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1. Got to Give It Up - Marvin Gaye |
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2. Dancing Queen - ABBA |
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3. Baba O'Riley - The Who |
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4. Running Away - Roy Ayers |
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5. Everybody Dance - Chic |
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6. La Vie en Rose - Grace Jones |
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7. Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice |
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8. Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop |
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9. There But for the Grace of God Go I - Machine |
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10. Best of My Love - The Emotions |
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11. Dance With Me - Peter Brown |
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12. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston |
PRODUCT INDEX
"SUMMER OF SAM"
Soundtrack CD
Track Listings
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORELEI
MCBROOM
It's important to note that
Spike Lee's drama is not titled Son of Sam. Summer of Sam
doesn't chronicle the killer as much as the times: the blistering hot
summer of 1977 when the Big Apple's psyche was taken hostage by the lone
gunman. We spot the killer (Michael Badalucco) in his mad ramblings, but
the film centers on two friends from the Bronx: Vinny and Ritchie (John
Leguizamo, Adrien Brody). Vinny and his wife, Dionna (Mira Sorvino),
bury a bad marriage (he cheats at a drop of a hat) in the disco halls of
the area. Ritchie returns to the neighborhood sporting punk hair, punk
clothes, and a British accent that immediately infuriates the
neighborhood boys oozing far too much testosterone. Cops, local mob
leaders, and the guys on the street all have ideas who the killer is;
neighborhood loners to Reggie Jackson (in the midst of World Series
heroism) are on their misguided lists of suspects. When the film looks
at how the citizens faced the fearful times, Lee scores with his
energetic camerawork and pop soundtrack.
Yet the film is banal in its domestic dramatics. The film takes large
detours into Vinny's home sex life (stagnant) and Ritchie's
extracurricular activities. One of the marriage arguments--though real
and well acted--is so long and cliché-ridden you wonder if someone fell
asleep in the editing booth. Add the point-blank killings and nonstop
vulgarity and you have Lee's most unpleasant film.
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