SOUNDTRACK: ‘Pretty in Pink’ With Rob Harvilla
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SOUNDTRACK: ‘Pretty in Pink’ With Rob Harvilla

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 30, 20261h 41m

Rob Harvilla joins Yasi to revisit the music of the John Hughes coming-of-age classic ‘Pretty in Pink.’ They discuss the film’s defining mix of new wave and college rock, the eponymous Psychedelic Furs song and its misinterpretation, the ’80s classics that were written specifically for the movie, and why ‘Pretty in Pink’ remains one of the decade’s essential soundtracks. CREDITS: Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek Guest: Rob Harvilla @harvilla Producer: Rob Sundermann Editor: Adrian Bridges Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about you...

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What's with this band anyway? I don't get it, can you please explain? Wait, like, Bandsplain? Never heard this band in my life

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Oh, you haven't? I'd love that, really? Why? Yeah, I love this song, oh, I don't know that one Hello and welcome to Bandsplain. I am your host, Yossi Salik. This is usually a show where I invite an expert guest on to help me explain a cult band or iconic artist. But today, we are in the midst of

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our ongoing best 80s soundtracks series. And today's episode is about Pretty in Pink. Welcome to another day of higher education. My guest today, you guys, he's still the duck. It's Rob Harvilla. Bobby Harvilla. I think we're going to unpack what that means to be the duck precisely. That's a very loaded term.

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