the REALITY BITES Soundtrack poll

it could never be anything other than 'stay'

i think i remember like that dinosaur jr song so i voted that

'Confusion' though...

Best song = Confusion, most representative / evocative of said film and slightly dodgy era (and my Winona Ryder obsessin) = stay

never heard this CD so it's kind of embarrassing how many of these songs i know and like.

1. world party
2. u2
3. squeeze
4. posies
5. dinosaur jr

Best song = Confusion, most representative / evocative of said film and slightly dodgy era (and my Winona Ryder obsessin) = stay

^^^

Knack.

(& #2 = Trammps.)

oh god i forgot about the reggae version of "Baby, I Love Your Way"! why was that on this!?

Doesn't one of the characters sing a snatch of this song?

i guess, i dunno. it's still funny to me that even though this soundtrack's big legacy is alt-rock and lisa loeb and lol my sharona, one of its biggest hits is an awful cheeseball reggae cover of Peter Frampton.

I like the Crowded House tune.

"Add It Up" - Ethan Hawke (Violent Femmes cover)

My most vivid and hated memory of this trivial film.

i have undying spite for 'my sharona' but i'm sure ethan hawke's contributions are even worse.

i'm gonna vote for juliana. just ahead of new order.

Morbius otm

altho I remember thinking Garofalo was good in it, and Stiller bearable.

Screw it, I'll cop to loving the U2 song. One of the few of theirs that I still unabashedly love.

wasn't Steve Zahn supposed to be gay? If so, it was handled so lamely.

yes, it was 1993 (?) after all.

PFLAG, I'm beginning to like the sound of that.

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On the vileness of the Frampton cover.

Yup

Was disappointed you didn't mention but don't/whoa no no!/hesitate/la dee da! For me at least, that's where the song crosses the line from blandly infuriating to I want to fly up to the ceiling of this grocery store and punch the speakers. Also the original Frampton song wasn't reggae as far as I can tell.

Also the original Frampton song wasn't reggae as far as I can tell.

― how's life, Wednesday, November 22, 2017 5:00 AM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ethan Hawke should have pointed this out in the movie

For whatever reason, the Tribeca Film Festival revived the movie a few years ago and tried to sell it as some kind of generational touchstone, but it seemed like an enormously dubious argument and the soundtrack seems to reflect that.

When the New Beverly in Los Angeles screened this a few years ago, I believe both showings sold out. The audience of at least one of them did an impromptu sing-along of “Stay” during the credits

I haven’t seen it in years, but I remember it being very silly. I love the ridiculous scene where people praise the awful, navel-gazing documentary that Ryder’s character is working on

Ah well, maybe I should see it again? I was NOT a fan, but that was a while ago. I do remember liking Ryder and Hawke, they made something out of roles that could've easily been risible.

No, you shouldn't.

I remember loathing this film when it came out. That may have been my first "get off my lawn" moment.

The soundtrack is not bad. A little predictable.

U2 should definitely be 2nd place, and i'd like a word with the ethan hawke voter

— rob harvilla (@harvilla) December 31, 2022

lol rob's 'stay' episode brought me here.

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