{"id":2405,"date":"2012-10-10T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2012-10-10T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T16:12:04","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-297-roach-days-revisited-animal-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/10\/10\/my-musical-evolution-part-297-roach-days-revisited-animal-house\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 297 Roach Days Revisited Animal House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Animal<\/a>If you have been following along, you know that\u00a0My Musical Evolution<\/em> features many movie soundtracks. From the adapted to record moves if the Dinsey era to the\u00a0full symphonic splendor of Star Wars, Star Trek<\/em> and Close Encounters\u00a0<\/em>to the popular music compilations like Heavy Metal<\/em>. I’ve always been a fan on the movie soundtrack. That love continues with this one, Animal House<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The movie had been out for a number of years already but it was making its way into people’s monds again via television and this\u00a0fairly new concept of Video Tape Rental<\/em>. I was familiar with the movie. I saw it back in\u00a0The Academy Days heck I even went to Vermont Academy with the\u00a0little\u00a0brother of the guy that played\u00a0Hoover.<\/p>\n

Animal House\u00a0<\/em> had become synonymous with parties and I felt compelled to get this soundtrack\u00a0in order to inject some of that atmosphere into my party mix\u00a0tapes. What started out as the pursuit of Shout<\/em> by Otis Day and the Knights turned into a treasure trove of cool songs that combined the raucous party\u00a0environment with a nostalgic late 50’s early 60’s musical sensibility.<\/p>\n

Dream Girl <\/em>became my absolute favorite here. I included it on my party mixes and used the opportunity to sing\u00a0it to whichever was the special girl of the moment. It was kooky, silly and worked more often than not.\u00a0 Shout<\/em> always got the party launched into that next level. Twistin The Night Away<\/em> also appealed to the party goers and got people dancing.\u00a0 There was always dancing at the Roach Parties<\/em>, it wasn’t just a handful of dudes sitting around getting drunk. It was dancing and connecting with the girls and getting drunk.<\/p>\n

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Louie Louie<\/em>
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