It's All Coming Back

In 1996, I was living in the dorms with my Scottish roommate (what a great year!). I am not the type to be late for class...if I thought I'd be more than 2 minutes late, I just wouldn't go. For us that year, this was the song. I remember it coming on the radio right before I needed to leave for class. It was such a long song, but you had to stay to the very last chord. It was dynamic emotion mixed with potent chords and Celine Dion's soaring, put-it-all-out-there vocals. It was a good year...it's all coming back to me now.

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

I'm sure it's just an era thing, but this song feels fairly trippy to me. Paul McCartney included it on his 1971 album Ram. Before looking into it, I just assumed it was another Beatles piece with random lyrics. I will say that I only remembered the second 2 sections of it, and not the Uncle Albert part, probably because that is the more upbeat portion of the song. It being the 70's, the song did hit the Billboard Hot 100 #1 spot.

Axel F

Harold Faltermeyer wrote this Beverly Hills Cop (1984) theme song using 3 synthesizers and a drum machine. It hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 and was the #1 song in Ireland, Holland, and New Zealand. I pretty much love this version of it found on Youtube. Enjoy.

Kiss Me Deadly

Aren't brains just random. 80's rock takes over from 50's musical. Lita Ford has recorded with Ozzy Osbourne and toured with Queensryche. I didn't even know her name until I looked up the song running through my head. She began her career in a band with Joan Jett that broke up at the end of the 70's. Again, random.

Singin' in the Rain

Apparently, I must need some upbeat songs right now (see last post). And you can't get much more upbeat than Gene Kelly's rendition of Singin' in the Rain from the 1952 musical of the same name. Something I didn't know until doing some research for this song, is that a good majority of the songs in the movie, were reused from earlier shows and films...something that Broadway musicals used to do all the time, but you don't find it so much any more. So, in keeping with that spirit, I have included this clip from Shanghai Knights. You have to wait for it...but, Jackie Chan takes some of his moves from Kelly's puddle dance. I love it.