Dudes – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album – Cassette
Yesterday evening I got really frustrated and mad. I don’t want to feel this way ever again, It makes me feel sick and terrible and hurts the person I love most in the world. Not good. In my anger I walked into the shed and slammed the door and in doing so made a few cassettes I had on a shelf fall off. One that fell was this tape “Dudes” the soundtrack to an obscure movie from 1987. I had the cassette case on the shelf but for some time have been unable to find the actual tape. There on the floor laid the tape. Where did it come from? Did my anger make it come out of hiding? Was this some kind of sign telling me to cool it? I had searched diligently for the tape and given up on more than one occasion. Why are you making yourself found now, at this moment? It was probably sitting right in front of my eyes all this time but I say this has meaning, stop getting angry. Cancer sucks and fucks your brain thinking. I gotta get my brain right. On the surface I think I have it right. Now I gotta get my gut brain right. I have fucking cancer. Maybe this tape is what I need to hear right now. Each day I try to find a cd or record to hear to make my brain feel good. This is it. This is my cancer tape. Lol. Ok enough about that, this is a cool fucking tape!
First off there is an awesome cover of “Rock and Roll Outlaw by Keel. Keel was awesome. Then there is one of our favorites, “Urban Struggle” by the Vandals, which is likely the first time I discovered this song was on this soundtrack, later to be on about every mix cd I made for a while. ‘I want to be a cowboy!, Sometimes I think I’m Clint Eastwood!…..’,great words and song. Then WASP does their classic “Show no Mercy”, awesome shit by Blackie Lawless. Next up is Simon Steele & the Claw doing “Vengeance is mine”, what a cool band name and cool song!. It keeps getting better with Megadeth doing a blistering cover of “These boots are made for Walkin”. Lesser known Legal Weapon and The Leather Nun are up next with songs that are not fillers but cool and fit it perfectly. Next is Janes Addition with the best version of Mountain Song you will hear on any record. The Little Kings and Charles Berstein are next with the latter doing “Dudes Showdown. Steve Vai end this awesome ride of alt and metal gems with “Amazing Grace”.
Wow, I m grateful I found this tape and plan to hear it today loud and proud. I am not getting angry anymore. I will talk out my frustrations if I have any. I want to be happy! I want to have fun! I want to immerse myself in all this awesome music and music stuff we have and just love it the way I have loved gathering, saving, collecting and sorting it all along the way of life. Now, it’s time to enjoy it all.
