August 31, 2023

Blood on the Tracks Episode 68: Sex Comedies of the 1980s.

3 hours 1 minute

Lee is back with the second part of his look at the soundtracks and scores of the sex comedy genre, focusing on the more lurid side of things. This time everything has gotten far bigger and far hornier as he moves into the 1980s. Much like with slasher films, and other assorted cinematic junk food, the sex comedy genre exploded in North America during this decade, getting far raunchier and problematic that it had previously been. Because of the exponentially larger amount of music to put on the playlist, Lee put out a poll to the listeners asking them if they wanted this split into two parts or if they wanted a super-sized summer blow-out. Apparently the listeners are all size queens, so enjoy this 3hr episode!

NOTE: Let Me Be the Knight from "The Big Bet" (1987) by Rob Tro is mentioned as being on the list in this episode, but unfortunately it got lost in the final edit, and Lee doesn't feel like fixing it and reuploading the episode at this point. Sorry.

--Pinball Summer & Voyeur's Motel from "Pinball Summer" (1980) --Jay Boivin & Germain Gauthier

--I Don't Need To Love You & Try Not To Break My Heart from "The Beach Girls" (1982) --Linda Stevens-Foote

--Better Luck Next Time from "The Last American Virgin" (1982) --Oingo Boingo

--Shake it Up from "The Last American Virgin" (1982) --The Cars

--Teen Angel Eyes from "The Last American Virgin" (1982) --Tommy Tutone

--Girls Like Me from "Valley Girl" (1983) --Bonnie Hayes

--Marina Men from "Valley Girl" (1983) --The Valley Girls

--Pocket Pool from "Valley Girl" (1983) --Killer Pussy

--Angst in My Pants from "Valley Girl" (1983) --Sparks

--Shake that Thing & This Heart's On Fire from "Screwballs" (1983) --Johnny Dee Fury

--Joysticks from "Joysticks" (1983) --Legion

--My Tutor from "My Tutor" (1983) --Webster Lewis

--Sleepover from "The First Turn-On!" (1983) --Shrapnel

--Hungry Like the Wolf from "Hot Dog... The Movie" (1983) --Duran Duran

--When You Were Mine from "Hot Dog... The Movie" (1983) --Mitch Ryder

--Private School from "Private School" (1983) --Bill Wray

--Rock this Town from "Private School" (1983) --The Stray Cats

--I Want Candy from "Private School" (1983) --Bow Wow Wow

--Da Da Da I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha from "Private School" (1983) --Trio

--How Do I Let You Know from "Private School" (1983) --Phoebe Cates

--Just a Girl from "The Party Animal" (1984) --The Convertibles

--Why Can't I Touch It? from "The Party Animal" (1984) --The Buzzcocks

--Manhattan from "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984) --Andrea and Hot Mink

--Burning Down the House from "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984) --Talking Heads

--Steel from "Rosebud Beach Hotel" (1984) --Cherie & Marie Currie

--Hardbodies from "Hardbodies" (1984) --Krak

--Runnin' from "Hardbodies" (1984) --Vixen

--Back to Paradise from "Revenge of the Nerds II" (1984) --38 Special

--Dedication from "School Spirit" (1985) --Gleaming Spires

--Hard Way from "Just One of the Guys" (1985) --Tony Brock & Jay Davis

--Tomboy from "Tomboy" (1985) --Souvenir

--Weird Science from "Weird Science" (1985) --Oingo Boingo

--Philadelphia Baby from "Porky's Revenge" (1985) --The Crawling King Snakes

--Peter Gunn Theme from "Porky's Revenge" (1985) --Clarence Clemons

--High School Nights from "Porky's Revenge" (1985) --Dave Edmunds

--Loose Screws (Breakin' Away) from "Loose Screws" (1985) --Errol Francis and The Francis Factor

--Stew School from "Stewardess School" (1986) --Keith Landry

--Lookin' from "The Malibu Bikini Shop" (1986) --Naomi Delgado

--Recruits (Ride Hard, Live Free) from "Recruits" (1986) --Jon Mikl Thor

--Hamburgers For America from "Hamburger: The Motion Picture" (1986) --Blue Miller

--Party Camp from "Party Camp" (1987) --Mark Carpenter

--Surfin' Bongos from "Senior Week" (1987) --The Bongo Teens

--Main Title from "Not of This Earth" (1988) --Chuck Cirino

--Killer Machine from "Dr. Alien" (1989) --Billy Jacoby

Opening and closing music: Summertime Killer from "Summertime Killer" by Luis Bacalov, and Santa Maria from "Raiders of Atlantis" by Oliver Onions.

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