09 - Hey Ladies by The Beastie Boys from Paul's Boutique
08 - And So It Goes by Billy Joel from Storm Front
07 - Flesh 'N Blood by Oingo Boingo from Ghostbusters II Soundtrack
06 - Electric Chair by Prince from Batman Soundtrack
05 - One Little Girl by Toad the Wet Sprocket from Bread & Circus
04 - The Other Side by Aerosmith from Pump
03 - Love Song by The Cure from Disintegration
02 - Show Don't Tell by Rush from Presto
01 - She Didn't Know by The Tragically Hip from Up to Here
A year riddled with good soundtracks, 1989 proved to be a very fun year to explore. I had to put a song from the great Alan Menken. He is a heavy-hitter when it comes to songwriting and is responsible for most of the great Disney Musicals.
Ghostbusters II is a great movie, but not that great of a Soundtrack. However, with the appearance of Oingo Boingo, I give it a good review. The band's front man Danny Elfman has since become one of the great film composers of our day. He has worked with Tim Burton on 12 of his films (including the performance of "Jack" in The Nightmare Before Christmas and all of the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
Coincidentally, Elfman also wrote the score to the first Batman movie in 1989. The Soundtrack I referenced above is actually the "pop music" from the movie, all of which was composed by Prince.
The #1 song by the Tragically Hip is an excellent taste of blues rock music from Canada. The Hip is probably the #1 band I would encourage you to check out. Although they are critically acclaimed in Canada, they don't get enough credit here in the states. Find the album Up to Here and listen to it five times. You'll feel better, I promise.
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