Movie Soundtrack of the Week: Blue Velvet

A film that haunts with music that sends shivers down your spine.

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Movie Soundtrack of the Week: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

A bit of a cheat this week because I've chosen a film about a band - The Sex Pistols. Unsurprisingly, most of the songs on the soundtrack are by, erm, the Sex Pistols. God Save The Queen. Anarchy in the UK. Sid Vicious's version of My Way. That sort of thing.

One gem, though, which you may not recall is the French version of Anarchy in the UK, with Jerzimy (whoever he is or was). Press the YouTube thingymajig above and you'll hear it in its full chic glory.

Moi, je suis l'antéchrist
Moi, je suis l'anarchiste
Je ne sais pas ce que je veux mais je l'aurai
Je sème la terreur dans la rue

Car moi, je veux l'anarchie

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All the teenage punks at my school had this album, ooh, a good seven or eight years after it came out. They were, of course, so cool.

Movie Soundtrack of the Week: Repo Man

It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.

There's a sort of orthodoxy amongst blokes of my generation - and I am talking about the ones who spend their adolescence in the 1980s stuck in small provincial towns - that Repo Man is the film with the best soundtrack of all time.

They ought to grow up. It's not. It is, though, a damned good soundtrack to a weird and witty film. It has Iggy Pop. The Circle Jerks. Black Flag. The Plugz. Even the bloody Andrew Sisters. It certainly beats the Persuasions doing Papa Oom Mow Mow in E.T.

I'd strongly recommend getting the album, if not the film itself. Indeed, if you do the latter, let me know so I can borrow it: I haven't seen it for about 16 years or so.

On the other hand you can get a flavour of the soundtrack by listening to these performances from YouTube:

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Movie Soundtrack of the Week: Super Fly

He's got a plan to stick it to the man. He's super hood. Super high. Super dude... Super Fly.

Ah, Super Fly. A classic 70s film about a coke dealer who wants to quit, but needs to make one final score. Dealers, mobsters and 24-carat grooviness. Or a bag of old crap, depending on who you listen to.

I've never seen it, but - thanks to Bill who bought it for me - I have got a copy of the soundtrack (which, amazingly, outgrossed the film in terms of sales). It's the album that switched me on to Curtis Mayfield, a bookish-looking guy with a fantastically high-pitched singing voice. If you're new to him, take a look at him performing here. I don't rate him as a live artist, but the Super Fly soundtrack is a must have for Funk fans.

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You can get the deluxe double CD from Amazon: