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Episode 37: Flashdance

It's one of the biggest movie soundtracks of all time. It's the quintessential movie of the MTV generation. It's one of the most parodied dance sequences ever made. It's every 80s style and fad boiled down into one smoking hot package. It's FLASHDANCE!
Join us this week as we discuss the soundtrack, an album featuring tons of 80s synthpop, a song that sounds copyright infringingly close to "Call Me" by Blondie, and a song that may or may not have been originally written about a serial killer. We've got Irene Cara, Donna Summer, Joe Esposito, Giorgio Moroder, used hamburgers and a whole lot more!
SHOW NOTES:
Flashdance is available to stream here
For more Lee Ving, check out our episode on Repo Man
YouTube is littered with Flashdance parodies
OUTRO: "Love Theme from Flashdance" by Giorgio Moroder
MUSIC VIDEOS:
Irene Cara, "Flashdance...What A Feeling"
Michael Sembello, "Maniac"
Joe Esposito, "Lady Lady Lady"
Have a soundtrack you'd like us to cover? Follow us on Twitter @OSTParty and let us know!Or email us at OSTPartyPod@gmail.com

Episode 36: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Welcome back, our most excellent friends! If you're like us, you're desperate for words of wisdom and comfort in these trying times. Now seems like the perfect time to dive into Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! These two may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer, but their dedication to being excellent to each other and partying on is something we can all aspire to right now.
As for the soundtrack, well, if you ever wondered why grunge killed off hair metal so quickly, you need look no further than this album. It's wall to wall hair metal bands in a stiff competition to see who could sound the most like Van Halen. We've got Extreme, Shark Island, Astral Crown, Tora Tora, Tower Pool, and more! (Can you pick out the names I just made up?)
So put on your wraparound shades, have a pudding cup, and let's get rocking!
 
SHOW NOTES: 
Bill & Ted is available to stream here
Check out the trailer for Bill & Ted Face The Music!
Bricklin: "Purple Cow Inspired Local Rock Band"
Photos from the film's deleted scenes
Vital Signs' official(?) website
INTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane
OUTRO: "Not So Far Away" by Glen Burtnik
MUSIC VIDEO:
Big Pig, "Breakaway"
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Episode 35: Homestar Runner

This week we're taking a break from movies to discuss a cartoon series near and dear to our hearts. This week's episode is dedicated to the internet's own HOMESTAR RUNNER!
Created by Matt and Mike Chapman, Homestar Runner has been delighting viewers for twenty years and counting. If you went to college in the early 2000s, there's a good chance you're familiar with at least a couple of these tunes. We've chosen ten songs that highlight what the series does so well, from Weird Al-esque genre pastiches to catchy pop jingles to homespun techno beats. These guys can do it all. So grab yourself a cold one and join us as we salute The Brothers Chaps!
SHOW NOTES:
Visit HomestarRunner.com
Or check it out on YouTube
The full Homestar Spotify Playlist
"Uptown Fhqwghads" by Deep V
INTRO: "Everybody, Everybody" by The Brothers Chaps
OUTRO: "Trogdor" by Limozeen
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Episode 34: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

We return to the world of Kevin Smith this week with the soundtrack to 2001's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back! In Jay and Silent Bob's "final" adventure, Smith called in all his favors and created a madcap Hollywood sendup featuring dozens of celebrity cameos, movie parodies and insults hurled directly at the audience.
This movie came out right before 9/11, and boy can you feel it. The soundtrack features 90s holdovers like Marcy Playground and Stroke 9, 80s hits from Bon Jovi, Run DMC and Morris Day & The Time, and some more modern songs that, quite frankly, have aged like shit.
If you're like Libby, you look back on these shenanigans fondly. And if you're anything like Joe, you look back at this and die of embarrassment. Either way, you're in for a wild ride. So go steal a monkey and come join us!
 
SHOW NOTES:
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is available to stream here
Kevin Smith Launches Mooby's Delivery Pop Up (via Deadline)
Kevin Smith vs. GLAAD
MoviePoopShoot.com lives on at Internet Archive
INTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane
OUTRO: "Clerks" theme by James Venable
MUSIC VIDEO:
Afroman, "Because I Got High"
PJ Harvey, "This Is Love"
Thomas Rusiak, "Hiphopper"
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Episode 33: There's Something About Mary

This week we return to our series on the Farrelly Bros with the soundtrack to their 1998 smash hit There's Something About Mary! It's a big, bawdy grossout comedy masquerading as a rom-com, with lots of outdated gags and a mean streak a mile wide. It's also still holds up surprisingly well, with a soundtrack to match.On this episode we get into artists such as Joe Jackson, The Push Stars, The Lemonheads, Ivy, The Dandy Warhols, and more! And yes, we discuss that song. You know the one. You're humming it right now. Don't even try to hide it... Anyway, come join us!
SHOW NOTES:
There's Something About Mary is available to watch here
Sophisti-pop
INTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane
OUTRO: "Is She Really Going Out With Him" by Joe Jackson
MUSIC VIDEOS:
The Foundations, "Build Me Up Buttercup"
The Propellerheads w/ Shirley Bassey, "History Repeating"
The Lemonheads, "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You"
Danny Wilson, "Mary's Prayer"
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Episode 32: Romy & Michele's High School Reunion

Tis the season for proms and high school reunions, so what better time to revisit the 1997 yearbook flashback Romy & Michele's High School Reunion? Just like The Wedding Singer, this album is loaded up with more 80s pop staples than we can count. (Well, there's only eleven songs on the album, but you know what I mean.) We've got Tears for Fears, The Vapors, Culture Club, and three—count 'em!—three appearances from The Go-Gos and Belinda Carlisle. And this isn't even the only soundtrack that came from this film!
Which songs belong on this soundtrack? Which ones feel extremely out of place? And which ones trigger long lost memories best left on the cutting room floor? There's only one way to find out, so hop in and let's get rockin'!
SHOW NOTES: 
Romy & Michele is available to watch here
The Four Greatest Key Changes in Pop Music
INTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane
OUTRO: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears
MUSIC VIDEOS:
Wang Chung, "Dance Hall Days"
The Smithereens, "Blood and Roses"
Naked Eyes, "Always Something There To Remind Me"
The Go-Gos, "Our Lips Are Sealed"
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Episode 31: Mortal Kombat

This week, Joe has been left to his own devices, so he wrangled his Christmas Creeps co-host Johnny-5 to discuss the biggest video-game-movie soundtrack they could find: MORTAL KOMBAT!
This album landed square in the middle of the 90s, where new age, techno and heavy metal were all having kind of a moment. The album goes about half-and-half on the techno and metal, featuring such artists as KMFDM, Orbital, Gravity Kills, Geezer Butler and more!
SHOW NOTES:
Mortal Kombat is available to watch here
See Also "Mortal Kombat: More Kombat"
Have you ever seen Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins?
Mortal Kombat and Harry Potter are the same film
INTRO: "Techno Syndrome" by The Immortals
OUTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane
MUSIC VIDEOS:
KMFDM, "Juke Joint Jezebel (Giorgio Moroder Metropolis Mix)"
Orbital, "Halcyon"
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Episode 30: 90s Soundtrack Covers

And we're back! On this episode, we bring you a collection of cover songs featured in 90s movie soundtracks! The 90s were a big decade for people deciding it would be fun to take classic songs, record their own versions, and slap them on movies that absolutely did not need them. Sometimes they're fantastic! But then sometimes they're absolutely the worst.Our list this week brings you everything from White Zombie covering KC and the Sunshine Band to one of the most beautiful Beatles covers ever recorded, and there's a whooole lot going on in between! So crack open a cold one and come join the party!
SHOW NOTES:
Rob Zombie on Space Ghost Coast to Coast
INTRO/OUTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane
MUSIC VIDEOS:
White Zombie, "I'm Your Boogie Man"
Tia Carerre, "Ballroom Blitz
Fiona Apple, "Across the Universe"
The Smithereens, "Time Won't Let Me"
Have a soundtrack you'd like us to cover? Follow us on Twitter @OSTParty and let us know!Or email us at OSTPartyPod@gmail.com