on 2011-05-10 dscanland Said:

I've got to be honest with you, I've never seen the movie. With that being said, this is one of my favorite albums of the 80s! I loved the Echo and the Bunnymen track that Charles points out. I'm not even a big Smiths fan but enjoy, "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want". And I've always been a Psychedelic Furs fan. I enjoyed "Shell Shock" by New Order, "If You Leave" by OMD, and the INXS contribution, "Do Wot You Do". A good snapshot of music in the mid-80s.
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on 2011-05-10 hstisgod Said:

I believe in balance and equality on this website, so ill say this at CharlesMartel and leave it alone. LESS ABOUT THE MOVIE, more about the music please
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Review:

on 2011-05-10 CharlesMartel Said:

One of the finest films ever made, "Pretty in Pink" was also accompanied by a soundtrack to match. Whenever I watch the film, and I recently purchased it on DVD, I am instantly transported back to the eighties and that is no bad thing. John Hughes brought to the screen the woes and worries of teenagers across the world. It may have presented a somewhat idealised scenario of high school life but it was compelling watching all the same. I don't know, but I was long past high school by the time it came out, and yet it still resonated with me to a degree that I cannot explain. For one thing, it was nothing like my own high school days.

A simple story of the girl from the wrong side of the tracks (literally) falls in love with a guy from the right side of the tracks. After a fair bit of bitching from friends on both sides, they eventually get together. Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy may have had the starring roles, but it was Jon Cryer as Duckie who stole the show, and provided a sartorial and attitudinal role model for many of us, I am sure.

And then there was the soundtrack. Select some of the most emblematic tracks of eighties pop and bring them together to accompany the film. OK, they could have used the original version of the Psychedelic Furs' "Pretty in Pink", from which the film got its name, but perhaps one of the finest films ever made could not take being too closely associated with one of the finest songs ever produced. But then there is "Bring on the Dancing Horses" by the Bunnymen, which is probably one of their best tracks as well: Hell even the Smiths get a look in.

Together the soundtrack and the film are greater than the sum of their parts. Sit back and enjoy, wallow in the nostalgia, reminisce, and take in some of the most atmospheric songs of the eighties wrapped around one of the best films you will ever see.
Rating: 8/10