Footloose (1984 Film)
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Free Music Notes for Footloose (1984 Film)
Free Music Review: Rock, Dance Energetically Intersect on "Footloose" OMS
Hit: 4 Stars
Like "Saturday Night Fever," released by the same studio seven years before, Herbert Ross' beloved "Footloose" used dancing as metaphor for personal expression, energy, youth and rebellion (against quasi-religious authority, yet). It traded flannel-shirted Kevin Bacon for polyester-suited John Travolta, a farm tractor for a four-door sedan, the sun-kissed, nameless heartland for grimy New York streets and glittery nightclubs. Most notably, not far in time or distance from Comiskey Park's infamous "Disco Demolition," it traded cool, clear, carbonated, sincere 80s rock for that genre's dark, impersonal 70s inferno.The songs for the "Footloose" soundtrack, all co-written by Dean Pitchford, cover the gamut of early 80s production styles. Fast or slow, dance or rock, they kick from the speakers with artificial, undeniable energy. The sound is big and booming as 1984's infamous hairstyles, requiring musical costume changes for some of the players. Kenny Loggins and Karla Bonoff, two mellow, late-70s singer-songwriters, slip into synthesized clothes (Bonoff more comfortably) on "Somebody's Eyes," "I'm Free" and the overblown rockabilly #1 title hit (featuring Tris Imboden's trademark kickoff drums).
The film celebrated and exaggerated the "little guy," so did the soundtrack. Bonnie Tyler wails and wishes for the "streetwise Hercules" on "Holding Out For A Hero," featuring Jim Steinman's operatic, Spectorized production and "Bat Out of Hell" vocalist Ellen Foley arranging vocals. Niecy Williams praises "my loving one-man show" in her #1 "Let's Hear It For The Boy." (George Duke's empathetic if still synthesized production makes this, with Bonoff's track and Shalamar's snaky "Dancing In The Sheets," the CD's best, freshest tracks).
Like "Saturday Night Fever," this soundtrack has been revived on stage and as a pillar of the new 80s hits radio format. (This has been helped by adding 1982's John Cougar Mellencamp and Foreigner heartland-style rockers, featured in the film.) "Footloose" serves as signpost among that decade's most popular music ("Purple Rain," "Born In The USA," "Thriller" ) in its best year when rap, dance, new wave, and heartland rock energies intersected in the theater and on the radio. A fun listen, and recommended.
Free Music Review: ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS OF ALL-TIME!!
Hit: 4 Stars
Footloose, the classic tale or Ren McCormick, a city boy forced to move to a rural town where dancing is banned, is beautifully captured in the songs that appear on this Who's Who' of 80's music superstars. The title track, Footloose, performed by Kenny Logins, is the perfect embodiment of the storyline and emotions of the characters. Accompanied by other such masterpieces as former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar's The Girl Gets Around, and the ballad Somebody's Eyes are Watching You. As great as this album is, it only gets four stars because the soon to be released Broadway cast recording of the new musical version of Footloose has all of these showstoppers and many new songs written exclusively for the stage!! Sure to be a hit!Free Music Review: Pass the "Bacon".
Hit: 4 Stars
This isn't just a near perfect movie and soundtrack, but it's also practically a best of the 80's collection by itself. I'd say that nine of these songs were popular around the year this came out. Not only does it include the huge hit's "Footloose", "Almost Paradise (love theme)", and "Holding Out for A Hero", but "Let's Hear It For The Boy", "Dancing In The Sheets", and "I'm Free (heaven helps the man)" were big as well. Plus this remastered edition adds "Quiet Riot", "Foreigner", and "Mellencamp". Even the songs I didn't mention are a big part of the film. This CD is an instant party. Buy it now and get ready to cut loose.Free Music Review: The Audio Feels Off
Hit: 4 Stars
The Footloose Soundtrack is almost as famous and well known as the movie, and indeed played a key role in the success of the movie. All of your favorites are here "Footloose", Let's Hear it For the Boy, Holding Out For a Hero, The Girl Gets Around, and others. It's great to have the songs on this one disk. The reason that this wasn't a five star soundtrack was because the audio sounded a bit off to me like maybe they just took the original recording and transferred it to disk without providing any sweetening. This was a minor deal for me because I love the music so much, my love overcame audio imperfections, but persons sensitive to audio issues may have a problem with this soundtrack.
Free Music Review: Great Soundtrack
Hit: 4 Stars
I never saw the movie, but this soundtrack is terrific. While there aren't any tracks on it that I can say I don't like, I only gave the CD 4 stars because I can't honestly say I 'love' all the songs either. There are very few CD's that I like well enough to keep and play the whole thing through, usually I take off what I like, make my own CD and get rid of the original - I am pretty opinionated about my music. Anyhow, this is one of very few 'original' CDs I have liked enough to keep!