a bit younger than I am. She loves 80’s music while I tend to resort to gutteral moaning when I hear it. She’ll love your post. Thanks!
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