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Justly Forgotten 80s Relics

Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

I haven’t forgotten about my promise to update this blog five days a week come July. In fact, I’ve been rapidly recording material to fill the space. I still got plenty of time, right?

Oh fuck.

Terri Nunn And Paul Carrack
Romance (Love Theme From Sing)
Sing is a 1989 musical drama from the writer of Footloose and the director of…nothing else. It stars about two star-crossed teens in a downtrodden Brooklyn neighborhood who discover their love for music, and each other, while preparing for their school talent show. (Can you tell I used to write shitty movie descriptions for a living?)

The film also stars Lorraine Bracco from The Sopranos as a tough street smart teacher. It’s also apparently a giant piece of shit. I’ve never seen it, and judging from the fact that it has yet to be released on DVD or Blu-ray, I probably never will.

Both the film and the soundtrack have a minor following however, judging from the overly in-depth description of the plot on Wikipedia, and the fact that CD copies of the soundtrack go for higher-than-average used prices.

Like I said, I’ve never seen the movie, so I can’t attest to its quality. I have, however, listened to the soundtrack and goddamn it’s awful. Michael Bolton! Mickey Thomas! Bill Champlin! It’s a who’s who of who gives a fuck.

The only thing close to a decent tune on the LP is the theme track, a duet by Berlin’s Terri Nunn and professional band nomad Paul Carrack (Roxy Music, Mike + The Mechanics, Ace, about a billion other things). To be honest it’s actually not all that great a tune, typical 80s easy listening schlock, but I just love me some Terri Nunn so I’m a bit biased.

Oh, and while the Wiki description is needlessly complex, I love the horribleness of the IMDB summary: “A teen film about an Italian punk forced to work with an innocent Jewish girl.”

Harold Faltermeyer
The Race Is On
The Race Is On (Radio Edit)
The Race Is On (Instrumental)
The Race Is On (Dub Version)
“The Race Is On”  is a radical re-working/remix/remake of the theme to Starlight Express, the 1974 musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber about toy trains.

For real.

The cast (playing the trains) perform entirely on roller skates.

Yes, this is a song by Harold Faltermeyer, based off the work of Andrew Lloyd Weber, about a bunch of dudes in rollerskates pretending to be trains. So the next time someone tells you the 80s were full of nothing but awesome shit, throw this in their face.

Seriously though, this tune is pretty rad – great electro vibe.

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Terri Nunn is Cooler Than You

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

First and most important order of business: Everyone go listen to this song about Dig Dug by Gary Wright. It will change your life.

Okay, now some other pressing matters: I want this.

Unfortunately, Death Waltz can’t ship it to the US (sidenote: Death Waltz needs better lawyers). Anyone want to help me out? I’ll pay for it of course. Cover shipping too. Be your best friend, buy you cake, you name it.

I got a copy! Thanks everyone for your help.

Now, a strange combination of remixes.

Aerosmith
The Other Side [Matt Dike ”Honky Tonk” Version]
The Other Side [Club Mix]
Theme from ”Wayne’s World”
For a rock band, Aerosmith sure as hell has a lot of remixes. At one point in my life, I had remixes of “Love In An Elevator,” “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” and even “Rag Doll.” I wonder what the point of these mixes was? I can’t imagine people in the clubs were ever really clamoring for Aerosmith dance mixes. And if they were, then where the fuck is the dance mix of “Mama Kin”?

Of these two mixes, the “Club Mix” is exactly what you’d expect. However the “Honky Tonk Version” is really…something. It transforms the tune into a country-flavored rock tune. Very, very odd.

And finally, yo “Wayne’s World” theme. Live. Awesome.

Terri Nunn
89 Lines (Club Mix Edit)
89 Lines (Blurring The Lines Remix)
Terri Nunn is the lead singer of Berlin. She is fabulously awesome and amazing, and no one bought her single solo CD because the world is a dark horrible place and we’re not allowed to have nice things.  I found this promo CD-single in a dollar bin at a record show last week and it was like a beacon of light surrounded by used Jimmy Ray and Constantine CDs. Say what you will about Terri Nunn (I fucking dare you) but she deserves better than that.

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