Valley Girl: Music From The Soundtrack
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Free Music Review: You can thank me for this....
Hit: 5 Stars
True story: I saw the movie on cable in 1984, about a year after it came out. I immediately started a fruitless, 10 year search for the soundtrack. During that time, I got my share of shrugs and/or disdainful looks from those oh-so-hip music store clerks whenever I asked if they had the "Valley Girl" soundtrack in stock. In early 1994, my persistence was finally rewarded when this collection (and later vol 2) was released. I guess there were enough weirdos like me out there asking about this music to make the execs at Rhino figure out there was a profit to be made on the soundtrack of an 11 YEAR OLD MOVIE! (how often does that happen?) So next time you listen to this CD, think about those of us who kept up the pressure all those years.Free Music Review: Oh, the memories! Oh, the ennui!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you were in high school in the early 1980's, I cannot recommend a wiser musical investment than this CD! Yep, this one's a winner, from the Plimsouls opening track "A Million Miles Away" to the Modern English finale of "I Melt With You". Too bad "Eaten By The Monster Of Love" by Sparks isn't on this CD, that would make it too cool for mere words. Buy it, listen to it, and drift back to the time when you were a naive idiot with a bit of optimism thrown in for good measure. You'll be glad you did, fer sher! =)Free Music Review: Truly Dazzlin'
Hit: 5 Stars
Martha Coolidge really nailed the soundtrack for this underappreciated 80s gem. Nic Cage and the iridescent Deborah Foreman (what ever happened to this glorious specimen!) light up a clever and funny re-vamp of the Capulets and Montagues in a film littered with spot on captures of 80s youth. A college chum and I caught this movie for the first time on Showtime at midnight in NYC after a night on the town and inexplicably could not turn it off. The movie captures the zeitgeist of the time and the soundtrack is pure distilled 80s -- no corporate bull (Journey), faceless divas (Anita Baker), or schlock (Hall & Oates), this record delivers the stuff that REALLY mattered at the time. Included are the unconscionably ignored classics "Million Miles Away" by the Plimsouls, "Eyes of a Stranger" by the Payolas, and "She Talks in Stereo" by Gary Myricks. Not to mention the quintessential 80s tune "I Melt With You" which has only retroactively become a bellweather for 80s pop because it includes all the trademarks of classic 80s music -- the keyboard trills, the hooks, the spooky U2 slowdown in the middle, the infectious dance groove. The rest of the tunes are equally perfect, notably Josie Cotton's epically politically incorrect "Johnny Are You Queer." The only flaw with this album was the failure to include "Monster of Love", "Shelly's Boyfriend" and "Girls Like Me." Thankfully, this egregious error has been remedied by Volume 2 which includes these and other similar cuts and is only slightly less trippindicular.
If you want to remember what a blast music used to be before the Shania Twains, Limp Bizkits, and Kid Rocks rendered radio unlistenable, this is a great starting point.
Free Music Review: Pure solid gold, why did it take so long?
Hit: 5 Stars
This is pure solid gold. Why the movie producers didn't release this with the movie is baffling. Makes today's music sound tired. There are songs on here that are pure magic(Love my way). The best soundtrack in the last 25 years and i'm including 'Saturday night fever'Free Music Review: A MUST for all fans of 80's music
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this movie when it came out and I was so disappointed when the origianl soundtrack had something like six songs on it. With this CD and the follow up - you get every song. "Eyes of a Stranger" and "The Fanatic" are great. Better yet, there's a Volume II - just as good as this first one. Get it and round out your collection. To close, I'll end with one of the great quotes from the movie: 80's Prep to Nicholas Cage (wearing 3-d glasses) and taking tickets at the theater: "Cool, is this movie in 3-D?" Nicholas Cage: "No, but your face is."
Love the CDs - love the goofy movie!