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If there’s one movie I could watch over and over again, it will be Empire Records (1995). It’s not an Oscar-winning or any other award-winning movie for that matter, but it has got a bunch of young movie superstars-to-be, a supeeerb boss, memorable quotes, and one hell of a soundtrack. This movie and soundtrack inspired my youth in the 1990s. Oh cliché.

So here in the spirit of ushering the new year, I present to you, my entire collection of tracks from Empire Records I have managed to find over the years.

Damn the man. Save the empire!

• 01 - Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You
• 02 - The Cranberries - Liar
• 03 - Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
• 04 - The Martinis - Free
• 05 - Toad The Wet Sprocket - Crazy Life
• 06 - The Innocence Mission - Bright As Yellow
• 07 - Better Than Ezra - Circle Of Friends
• 08 - Ape Hangers - I Don’t Want To Live Today
• 09 - Cracker - Whole Lotta Trouble
• 10 - The Meices - Ready, Steady, Go
• 11 - Drill - What You Are
• 12 - Lustre - Nice Overalls
• 13 - Please - Here It Comes Again
• 14 - Evan Dando - The Ballad Of El Goodo
• 15 - Coyote Shivers - Sugarhigh
• 16 - Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon Is Over
• AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
• Adolescents - L.A. Girl
• Ass Ponys - Little Bastard
• Billy White Trio - Surround You
• Coyote Shivers featuring Gina - Sugarhigh
• Daniel Johnston - Rock ‘n’ Roll
• Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
• Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
• Fig Dish - Chew Toy
• Gwar - Saddam-A-Go-Go
• Loose Diamonds - Backdown Blues
• Noah Stone - Dark & Brooding
• Peg Boy - Hardlight
• Queen Sarah Saturday - Seems
• Quicksand - Thorn In My Side
• Sponge - Plowed
• Suicidal Tendencies - I Shot The Devil
• The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
• The Cranberries - How
• The Dirt Clods - Hey Joe
• The Flying Lizards - Money (That’s What I Want)
• The The - This Is The Day
• Throwing Muses - Snakeface

Note: Tracks with numbers in front are from the original soundtrack CD.

Click here for an excellent full list of the tracks that appeared in the movie as compiled by Simon Slavin.

I could listen to this song over and over, it’s one of my many favourite tracks, a classic. I first heard of this song from the movie Empire Records, but sadly it wasn’t included in the original soundtrack (along with many great tracks, they could have come up with 3 volumes if they include all of them).

I’m pleased to see The Killers covered this song as true as to the original. I’m mutual when it comes to The Killers, but they’ve done a pretty good cover here. Anyone knows of other covers of this song?

P/S: MP3 will be up later, I’m stucked with proxy now. Uploaded the MP3s (original and cover) as mentioned. Dance and kiss the ballerina’s feet, like Mark did.

Thanks to themusicslut for these.

Download (MP3 format):

The Killers - Romeo And Juliet (2007)

Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet (1980)

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This is too fun not to post up. You’ve probably seen it if you’re a WP user. This is David Hasselhoff at his best, well to zee Germans by the way. He’s on par with Sexy Rexy of Empire, if not sexier. Girls, get your panties out for The Hoff…

Update 13 July 2006: The song’s actually a remake by umm… I have no idea. Added the lyrics in case you want to sing this to the girls.

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