Two 80s Icons Tell The Story Of The Iconic Music Behind LEGENDARY Teen Comedy | Professor of Rock

80s Icon John Hughes created so many great teen movies. He mastered the genre and seemed to understand generation X to the tee. Up next the story behind the soundtrack to his 1986 comedy masterpiece Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. In exclusive interviews Dave Wakeling of the English Beat and Nick Laird Clowes from the Dream Academy tell the stories behind their songs from the soundtrack including Edge of Forever to March of The Swivel heads. Also Oh Yeah by Yello, Please, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by the Smiths and Twist and Shout by the Beatles Including deep insight into John Hughes as a person.

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Music is an integral part of any movie. Don’t believe me, try pulling up some videos from YouTube that excise the soundtrack and the power of the film pretty much disappears. In 1986 a film was released by a true cinematic master that resonated with the public, especially the the under 20s about faking sick and skipping school. Starring Mathew Broderick written and directed by John Hughes, Ferris Beuller’s Days Off became an instant classic.

With so many great one liners and phrases, they’ve became a part of our daily lives. Probably the most under appreciated aspect of this legendary comedy is the soundtrack. toady we are going to go into detail on many of those musical moments. We all appreciate the moment where Ferris jumps on the float to convince Cameron that he has had a pretty good day.

The pick by Hughes Danke Schoen by Wayne Newton was genius. How many of us have crooned that song in the shower or in the car because of Broderick’s classic lip sync? And then the showstopping performance to the Beatles version of Twist and Shout single handled introduced the Fab Four to Generation X. Many of my friend didn’t even know who John Paul George and Ringo were until that scene. Who can forget this part:

I also discovered songs by bands I had never heard of like Beat City by the Flower pot men. This song was so catchy and yet in 1986 it was nearly impossible to find because the soundtrack wasn’t released.

Then there was Sigue Sigue Sputnik that had the cool song playing as Ferriss is breaking the forth wall.

and maybe the most iconic track to come from the film, OH YEAH by Hello Yello actually released the single in 1985 It’s an eclectic mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals. It just one of those amazingly addictive songs of that time and from there on out it became known as 'the Ferris Bueller song No doubt to a full play at the end of the film when Ed Rooney had to ride the bus home.