Tribute to an icon of the 80s, John Hughes

Tribute to an icon of the 80s, John Hughes

Music has always been an essential part of the films written, produced or directed by John Hughes, and it is enough to listen to “Won’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds, or “Pretty in Pink” by The Psycheledich Furs, to immediately evoke titles. like “The 52 club” or “Vestida de Rosa”. The director of box office hits like “My poor little angel” was somewhat underestimated at the time but he began to be revalued even before his death in 2009, when it was already said that he had fun preparing a compilation of the old cassettes with which He listened to the songs to set his films to music. The idea has only now materialized with this 4-disc collection, released in all possible formats, with hits from films such as “American Lampoon European Vacation”, “Better alone than in bad company”, “Uncle Buck”, “Crazy Science” and of course Hughes’ great comic work, “An Expert in Fun” (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) where Matthew Broderick’s follies were always accompanied by a memorable song. This is a feast of eighties nostalgia with excellent songs, or well known or forgotten, by artists such as Joe Jackson, Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark, Killing Joke, Love and Rockets, Echo & the Bunnymen, New Order and the group with the one Danny Elfman started, Oingo Boingo.

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