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With the great loss of director John Hughes yesterday, I did a little searching and found 5 great 80’s songs that some were arguably made famous by his movies. I’ll let you be the judge.

Hughes’ ensemble comedies helped make stars out of Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and many other young performers. He also scripted the phenomenally popular “Home Alone,” which made little-known Macaulay Culkin a sensation as the 8-year-old accidentally abandoned by his vacationing family, and wrote or directed such hits as “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” and “Uncle Buck.”

1. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – “Oh Yeah” by Yello

2. Weird Science – “Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo

3. The Breakfast Club – “Don’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds

4. Pretty in Pink – “Pretty in Pink” by Psychedelic Furs

5. Sixteen Candles – “Turning Japanese” by the Vapors

Aerosmith’s singer, Steven Tyler, 61, reportedly suffered minor head and neck injuries and a shoulder injury early Thursday. Aerosmith was putting on a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota, according to the Rapid City Journal newspaper.

It was said that Tyler fell off the stage as the band was performing “Love In an Elevator” and was then assisted backstage before being rushed to the Rapid City regional Hospital. Which gives “Gooooinnnng doooooowwwn” a new meaning.

Last year, Tyler returned to rehab in order to address a dependency on pain and sleep medication.

Rumors have been circulating that Rush’s latest album Retrospective 3 is being delayed until February 2009, although Amazon is showing the album being released January 27, 2009. Guess we’ll have to see if the rumors are correct. For now, I’ll just put my pre-order in and hope for the best! I have to say that this album cover is one of Rush’s best and I don’t believe I’ve ever seen another band do anything similar to the concept. If you check out the album cover on Amazon, you can zoom in to see the detail. Retrospective 3 is a tribute or greatest hits album to all of Rush’s albums from Presto to Rush’s live CD set ‘Snakes & Arrows’. Rush just released Snakes & Arrows DVD recently as well.

For those die-hard Madonna fans: Here is her European seven track CDl pressing of this single taken from her tasty album Hard Candy, ‘Miles Away‘ was produced by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate ‘Danja’ Hills. Features seven versions of ‘Miles Away’: Radio Edit, Thin White Duke Remix, Morgan Page Remix, Demo Rebirth, Johnny Vicious Warehouse Mix, Aaron Lacrate & Samir B More Gutter Remix and the Johnny Vicious Club Mix. Warner 2008.

Well, when Dr. Pepper said that they would give everyone in America a free Dr. Pepper if Guns ‘N Roses released their Chinese Democracy CD this year everyone thought that 1.) Guns ‘N Roses won’t drop the Chinese Democracy album this year and 2.) Dr. Pepper is just doing this as a marketing stunt. Either way, Guns ‘N Roses fans thought Dr. Pepper would come through with their end of the bargain if for some chance G’NR would come out with their album this year. Which unbelievably they did.

G’NR’s fans and fans of free stuff went to Dr. P’s website to get their free Dr. Pepper within the 24 hour deadline and found the website down. Now fans and freebie hunters went after Guns ‘N Roses. Guns ‘N Roses’ lawyer Laurie Soriano fired off a letter to Dr. P to make good on their offer to G’NR’s fans or they will be slapped with a lawsuit. Since the letter, Dr. Pepper had extended the amount of time to 42 hours to allow folks to get their Pepper, but Guns ‘N Roses still wants an apology.

Here’s a video compilation of many, many 80’s songs for your viewing (and listening) pleasure…

Yep, AC/DC’s new album Black Ice will rock folks early next week. Black Ice is the first full-length studio album of all-new material in 8 years and was produced in Vancouver, BC. This new album features 15 new cuts including the album’s first single, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Train”. A long awaited album from AC/DC to say the least!

AC/DC is doing something pretty cool with Wal*Mart. In each of its 3,500 Walmart stores, Walmart will create a “Rock Again AC/DC Store” within the store. While the new $11.88 Black Ice CD album holds centerstage, it will be surrounded by new AC/DC apparel, DVDs, past albums, games, and even a social gaming station for fans to try out their rock-n-roll skills on Rock Band.

In addition, Walmart and Columbia Records have partnered with MTV to create an “AC/DC Rock Band Store” in New York’s Times Square and in Los Angeles to give fans in the these cities fast access to the band’s newest items. These pop up stores will open 12:01 midnight Oct. 20 to begin selling the album, AC/DC apparel, the Rock Band video game, and Rock Band branded apparel and accessories.

The AC/DC Rock Band stores will open Sunday, Oct. 19 at 10 p.m. The stores will be open through Jan. 4, 2009 in New York at the MTV Store in Times Square and at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles.

Where else to buy AC/DC’s new album Black Ice:
Amazon.com

Yes Guns ‘N Roses fans, a new G ‘n R song is confirmed to be on the new Rock Band 2 game! So what’s the big deal for non gamers? This news definitely increases the chances for the infamous and long awaited “Chinese Democracy” album to see the light of day via Interscope.

Nine seemingly complete tracks from the album, not including “Shackler’s Revenge,” leaked online earlier this summer. Sorry but I do not have a link but I am keeping my eyes open for those leaked G ‘n R tunes.

According to the authoritative fan site Electric Shock reports that AC/DC will embark on a world tour before the end of the year in support of its next studio album.

The album is likely to be titled “Black Ice” and will be released Oct. 28 in North America via Columbia, but will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores.

The first single “Runaway Train” will hit radio in late August, the site says. The album was produced by Brendan O’Brien and is AC/DC’s first since 2000’s “Stiff Upper Lip.”

It was announced recently that the band’s “Let There Be Rock” will appear in the video game “Rock Band 2,” which hits stores in September.