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And let us not forget "Holding Out For a Hero"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

Absolute classic. If anyone is interested, the Footloose soundtrack (which has Holding Out For a Hero on it) is probably one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. The movie sucks but damn, this soundtrack is incredible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footloose_(1984_soundtrack)

Agree and disagree. Love the movie. Hate the remake. But the OST is really great. We can agree on that.

Featured towards the climax of Short Circuit 2, which was huge in my childhood. What a powerhouse piece of music!

Yes, I will never fail to associate this music with Short Circuit 2, it is also burned into my childhood memory.

I think of that movie every time I hear the song! That was one badass robot sequence.

"Suuuuure. Kidnap the humans, DESTROY THE MACHINE."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LABMISLl7Y8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTdHPAY7rOE

"Number 5 is alive!"

I love this. So many more people associate it with Shrek these days, so all the Johnny 5 comments warm my heart!

Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?

Is it too much to ask for a Streetwise Hercules?

'fraid so, the odds have risen too high.

We might need a white night on a fiery steed. One can dream.

Is it wrong that I prefer the Shrek version?

It's not. I prefer the bardcore version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx-x_1lIXh4

Fun fact: the original was only produced in English but the Shrek remix (which is a *BOP*) got translated into every language the movie did.

Jellybean long version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Wq3U86SyQ

Another brilliant Jim Steinman song

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