Today brings us, “Pineapple Express,” the sooo ’80s and agreeable theme song for Seth Rogen’s pot actioner of the same name by Huey Lewis and the News (Sports, Patrick Bateman’s Walkman). If you thought Huey might try to imitate the Neptunes, please excuse yourself and go bask in I Love the New Millenium, because this track could have been the adulterated b-side to BTTF’s “Back in Time.” Is it better? No way. Does it make you want to do a cannonball with a joint in your mouth and a hamburger in your left hand? Obviously.
You can stream the film’s entire soundtrack on MySpace, which includes tracks from Cypress Hill (so ’90s), Peter Tosh, Bell Biv Devoe (my second babysitter, Pam, is siked!), Public Enemy and Mountain. Wow, Huey Lewis just said “chronic” in his signature happy hour jock croon. M.I.A. move over. Summer ‘08 just got lazier and so much higher.
Discuss: Is this the new “Back in Time”?
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Believe me: This will be the funniest movie of the past ten years.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
that is probably the best thing I have heard all week about time they bring back movie theme songs.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
i was smiling throughout that whole damn song! too f-ing good!
will this be funnier than tropic thunder? i don’t think so, RDJ might be in the funniest role of his life. but who knows.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
oddly enough, that PE picture that person photo-shopped with peter dressed as mcfly, seems to fit a lot better now.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I’m not feeling it.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
And definitely not the new “Back in Time”.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
::yawn::
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I agree with Ghost… This is no “Back in Time”… but I’m still delighted that the film has it’s own Huey Lewis theme song.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
i’m feelin it and i added it
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:48 pm
not the new back in time, but I dig the theme song idea.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
this and Tropic Thunder look amazing i cant wait
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Great Choice by Rogen. Huey Lewis and the news ROCKS!!!! Wooo HOOO !!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ‘83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
! In ‘87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is “Hip to be Square”, a song so catchy, most people probably don’t listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself.
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Damn it Tom!! I was so gonna post that, lol.
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Great if you like ’80s music. Less great if you are forced to listen to it because of your boyfriend and really think that most of it is utter crap.
I’m looking forward to this movie, though.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Seems a bit half-assed, not really the energy I associate with Their other stuff.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Give the fans a new album, Huey.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:51 pm
@ Antibodies
Half-assed? They’re the News. What the F have you done lately?
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:36 am
I want to know why “Paper Planes,” that sweet song from the Pineapple Express trailer, isn’t on the soundtrack.