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May 10, 2007
maybe just a smile
"Got You (Where I Want You)" has been going through my head lately. I love the song so that's not of the bad, but it is a little surprising given that I haven't heard anything from or about The Flys since this song came out. I realized that I didn't have their album in my iTunes on either computer (yeah, I'm still transferring everything over) so I dug it out of my box of cds in the garage and got my fix a few minutes ago.
This song takes me back to the summers of 1998 and 1999, a timeframe in which Karinne and I saw a LOT of movies, including Disturbing Behavior. "Got You (Where I Want You)" was the only song I liked on the Disturbing Behavior soundtrack, so I picked up The Flys album Holiday Man (which turned out to be not much better at all) instead. Can't Hardly Wait was another movie from that summer, and it's soundtrack is chock full of musical goodness, including "Paradise City" (my personal favorite from the album). I do a little dance every time I hear the opening notes to that song no matter how many times I've heard it recently, and like all of my favorite songs, it's always a little better if I hear it on the radio. Satellite, terrestrial, it doesn't matter - I like getting surprised with it, like a present just for me.
I have a special place in my heart for soundtracks anyways, regardless of whether or not they're from that summer. The 10 Things I Hate About You soundtrack is a great one, as is soundtrack from The New Guy (I LOVE SR-71's "Let It Whip"). Another of my favorite soundtracks is, of course, Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album. There are only a few songs on that one that I don't care for. (Radio Sunnydale is good too, but I'm not in love with as many songs on it.)
But no matter how much I love all of my soundtracks, if I could only have one in my collection, there's no question in my mind which one I would choose: the soundtrack from Top Gun. The only thing that would have made that any better is if they'd included "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " on it.
Posted by oracle at May 10, 2007 8:57 PM in entertainment / listening / the fourth year