Beverly Hills Cop - Soundtrack

I have a confession to make, and it's a cheesy one. In 1994 I took the tape of the movie to America on one of my backpacking trips so I could deliberately play it on the tape-deck as I cruised down Hollywood Blvd to Axel Faltermeyers iconic Euro pop tune. This is surely a worse offence to owning up to having a Scorpions album in my collection! I was only 25 though. It's not clever but it was just something I wanted to do after my arduous road trip across America from Miami lasting some 54 days, appropriate to finish the end of the Route 66 leg to Santa Monica in style. In my defense I had hired a Ford Mustang Coupe and I had a cute New Zealand chick on the other seat ...

I happened upon Beverley HIlls Cop on Paramount recently and found myself singing all the way through it, or at least trying to do guitar impressions a la 'Never Mind the buzzcocks! EIGHTIES HEAVEN I have recently bought a lot of the retro albums that are springing up but now feel compelled to go to a car boot sale and dig out the soundtrack to the film. If you like sassy electric pop and rock with Chaka Khan style divas belting out gusty lyrics you'll enjoy every song featured in the film! The classic 'The Heat Is On'which starts the film is one of those songs that should I have children I would play to them as an example of a time when ...