let me take you to the movies, can i take you to the show

hey, music (and movie) lover

more now, then, look you see. as in yet another purchase by me (moi) off of them lot what do the Now That's What I Call tapes and that. whereas i would not say i am an avid collector of them, a glance at the collection shows all of them original album reissues, that 12" one recently, and now (so to speak) another. but not a new(ish) release and not bought out of dedication to the Now brand. 

so, with the parting of the ways, the rubicon what was crossed a (little) while ago, inevitable gaps emerged in the "just mine" section of the music collection, which has been exiled with me. a particular all of a sudden omission what inexplicably irked me was that of the needlessly difficult to (usually) find Love Song For A Vampire by her out of Eurythmics off of that Dracula film. it's a lovely song, and i just wanted to have it my my solitude collection, for reasons. 

anyway, anyhow, some browsing found me finding it on one of them Now sets, called, with a poor grasp of a free flowing, coherent title, Now 100 Hits Movies or something. 

the quoted price on the great virtual car boot of the internet (ebay) was remarkably south of £5, so it probably should have been a no-brainer, auto-pilot type of purchase. and yet (although obviously since bought) it was not. i am prepared to admit my gathering of discs has now reached a truly out of hand level, or stance. for a change i gave the matter some consideration, rather than giving in to impulse.

briefly i skimmed over the track selection, and noted that many of the usual songs to feature on such sets were all accounted for. presumably it is so that some are really, really cheap to licence for sets and compilations like this. i believe, for instance, i have quite as many copies as i could ever need of Don't You Forget About Me off of Simple Minds and Addicted To Love off of Robert Palmer, as magnificent as they are. 

yet intriguing inclusions emerged on further inspection. for some reason i had never gotten around to getting the Taxi Driver soundtrack, and yet sat here was the business end of that recording. sure, the hideous Writing On The Wall by the not obviously talented Sam Smith was a put off, but there were some good, proper Bond themes too. which i shall get to, but if this comes out sort of kind of clear, here's the one hundred tracks included. 

i, to my surprise (i confess) found myself listening, one fine afternoon, to all 99 of the proper tracks included here, of course skipping Sam Smith. maybe the track was just included so that all could test that the skip button on their stereo still works. anyway, obviously not all on the set are there for the win, or whatever young people say now, but overall it was smart to have on. and it is likely to get played again, which is unusual for me and these compilations. 

for an effort to go non non-linear, massive surprise of joy when The Living Daylights by Aha out of Norway, or wherever, came on. it was, or is, a completely new to me and my ears mix of the song that i had of course not heard before (hence new), and i really like it. boss, bonus, totes plus. 

with regards to the initial or original motivator for purchase, yes, indeed it was fine to hear the sounds of Love Song For A Vampire again. of the many reasons, one is a dear friend, sadly fallen from my life, yet of course everyone goes away, back when the film was released, playing the CD exceptionally loud, assuring me that lines spoken by Gary "Gaz" Oldman are hidden (subliminally?) in the instrumental parts. not sure, but still, love the song. 

also, a timely reminder that Flashdance and I've Had The Time Of My Life are absolutely f*****g fantastic songs, which is also true of a few on this set but of course not one of them in particular. this is, with safe knowledge that my view on such things is not solicited, a set well worth having.

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!