I watched Reality Bites this weekend and was reminded that the movie easily had the best soundtrack of any movie in the '90s. Yes — any. With old and new music from Squeeze, The Juliana Hatfield Three, Crowded House, World Party, and Lisa Loeb, the soundtrack was both fresh and familiar and it rocked.
For your entertainment, here are my favorites off the Reality Bites soundtrack. The songs are about wanting. That's pretty clear. If you remember the movie, you know that was a theme as well, beautifully supported by the music. All of these are on my iPod and they would be a good addition to yours as well.
"Tempted" is in my top five of favorite songs of all time, so it's up first.
Juliana Hatfield is just fantastic. This is a great one and I've still never heard anything quite like this song. The video is from my old MTV favorite, "120 Minutes."
Do y'all remember World Party? They had the song "Put the Message in the Box." "When You Come Back to Me" is just as good.
Lisa Loeb has two songs on the soundtrack, "Stay" and "Fools Like Me." I've always loved "Fools Like Me."
Crowded House is simply fantastic. Here is "Locked Out."
And lastly, because I couldn't find a video for this song, I made an MP3 for you of Me Phi Me's "Revival!" This is the mad note. This is the song playing when Ben Stiller's character drives up next to Winona Ryder at the red light. Good stuff.
Take a dip and revive yourself.
This may be one of my favorite posts I've done. Love the Reality Bites.
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