Sidetracked with Abbie and Jon

This episode we are talking the most pivotal film and soundtrack of 2001- at least in our opinion. Josie and the Pussycats is a film co produced by Universal and Metro-Goldwyn-Myer that sadly didn't have the box office clout at the time as it does cult status today. Starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Tara Reid and Rosario Dawson as a rebooted feline inspired rock band of the Hannah Barbara universe, the soundtrack is comprised of the biggest heavy hitters in pop and rock of all time. We dive deep into the contributions of Ana Waronker of That Dog, Kay Hanely and Micheal Eisenstein of Letters to Cleo, DeeDee Gipson, Baby Face, Adam Schelsinger of Fountains of Wayne, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, Cancon hero Bif Naked, Matthew Sweet, along with the films directors Deb Kaplan and Harry Elfont among others that made up this fictitious super group. This episode dives deep not only into the history of the Josie and the Pussycats franchise- talking about who was supposed to be cast as Josie initially, and some of the big names that auditioned for the part of Val- but we also wax and wane nostalgia on what this film meant for teens and girls playing music in a post grunge, current end of the manufactured boy band/ girl band era. Some articles we mention: "Josie and the Pussycats predicted influencer culture we are living 20 years ago" by BJ Colangelo; https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/josie-and-the-pussycats-predicted-the-influencer-culture-were-living-in-20-years-ago "Meet the OG Singing Voice of Josie- Dee Dee Gipson" Maria Lewis https://graffitiwithpunctuation.com/opinion/meet-the-og-singing-voice-of-josie-dee-dee-dionne-gipson We also mention the episode of "This Ends at Prom" where BJ Colangelo and, wife, Harmony Colangelo, they discuss Josie and the Pussycats: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/this-ends-at-prom/id1527896223 Tracks we talk about from the Epic Playtone released soundtrack:  1. "3 Small Words" Deborah KaplanHarry ElfontDave Gibbs Josie and the Pussycats  2. "Pretend to Be Nice" Adam Schlesinger Josie and the Pussycats   3. "Spin Around" Gibbs, Adam Duritz Josie and the Pussycats 4. "You Don't See Me" Gibbs Kaplan Babyface Jason Falkner Steve Hurley Dee Dee Gipson Elfont Jane Wiedlin Duritz Josie and the Pussycats 5. "You're a Star" Duritz Gibbs Anna Waronker Josie and the Pussycats 6. "Shapeshifter" Kay Hanley, Michael Eisenstein Josie and the Pussycats 7. "I Wish You Well" Waronker Josie and the Pussycats  8. "Real Wild Child" Johnny O'Keefe Johnny Greenan Dave Owens Josie and the Pussycats 9. "Come On" Gibbs Kaplan Elfont Babyface Falkner Hurley Gipson Wiedlin Schlesinger Hanley Josie and the Pussycats 10. "Money (That's What I Want)" Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford Josie and the Pussycats 11. "DuJour Around the World" Kaplan Elfont Brainz Dimilo Anthony President DuJour12. "Backdoor Lover" Kaplan Elfont Dimilo President Guliano Franco DuJour  13. "Josie and the Pussycats" Joseph Barbera William Hanna Hoyt Curtin Josie and the Pussycats As always, chat with us on instagram @sidetrackedwithabbieandjonpod or drop us a line [email protected] Writing: Abbie Editing: Jon Intro and Outro music: Artie Wosko

Once again we travel back to 1995 for the heyday of big money making soundtracks that actually rock with Batman Forever. Produced by RZA and released on Atlantic Records, this soundtrack is SO much more than U2 and "Kiss From a Rose". We talk our love of Brandy, and Lenny Kravitz's covert performance on this gem; we also get deep into our love of Sunny Day Real Estate and The Offspring (pre-Pretty Fly days). If you have watched the film recently, you will completely understand why this soundtrack was the catalyst for proceeding soundtracks to add the caveat "music INSPIRED by the movie" Track Listing: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 – "One Time Too Many" by PJ Harvey – "Where Are You Now?" by Brandy – "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal – "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" by Massive Attack and Tracey Thorn (The Marvelettes cover) – "Nobody Lives Without Love" by Eddi Reader – "Tell Me Now" by Mazzy Star – "Smash It Up" by the Offspring (The Damned cover) – "There Is a Light" by Nick Cave – "The Riddler" by Method Man – "The Passenger" by Michael Hutchence (Iggy Pop cover) – "Crossing the River" by the Devlins – "8" by Sunny Day Real Estate – "Bad Days" by the Flaming Lips –  As always you can catch up with us on Instagram @sidetrackedwithabbieandjonpod or drop us a line [email protected] Writing: Jon Sound Editing: Jon Intro Music: Artie Wosko

This episode we talk the iconic first instalment of The Crow franchise (which we learn had even more sequels than we thought, along with the television show). The film itself is everything fantastic, but the tragic loss of Brandon Lee on set only made the film and his performance stand out more so in movie history. Accompanying this incredible film is a total banger of a soundtrack- with something for the mall goths and metal heads alike. We talk Courtney Love and Trent Reznor, and our love of Rage Against the Machine, to the sweet sounds of Medicine and Jane Sidbury.  Grab your eyeliner and fishnets and settle in for the comforting lull of constant rain, we are talking Atlantic Records 1994 release of The Crow motion picture soundtrack. You can check us out on instagram at @sidetrakedwithabbieandjonpod and please feel free to email us with suggestions (or just to talk movies & music) at [email protected] Track listing discussed: "Burn"- The Cure ; "Golgotha Tenement Blues"- Machines of Loving Grace ; "Big Empty"- Stone Temple Pilots ; "Dead Souls"- Nine Inch Nails ; "Darkness"- Rage Against The Machine ; "Color Me Once"- Violent Femmes ; "Ghostrider" - Rollins Band ; "Milktoast"- Helmet ; "The Badge"- Pantera ; "Slip Slide Melting"- For Love Not Lisa ; "After the Flesh"- My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult ; "Snakedrive"- The Jesus and Mary Chain ; "Time Baby III"- Medicine ; "It Can't Rain All the Time" - Jane Sidberry Intro and outro music: Artie Wosko Lead Writing: Jon Sound Editing: Jon

In this episode we talk the 1995 film, Angus, directed by Patrick Read Johnson and its gem of a soundtrack released on Reprise Records. We talk about how if you were lucky enough to own this soundtrack, you undoubtedly waited patiently at your local record store for this treasure of a (then) unreleased Green Day song, the fact that we get more Muffs, and why and how the Weezer song on here made Rivers Como so damn sad. This film and song track also have us talking our teen years and how absolutely iconic Angus Bethune, played by Charlie Talbert, was and is in our collective memories. In this episode we reference episode 9 of the Waterproof Records with Jacob Givens podcast quite a bit. In this episode Givens interviews Charlie Talbert of Angus and it gives some major insight into not only the music and the movie, but all the behind scene stories that only make this film more endearing; you can check out the video of that episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRGBAwU69VY Track listing: Green Day–J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) Ash–Jack Names The Planets Dance Hall Crashers–Enough Ash–Kung Fu The Riverdales–Back To You Smoking Popes–Mrs. You And Me Weezer–You Gave Your Love To Me Softly Goo Goo Dolls–Ain't That Unusual The Muffs–Funny Face Tilt–White Homes Pansy Division–Deep Water Love Spit Love–Am I Wrong As always you can get in touch with us on Instagram @sidetrackedwithabbieandjonpod -  https://www.instagram.com/sidetrackedwithabbieandjonpod or via email [email protected] Intro and Outro Music: Artie Wosko Sound Editing: Jon Writing: Jon

It's about us! In this episode of Sidetracked with Abbie and Jon we talk about ourselves (a lot) and what this podcast will be about. This series will be talking all the soundtracks and record label compilations that introduced us to the music we love- and we are so stoked to be able to talk both music AND movies. In this specific episode we chat about some of our favourite bands of all time, as well as some new current faves.  Some of the bands we mentioned this episode: American Football (www.americanfootballmusic.com), Bad Cop/ Bad Cop (www.badcopbadcopband.com), Ellis (www.ellis-songs.com), Frankie Flowers (www.instagram.com/frankieflowerss) You can always check us out on Instagram as well: https://instagram.com/sidetrackedwithabbieandjon And please feel free to shoot us an email at [email protected] with suggestions, comments, or just to chat! Intro and outro music- Artie Wosko Sound and editing- Jon Writing lead- Jon