In the dregs of summer television, my wife and I have become—well, not addicted to, but regular viewers of—So You Think You Can Dance. Last week one of the pairs had to dance in the style of '80s Disco. My first thought was that this almost doesn't even make sense; what, dance like Molly Ringwald? Of course my wonderful wife did her usual thing—took what I was thinking, said it out loud, only much more astute, brilliantly so. "If they really want to do a good '80s disco dance routine, they should just do the climax scene from Girls Just Want to Have Fun, step for step." After demonstrating some of these moves (trust me, it'd be on YouTube if I had a camera—for visualization purposes, it was something similar to whatever it is Sarah Jessica Parker is doing on the VHS cover, above), she got nostalgic and wondered if the soundtrack was available. To Amazon!
Lo and behold, Amazon has ONE copy of the soundtrack for sale. On CASSETTE.
Also, for NINETY-NINE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-NINE CENTS.
Seriously, a hundred benjies for a cassette tape? My wife paused—this couldn't possibly be worth it, could it? Unsure, we checked the reviews. All reservations were removed:
This rare and totally awesome soundtrack from the movie is well worth purchasing it has all the good up tempo classics that contributed to the feel-good factor of the movie.
Come On Shout: this song was in the opening sequences/credits of the movie, when Dance Tv started. I rate this song 5/5.
On The Loose: when Janey sneaked out to dance with Jeff at the court. I rate this song 5/5.
I Can Fly: this song was playing when Janey and Jeff are rehearsing, Jeff finally does a sommersalt and dancing is co-ordinated. I rate this 5/5.
Dancing In Heaven: this song was played during the contest finals. I rate this 5/5.
Girls Just Want To Have Fun: played when Janey, Lynne and Maggie distributed bogus invites to Natalies ball, I rate this 5/5 as good as Cyndi Laupers version.
Dancing In The Street: This was playing when people were up on stage trying out for the Dance tv contest,I rate this song 5/5.
Too Cruel: played during Janey and Jeffs first rehearsal session. Rate this song 5/5.
Technique: played during the dance off between Natalie/Ben and Janey/Jeff. rate this song 5/5.
Wake Up The Neighbourhood: Played when the Ball at the Country Club was Gatecrashed. rate this song 5/5.
Could it be that the Girls Just Want to Have Fun soundtrack is the greatest collection of songs ever produced? It was beginning to seem like it. I advised my wife to make the purchase. This could be the next Beatles' Butcher album. Purely from a collector's standpoint, it just seemed silly not to buy the $100 cassette.
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