5/9/18 Awesome Mix Vol. 2
With the release of the newest Avengers movie Avengers: Infinity War last week I thought it might be appropriate to include a soundtrack from one of Marvel's best movies "Guardians of the Galaxy", which in my opinion has the best movie soundtrack I've ever heard- with all 70's and 80's rock, pop, and a little country. Awesome Mix Vol. 2 is the soundtrack album for the Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Featuring songs present on Peter Quill's mixtape in the movie, the album was released on April 21st, 2017. Awesome Mix Vol. 2 was the United States' 8th best selling album of 2017 with over 600,000 copies sold.
For some, it brings back a sense of nostalgia, for others its simply a terrific playlist. I found both to be equally true. Songs like "Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell and "Mr Blue Sky" took me back to first listening to them in the 2000s with my father who was huge into to 70's and 80's rock and country. However, the playlist could have used to Rush, Motley Crue, or maybe some Twisted Sister in my opinion. Maybe there'll be a 3rd installment with some of those tracks.
By August 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 writer and director James Gunn had "some ideas listed, but nothing for sure" in terms of songs to include in Quill's Awesome Mix Vol. 2 mixtape. In June 2015, Gunn stated that all of the songs for Awesome Mix Vol. 2 had been chosen and built into the script. One of the most exciting things for Gunn in selecting the songs for the album "was knowing I would be making bands that may have been forgotten suddenly be a topic of conversation." Gunn had hoped to include "She's Gone" by Hall & Oates in the film, calling it "one of the greatest pop songs ever written", but could not find a place for it, as with "Teenage Lament '74" by Alice Cooper. In January 2016, Gunn stated that he had chosen an additional Bowie song to appear in the film (after "Moonage Daydream" was featured in the first film) but had cut the original scene it was featured in. The inclusion would have made Bowie the only artist to be featured on both mixtapes. With Bowie's death however, Gunn hoped to find a way to include the chosen song somewhere else in the film as a "fair and appropriate" way to honor him, as Bowie was one of Gunn's idols. Gunn called the Awesome Mix Vol. 2 "more diverse" than the first one, with "some really incredibly famous songs and then some songs that people have never heard." The film's trailers featured Sweet's "Fox on the Run", George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord", Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain", Jay and the Americans' "Come a Little Bit Closer", David Bowie's "Suffragette City", and "Flash Light" by Parliament, which Gunn noted were all being considered for inclusion on the Awesome Mix Vol. 2.
For some, it brings back a sense of nostalgia, for others its simply a terrific playlist. I found both to be equally true. Songs like "Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell and "Mr Blue Sky" took me back to first listening to them in the 2000s with my father who was huge into to 70's and 80's rock and country. However, the playlist could have used to Rush, Motley Crue, or maybe some Twisted Sister in my opinion. Maybe there'll be a 3rd installment with some of those tracks.
By August 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 writer and director James Gunn had "some ideas listed, but nothing for sure" in terms of songs to include in Quill's Awesome Mix Vol. 2 mixtape. In June 2015, Gunn stated that all of the songs for Awesome Mix Vol. 2 had been chosen and built into the script. One of the most exciting things for Gunn in selecting the songs for the album "was knowing I would be making bands that may have been forgotten suddenly be a topic of conversation." Gunn had hoped to include "She's Gone" by Hall & Oates in the film, calling it "one of the greatest pop songs ever written", but could not find a place for it, as with "Teenage Lament '74" by Alice Cooper. In January 2016, Gunn stated that he had chosen an additional Bowie song to appear in the film (after "Moonage Daydream" was featured in the first film) but had cut the original scene it was featured in. The inclusion would have made Bowie the only artist to be featured on both mixtapes. With Bowie's death however, Gunn hoped to find a way to include the chosen song somewhere else in the film as a "fair and appropriate" way to honor him, as Bowie was one of Gunn's idols. Gunn called the Awesome Mix Vol. 2 "more diverse" than the first one, with "some really incredibly famous songs and then some songs that people have never heard." The film's trailers featured Sweet's "Fox on the Run", George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord", Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain", Jay and the Americans' "Come a Little Bit Closer", David Bowie's "Suffragette City", and "Flash Light" by Parliament, which Gunn noted were all being considered for inclusion on the Awesome Mix Vol. 2.
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