Who doesn't love a little "Footloose?" For me, Kenny Loggin's inspired soundtrack is still a favorite to sing along to. (Okay, okay, I'll admit; I also love the film too.)
So, when I read about
Doveman's project- I had to listen. Doveman covers nine songs from the movie. He writes:
When I was very young, my half-sister Jenny died tragically. She was a teenager, and it was the 80's. She left behind a wardrobe of brightly colored clothes, rainbow stickers, life-size paintings, doodles on lined paper, and hundreds of tapes. These constitute most of my memories of her. It's sad for me to look at these things, and usually I don't. But a couple of summers ago I found a tape of hers with a startling cover photograph - this was Footloose. I couldn't stop listening: it was a portrait of 80's love, desire, pain, freedom, and frenzy; of being a teenager in a time of change. By listening, I could step into Jenny's shoes, see things from her vantage point. I could be emancipated by rock and roll and walkmen, just as she had been. We could listen together.
And, his covers are ah-mazing. You can stream the soundtrack
here. (A couple of weeks you could download the entire soundtrack, but no longer.)
I suggest listening to "Almost Paradise" first and foremost... it's beautiful. (He also covers "Let's Hear It For The Boy.")
