Serendipity! I have just discovered Mink Deville recently, so pleasant surprise to see him pop up a couple of times. Love that Repo Man soundtrack. Was great fun to play it while driving around my hayseed hometown back in the day.
Something tells me your town remembers you in those days! Yeah, he's flown under the radar with most people, but guys like Mink are nice to have out there--their bodies of cool work just waiting to be discovered. Thanks for the comment!
Wow Hollis, you know your onions! I’m a fan of Ray Winstone and 70 S British movies but had never heard of “That Summer!”. Ray has form when it comes to flicks with great Soundtracks, as well as Qdadraphenia and Last Summer he was in The Departed, Sexy Beast and The Proposition. I love The Trainspotting soundtrack. The 2nd disc and sequel soundtracks are solid but the original is fantastic. I used to have a copy of Where the Buffalo Roam, which I adored. Think the movie is a bit crap but the album had some great needle drops plus Neil Young plus Ralph Steadman artwork plus Bill Murray singing Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. I don’ t often reach for soundtracks to listen to but Easy Rider would be another go to. Appreciate your work, as ever.
Haha, thanks, John! Glad I could turn you on to some rare Winstone! Funnily enough, I have the Where the Buffalo Roam vinyl soundtrack. You're so right, I always loved Neil Young's work on that. Since they later didn't want to pay the music rights for the expensive tracks (Hendrix, Dylan, 4 Tops, etc.), they replaced those tracks with generic songs. So the vinyl and the original vhs (which I also have) are the only place to have them all. Easy Rider's a good soundtrack, but I wouldn't listen to it on acid. Take care!
@@PopCultureGraveyard wise words..don’t listen to the Easy Rider soundtrack on acid, unless you are in the right place, with the right people. Apparently Hopper went to Bob Dylan and begged him to write a song for Easy Rider. Bob wrote the lyrics for Balled of Easy Rider on the spot, on a napkin and simply said “ Take this to McGuinn”. Hopper didn’t get, it at the time but fortunately did what he was told.
Completely unrelated..I have a bugbear with bands that are hard to google..it’s one thing if they are pre~internet but “First Aid Kit”...really...try cross referencing with “band” and you get “elastoplast”. Living in Australia, I have got into the (hard to google) Church and..point of the post; Hard~Ons”. At the risk of getting a fat lip, do you have any Hard~Ons? I am a bit excited, as I have never seen them and they are playing in Brisbane in May. We don’t got no COVID so venues are cranking. There is a great little venue called the Zoo. Lady Gaga was here a few years ago, playing an arena. The press cracked onto the fact that it was her birthday and asked her how she was going to celebrate. She replied that she was going to wander around the city until she “found a club that smelled of piss” and then she would celebrate there. You guessed it, she spent her birthday in the Zoo. The Hard~Ons split in the 90s but reformed after their singer, Blackie, was assaulted whilst driving a cab in Melbourne. People were like, what the hell? Blackie is a rock star, why is he driving a cab. So they reformed😎.
00:00 Intro 01:09 That Summer! 03:35 The Party Animal 04:43 Repo Man 09:15 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 14:50 Times Square 20:53 Cruising 25:11 The Last American Virgin 28:31 Outro
Cool list, but where's the Jonathan Demme love; Something Wild and / or Married to the Mob should be on your list. Also missing....Grosse Point Blank is killer. Plus too classic reggae soundtracks; The Harder They Come and Rockers belong on any list of best soundtracks. Thanks for the great channel
Ah thanks for the reminder of "Are You Ready For The Sex Girls". I've been slowly putting together a playlist of all the odd-ball stuff KROQ used to play in the 80s (god how I miss those days), and that was definitely one of those types of tracks.
That figures - you could get the 'Repo Man' soundtrack when the film came out - NME plugged it - but I had to blag my way into a university film club a few years later to actually see it. Nice touch with 'The Summer!' - new to me too. Any excuse to go back to Torquay - I don't know the Pickwick/Twiggys either but creasing up to Mark E. Smith's 'Renegade' whilst getting quietly sozzled in the Devon Arms one afternoon can't be a bad alternative. Keep up the good work.
Oh man, this was delightful. I couldn't keep from laughing out loud at some points. When I was about 14 years of age I stumbled into a rerun of "Repo Man" on one of the Dutch/Luxembourg commercial tv channels (Dutch commercial television was in those days broadcast from Luxembourg for legal and fiscal reasons) and it left an indelible and highly confusing impression upon the very core of my soul. I hesitate to rewatch it. "Let Me Dream If I Want To" is indeed a dream of a song and as one astute UA-cam commenter put it "sounds like it came from an alternate reality where the Rolling Stones went punk instead of disco". Another deep dive suggestion for the future: Sparks? ua-cam.com/video/QAzESJ62irI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SparksPropaganda
Thank you, Bob! I think 14 years of age sounds about the right age to encounter Repo man for the first time. I think, should you rewatch it, you'll find it a lot more humorous and a lot less confusing. I love that description of Let Me Dream If I Want To! And that Sparks song is one of my all-time favorites. I cringe at the thought of a 40-year deep dive! But perhaps an album or two...
@@PopCultureGraveyard I feel your dilemma. On the other hand Aerosmith, though a band of a rather different proclivity, is of similar longevity, and you did a great job there. One last thing... in the Devo episode you underlined, quite deservedly, the punk rockness of Devo wearing leotards and energy domes. Just imagine the boldness of Ron Mael to walk into a German television studio looking like that in 1974. Punk rock af! I wonder how many unsuspecting Germans tuning in that evening expecting jolly disco entertainment almost choked on their Bratwurst.
Mad props for the "Bell, Book, and Candle" shout out!
Haha, thanks! One of my favorites
Serendipity! I have just discovered Mink Deville recently, so pleasant surprise to see him pop up a couple of times. Love that Repo Man soundtrack. Was great fun to play it while driving around my hayseed hometown back in the day.
Something tells me your town remembers you in those days! Yeah, he's flown under the radar with most people, but guys like Mink are nice to have out there--their bodies of cool work just waiting to be discovered. Thanks for the comment!
"Times Square" soundtrack introduced me to Roxy Music & the Ramones.
That's the best you can hope for from a soundtrack!
A lot of humor in the film "Cruising" The Powers Booth hanky scene is hilarious.
Wow Hollis, you know your onions! I’m a fan of Ray Winstone and 70 S British movies but had never heard of “That Summer!”. Ray has form when it comes to flicks with great Soundtracks, as well as Qdadraphenia and Last Summer he was in The Departed, Sexy Beast and The Proposition.
I love The Trainspotting soundtrack. The 2nd disc and sequel soundtracks are solid but the original is fantastic. I used to have a copy of Where the Buffalo Roam, which I adored. Think the movie is a bit crap but the album had some great needle drops plus Neil Young plus Ralph Steadman artwork plus Bill Murray singing Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. I don’ t often reach for soundtracks to listen to but Easy Rider would be another go to.
Appreciate your work, as ever.
Haha, thanks, John! Glad I could turn you on to some rare Winstone! Funnily enough, I have the Where the Buffalo Roam vinyl soundtrack. You're so right, I always loved Neil Young's work on that. Since they later didn't want to pay the music rights for the expensive tracks (Hendrix, Dylan, 4 Tops, etc.), they replaced those tracks with generic songs. So the vinyl and the original vhs (which I also have) are the only place to have them all. Easy Rider's a good soundtrack, but I wouldn't listen to it on acid. Take care!
@@PopCultureGraveyard wise words..don’t listen to the Easy Rider soundtrack on acid, unless you are in the right place, with the right people. Apparently Hopper went to Bob Dylan and begged him to write a song for Easy Rider. Bob wrote the lyrics for Balled of Easy Rider on the spot, on a napkin and simply said “ Take this to McGuinn”. Hopper didn’t get, it at the time but fortunately did what he was told.
Completely unrelated..I have a bugbear with bands that are hard to google..it’s one thing if they are pre~internet but “First Aid Kit”...really...try cross referencing with “band” and you get “elastoplast”. Living in Australia, I have got into the (hard to google) Church and..point of the post; Hard~Ons”. At the risk of getting a fat lip, do you have any Hard~Ons? I am a bit excited, as I have never seen them and they are playing in Brisbane in May. We don’t got no COVID so venues are cranking. There is a great little venue called the Zoo. Lady Gaga was here a few years ago, playing an arena. The press cracked onto the fact that it was her birthday and asked her how she was going to celebrate. She replied that she was going to wander around the city until she “found a club that smelled of piss” and then she would celebrate there. You guessed it, she spent her birthday in the Zoo.
The Hard~Ons split in the 90s but reformed after their singer, Blackie, was assaulted whilst driving a cab in Melbourne. People were like, what the hell? Blackie is a rock star, why is he driving a cab. So they reformed😎.
The Plugz never get an honorable mention those guys were fraggin awesome!
They were! But Tito and the boys get their due where it counts--in my West Coast Punk episode!
Now I'm watching all the random clips of "Party Animal" I can find on You Tube.
Time well spent! (kinda)
00:00 Intro
01:09 That Summer!
03:35 The Party Animal
04:43 Repo Man
09:15 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
14:50 Times Square
20:53 Cruising
25:11 The Last American Virgin
28:31 Outro
Cool list, but where's the Jonathan Demme love; Something Wild and / or Married to the Mob should be on your list. Also missing....Grosse Point Blank is killer. Plus too classic reggae soundtracks; The Harder They Come and Rockers belong on any list of best soundtracks.
Thanks for the great channel
I can’t make fun of Quarterflash anymore? Damn you!
Only you would harden your heart to Quarterflash!
Ah thanks for the reminder of "Are You Ready For The Sex Girls". I've been slowly putting together a playlist of all the odd-ball stuff KROQ used to play in the 80s (god how I miss those days), and that was definitely one of those types of tracks.
Yes, that would fit in perfectly! That was such a wonderfully open-minded time, with people listening to all sorts of stuff. Thanks for the comment!
That figures - you could get the 'Repo Man' soundtrack when the film came out - NME plugged it - but I had to blag my way into a university film club a few years later to actually see it. Nice touch with 'The Summer!' - new to me too. Any excuse to go back to Torquay - I don't know the Pickwick/Twiggys either but creasing up to Mark E. Smith's 'Renegade' whilst getting quietly sozzled in the Devon Arms one afternoon can't be a bad alternative. Keep up the good work.
Haha! Sounds good, Janet! Thanks for the comment--and the kind words.
I will follow by U2 is my 2nd fave of them besides two hearts beat as one.
Two Hearts is an amazing song, and it makes me instantly nostalgic whenever I hear it.
Can't go wrong with Billy Freidcan! I don't remember much music from the film though.
Oh man, this was delightful. I couldn't keep from laughing out loud at some points. When I was about 14 years of age I stumbled into a rerun of "Repo Man" on one of the Dutch/Luxembourg commercial tv channels (Dutch commercial television was in those days broadcast from Luxembourg for legal and fiscal reasons) and it left an indelible and highly confusing impression upon the very core of my soul. I hesitate to rewatch it. "Let Me Dream If I Want To" is indeed a dream of a song and as one astute UA-cam commenter put it "sounds like it came from an alternate reality where the Rolling Stones went punk instead of disco".
Another deep dive suggestion for the future: Sparks? ua-cam.com/video/QAzESJ62irI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SparksPropaganda
Thank you, Bob! I think 14 years of age sounds about the right age to encounter Repo man for the first time. I think, should you rewatch it, you'll find it a lot more humorous and a lot less confusing. I love that description of Let Me Dream If I Want To! And that Sparks song is one of my all-time favorites. I cringe at the thought of a 40-year deep dive! But perhaps an album or two...
@@PopCultureGraveyard I feel your dilemma. On the other hand Aerosmith, though a band of a rather different proclivity, is of similar longevity, and you did a great job there.
One last thing... in the Devo episode you underlined, quite deservedly, the punk rockness of Devo wearing leotards and energy domes. Just imagine the boldness of Ron Mael to walk into a German television studio looking like that in 1974. Punk rock af! I wonder how many unsuspecting Germans tuning in that evening expecting jolly disco entertainment almost choked on their Bratwurst.
@@rjwusher Are you a lawyer? Because that was an airtight argument! Okay, you've convinced me. I'll add Sparks to the list. Thanks!
@@PopCultureGraveyard +1 on the Sparks deep dive.
I googled waffle stomp! 😞
You poor thing. I warned you!
@@PopCultureGraveyard you were right