Beautiful Girls (1996) - The Soundtrack with a 90s Swagger (Pete Droge, Afghan Whigs, Chris Isaak, Ween) with Brad of Pop Culture Yearbook

Beautiful Girls (1996) - The Soundtrack with a 90s Swagger (Pete Droge, Afghan Whigs, Chris Isaak, Ween) with Brad of Pop Culture Yearbook

Author: Nicole Barlow & Ryan Pak | Soundtrack Experts August 14, 2023 Duration: 1:16:18
Brad from the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast is our guest to talk about the 1996 Ted Demme film, Beautiful Girls, which features the acting talents of Timothy Hutton, Noah Emmerich, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Martha Plimpton, Laruen Holly, Rosie O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Matt Dillon, and Natalie Portman. The soundtrack is equally stacked featuring songs from Pete Droge, The Afghan Whigs, Howlin' Maggie, Chris Isaak, Ween, and Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline". We discuss Why Brad feels like this is a Minnesota movie even though it takes place in Massachusetts Afghan Whigs' frontman Greg Dulli's very busy 1994-1996 The weird storyline with Natalie Portman and why it's problematic Why the movie doesn't exactly feel like it's set in the '90s For More Information about Pop Culture Yearbook: Website:  IG:  Twitter:  If you'd like to support Soundtrack Your Life, we have a Patreon, where you'll get bonus episodes and more! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/ Soundtrack Your Life Socials Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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