{"id":1601,"date":"2012-08-04T09:46:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T13:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2012-08-04T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T13:46:48","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-192-the-rise-fall-of-84-summer-blockbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/08\/04\/my-musical-evolution-part-192-the-rise-fall-of-84-summer-blockbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 192 The Rise & Fall Of ’84 Summer Blockbusters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Footloose\"<\/a>Lisa and I made our way to the movies several times during The Rise & Fall Of ’84<\/em>. We saw Finders Keeprs, Ghostbusters, Footloose <\/em>and more.\u00a0 Footloose was a big deal that summer mostly because of all the music that came out of that soundtrack.<\/p>\n

You already know that I liked movie soundtracks.\u00a0 This one wasn’t like some of the others that I had like Superman, Star Wars<\/em>, <\/em>or Star Trek<\/em>. This was more the theHeavy Metalin that it was not a true film score but a collection of songs used in the film. I would grow to appreciate this format quite a bit in the 1990’s and beyond. They make great samplers.<\/p>\n

I remember a scene in Footloose<\/em> where Kevin Bacon, the city kid get pulled over by the local police for playing Quiet Riot<\/em> too loud. I don’t think Lisa liked my Heavy Metal tastes too much so when the hero of the movie is listening to Quiet Riot, <\/em>I remember giving her an I told you so<\/em> kind of\u00a0look. I wonder what all of her high school friends thought. “Lisa’s boyfriend listens to Quiet Riot too, he must be as cool as Kevin Bacon!”<\/p>\n

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Kenny Loggins – Footloose<\/em>
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