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Lost ’80s & ’90s Film Songs…. The Tubes, Timbuk 3, Shandi & More

Chris Nersinger
3 min readAug 31, 2024
Above- Woodrow Palmer III and Eddie Keaton are about to prove that “making the grade” is a lot harder than you think…. but at; least they have style. Photo by

High school hi-jinks, catching bad guys and spies!

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Above- Judd Nelson as Eddie Keaton…would you trust this guy? Photo by Flashbak

Making the Grade (1984), Living on the Edge is a rockin tune by Shandi featured throughout the film at various points including instrumental rifts -Shandi — Living On The Edge (Making The Grade 1984 Soundtrack) — YouTube ….

Above- cartoon slice of art with a “Grease” kind of feel. Judd Nelson is spectacular as the “guy” on the run& an offer too good to be true. Photo by Internet Movie Data Base/www.imdb.com

Judd Nelson is just trying to stay one step ahead of loan shark Andrew Dice Clay and graduate from Hoover Academy. The problem is he’s actually someone else. You’ll just have to see for yourself.

Trailer-Making the Grade (1984) Trailer — YouTube

Dead Heat (1988)-by Phil Settle-Phil Settle — Dead Heat [Studio Version] (AOR Soundtrack Rarity) — YouTube.

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Chris Nersinger
Chris Nersinger

Written by Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...

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