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Karaoke Tuesday: “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”

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The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
by Simple Minds
from The Breakfast Club: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1985
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Whenever I submit  #116365, I always think it’s going to be a big crowd pleaser.  When I get to the “Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!” part, I expect the whole bar to enthusiastically shout along, but it never happens.  It’s usually just me on stage doing my own thing.  I’m still having fun, but I want us to be having fun too.

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Cover Friday: “Treat Her Right”

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Commitments
The Commitments

“Treat Her Right”
by The Commitments (originally by Roy Head and the Traits)
from the soundtrack to The Commitments
1991
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The Commitments was one of our go-to movies for late nights at college.  I don’t remember seeing it in the theaters, so I think it was almost exclusively watched on VHS rentals from More Than Video.  I’m not sure who in my group found it, but we could recite it from memory, at least the parts we could make out through the Irish brogue.  This movie hit some soft spots for me: Motown/soul/blues music, ensemble pieces and weird accents.  Plus, what a  fun band to listen to.  Case in point, the opening song to the movie.

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Karaoke Tuesday: “Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns”

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Singles
Singles

“Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns”
by Mother Love Bone
from the soundtrack to the film Singles
1992
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The Singles soundtrack is  the most consistently good compilation that came out of the 90s.  I think Chris would agree that by and large, most soundtracks are disappointing in that they have one or two great songs and the rest is just filler.  But with Singles, the music supervisor totally nailed it.  Super music fan and journalist Cameron Crowe directed the film so it’s not surprising.  What was surprising for me at the time, was that the heart of the album wasn’t a track by Alice in Chains or Soundgarden or even Pearl Jam, but rather Mother Love Bone.

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Karaoke Tuesday: “True”

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True
True

“True”
by Spandau Ballet
from the album True
1983
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A quintessential classic 80’s song. There are songs that fit that description in all the wrong ways. This is not one of them. Unless you just have never heard it before, as soon as those breathy sighs start, I don’t think there’s a person who doesn’t love this song. It’s pure class (just look at the singer in the video!) and romance.
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June’s Music Theme: Power Songs

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The theme for this month is slightly ambiguous. I considered calling it “Hardcore Songs”, but I know that’s a music genre itself (though not one I prescribe to), so I’ll go with “Power Songs”. These could be considered a different kind of summer song. They’re the songs that have a bit (or more) of an edge to them, that can give you chills, that are equally perfect when you’re working out and need the extra boost or when you’re angry or you just want to feel like punching something or kicking ass or doing the Sailor dance.

Too ambiguous? We’ll figure it out as we go along.

May Summer Songs: “I Get Around”

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All Summer Long
All Summer Long

“I Get Around”
by The Beach Boys
from the album All Summer Long
1964
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The Beach Boys may be an obvious choice for summer songs, though perhaps not an obvious choice for this blog, but this song transcends the traditional Beach Boys summer feelings. Growing up, I associated the Beach Boys with the oldies station (KOOL105!), summer oldies concerts with my mom (though I’m not sure if those ever included the Beach Boys), and of course, this song in particular in Flight of the Navigator.

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April Duets: “Disorder”

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Judgment Night
Judgment Night

“Disorder”
by Slayer & Ice-T
from Judgment Night
1993
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There were a couple of other more mellow duets I had been thinking of posting first for the next #AprilDuets entry, but I wanted to be kind to Lance and completely scrub Thom Yorke out of his head. If Slayer and Ice-T can’t do it, I don’t know what can.

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The Menzingers: “I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore”

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Rented World
Rented World

“I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore”
by The Menzingers
from Rented World
2014
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There will be another post where I expound on just how goddamn good the last Menzingers album is, but their new album just came out this week, and this song has caught me, and I completely love the video for it.

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