5 comments about Day The Laughter Died, Pt. 2.

1. This album ranks as one of the most bizarre things ever committed to tape. Someone who is only interested in the stand-up comedy of Dice's heyday might not take to this too well, as this album is more of a performance art piece than it is just stand up comedy. Dice was just coming off the point in his career when he had just faded back into obscurity, so he is free to let himself experiment with new forms of his comedy, and here he seems to be going off with some improvisational riffing. While things here are not funny from beginning to end (the show definitely lags in some places), certain parts of this album must be heard to be believed (especially in the first half), with special mention going to the "The Wedding." I'm not a major Dice fan per se, but to listen to this and not hear the loud, bombastic irony of his act in all its glory is missing the point. This may be the craziest comedy album of all time, up there with Bill Hicks' "Rant in E-minor", all born from a man who had nothing to lose, and seemed to know it too well.



2. A wonder of nature this album from Andrew Dice Clay.
   
   One of the best hidden comedy albums ever.
   
   This is experimental material, either you love it or hate it.
   
   A definate gem to add to your collection.
   
   "Its just a matter of opinion.." -the heckler



3. This is the album by which all, and I mean ALL other Dice albums are measured. The man had nothing to lose by the time he did this one, his contract was obviously up and America had lost interest.
   
   Of course, all of these things pale in comparison to what is contained on this album. Audience participation. I leave it at that.
   
   The final bit 'The Arguement' remains one of his best.
   
   Anger, sheer ANGER is what incarnates this highly impressive follow-up to the original Day The Laughter Died. After the disappointing and whipped '40 too long' -which tried to make trite nonsense like picking out a suit funny- this final major label release is unapologetic and vicious.
   
   You will feel truly inspired after listening to this album and if your name is Max, I have no pity.



4. A lot of people missed the point of this CD. Dice showed up unannounced with no material prepared. His goal was to piss off as many people as he could. Some of the people in the club leave
   and he also gets into a fight with an audience member at the end. He was venting like Lenny Bruce use to do. Even though some of the rants misfire, most of it is hilarious.



5. Dice Clay's "The Day The Laughter Died, Part Deux" is exactly what its title implies...Dice continuing his venture in, let's say, ANTI-COMEDY as he did previously on "...Laughter Died, Pt. One." Here, Dice dosen't at all appear interested in spilling out jokes, anecdotes, impersonations, or even comical stories...Instead, he reaches back & delivers full-on performance art! Its almost as if he's determined NOT to be comical, but, rather, to toy with his small audience and see who he can agitate...kinda like an older brother who keeps chippin' away at his sibling until it erupts into pure frustration!! It's a gutsy move for a "comedian" sliding down the other side of the mountain after he's peaked so high. A portrait of a comedian who clearly doesn't care & is content to just go for broke! Ya hear...!?!?

5 comments about 40 Too Long.

1. my god, this is funny!!! what a cd, just hilarious, non-stop laughter!!! if you are a fan of andrew dice clay, and have not heard this cd yet, get it!!!! one of the best, very funny, highly recommended!!!



2. This one is really good. It is actually as listener friendly as Dice got (though the material is still extremely crude) because his lampooning of everyday shopping at the begining could make anyone laugh. The title bit is very funny and the rest of the record is quite funny. It falls apart a little at the end and the songs don't help but overall the CD is great.



3. Success was getting to his head at this point. He actually makes a serious effort at singing two songs at the end of this. I doubled over in pain in embarassment for him at this point. It's clear that his ego outgrew what he actually did best; raunchy nightclub comedy. Lures of Hollywood movies and TV sitcoms which he fell for made a great comedian die a most unflattering death. I gave this two stars for the occassional laugh I got a some bits, but most of them are tired and drawn out way too long. My guess is he made this CD so he could buy himself a limo for tooting around Hollywood in. It's a real shame Dice left his roots.



4. This show was recorded around 1993. At this point Dice's act has basically remained the same, and many of his jokes are ones we've heard before. Dice does hit in several places, however. The bit with the Oriental salesman and the bathroom left me roaring with laughter. This album would have been perfect without the old rehash and the laughable songs that Dice closes with. But overall, this album would be considered a career milestone if it had been released by Dennis Leary, Dennis Miller, Sam Kinnison, or Chris Rock.



5. Not Dices greatest material but it is a classic.

4 comments about One Night at McCool's.

1. Track 5 - Velvet performed by Norweigan band, a-ha, serves as a musical delight to the senses and a definite highlight on the soundtrack!



2. The album is quite good, with I think the highlight being the song Velvet by A-Ha. Great song, very lovely, dreamy, great music. When is the last time you remember a song by A-Ha. Take on Me in the mid-80's. This song shows they still have what it takes to keep up with modern Rock/Pop. Check it out. I don't think you'll regret this purchase.



3. Quite a range of tunes on this soundtrack - but while you couldn't be faulted for thinking a-ha was thrown into the mix for some mid-1980s nostalgia (especially with The Village People's "YMCA" also on the soundtrack), the Norwegian pop trio provides the biggest surprise on the album. Velvet, a single off their latest album, "Minor Earth, Major Sky" (import), is honestly as big a musical find as you may find this year. Despite the fact the song is nearly a year old, it's "new to you" if you find yourself living west of The Emerald Isle.



4. a-ha's Velvet on track 5 is a slow whimsical atmospheric piece of sheer beauty. You have to hear it to appreciate this great melodic piece of elegant impressionism. Once again a-ha delivers a work of innovation and inspiration with this heart felt song.

5 comments about Dice Rules.

1. Dice is one of the worst so-called comidians ever.he is a Racist Scum bag.what a bad joke that he ever blew up?



2. Yes, Dice is the most obnoxious comedian to ever perform. His jokes often reflect a lot of tasteless topics but that was his act. You either found it funny or you didn't. I found this album to be kind of weak for Dice but the most enjoyable part of the album is that he is performing his raunchy material in front of a sold out crowd in Madison Square Garden. When the whole audience is saying the rhymes with him it is a laugh riot despite their stupidity. The second half is a club performance which has funnier jokes. The song at the end is retarded though. But if you like Dice, you'll like this album.



3. This is Dice on top of the heap before his fall. What other comedian could sell out Madison Square Garden and have them howling with laughter. The second side is actually funnier as working a nightclub is Dice's forte. The first bit on side two will have you falling out of your chair with laughter. People either love or hate Dice. If you are the former, get ready to bust your gut over this final masterpiece before he went Hollywood.



4. Dice hit it big with his debut act, which included Mother Goose poems. This was Dice in concert in 1990, riding his newly- found success which hit him around 1988. In my opinion, Dice does a good job on both sides of this album. The second side is funnier, but the first side also has some very strong moments. I like this better than the new CD, "40 Too Long," and "Laughter, Part II." But it lacks the absolute genius of the debut and "Laughter, Part I." It does seem like he's reaching a bit during the first side. But I can't think of any other comedian that could match Dice on a regular basis, album after album, except Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and Eddie Murphy.



5. I remember this album distinctly, because it was one of Dice's first easily found releases, at at time when his records (and comedy records in general) did not sell as much as most comedians wished.

   It was also a weak effort, especially in comparison to "Day the Laughter Died", which was a gutsy, comedy tour-de-force. While you can't fault him for being able to pack MSG, comedy is like Industrial music; anything more than 500 people in the room and the effect is jarring. Here, he can't possibly maintain the intimacy he gets from a dingy nightclub (listen to side two to see what I mean), and the bits suffer.

   Side one is a mob laughing because the guy next to them is laughing. Side two is people laughing because the material actually works. That's a big difference when it comes to comedy.

   I'd actually only recommend this album to people who already own his first two albums + 40 Too Long, but not to first-time dicers. It's far too hit & miss for the uninitiated.

1 comments about Adventures of Ford Fairlane.

1. A ten track CD is a hard sell these days but this soundtrack has a few jems that should be worth the price. I wll address the standouts - Billy Idol's Cradle Of Love and Wind Cries Mary by Richie Sambora and Andrew Dice Clay's I Ain't Got You are very good - yea I know but the Dice Mans singing is actually good. The real Jem on this disc is the end title track, Dion's (from Dion & The Belmonts) version of Sea Cruise the old Frankie Ford track - updated and very good. I bought this disc for this track alone.

5 comments about Face Down, Ass Up.

1. He made his living off pushing the limits of what was allowable. This dude doesn't entertain himself. Super tired.



2. I love Dice...I just started listening to him this year, being introduced with The Day The Laughter Died part 1, a true comedic masterpiece. Dice is a great performer, and somehow people don't catch onto this. I just got Vol. 2 of The Day.. and the people in the audience don't even respond for the most part. I think the best thing a performer can do is make the audience uncomfortable, or to piss them off, and that's what Dice does. Someone compared Dice's comedy to an AC/DC album, that is right on the money, it's in your face and up your ass all the way. The problem with this CD is that he doesn't expand on anything here. First of all, the CD layout is just ridiculous...Dice is an older guy trying to pretend his hair and muscles aren't thinning out, but they are and it shows. The asses on the slutty looking chicks, though nice, really don't have to be what sells this album. The music is rage-inducing, because it ain't music and it ain't good, skip those tracks, no big deal. The act is Dice's Act, no one else could do it, but I think we all know that Dice could be doing it a little better. He's got some killer jokes in here, but it's most likely his weakest album...but compare this to what is considered a good pop album, or just a good album in general in this horrid year of 2004...this is original and you can't find fault with that, if you have the brains to appreciate it. And if you are a guy and you don't like this, wake up, cause you know that beyond the absurdity of the act, there is some truth in there about the ladies and they way us pigs think...but who wants to deal in truth or ugliness....



3. This album basically is a remake of the three CD set "FILTH" that came out a year before that was only available through DICE's web site (which has since been removed). The material here is good if you are a real DICE fan and appreciate the growth of his act and are not locked into hearing a new nursery rhyme update every album. He has moved on from the gimmickery of his act. While he still uses the pseudo-italian brooklyn bad boy image as his signature look, its clear his act has developed into something more. The material has gotten a more Lenny Bruce/Lewis Black edge to it-less gimmicky and more based on a slight bit angry comedian who shows that he has more to him than a few sexist jokes and a bit of reworked nursery rhymes.
   
   This album is a lot better than the typical ANTI-DICE crowds and reviewers (like the one from Amazon) give credit for. There is a lot more depth to his comedy than there was a decade ago and a real fan of comedy would appreciate it.
   
   If you can find the 3 CD set anywhere that would be a better choice "FDAU" because of the sheer volume of material. it is probabaly his best work. This album has some great moments and aside from some filler music inserts the album holds up well.



4. Dice proves why he is a living legend. He went and continues to go into realms where the political correcto's wont. They used to say Lenny Bruce was a sicko, a deviant, a drug head and now, years later, he is labeled a genius. Dice was always a genius and will continue to be a genius. One of the best ever.



5. Review # 46. Most recent release I've seen in stores or online from the foul-mouthed comic from Brooklyn. After listening to 'Face Down', I was fully convinced the 'ol Diceman still has it. Snippets here I liked best were "Big Head", "Midgets 2000" (freaking hilarous!), "Banana Nose", "KY2 Wife" (have always loved the way this guy purposely mis-pronounces some of his words), "Pencil Room" and "Don't Marry Her". Subjects here tackled include dating a geek girl's mom, refusing to marry a girl JUST because she tells you she loves you and avoiding society's low lifes. Can't BELIEVE it that now, twenty years later after I hear Dice Clay mention, "hickory dickory dock, your mom was..." I'm still in stitches. Highly recommended. At least a hundred laughs on this CD release.

5 comments about Day the Laughter Died.

1. Yes weve all heard Dice and his raunchy nursery rhymes....his crude indifference to homosexuality and such....but this comedy album made live in New York is a bit different. In this one, Dice makes up the whole show right there on stage. Not an easy task!! He riffs on the audience something fierce, when one guy wanted to hear rhymes Dice replied with 'Hey I know I do rhymes!! Wipe your f*****g a** with the rhymes!!!' And of course the audience explodes.
   
   If youre a Dice Clay fan, its a must have. If youre an improvisation fan, its a must have. Bottom line, its a must have. Dice's finest hour. Period.



2. Dice was at the top of his game when he decided to make this double album, affectionatly known to fans as TDTLD. He stood on stage for a few nights at Dangerfield's with no material whatsoever....and made a comedy classic not unlike Pryor's That Nigger's Crazy and Sam Kineson's Have You Seen Me Lately?
   Dice made a ballsy move in doing this album. He wasn't yet the comic who sold out Madison Square Garden, nor the man who went crazy with TDTLD Part II...avoid that one, BTW. The album was perfectly stated in his routine "...Laughter verses comedy...you don't have to laugh to enjoy it." If you love Dice, and you want his albums, then this is the one to get.



3. I remember when Dice could do no wrong. He was massively popular. Yet, he got so much flak from the press and women's groups over his sexist attitude towards women and the like. But the reality was that Dice was very funny at the time. I went to see Dice at an outdoor theatre in the suburbs of Chicago, and there were both men and women there. The women weren't there with their boyfriends; they were there with other women. They went in groups. The women laughed their keesters off. They got the joke. There were no protestors, no rioting, and the world went on after Dice performed. Some compared him to Lenny Bruce because Dice was controversial; they were fools to do so. Bruce was a brilliant social commentator, a genius. Dice was just a rude, funny guy from Brooklyn. Nothing more, nothing less. This album is probably Dice's best. Sadly, almost all of Dice's material is out of print. While I don't play this album all the time, it's still nice to have. Dice is having a great time with the audience as well (recorded live at Dangerfield's). Dice is doing Vegas these days.



4. Right along with the late Sam Kinison's debut CD,'Have You Seen Me Lately?'(see my review),this 2-CD release by the 'Diceman' himself is an absolute must-have comedy title. I listened to these two discs SO much,I'm amazed they still play. Simply love this New Yorker's extremely dry/sick sense of humor. Some of my favorite lines are, "Here's a nice family sitting down up front. Mom and the two daughters have the SAME haircut. Very nice!Dad..., he too has the same ****ing silly haircut". Another one: "So,you don't like fat chicks,pal? Check back with after you turn thirty. Ever date a 600 pound woman? It's like a ride at Wet&Wild...unbelievable, you know what I'm saying? So,I'm at this dive in the Bronx and I spot this cow of a woman, standing against the wall, like she's actually holding up the building. She's got six chins,her legs look like one(I dunno)and she has an eye patch and a neatly trimmed beard. So,I lure her back to my apartment with a bag of hershey kisses". You get the idea. Honestly, a laugh a minute. Get it!



5. Before I start this review, let's go into the fact the Andrew "Dice Clay" Silverstein never intended his "character" to be taken totally seriously. It was a charaicture of a "brooklyn bad boy", a sexist urban tough macho guy who lives to get laid, get drunk, and be rowdy.
   
   That said, he sure had his share of controversy during his "era" that of the late eighties, early nineties. Like "Borat" after him, he never broke out of character, and went on many talk shows and awards shows (most infamously the Mtv Music Video Awards) with his image, getting "banned" from Mtv and other places.
   
   Now on to the question, is the "act" funny?
   
   It really depends on one's perception of what "funny" is. On this album, he's not only unfunny at times (pathetically), it borders on self-parody.
   
   However, before you think I am bashing this record, I believe this to be the greatest album Dice has done, and also one of the best comedy records.
   
   Why, you ask? Because it stands as a concept album of sorts, and its "concept" is so unfailingly awful, its like a bad car accident, we can't help but watch. I know that Dice intended to go to Dangerfield's that night with no material (though he had a few things already memorized) and he proceeds to berate the crowd with insults, say obscene things to the crowd (even after half of them had left (!)) and be a general obnoxious jerk..
   
   In this, he succeeds, in spades.
   
   I think part of the appeal is that he is slightly tongue in cheek about the whole affair, but play acts the thing so seriously that he starts to sound angry around the second disk.
   
   He then explodes in some really pathetic monologues about Catfish and so on, and even stumbles mid sentence with an attempted joke about Penthouse (Second disk as well).
   
   
   He sounds downright annoyed when asked to do his "nursey rhymes" even if the delivery on here (when he does a half-hearted attempt at some) is generally funnier than on some of his other albums.
   
   Some of the funnier tracks are where he is just relentlessly attacking the crowd for their sweaters, girlfriends and boyfriends, and perceived sexual habits.
   
   I think famous internet reviewer Mark Prindle had it best when he called this a comedy classic.
   
   Its definitely not for the light hearted or the politically correct, but its done in such a way that I don't think its too far removed from something like Sarah Silverman or others would do nowadays (just the opposite sex).
   
   "Hour Back, Get It?" is one of the more "scraping the bottom of the barrel" tracks for laughs, and it almost reminds me of some annoying kid in elementary school yelling weird stuff just for attention. That said, its so "bad its good" applies here, I find myself laughing at his delivery and performance of the bit. In fact, I think that's half the appeal of dice, delivery and timing.
   
   Back to the humor bit: I generally enjoy stuff like the Jerky Boys, (early) Tom Green, and other similar stuff that's FUNNY, but almost bordering on ridiculous and unfunny. Its this gray area that I believe to have the potential for much of my preferred humor, stuff that's so unfunny at times that its funny ("So bad its good" irony once again), and when the moment comes when its actually "funny" (which there are times on here where its just that), its gutbustingly hilarious.
   
   I think that its time this album got its due, with its unique concept, "anti-humor" and generally pathetic attempts at humor (and other juvenile, genuinely funny moments as well). I think its a great album, and I will continue to listen to it throughout my life.

5 comments about Andrew Dice Clay.

1. Andrew dice clay is the best comedian ever. He says things that people only think about. Thats what makes it funny. He says all the things you want to say when your pissed off at a situation. When you get mad at a spouse, and want to tell her off, but don't. Well he says basically what you were thinking.



2. Over a decade ago, Andrew Silverstein was stretching his 15 minutes of fame as far as it could go with his tasteless comedy. He was selling out arenas, doing appearances on MTV and making a then high-profile appearance on Arsenio. Soon thereafter, the mainstream started to wise up and realized he's really just another sham, and he faded into obscurity. Here is the album that made him famous, and it's funny only if you're under 14 and happen to break out in giggles at the sound of the "f-bomb." People, I think this is as bad as it gets. I remember buying this CD out of curiosity in college. It was so disgusting I sold it the very next day and took a hot shower because listening to it made me feel so unclean. If you haven't already exposed yourself to the "work" of Andrew "Dice" Clay, there's no reason to do so now. He's a has-been and should stay that way.



3. Andrew Dice Clay seems like the last comedian on earth I, a timid conservative, would ever listen to; maybe that's why I became a fan of his during my college days and remain a fan to this day. I had suitemates in my dorm who cursed and told dirty jokes like sailors on shore leave who wouldn't listen to the Dice man's crude humor, yet I think the guy is hilarious. The fact that other people hated him so much made him even more appealing to the rebel in me. I will admit that much of his humor makes me very uncomfortable, but I love it nonetheless. This first album is actually quite inferior to the ones that would follow it, but it introduced the Dice man in full force to the public in all of his (vain)glory. The cigarette gimmick was already perfected, his dirty Mother Goose rhymes had already seeped into the collective unconscious, his no-holds-barred sexually graphic material was honed to a sharp point, his proclivity for interacting with his audience and always having a stinging comeback ready for any smart remark sent his way made him untouchable, and his knack for insulting people of all races, religions, and sexual orientations was legendary. The Dice man told the jokes that were too racy for seemingly fearless comics such as Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx. That's what he did, and he did it better than anybody else ever has. I imagine that, buried beneath the shock and horror displayed outwardly by some individuals accidentally running across material such as this, there is a lot of internal laughter that many refuse to acknowledge to anyone else. You can't take Dice too seriously. He may resort to the worst types of jokes on earth, but he certainly puts on an entertaining show. In this first album, he takes on subjects such as sex, smoking, sex, growing up, sex, race, foreigners, sex, marriage, sex, dating, sex, and sex (to name a few). Needless to say, this is Adults Only material, and I might caution listeners that a little of the Dice attitude may rub off on you temporarily after listening to him. If you are unfamiliar with Dice's unique brand of over-the-top humor, I would recommend you start with The Day the Laughter Died as it is actually much funnier than this album.



4. I had the great misfortune my first semester of college sharing a room with a DICE fan ... right before most folks realized just how truly mediocre (to put it kindly) Andrew Dice Clay is.
   
   Let me clarify one thing first: my problem was NOT the offensiveness of the Diceclown. He's dirty, vulgar, offensive, bla bla bla. Yeah, let's get past that for a moment, that's not what concerns me.
   
   There are GOOD vulgar comedians. Clay is not one of them. Clay isn't just bad, he's AGGRESSIVELY BAD. Most of his ACT is just ramblings of things that sound curiously familiar from the playground at gradeschool. By that I mean, it's pretty much "hey check this out, I made another doodie" but none of it is really CLEVER. At no point, listening to this yo-yo did I ever say to myself, "man, where did he ever come up with that one? How did he even think of that?" This man is not a slick WRITER, that is the key piece of my problems with him. His is not complex, clever material. I don't think he's a good story teller either. And dirty nursary rhymes? WHO can't come up with those on their own? You take pre-existing material that is fundamentally simple in design with already laid out rhyme schemes and simple, digestable rhythm structures ... make it sexual ... it ain't that hard. By fifth grade, most of us have been able to successfully compose a dirty limmerick.
   
   Clay was a momentary novelty act, and yes, the FAD was big and lucrative for a little while, but the star faded. How does George Carlin stick around for DECADES AND DECADES? Carlin can write good material and he can still SURPRISE us. After listening for five minutes to the Dicechild, nothing he says is really ever surprising.
   
   Am I being unfair? I really don't think so. I admit, the guy was good at coming up with some catch phrases for himself which admittedly was tempting to use around the halls of my dorm. He played his CHARACTER well, but when the night is over, that's really all it is: A CHARACTER ... A CARTOON EVEN (like Larry the Cable Guy?) And regardless of how well he plays this character, at no point do I find myself in AWE of the man's mind. Guys like Izzard, I wonder how anyone can keep up with him. Guys like Clay ... I moved way past him. This album was a waste of time, I'm sorry.
   
   But like I said, I'm not hating him just cuz we're all supposed to hate him, I've justified it with reasons.



5. Andrew Dice Clay's first comedy album pales in comparison to his classic "The Day The Laughter Died". It's so-so, a mixed bag. Yes, it's chauvanistic, biogted, and sometimes funny. This was released when Dice was the epitome of cool in comedy. A lot of the humor though just comes across as outright mean spiritedness and his dirty Mother Goose rhymes routine is a rip off of a George Clinton song. The content is pretty much what you'd hear on your average hardcore rap album. So know what to expect. It doesn't quite hold up to repeat listening like "The Day The Laughter Died" though.

5 comments about One Night with Dice.

1. This is a perfect example of what Bill Hicks used to rant about. Mediocre hacks live forever and pollute the earth with their existence while brilliant geniuses die way too early.....RIP Bill! I'm afraid you were right.......you died at 33 and Andrew is STILL HERE! Get me off this planet now!



2. This is a VERY OLD film of A.D.C. (Dice) Probably his First Recording. If you are Looking for his "Signature" lines and flow ? You Probably will be Dissapointed with this Movie.
   
   IF, However, you would be Interested in Seeing the First Signs of his Raw (dare I say "Abrasive"?) Humor ?? You Could Very Well Find this Movie Interesting. He DOES Do SOME (not all) of his Perverted Nursery Ryhmes, but he sings them in a Sort of RAP Style which at Best is Different or Amusing and at Worst Annoying and Blows the Whole Thing. Again this is VERY EARLY Work of His and it would seem to hold out, He Learned it Flopped and Changed his act up to make that part more Funny (IMO).
   
   One of the Highlights of the whole thing is, either by Plan, or due to him running out of Material ??, he opens the floor up to Questions and does a Great Job of Improv in Answering them INCLUDING One Poor Slob who decided to Heckle Him and, Lets just say he Limped away after being Verbally Abused in True Dice Style.
   
   SO, If you are Looking for a "Best Of Dice" Movie with all his Famous Stuff ? this is NOT what you want.
   
   If you want to see the first steps of a Comic who Pushed Boundaries and made people Laugh and UnComfortable at the same time ? this is what you were Looking for.



3. its ok very young dice before he had really spent alot of time working on these bits. he looks a little unsure of himself with these jokes. all in all not that bad



4. A bit slow to start but once it does you wont stop laughing!! It is very rude but worth it as the laughs don't stop!!



5. The shipment came as stated in comments. Thank you it was a gift.

5 comments about Pretty In Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

1. This is a must have for any 80's enthusiast for that era! Wow! Who can forget the great music of that era?!! This one is a winner.



2. I love this movie, I love Molly Ringwald, I love that she worked at a record store, I love her car, Annie Potts, Jon Cryer, Andrew McArthy, and all the music on this CD. Opening with OMD's "If You Leave" it only goes up from there. "Left Of Center" by Suzanne Vega is the anthem of anyone who ever left on the side lines of the main stream, New Order's "Shell Shock" - The Smiths brilliant, "Please Let Me Get What I Want", and my favorite "Wouldn't It Be Good" (wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes/ even if it was for just one day), "Bring On The Dancing Horses", the always welcome "Pretty In Pink", I mean really isn't she? This is pretty much my teenage life caught on CD. Now I need to go out and buy that new version of the DVD that came out.



3. this cd was just just as i hoped it would be. it brought back great memories from the movie which is my fav!



4. I remember walking out of the theater thinking, "well that was not nearly as good as I thought it would be". The sound track was not much different with some exceptions. First of all, the movie version of the song "Pretty in Pink" is nowhere near as good as the Psychedelic Furs original version. Second, the absence of the Rave-ups "Shut Up" was disappointing. The sound track is not all bad though. "Bring on the Dancing Horses" and "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" are excellent and as much as I hate to admit it I love "If You Leave". The rest is pretty forgettable. If you are looking for a great collection of 80's songs you can do better.



5. I picked this up on vinyl back in the 80's, and played it obsessively. I grew up in a small farming community, and somehow, country music didn't do it for me. I had no idea what else to listen to, until I bought this soundtrack. I didn't know who any of the bands were at the time, but loved them all so much that I began to track them down. This was before INXS hit it big, but when I heard another one of their songs, I rushed out and bought their album. I was sure that Suzannne Vega had a pipeline to my soul--I was Left of Center--and she understood! Morrissey's voice was like a beacon from elsewhere, and for the next 10 years, I listened to New Order and the Smiths constantly. I own all of Echo and the Bunnymen now, I think, and the Psychedelic Furs will always have a place in my heart for their marvelous version of this fantastic song. I was perhaps the only person in America to track down a Belois Some album, which I still have. It's great!
   
   Essentially, this soundtrack became a sourcebook for me. It was the first "trendy" non main stream commercial pop that I had found. The fact that all of these songs sound like perfect classic 80's pop is a testament to the person who compiled this. This soundtrack doesn't sound revolutionary any more, but this was essentially for me the 80's equivalent of Seth Cohen introducing Ryan Atwood to Death Cab for Cutie.
   
   If you love delicious pop music, if you adore the 80's, if you secretly wish Molly Ringwald still was a huge star, rush out and buy this. You won't be disappointed.