After spending an entire month looking back at the 80’s, I realized one thing. I need more. Luckily, a couple of fellow music fans on Twitter came up with the brilliant idea to highlight #30DaysOf80sMovieSongs during the month of April. I couldn’t resist at the opportunity to keep going, to keep listening, and to keep celebrating the decade that has meant more to me than any other from a musical standpoint. Each day I’m playing a different soundtrack favorite on the Mental Jukebox.
Movie: Some Kind Of Wonderful
In college, I was lucky enough to be part of an a cappella group with a group of immensely talented and amazing human beings. I don’t have a solo voice, but I got in by the skin of my teeth because I could sing some bass. Those musical limitations didn’t stop two dear friends of mine in the group from searching long and hard for the right solo for me. That song was “I Go Crazy”. Straight off the soundtrack for Some Kind of Wonderful. It was a perfect choice. Flesh for Lulu’s frontman’s vocal range is almost identical to mine. And the song is a true 80’s anthem through and through.
“I Go Crazy” builds from the first verse into the chorus. Then it builds some more into the second verse, back to the chorus, to the vocal bridge and then reaches a climax with an instrumental bridge. The synth hook is a simple one-noter that’s menacing in its repetition. The guitar riff revs up the song from beginning to end. And the bass line is just plain, understated cool without trying too hard to be like anything else we’ve heard. Kinda like that Watts character in Some Kind of Wonderful.
“Well isn't that nice. Like Miami Vice.”