I first saw the movie Flash Gordon around 1982 on cable t.v. i had already become a young sci-fi fan through the first two Star Wars movies and television programs Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rodgers. So this movie was definitely in my wheelhouse back then. Even at that age i recognized that the songs in the movie were something i was drawn to, that it was rock and synthesizer scores and not orchestral arrangements stuck out to me. "Flash! Aah-ah! He saved everyone of us!" Would get stuck in my head like a commercial jingle. I don't listen to a lot of soundtracks. In fact i believe i only own five of them and am intimately familiar with them (besides this one they are: Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to "the passion of christ" [a movie I've never seen] , "until the end of the world", "singles" and "grease"). I've re watched this movie a few times over the years and am always impressed by the lavish set designs and costumes. Sure a chunk of the movie is corny and dumb but the sensual aspects are still intriguing even beyond my nostalgic affinity. I really like #queen and this isn't even my favorite album of theirs but it is one that conjures up memories my parents tactile suede furniture in greens and golds, for some reason it makes me think of winter olympic games and my sister and i laying folding chairs down and pretending they were bobsleds. The cd is loaded with random memories from my childhood. It takes on a second soundtrack, it becomes the soundtrack of fifth grade for me. My oldest is in fifth grade and this parallel makes me wonder if any music is going to make him think of our family home when he is in his mid-forties.
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