In our final episode on the music of John Hughe's iconic 80's films, we end with Pretty In Pink. Music is the backbone of this film in so many ways: the main character works at a record store, a bar with live music is a popular hangout spot for her and her friends, and of course who can forget Jon Cryer's lip-sync to Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness"? And just like the films before it, Hughes' passion for music (especially new wave and post-punk) is behind every track featured on this iconic soundtrack. We listen to a few tracks from the film with an accompanying track from each artist.

Tracklist:

1. Talk Back - Rudy
2. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
3. Psychedelic Furs - Mr. Jones
4. Jesse Johnson - Get To Know Ya
5. Jesse Johnson - Just Too Much
6. New Order - Thieves Like Us
7. New Order - Lonesome Tonight
8. Teebs - Studie (feat. Panda Bear)
9. Boxcutter - Passerby
10. Eddie Van Halen - Eruption

This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts

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