gypsyman wrote: 
When I hear this, I am... 4 again?  You guys are OLD!!!

 manonfortini wrote: 
When I hear this, I am 26 again! Yay!

 mbalson wrote: 

no, Bill stays at the studio 24/7 - 365 working.
duh

 sandyclaws wrote:  Hmmm...that's the same last four songs in a row (just now played - more than a year and a half later). Are Bill and Rebecca phoning it in? Preset playlists?

 NeuroGeek wrote: 
They are not "much, much better" in my opinion, though there are some great tunes on that soundtrack.  This recording (for which the film is named) is not the one which was later recorded for the movie soundtrack.  To each his own, of course.

There are much, much better cuts off of the Pretty In Pink Soundtrack.  This isn't the worst, but definitely not the best, either. 

Like the first album best—I remember the first time I heard "India"like it was yesterday...

I listen to this and I am 16 again!

 SinisterDexter wrote: 
It's the amazing ensamble cast that still blows me away...Jon Cryer sliding across the floor to Otis Redding, Annie Potts as a new wave diva remembering her beehive days and Harry Dean Stanton as the most honest dad, worts and all, you have ever seen. I still love this movie and this song captures the 80's perfectly. (of course, in my humble opinion)

cool...  love it...  sigh...

 

Just happened to see the movie for the first time this weekend.  Not groundbreaking, but a good portrayal of teen angst - Molly Ringwald's a joy to watch in just about any movie.

 WayUpNorth wrote: 
I think most mothers in 1981 felt the same way once they listened to the lyrics. I loved the song but hated the movie (without seeing it, guilty as charged) for being so mainstream. This was the correct position for the hip and cool of those years. 

 Cynaera wrote: 
Nice quote!  I like it.  (I agree with your post, too, but the quote is brill)

9 -> 10

I find it vaguely repulsive that anyone would think there is an association between the song and the movie ...

The song was released in 1981.  John Hughes borrowed the title for his movie.

 mandolin wrote: 
I was wondering the same thing; per wikipedia the song came first, Hughes took it as the title for his movie. 

...was the film named after this song or was this song written for the film?..

I think it's the beat. It's a good beat. I love the Furs, and I loved all of those "Brat-Pack" movies, and the soundtracks. It was a pretty fun era. Of course, we're paying for that cotton-candy time now, with the economy in shambles, the government eating up our rights in ways so insidious we mostly don't know we've lost them until we get busted for doing/saying something that only yesterday was allowable.

Color me rainbow. I will adore silly songs like this one, and "Don't Worry, Be Happy." If I don't cling to whimsical reminders of what the world used to be, I fear I'll go insane. And to horribly misquote The Incredible Hulk:  "Don't make me real.  You wouldn't like me when I'm real."

 ScopArch wrote: 
From a Very Great distance.

 The tempos are the same, I think. 

Read your first journal entry, ScopArch. I hope things are picking up for you.  

Love the Duck Man!!! 

 sandyclaws wrote: 
This is why I love RP!

Holy smokes!

Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Thanks RP, for the late-afternoon pick-me-up on what has been a very tedious Monday at work!

Into you like a train is another awesome song from this album!!

 LowPhreak wrote: 

Long live Duckie!!    !

One of those songs that is somehow better than it should be.

Killer tune!

Brilliant song - then and now.

A subpar song from an a pretty good band. I had one of their albums, so they must have had some merit. Can't tell it from this song.