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I'm pretty sure that was Alicia Silverstone

Brie - I totally think of that movie too when I hear that song. It still kind of shocks me that Reese did that scene.

Crush. or The Crush.

or something.

Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was played by Marty McFly at the "Fish Under the Sea" dance, not at prom. We all know the exact date of that dance and it sure as heck was not at the end of the school year.

Furthermore - people cared about "Johnny B. Goode" LONG AFTER it was originally recorded. Which pretty much makes it the antithesis to this list. Consequently this article should be limited to five distinct movies/tv shows.

And yes, that was my not so subtle jab at Loggins.

This one’s dedicated to you, TK.

I've run out of ways to express how much you disgust me.

Eat a bag of dicks, boss.

That version of Wild Horses is a fucking shame. Were the rights to the original that expensive?

I mean, the Sundays' version was used in a beer comercial, for fuck's sake.

i cant believe reese did that scene either. risque, even to this day!

Dude, look at how cute li'l John Francis Daley was.

Man, I miss "Freaks and Geeks".

That Freaks and Geeks episode was sooooooooo gooooooood! I have always wanted that dress.

i was a teenager thru most of the 80's, though i was a badly garbled version of a teenager, in a way that we don't protray in coming of age films.

i remember seeing these films, but couldn't relate to anything or anyone. but the funny thing, is i can connect with the music, and i have never been a fan of pop music. in my teens i listened to punk, late teens, blues, out of the teens opera, then on to jazz, then on to elecronica. yet, i emotionally connect with these songs in a deep way, even though they wren't on my turntable. i guess it was my only way of relating to my peers back then.

of course i missed a lot of the highschool stuff as i was on the street by 15. i guess by then, you have absorbed a lot of culture. the john hughes films, footloose, cyndi lauper, culture club, prince, michael jackson, bruce springsteen. its all there, in the brain pan, the slender tendrils that connected me to other human beings back then. wang chung, everybody have fun tonight, another anthem i cant understand why it would mean anything, but it does.

these smarmy smarmy films, where the worst people and the worst that happens to people is still fable like compared to reality. i still cant settle it within myself. back then it made me angry and violent. now it makes me nostalgic for something i never knew.

Wow, a reminder of how awesome F & G was. In a way I am glad it was only one season, as it never had a chance to have a buzz kill second season. Must pull out the DVDs this weekend...

Annie Potts...Pretty in Pink...Bunk.

Agreed, very well written and can't wait for the second half.