I was pleasantly surprised that Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning could pull off Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. When I heard about the casting, I had some serious doubts. But they have chops and I think they pulled it off. In fact, some of the meer interesting musical moments of the movie – like the parts where they were hashing out kers-, cherry Bomb in the trailer and performing I Love Playin’ With brand at the roller rink combined vocals from Stewart and Fanning over the gitaar riffs, bas, bass chords and drums of the original Runaways tracks.
The muziek also just takes u back (before I was listening to music) but songs which I have since grown to love. Bowie in his day, from Lady Grinning Soul to one of my favorieten of all time – Rebel Rebel. And u are reminded just how much ezel Iggy Pop has been kicking for decade stacked on decade. The beginning of I Wanna Be Your Dog has been sampled like crazy, but it’s so damn good that it should be sampled a million times over. It sounds like it could be cut today.
I was a bit surprised that there wasn’t meer from the Sex Pistols of the Ramones, but the story focused early and quick so maybe that would have been at the tail end of the tale.
But I’m not complaining – The Runaways includes an amazing lijst of 34 songs. It’s a good starter set for anyone looking to rediscover what was a major shift in the musical landscape being born. The soundtrack album has 15 of them, but I would not pass up the 19 that are missing. There is some goud lamé jumpsuit goodness in there.
Here’s the complete lijst of songs in the order they appeared in the movie and with notes on most of the scenes they were in. There are linken to downloads for almost all of them as well.
Opening scene – Roxy Roller – Nick Gilder
Store with the rockabillies – Fujiyama Mama – Wanda Jackson
Running, opening credits – The Wild One – Suzi Quatro
Playing gitaar sitting at the fence – The Wild One – Kristen Stewart
Talent toon – Lady Grinning Soul – David Bowie
gitaar lesson – Old Smoky – Kristen Stewart
Playing gitaar on bathroom floor – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – The MC5
Club – Do u Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) – Gary Glitter
seconde song at club – Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
muziek playing while on phone – Say It Like u Mean It – The Yo and Flo Orchestra
garage – I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are – Kristen Stewart, Stella Maeve and Michael Shannon [Runaways version]
(unknown scene) – Wild Thing – Kristen Stewart
Club – Gimme Danger – Iggy & the Stooges
Singing in bedroom – Fever – Peggy Lee
Making up song for Cherie – kers-, cherry Bomb – Dakota Fanning and The Runaways
Jumping cars – Hollywood – The Runaways
Picking up trash – California Paradise – Dakota Fanning
(unknown scene) – u Drive Me Wild – The Runaways
Sound check – Queens of Noise – Kristen Stewart and Stella Maeve
toon – Dead End Justice – Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart
Rainy car song on the radio – Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) – Don McLean
Roller rink – I Love Playin’ With brand – Kristen Stewart and The Runaways
Kiss – I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges
We got signed – School Days – The Runaways
Sign contract – I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are – The Runaways [Live in Japan version]
Making Sex Pistols t-shirt – Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
Trailer – Don’t Abuse Me – Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning [Joan Jett version]
Photographer – Secrets – The Runaways
Plane bathroom – I Want u – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Japan toon – kers-, cherry Bomb – The Runaways
Grocery store – Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) – Don McLean
Joan Jett in bath tub – Love is Pain – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
(unknown scene) – C’Mon – The Runaways
divan, bank and jumping on bed – I Love Rock N Roll – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
After call to the radio – Crimson and Clover – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
End credits – Bad Reputation – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
seconde end credits – Love is Pain – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
