The Wedding Singer
(Maverick)
by Scott Hefflon
As one of my favorite movies of 1998, The Wedding Singer is the prefect tonic to wash away all those embarrassing ’80s memories. And while I’d be hard-pressed to see how this two-part soundtrack is significantly different from those horrid informercials that show excited, futureless actors hanging with close friends in their living room and shaking their unboogieable asses in nightclubs of ill-repute (the kind where kareoke night is the big draw and there’s a line for Keno), I got these for free. And I’m pretty sure these are available in stores.
In The Wedding Singer, Adam Sandler plays a lovably-dopey hopeless romantic, Drew Barrymore plays the sweetest girl you’ll never meet. After all sorts of run-ins with family and a Don Johnson wanna-be, Sandler gets Barrymore. Only in the movies, huh? In real life, dopey guys with crushes get their asses kicked a whole lot more than Sandler did, and when we (um, I mean, they) finally profess their love, suddenly the whole cheerleading team knows the words and are performing them to cheers and jeers at basketball games. But I digress.
Cringing memories and draw-the-shades faves… Volume One: “Video Killed The Radio Star” covered by The Presidents of the United States of America, “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” by Culture Club, “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” by The Police, “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths, “Love My Way” by Psychedelic Furs, “Hold Me Now” by The Thompson Twins, “Everyday I Write the Book” by Elvis Costello, “White Wedding” by Billy Idol, “China Girl” by David Bowie, “Blue Monday” by New Order, “Pass The Dutchie” by Musical Youth, “Somebody Kill Me” by Adam Sandler, and “Rapper’s Delight (Medley)” by Sugarhill Gang (with Ellen Dow). Volume Two: “Too Shy” by Kajagoogoo, “It’s All I Can Do” by The Cars, “True” by Spandau Ballet, “Space Age Love Song” by A Flock of Seagulls, “Private Idaho” by The B-52’s, “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Flying Lizards, “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” by Dead or Alive, “Just Can’t Get Enough” by Depeche Mode, “Love Stinks” by The J. Geils Band, “You Make My Dreams” by Hall & Oates, “Holiday” by Madonna, and “Grow Old With You” by Adam Sandler.
