Don't You (Forget About Me)

So it's the most dreaded time of year...school!  I start school on Monday so all I have been able to think about are movies that involve school like Napoleon Dynamite, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Billy Madison.  I am so obsessed with these four movies that I know pretty much every line.  But, aside from the hysterical scripts, these four movies have some great music.

Napoleon Dynamite - This movie has songs like "We're Going to be Friends" by The White Stripes, "Forever Young" by Alphaville, and "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper.  "Forever Young" and "Time After Time" are both songs you will hear when Napoleon is at the school dance, while "We're Going to be Friends" is the song for the opening credits.

The Breakfast Club - Okay, the only MAJOR song in this movie is "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds.  Is there anyone out there that doesn't think of this movie when you hear this song????

Ferris Bueller's Day Off - This is a fantastic soundtrack.  You have "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles, "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton, and "Oh Yeah" by Yello.  Those three songs really complete this movie.

Billy Madison - This movie is loved by everyone.  It's such a great "school" movie!  "The Stroke" by Billy Squier, "Renegade" by Styx, and "Telephone Line" by Electric Light Orchestra.  There are so many other songs I could have put but I wanted to limit it to three.  Sorry.

Billy Squier

(photo: wikipedia.com)

I have to admit, whenever I hear a Billy Squier song, I always think back to Billy Madison when Billy starts high school again and is blasting "The Stroke" and all of the kids give him weird looks because that song was popular in the early '80s.  

Billy Squier, born William Haislip Squier, released nine studio albums between 1980 and 1998.  The Boston-native started taking piano lessons when he was just nine and continued for three years, the third year because his grandfather bribed him to do so.  He soon after became interested in playing the guitar and bought his first one for $95, but he never took lessons.  Squier formed a band Piper in 1976 and they released two albums, their debut being Piper.  After the release of the album, Circus Magazine said it was the greatest debut album ever released by an American rock band.