All 41 Classic 80’s Songs from the Adventureland Soundtrack

I love this soundtrack. No bones about it. Anytime you can mix David Bowie with Whitesnake, Crowded House with Poison, Wang Chung with Judas Priest, The Cure with Husker Du, Falco with Lou Reed, you know you are going to have a good time. I want to pack the family in the stationwagon and head to Wally World just thinking about it. I will be blasting Don’t Change by INXS the entire way.

When I saw the previews for Adventureland, I thought it looked hilarious. Knowing that it has a brilliant 80s soundtrack just cements the deal. Look out monstrosity of a movie theater bucket o popcorn, here I come.

There are 41 songs in Adventureland. The only bummer about the music is that the soundtrack album to Adventureland only has 14 of the songs, and you have to buy the entire album to get any of the songs.

But you are in luck. You can find downloads for the individual songs at Reelsoundtrack.com, along with the videos for them.

Here’s the complete list of songs from the movie. Update: here are all the songs in the order they appeared in the movie, with information about the scenes they were in, where I could remember them. (If you know any of the additional scenes, please post the answer in the comments.)

• Opening scene – Bastards Of Young by The Replacements
• West Beirut by Civilian Fun Group
• Opening credits – Here She Comes Now by The Velvet Underground
• Down To Rio by Daniel May
• Funiculi, Funicula by Bob Stuhmer
• Horse game – Modern Love by David Bowie
• Bottles game – Rock Me Amadeus by Falco
• Em gives James a Ride home – Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely by Husker Du
• Looking For A Kiss by New York Dolls
• Pleasure Dog by Civilian Fun Group
• Party at Em’s house, after the pool – I’m In Love With A Girl by Big Star
• Connell comes to Em’s house – Taste Of Cindy (Acoustic Version) by Jesus & Mary Chain
• Lisa P is back – Tops by The Rolling Stones
• Singer at bar – Hot Blooded by Louis Grammatico (Foreigner)
• Ride home after the bar – Pale Blue Eyes by The Velvet Underground
• At Connell’s mom’s house – So It Goes by Nick Lowe
• I Need To Know by Rodney Saulsberry
• The Caissons – 5 Alarm Music
• Fireworks – Don’t Dream It’s Over by Crowded House
• Lisa P dancing – Let The Music Play by Shannon
• Video on TV – I Want Action by Poison
• James riding with Connell – Satellite Of Love by Lou Reed
• Razzmatazz – Point Of No Return by Expose
• Second Razzmatazz song – Obsession by Animotion
• Girls In The City by Jamison Rotz
• Just One Girl by Chris Carlisle
• Awkward guy talk to redhead after makeout – Your Love by The Outfield
• America The Beautiful by Bob Stuhmer
• Libiamo (La Traviata) by DeWolfe Music
• In The Ether by Black Swan Lane
• Pot cookies – Just Like Heaven by The Cure
• Running away from bully – Breaking The Law by Judas Priest
• Fixing the rifle game – Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung
• Waltz Of The Flowers by Bob Stuhmer
• What Do You Got Against Love by Sarah Taylor
• Second time at Razzmatazz – In My House by Mary Jane Girls
• Hearts Collide by Rob E C
• Guy with drum sticks sings Rush song – Limelight by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart (Rush)
• Putting eyes on the bananas – Here I Go Again by Whitesnake
  American Patrol March by Bob Stuhmer
• Jukebox – Pale Blue Eyes by The Velvet Underground (thanks to eyenoise for knowing the song)
• New York City – Unsatisfied by The Replacements
• Closing credits – Adventureland Theme Song by Ian Berkowitz and Brian Kenney
• Don’t Change by INXS

Original music for Adventureland by Yo La Tengo

Songs from the trailer:

• Limelight by Rush
• Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes

Song from the commercial:

• Love Rollercoaster by Red Hot Chili Peppers (originally by Ohio Players)

Update 4: Song from Kiis FM radio commercial (thanks to adriana_lps196)

• Call in the Calvary by The Shys

Update 3: Pinging off of a suggestion from user eyenoise in the comments, what songs do you think would be on the bummers mixtape that James made for Em? Leave your thoughts in the comments and I will add them to the post, with links to the songs.

Update 2: One other note about the movie. It was definitely not what I expected. You think director of Super Bad + themepark and expect a rollicking good time of ridiculous laughs. Don’t get me wrong. The movie is very funny. And I liked it – a lot. But it was a lot more than I thought it would be. It’s not just a punch in the junk kind of movie (though that is a recurring theme); it’s also more cerebral, more endearing, even wrenching movie than I expected.

~ by montelutz on April 3, 2009.