Reality Bites is a surprising cult classic, a film that many Gen X's hold dear to the heart. The soundtrack defines the movie and the cast, excluding Winona Ryder, were all relatively unknown back in 1994. I do find Ethan Hawke rather annoying during the whole film.
Watching Lelaina, Troy, Vickie, Sammy and Michael secure jobs, stealing snickers bars from a news stand, falling in love and exploiting petrol cards was nothing I could relate to as a 13 yr old, but I loved it nonetheless.
It's a hopeless romantic comedy and quite pigeonholed but still fun and engaging. I particularly like Troy telling Lelaina that she looks like a doily on her 1st date with yuppy cheeseball Michael.
The trailer is pretty tragic though, take a trip back to 1994...
This is the song that I never skip on my ipod. It's impossible to skip this song. It's infectious and warm. It's lovely and sad at once.
This song reminds me of friends at my old place of work. We had an inhouse music system and I would always queue this song to be played on a slow afternoon or quiet morning. No-one ever got sick of it either. It's just simple and I love love love it.
I'm feeling very musical tonight so here's another all time fav.
I first heard this in the movie "Fear" starring Reese Witherspoon. Then fell in love with the song watching Buffy and Angel dance at 'The Prom' in Season 3 of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
While I usually don't like covers more than the original version, this cover is just sublime. The Stones version is amazing, but this is just... devine.
This is definately in my top 100 all time favourite songs. I can listen to it whenever, wherever. I wasn't the biggest Guns N' Roses fan, not like my husband who LOVED them like every other teenage boy in the 90's.
The filmclip is fab too. Tight leather pants. Dust. Slash. A church. A wedding. The most important things to Axl Rose at the time.
Music is a passion of mine. An obsession some would say.
I love all genres of music. My parents love music too and this obviously influenced the beginnings of my musical sentiment. By age 7, I was the proud owner of a "My 1st Sony" red walkman, which I treasured until it died. I remember my Dad driving me to Saturday sport, and we would sing along to Split Ends, The Skyhooks, Men at Work, Jefferson Starship and more. My mother loved The B52's, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and ACDC, her secret passion. We would beg Mum to put on the Thriller LP on the record player and dance around the living room. 'Beat It' was a much loved favourite, so much that the song now permanently skips on the warped vinyl.
I've owned many walkmans, discmans, I have 4 ipods and an iphone. I have thousands of CD's and even more digital downloads on my trusty PC. I love live music. I try and see as much live music as I can. I've been to many festivals, most in Australia, some international.
I worked in the dance music industry for 3 years before moving to Singapore with James and becoming a full time lady of leisure. I miss work often, the buzz of it all. Doing what I love, all day. Although I don't listen to dance music all that much anymore, I still love it. And certain tracks still trigger off fond memories of parties and massive nights out whilst clubbing with my friends.
Recently a friend looked at my ipod and was overwhelmed by all the music I have. She asked me what my all time favourite song was. An impossible question to answer. Top 10 favourite songs? Still impossible to answer.
Here is one of my top 10 favourite songs of all time. Depeche Mode's 1990 hit 'Enjoy The Silence'. I have attached the piano version of the song because it's just beautiful. Have a listen, tell me what you think.
