This is Ryan Pack of the Soundtrack Your Life
podcast, and you're listening to My Weekly Mixtape
with Brian Colburn. Rock on, Brian. Welcome to
My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that takes the classic
mixtape approach to building a modern playlist.
I'm your host, Brian Colburn. Joining me for
tonight's collaboration is Ryan Pack. host of
the Soundtrack Your Life podcast. Ryan, thank
you so much for joining me on my weekly mixtape.
Oh, I am so excited to be here. I am really excited
to have you, man. And I'm going to start tonight
the way I start every episode by asking you the
age -old question. Well, 19 -episode -old question.
Ryan, what does the word mixtape mean to you?
It's a very loaded word. It means something that
has been carefully curated. A mix of songs that
someone has personally made for you. I like where
you're going with that. And that is exactly what
we're going to be doing tonight. As tonight,
Ryan and I will be curating a mixtape of songs
that are featured on 90s soundtracks. And this
decade, like the 80s, was part of what I feel
was the peak of soundtracks. As once you work
your way into the 2000s, soundtracks became...
less of an important moment that kind of coincided
along with the movie because with the advent
of digital downloads and streaming it became
more of just music in the movie whereas in the
80s and 90s and you can go back to the 70s and
earlier soundtracks were events because they
were songs that bands recorded specifically for
these albums and then as you got into the 2000s
it started becoming more just compilation mixes
and now soundtracks sometimes are an afterthought
so i like to get back to when soundtracks truly
meant something and as it's the 90s i have a
huge bank of songs that i'm ready to dive into
tonight but i did give myself one rule Now, Ryan,
you don't have to follow this, but I'm be curious
when we get to that point to see where you stand.
I personally only chose songs that were created
specifically for the soundtrack or came out on
the soundtrack prior to the band using the song
on their official album. Ryan, what were you
looking for in the songs you brought to the table
this evening? I used a lot of those same rules.
primarily chose songs that either were written
for the film or only came out on the soundtrack.
And if there were any exceptions to that, it's
because the song is really just known for being
in that movie. Awesome. With that said, Ryan,
let's get down to business. Tonight, as I mentioned
earlier, Ryan and I will be curating the ultimate
90s soundtrack songs mixtape, and we'll use the
old cassette deck approach, meaning our mixtape
will be broken up into two sides, side A and
side B. Ryan, as the special guest, will begin
side A with his first song choice, and then I'll
add a song that I feel best follows up his choice.
We'll then flip -flop choosing songs until we've
mapped out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give
our mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll map out
side B, only this time I'll kick things off with
Ryan choosing second. Our overall goal for the
episode is to craft the best 90s soundtrack mixtape
possible through only 20 songs. At the end of
the show, you can take our conversation to the
next level by visiting the 90s soundtrack page
at myweeklymixtape .com to give our final mixtape
a listen via the embedded playlist. And finally,
if you like what you're hearing on the show,
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Speaking of Patreon mixtapers, a few have chimed
in with some of the songs they would kick off
their 90s soundtrack mixtape with. Patreon mixtaper
David Owens chimed in with Less Than Jake's We're
All Dudes from Good Burger. And Patreon mixtaper
Cactus Pete chimed in with Dr. Dre's Keep Their
Heads Ringing from Friday, as well as Ice Cube's
You Can Do It from Next Friday. Elsewhere on
the socials, mixtapers who follow me at My Weekly
Mixtape on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and
TikTok also chimed in. I'd like to shout a few
of those out. Chael chimed in with Black Sabbath's
Time Machine from Wayne's World. Rob Eber chimed
in with Garbage, number one crush from Romeo
and Juliet. On the Flight chimed in with The
Wonders, That Thing You Do from the movie of
the same name. Sean Faust chimed in with Helmet
and House of Pain, just another victim from Judgment
Night. Jeff Scoble chimed in with Jim Blossoms
Till I Hear It From You from Empire Records.
And also from the same movie, even though it's
not sung by Rex Manning, so I'm going to deduct
a point there, Doug Miller chimed in with Coyote
Shivers, Sugar High. Jen Cohen chimed in with
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls from the City of Angels
soundtrack. Lonnie Love Taylor chimed in with
anything from the Forrest Gump soundtrack. Seven
Rocklists from Australia chimed in with Green
Day's J .A .R. Jason Andrew Relva from Angus.
Philip Bergman chimed in with the theme from
Mission Impossible 2 by U2's Adam Clayton and
Larry Mullen Jr. Mally Hart chimed in with Pearl
Jam's State of Love and Trust from Singles. Gnarly
Thotep chimed in with Odds, Pipefitter's Clubhouse
from Hardcore Logo. Dumbuckety Scory and Seeker11
both chimed in with Jon Bon Jovi's Blaze of Glory
from Young Guns 2. With Dumbuckety Scory also
chiming in with Seal's Kiss from a Rose from
Batman Forever. Sticking with Batman Forever,
Kuya Ozzy chimed in with U2's Hold Me, Thrill
Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me. Eric S. chimed in with
Alice in Chains' What the Hell Have I from Last
Action Hero. Josh Zimmer chimed in with the Mighty
Mighty Boss Tones Where Do You Go from Clueless.
The Music Rewind podcast chimed in with the Commitments
Try a Little Tenderness. And finally, Tony from
the Patio Slave podcast chimed in with Warren
G's Regulate from Above the Rim. Okay, Ryan,
with that laundry list of songs out in the open,
I'm curious to see how you're going to kick things
off. So with that, I'm officially pressing the
record button on this mixtape and tossing it
over to you. Ryan, what song are you starting
tonight's 90s soundtrack mixtape with and why?
This is such a huge, huge honor and such a big
sort of, you know, you want to start this mixtape
off right. So I'm going to start off with a song
from the Angus soundtrack, and it's going to
be Weezer's You Gave Your Love to Me Softly.
Ooh, okay. I want to go with high energy right
away. You're certainly doing that with that,
and with that choice, you are actually killing
two different songs off of my list just like
that, because once a movie is mentioned, we're
not going to go back to it. Green Day's J .A
.R. Jason Andrew Relva on the list. And I had
Funny Face by The Muffs on the list. So that
just goes to show how awesome the Angus soundtrack
was. One of my favorites. Such an underrated
movie. And I really feel like. This soundtrack
was a part where the soundtrack got so popular,
it almost did the reverse where normally a movie
brings spotlight to the soundtrack. I feel like
for this one, the soundtrack brought the spotlight
to the movie. Yeah, I absolutely agree with that.
And the Green Day song was also on my list. I
know that we can only choose one song for soundtrack.
So it was really, really difficult to choose,
but I went with the Weezer one because I thought
it was such a great playlist starter. Completely
agree. And with that, I get to follow it up.
And I'm having a tough time here, but I'm going
to want to get this one out of the way because
I know it's going to come up tonight. You and
I have had the pleasure of talking about this
song in great length on your show. And following
up Weezer, I think Adam Schlesinger fits that
role. And I am going to go with my favorite movie
of all time, 1996's That Thing You Do, and the
fictitious band The Wonders or The Oneeders,
depending on your level of fandom. And I'm going
with the title track, That Thing You Do. To me,
this song encapsulates pop perfection. Adam Schlesinger
had such a... Way with songwriting, every song
he did from that thing you do to radiation vibe
with Fountains of Wayne to Stacy's mom. These
are infectious songs that as soon as you hear
them, the chorus is embedded in you by the time
the song is over. And for a movie like that thing
you do to have a song that is played no less
than a dozen times in the movie and you don't
get sick of it. speaks literal volumes. So following
up Weezer's You Gave Your Love to Me Softly,
I'm going with The Wonders, That Thing You Do.
I love the choice. I'm glad that it came up today
because I would have been really sad if we didn't
talk about that song. Yeah, there was no way.
I had so much fun on the Soundtrack Your Life
episode talking about this movie. I'll actually
embed that episode. at myweeklymixtape .com on
the same page as this episode so that if people
want to go back and hear us go into a full hour
on basically, as I call it, a tribute to Adam
Schlesinger at that point. Even though it was
about that thing you do, truly the episode was
a tribute to his genius in songwriting. Yeah,
absolutely. All right. Well, I am throwing it
back to you now for track three. For track three,
I think it would be perfect to go with another
power pop song. So let's go with 1995's Empire
Records single, Until I Hear It From You by the
Gin Blossoms. All right. When I think of 90s
soundtrack songs, this is one that stands out
to me. It's an awesome rock song. I think it
went all the way to number eight on the Billboard
charts. People probably don't remember this,
but the Gin Blossoms were everywhere and everyone
had a copy of New Miserable Experience. This
was a follow up to that Monster album and it
did not disappoint. And it's a song that I'll
still hear in the grocery store today and I'll
be like, oh man, that's a really good song. And
I'll stop and I'll listen to the whole thing.
Completely agree. Empire Records where That Thing
You Do is my favorite movie of all time. Empire
Records is easily a top 10 for me. And I had
Coyote Shivers Sugar High on my list, which was
the song that the band performed on top of Empire
Records at the end of the movie. For me, I would
actually, if possible, use the movie version
because I actually like the movie version better
than the soundtrack version. I love the track
and obviously Jim Blossoms. That song was kind
of the glue that held the romantic angle of the
movie together. Very light, very airy song. Again,
infectious power pop. And then coming out of
that thing you do, it really flows nicely. And
I think the way I'm going to follow it up is
jumping up one year in time to a movie that is
in no way, shape or form a comedy. with a cover
song. Because something in the 90s that happened
a lot were cover songs on soundtracks. And as
I'm scrolling through my list of 30 -something
songs, at least a third of them are cover songs.
I know I love my covers, but it's amazing just
how many there were sprinkled throughout 90s
soundtracks. And the one that I chose is from
1996's The Craft. And letters to Cleo covered
the cars, which on paper doesn't sound like it
would make sense. However, they did such a fantastic
version of Dangerous Type, which originally appeared
on the Cars Candio album. It was featured in
a montage scene in the movie where they're all
kind of learning their powers and becoming. The
witches that they're destined to be or whatever.
You've seen the movie. Everyone's seen the movie.
I hope they've seen the movie. Because if I've
seen it, I have to assume others have. This song
just shows how underrated of a band Letters to
Cleo is. They had some popularity. I feel they
should have had a lot more. But I love the track.
And coming out of the Jim Blossoms, I feel like
it's a perfect fit. So I'm going with, for track
four, Letters to Cleo and their cover of The
Cars, Dangerous Type. And I know with you and
the cars, you have very high standards if you're
going to put a car's cover on a playlist. Yes.
And I think the thing I loved about it most was
hearing the female voice in it. Because the song,
they don't necessarily deviate too far from the
car's original version because the car's already
had. that element of power pop built into their
sound. So letters to Cleo didn't have to reinvent
the song, but hearing it from a female perspective,
especially considering the craft is such a female
dominant cast worked so well for me. And I feel
like it elevated that scene in the movie one,
because I am sitting in the theater at 18 years
old, watching this scene play out, singing along
with the song with my then girlfriend, turning
me going. how do you know the song in the movie?
We've never seen this before. And I'm like, oh
no, this song is as old as I am. And just a fun
note, Kay Hanley, the lead singer of Letters
to Cleo, her voice is the voice of Josie on all
the songs on the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack.
Yes, and again, underrated. How did Letters to
Cleo not get bigger? It blows my mind. I agree.
Well, now I'm throwing it back to you. We got
a very pop heavy side A unfolding for us so far,
Ryan. What are you going to follow up Letters
to Cleo with? I think I'm going to take a step
in a rungier direction. Okay. And I'm going,
I almost feel like this is cheating, but I'm
going to go with 1992 singles soundtrack and
Pearl Jam State and Love and Trust. I mean, who
doesn't love the single soundtrack, right? You
have everyone from Alice in Chains to basically
Anna Nancy Wilson covering Led Zeppelin. And
with all these other great artists in between,
Paul Westerberg, Smashing Pumpkins, Mother Love
Bone. And of course, you have perhaps two of
the best Pearl Jam songs that they've ever recorded
on this soundtrack and nowhere else. It's insane.
That soundtrack is a defining soundtrack of the
grunge era. I had Alice in Chains wood from the
album because of the fact that I vividly remember
this single coming out and then getting the single
soundtrack only to find out that the album also
made dirt months later when it came out. Because
Alice in Chains for me was always like... included
in the grunge movement but i always felt like
they had a little bit more of a hard rock tinge
to them whereas they weren't as grungy they were
definitely more leaning hard rock but that song
was so powerful lane's voice was just so perfect
on that song and i mean i could go on and on
but pearl jam state of love and trust how did
that not make 10 or verses like i just think
about how perfectly it would fit and sure enough
This is when soundtracks mattered. This is when
soundtracks made bands bigger. Because Pearl
Jam, I will say the single soundtrack is a key
piece of why they continued their explosion in
the 90s. I agree. And I think I have some friends
who have told me that they'll play the two songs
back to back at shows. So it shows that they
understand that people associate these songs
with that soundtrack. I'm going to see your grunge
pick and I'm going to follow you up with another
song that isn't necessarily grunge, but the vibe
of it falls into it. And this was a song that
came out first on the soundtrack, exploded into
a massive single that led its way into her follow
-up second album. And this artist had... a massive
task on her hands. Because when you are following
up one of the most successful debut female artist
albums of all time, which was Jagged Little Pill,
Alanis Morissette had to come out with something
massive. And Uninvited was the massive single
that would catapult her from Jagged Little Pill
into supposed former infatuation junkie. Now,
I will just go on record saying, I'm not as big
a fan as the sophomore effort as I was of Jagged
Little Pill. It didn't quite hit all the right
notes for me. But this song, oh my God. I needed
to get the City of Angels soundtrack the day
it came out because I needed to get my hands
on that song. And obviously, the City of Angels
soundtrack also has the Goo Goo Dolls Iris, which
I am now pulling off the table, which was a massive,
massive ballad and a massive hit song that...
Again, they put it on that album first, so it
met all the criteria because Dizzy Up the Girl
didn't come out until months later. So for me,
Uninvited just follows the rock of Pearl Jam
a little bit more than Goo Goo Dolls would have.
So I'm going to go with Alanis Morissette, Uninvited.
That's a great pick. I almost forgot that song
was on the City of Angels soundtrack. It's obviously,
I think, better known for the Goo Goo Dolls song,
but I think Alanis' post -Jagged Little Pill
output doesn't get enough. I think people kind
of know her just for that one album because of
all the singles. But yeah, definitely a sneaky
little pick there. All right. Now you get to
follow it up. I think I'm going to slow things
down a little bit, but maybe keep things in a
very 90s. I mean, I guess it's all going to sound
very 90s because these are 90s soundtracks. Yeah.
You know, another band that I think isn't grunge
at all, but maybe. Kind of was associated with
grunge at one point. I'm going to go with the
1993 Conehead soundtrack, Red Hot Chili Peppers'
Soul to Squeeze. Love it. What a great pick.
Yeah, it's a song that I sometimes forget about,
even though I really, really like it. I think
people kind of knock it down a tier because maybe
it's a little bit too much in the same vibe as
Under the Bridge. But, you know, it was one of
the first Chili Peppers songs that... I really
was drawn to and it had me really explore their
back catalog after that. So for me, it's like
a really important Red Hot Chili Pepper song
because one of the first ones where I was like,
who is this band and what other songs do they
have? Yeah, Blood Sugar Sex Magic was a defining
album to me. As a bass player, hearing that album
changed the way I viewed the instrument because
of all the amazing things Flea does throughout
the entire album. And then you come along with
the Conehead soundtrack and Soul to Squeeze,
and Flea is actually leading the song. His bass
line is the lead guitar in the opening of the
song. And trying to define how important that
is to me as a bass player, there is some guitar
work that goes on over it. But make no mistake
about it. Flea is playing lead bass on that song.
And it's a beautiful melody. And that bass line
is not easy to play. It is very musical. And
it is a perfect follow -up to Under the Bridge.
And I'll just go ahead and say it. It's a better
song than Under the Bridge. At least in my humble
opinion. I'm sure there's others that will disagree.
But I love the song. I love the pick. But coming
out of that, I'm going to go a little deeper
here. And I'm going to keep it slightly slow,
but pick up the pace a little bit. And this was
a movie that I didn't know anything going into
watching it. We rented it on VHS when I was in
college. And my buddy and I watched it. And as
soon as we were done, I'm like, we got to make
two stops. We got to drop off the VHS back so
we don't get charged a late fee. And we got to
go hit up the mall because I need to buy this
soundtrack. And it's not a soundtrack that everybody's
going to automatically go, I needed to have that.
It's a deeper cut. And the movie was Desperado
with Antonio Banderas. I loved that movie. Robert
Rodriguez bringing the El Mariachi character
to life with the guns inside the guitar. It was
a very musical movie. And there's a song towards
the end of that soundtrack called Back to the
House That Love Built by Tito and Tarantula.
And Tito and Tarantula is also the group that
played the house band in From Dusk Till Dawn.
But Back to the House That Love Built is bluesy.
It's melodic. And coming out of the kind of darker
uninvited into a little bit more soul to squeeze.
I'm picking up the pace towards the end of the
side here. But still staying in a place where
uninvited soul to squeeze. And Back to the House
That Love Built. will fit one two three and it
is a deeper pick i i get it people are probably
sitting there going who the hell is tito and
tarant i get it listen to the song in this mix
and it might make sense and if not i would love
to hear why you think it doesn't i'm not familiar
with the song but i love the idea of going with
a deeper cut i have a couple of songs on my list
that i hope to throw in later that are probably
from soundtracks that people have never heard
of you know as the soundtrack guy i love it well
now you unfortunately, have to follow up a song
that you've never heard before. So now there's
a challenge. I've described it as best I can,
so hopefully that gives you something to step
off of. Yeah, I think I can try to make that
work. Something kind of bluesy. Well, I don't
know if this is bluesy enough, but I'm going
to go with a song off the 1996 Romeo and Juliet
soundtrack. I'm going to go with Radiohead's
talk show host. Ooh. You know, I'm a big Radiohead
fan. This is probably one of the first songs
where I understood why they were getting this
hype worldwide as being, you know, one of the
next great rock bands. I did enjoy the bands,
and this is a B -side, I believe, from those
sessions. But they put it on this soundtrack
because they ended up taking the end credit song.
And using that for OK Computer, and that is exit
music for a film, which is a very British tongue
-in -cheek joke of this is the end credit song
for Romeo and Juliet. But it's a great song.
As a musician, I love how you can hear all the
different elements kind of locking in together.
It's a song that has an awesome bass part in
it as well. It's not quite dancey, but it's pretty
groovy for Radiohead, especially at this time.
It doesn't really sound like the Benz or OK Computer,
but it's one of my favorite Radiohead songs,
and I'm super happy whenever I see them play
live. I am admittedly not the biggest Radiohead
fan. I am a big fan of Pablo Honey, and my friend
got me into the Benz, but after that I start
to drift away. But this song, to me, fits in
between where Pablo Honey... And the bends are,
I feel like that song kind of is the middle ground
between those two albums where it still works.
And it still is my radio head wheelhouse. So
I love where you went with this. And I think
now I have the challenge of ending aside here.
And we've kind of had a little bit of a slower
half. I want to end with something fun. And I'm
going to use the linchpin of you saying radio
head because they're from England. So I'm going
to go with another band that is. From England,
and I'm using quote marks in the air. This is
a super group that consists of Christopher Ward
on rhythm guitar, Stuart Johnson on drums, Matthew
Sweet on bass, Susanna Hoffs on lead guitar,
and the one and only Mike Myers, otherwise known
as Austin Powers on lead guitar. and vocals.
And I'm going to go with the fictitious Ming
T BBC. I want to end the side with something
fun, but looking at the list of songs, the power
pop, the nineties rock, it actually fits. I don't
know why, but it's not a serious song, but musically
I feel like it fits. Oh, I love it. I love the
song. I love that. It's ending this side of the
mixtape. You know, I think it's a good song on
its own. You don't have to just be watching Austin
Powers. And then obviously Mike Myers brought
in great musicians like Susanna Hoffs and Matthew
Sweet. It's great. And that led Susanna Hoffs
and Matthew Sweet to work together on those series
of Under the Covers albums, which I think is
fantastic. And musically, the song just works.
It really does. And it's one of those songs that
is unsuspected. On the Austin Powers soundtrack.
Because a lot of the songs have a throwback sound
to it. The burp backer rap. The theme song. A
lot of the music. Obviously if you're thinking
about iconic scenes in the movie. You could have
chosen I Touch Myself. But that was put out way
prior from the divinals. It was getting a second
resurgence because of the movie. And like I said.
I went with songs that were recorded for the
soundtrack. And BBC works for that. And with
that folks. We have our Side A. Starting off
with Weezer, You Gave Your Love to Me Softly
from the Angus soundtrack. The Wonders, That
Thing You Do from the movie of the same name.
The Jim Blossoms, Till I Hear It From You from
Empire Records. Letters to Cleo, Dangerous Type
from The Craft. Pearl Jam, State of Love and
Trust from Singles. Alanis Morissette, Uninvited
from City of Angels. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul
to Squeeze from The Coneheads. Tito and Tarantula,
Back to the House That Love Built from Desperado.
Radiohead, talk show host from Romeo and Juliet.
And Ming T, BBC from Austin Powers, international
man of mystery, if we want to give the whole
title there. Head over to myweeklymixtape .com
to hear all the songs we've discussed in this
mix. through the playlist embedded on the episode
page. And speaking of soundtracks, Ryan, why
don't you tell listeners a little bit about the
Soundtrack Your Life podcast? Yeah, Soundtrack
Your Life is a interview podcast where we talk
to a guest about a soundtrack that they want
to talk about. We've had people such as Brian
on our podcast. We've had the chance to interview
some very cool musicians as well. So Lou Barlow
from Folk Implosion, Sabado, Dennis R. Jr. has
been on the podcast. Michael Lockwood, who was
Amy Mann's guitarist during probably her most
popular years, including the Magnolia soundtrack.
He was also a guest on our show. But, you know,
we talk to people about why they love soundtracks
and we get all these great stories and we dive
down a Wikipedia rabbit hole to find interesting
behind the scenes facts about the movies and
the soundtrack. And it's a really fun time. Love
the show for people that are movie fans that
enjoy the way music is tied in the movies. I
feel like this is a podcast for you. I love the
fact that being on the show and being a guest,
I am not a huge movie buff. We've anybody who's
listened to me podcast before knows that a lot
of the soundtracks I'm talking about tonight.
I haven't even seen the movies for, but I own
the soundtrack for, but I still felt like we
were able to go off on some great conversations.
And you've had guests on that you're able to
dive deeper into the ties to the movie, which
I really enjoy listening to, especially if it's
a movie I am very familiar with. I love what
you're doing on the show over there. And I definitely
would recommend listeners of this show to go
check out Soundtrack Your Life. Thanks, Brian.
My pleasure. So now I have the honor of kicking
things off for Side B. And Side A was poppy,
power pop. Little grunge, little slow stuff,
some fun stuff. I want to start off Side B completely
different. Throw a wrench right in the system
right from the get -go. I posted about this soundtrack
a lot. It's one of my favorite soundtracks of
all time. It was a very influential album because
nu metal was not a thing at this point. Korns.
Self -titled album does not come out for another
year and change. And the 1993 soundtrack to Judgment
Night proved that rock and hip -hop and metal
and hip -hop can work together perfectly. And
this soundtrack is amazing. I know people have
chimed in with songs from this soundtrack, but
nobody chimed in with the title track. By Biohazard
and Onyx. So that is what I'm going to kick off
side two with. Biohazard and Onyx became close.
When Biohazard remixed Onyx's hit Slam. And they
continued that camaraderie together on this track.
And to me. This is an iconic moment. Because
prior to the Judgment Night soundtrack. You had
hip hop and you had rock. And you had Walk This
Way with Aerosmith and Run DMC. And you had.
Anthrax and Public Enemies Bring the Noise. Then
here is an entire soundtrack dedicated to that
concept. And this could have easily failed. But
not only did it not fail, the soundtrack is the
only thing people talk about when they talk about
Judgment Night. I, for one, have never seen the
movie. I don't care. I still own the soundtrack.
It's still one of my favorite soundtracks. And
from what I've heard, I don't have to see the
movie. The soundtrack's where it's at. So I'm
kicking things off with Biohazard and Onyx, Judgment
Night. Yeah, I'm really glad that we're talking
about the Judgment Night soundtrack. Also a soundtrack
I own when I haven't seen the movie. I've never
seen it. Oh, good. I'm not alone. I have people
on other podcasts who have covered it, and they've
told me that, don't worry, you don't need to
see it. Just buy the soundtrack. Well, now that's
a lot heavier of where we were on side A. So,
Ryan, I'll be very curious to see what you follow
this up with now. I'm going to have to take a
look at my list. This is where it gets challenging,
definitely. Okay. I will go with a band that
I guess you could say is a mix of rap and rock.
Or at least I always felt like they were. And
they were on a lot of great soundtracks in the
90s. So I am glad for that. I'm going to go with,
from 1998's Godzilla, No Shelter by Rage Against
the Machine. Yes! Absolutely love it. Easily
on my list. Saw the movie the night it came out.
Haven't seen it since. Have had no desire to
see it since. But I've had the soundtrack. And
there were several songs from that soundtrack
that could have easily made it tonight. No Shelter
being the top one, but I love the Wallflowers
cover of Heroes. That's on my list. Again, cover
song. And I love, I'll just go ahead and say
it. Come with me. Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page's
cover of Cashmere. I love, even though it caught
a lot of flack when the album came out. I thought
it worked. I thought it worked well. But I probably
have to remind you that License to Ill was one
of my favorite hip hop albums in the 80s. And
Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys proved that you
can take Led Zeppelin songs and rap over them.
And it's absolutely awesome. And I feel like
this kind of backs up that argument. Again, I
love the Judgment Night soundtrack, so I didn't
hate it. I hated the movie, but I didn't hate
the soundtrack. I love the pic and I love that
Rage is getting some love tonight. Yeah, it was.
A tough pick between that and I believe their
song You're the Boomerang from Higher Learning.
Oh, another good one. Yeah, another good one.
Well, that makes my track three easy. And I'm
going to go with a song that when I first heard
it, I assumed it was the artist that is billed
top billing for this song. It wasn't until I
got the soundtrack and actually listened to this
soundtrack. On my stereo that I realized the
guest spot had so many effects on their voice
that it actually sounded like the main singer.
And the song is not necessarily meant to be serious,
but it is. And I'm going to go with 1997, the
movie Private Parts, Howard Stern's movie. And
I'm going to go with Rob Zombie and Howard Stern
together. On The Great American Nightmare. Heavy
song. And when you listen to the verse that Howard
actually sings. With all the effects and studio
magic that Rob Zombie worked in the studio. Howard
fits the track. And it still works. And I absolutely
love it. It stays with that heaviness that we
had with Biohazard and Onyx and Rage. But it
starts to veer away from the rap rock a little
bit. into somewhere maybe you have some more
territories of which way you can go from here
on out. And I'm so glad I was able to include
this one in because I didn't know if it would
fit anywhere because there had to be a reason
to use this song. And Biohazard and Onyx, Rage
Against the Machine, Rob Zombie and Howard Stern,
The Great American Nightmare. That's awesome.
And the private part soundtrack is a pretty underrated
soundtrack. I forget, like I personally forget
about it sometimes. But like that Pornos for
Pyro song with Flea and Dave Navarro. Oh, yeah.
So amazing. Hard charger. Once you mentioned
private parts, I was like, oh, I don't have hard
charger on my list. And I love that song. So
great pick, Brian. Thank you. Thank you. So now
I'm throwing it back to you. You got to come
up with something to come out of that. I think
things might start getting a little weird here,
but I'm going to go with the Bullworth soundtrack.
And I'm going to go with Roz. Maya and Old Dirty
Bastard get a superstar. It's one of my favorite
movie songs from the 90s. When I think of 90s
soundtracks, I think of that song. I remember
listening to that for like a whole summer just
on repeat. You know, the Fugees kind of stopped
doing music, but they all kind of came out with
their own solo projects. And this is kind of
how Praz announced his solo career was. By doing
this song off the Bullworth soundtrack. He's
not as well known as a solo artist as Lauryn
Hill or Wyclef even. But this song was everywhere
when it came out. And I had high hopes for Prowse's
career at this point. There was no escaping this
song. Every radio station had it. It was on pop
stations, on dance stations, top 40. It was everywhere.
MTV. What a great song. And very, very tough
to come out of. So you kind of did a little bit
of a left turn coming out of Rob Zombie and Howard
Stern. I think I have something, though, that
could follow it up and still work. And it'll
leave you a little, again, several directions
you can head for the end. And I'm going to go
right to the end of the decade. I'm going to
go to the movie End of Days. Yet another movie
I haven't seen with a soundtrack that kicked
all sorts of ass. And I'm going to go with a
then very young and very green at the time. Not
a lot of people. He wasn't the household name
he is now. But Eminem, bad influence. This was
when he was coming out of the Slim Shady LP and
headed towards the Eminem that we all know from
the Marshall Mathers EP on and everything else.
Bad influence is a banger. The song rocks like
a rock song. And his flow is absolutely perfect
on it. I mean, I could do an entire mixtape on
Eminem alone and have countless number of songs
to go with. But coming out of Ghetto Superstar,
I think it really works. Again, End of Days,
not a movie I could tell you a single thing about.
But this soundtrack had that Guns N' Roses, Nine
Inch Nails turn on Oh My God. It had Limp Bizkit.
It had everything that 1999 was in music. That
kind of new metal. change in in vibe and it was
all on that soundtrack and eminem's bad influence
stuck out for me as a signature track from that
movie what a great choice i mean i'm an eminem
fan um i was probably like you or anything in
after that uh everything after that some shady
lp that came out i was trying to pick it up you
know this was when napster was My best friend.
But yeah, great choice. Well, now I throw it
back to you for track six. So for this one, it's
a little bit of a controversial pick because
I don't believe this was recorded for the movie,
but I remember watching the music video for this
and I couldn't avoid it. And for me, it defines
this movie. So I'm going to go with the 1998.
rush hour soundtrack and jay -z emil and and
jaw rules can i get a i didn't know jay -z's
catalog well enough at the point at this point
to know if you know it had come out on a previous
album but um the energy of the song just couldn't
i just couldn't avoid the song and like i said
i was playing on mtv all the time i was playing
on radio all the time and it's just such a great
like upbeat track And whenever I think of Rush
Hour, this song starts playing in my head. Well,
you're going from one more modern legend of hip
hop, which is Eminem, to another modern hip hop
legend in Jay -Z. So I think that works well.
Look, at the end of the day, the quote unquote
rules of if a song was recorded for the soundtrack
or not, they're just. personal ones we made up
for ourselves i'm totally fine with it obviously
this song was massive on the soundtrack as well
as on jay -z's album but there's no denying the
popularity of this song and how well it works
for the soundtrack as well as for his album as
well so i've got nothing bad to say about this
one at all all right well coming out of this
trifecta of hip -hop because we had a trifecta
of i don't want to call it new metal but we had
biohazard and onyx rage against the machine rob
zombie and howard stern then we had a trifecta
of hip -hop with ghetto superstar bad influence
and can i get a i'm gonna pivot back bring us
back to rock because there's a soundtrack that
i just cannot get through a 90s episode and not
talk about it and that is 1993's last action
hero again a movie i've never seen but a soundtrack
that I absolutely adore. And I'm going to bring
it back to straight ahead rock here. Meat and
potatoes, no special sides, just everything you
expect in an ACDC song. And one that I am shocked
did not make The Razor's Edge or Ball Breaker.
And I'm going to go with Big Gun from ACDC. Number
one, baby. Love that song. Wow. Another soundtrack
that I think I've forgotten about. And I think
also, I kind of forgot that Last Action Hero
came out in the 90s. It feels like a late 80s
movie. It's definitely not one that has aged
well either from what my movie aficionado friends
have told me, but the soundtrack has. And people
still look back at that soundtrack with some
degree of, this is when soundtracks were events.
And in this instance, and Judgment Night, the
soundtracks, in my opinion, Were bigger than
the movie. Yeah. And I could, you could even
argue that for a empire records, at least when
it first came out. Yeah. Empire records in time,
they leveled off though. To me, both the soundtrack
and the movie are iconic at this point to me,
but that was also a snapshot in time where if
I were to show that movie to my kids, they're
looking at it. What is a record store? Like it's
foreign. To them, even though having me as a
father, it's not foreign because I drag them
to record stores all the time, but not to the
size of Empire Records. Yeah. All right. Throwing
it back to you now. I don't even know how to
follow up ACDC. They are not a band that slides
off the tongue when you think 90s anything because
they are a straight ahead hard rock band. And
when you think 90s, you think grunge, you think.
you know, Hootie and the Blowfish, you think
different. A lot of the artists we've talked
about tonight, and I know it's a little bit of
a left turn, but so is Tito and Tarantula. So
I figured I can go weird once per side. Hey,
I'm fine with that. I'm going to go with another
iconic band, another iconic rock band, and I'm
going to go with The Cure on the 1994 soundtrack
to The Crow and their song Burn. Nice. You know,
The Cure is another band that maybe is better
known for their songs in the 80s than the 90s.
But, you know, if I'm going to follow up ACDC,
I'm going to have to bring another band that
is a stone cold legend. Undebatable that The
Cure is not as, I don't want to, you know, let's
not compare who's more important. But, you know,
they're a band that stands on their own. And
if you're going to follow up ACDC, you want a
band that everyone is going to be like, okay.
You can follow up ACDC with The Cure. They can
take it. Oh, man. And The Crow, what a fantastic,
another Rage Against the Machine song sitting
on that with Darkness, which was a B -side to
Bullet in the Head originally. Love that soundtrack.
That had Pantera on it. That's, again, a soundtrack
that was an event. Pretty much everybody I knew
in my entire circle was trying to get their hands
on The Crow soundtrack when it first came out.
ACDC, iconic. The Cure, iconic. Slightly different
musically, but iconic. So we had the trio of
rap, rock, whatever you want to call it. The
trio of hip hop. And now we're doing, let's say,
a trio of iconic. And to me, there is an iconic
artist we haven't talked about tonight on a soundtrack
that is only popular. And I'll just go ahead
and say it for this song. And it's another cover
song. The original was recorded by Dolly Parton
in 1973. And I'm going to go off 1992's The Bodyguard
because we are talking icons here. How can you
not talk Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love
You? Not my favorite song of all time. But when
you're talking 90s soundtracks, I don't think
we could talk about iconic artists like ACDC
and The Cure and not include Whitney in the conversation.
One of the greatest female vocalists of all time.
the song obviously has been beaten to death for
radio. But besides that, I wanted to say I'm
Every Woman was also on that album. But when
you talk about 90s soundtracks, name an iconic
Whitney Houston song from a soundtrack in the
90s, even though there was Waiting to Exhale
and other examples like I'm Every Woman, most
people that I know chime in with I Will Always
Love You, and rightfully so, because the song
was absolutely massive. And to me, There are
songs on my list that I still have that I like
more than this one. But being we're talking icons,
I can't not put this one in here. So it's also
my last song of the night. So I'm going to end
my part of this contribution with Whitney Houston's
I Will Always Love You. Yeah, this song is a
banger. This song was everywhere. Everybody knows
this song. You know, it got so popular to the
point where people love to parody this song.
Just the vocal performance she gives on this
is an all -timer. Yeah, and the original is fantastic,
too, when you go back to Dolly's. But to be able
to take a country song and elevate it to the
level that Whitney did was unbelievable. Every
time when the song changes keys and she hits
the notes even higher, the hair on my arm stands
up just talking about it. And I know bands have
covered it in fun, like Me First and the Gimme
Gimmes doing a punk version, which I absolutely
love. But this song is great. And again, it's
another cover song. So I got to sneak a little
cover song action into this side as well. But
Ryan, I'm giving you the hardest job of them
all. Because Side B was definitely a mixed bag,
but it was a trifecta of trifectas. When you
talk about the rap rock, heavy rock, hip hop.
icons, and then one song from Ryan. That's going
to wrap up our entire nineties soundtrack experience
here. No pressure. What do you got for us? Oh
man, this is such a huge undertaking, especially
with how we're going with these last few songs.
Like I wanted to kind of end it on a slower note,
but I can't just like pull the rugged from everyone.
So I can't go like too mellow. I am going to
go with REM. So I am going to go with their song
off the Man on the Moon soundtrack, The Great
Beyond. Ooh. You know, if we're going to go with
these huge bands at the end of this list, I feel
like we got to end big. I think REM in the 90s,
they were one of the biggest bands in the world.
And this is the big single from, you know, this
Andy Kaufman biopic. And, you know, it's a great
song. It's kind of mellow, but I think it has
it's just epic enough to not be too much of a
letdown from Whitney. To me, I feel like it's
the encore for those three legends because REM
is a legendary indie alternative group. And they.
paved the way for so many bands i mean i you
know i recently had will turpin on from collective
soul and he talked about the fact that because
both bands hail from atlanta that rem was the
band that they watched with bated breath because
the more they were successful the more hope they
gave bands like collective soul coming out of
atlanta and if it wasn't for rem that rock scene
might not have ever been there so defining band
If you want to hear Will Turpin from Collective
Soul, dive into that topic more. Visit the Songs
of Collective Soul episode at myweeklymixtape
.com. It's a fantastic interview that I highly
recommend. I absolutely love the pick. And it's
a great way to close out a very eclectic Side
B, which consisted of Biohazard and Onyx, Judgment
Night from the movie of the same name. Rage Against
the Machine, No Shelter from the Godzilla soundtrack.
Rob Zombie and Howard Stern, The Great American
Nightmare from Private Parts. Praz Maya and Old
Dirty Bastard, Ghetto Superstar from Bullworth.
Eminem, Bad Influence from End of Days. Jay -Z's
Can I Get A from Rush Hour. ACDC's Big Gun from
Last Action Hero. The Cure's Burn from The Crow.
Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You from
The Bodyguard. And R .E .M.'s The Great Beyond.
from Man on the Moon. Remember, you could visit
the 90s Soundtracks page at myweeklymixtape .com
to hear all the songs we've discussed tonight
through the embedded playlist. Ryan, this has
been a lot of fun. Why don't you tell people
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