"Push It to the Limit" Song - Scarface (1983) Discussion

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77984) 6 years ago

The Push it to the Limit montage was pretty lame...laughably so, but it was the 80s and the montage was king back then

Awesome movie otherwise

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[–] whynotwriteme (7743) 6 years ago

This one has to be one of the first uses of the montage combined with power-pop song motif. Can anyone think of an earlier use?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77984) 6 years ago

Rocky III was a year or so earlier but i think that montage was mostly instrumental...
As for pop songs i dont know
Hopefully someone else chimes in

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[–] johnmiller (3964) 6 years ago

Then, there's the "Montage" song, also from "Team America." :-)

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77984) 6 years ago

Hilarious example!
Man i loved that movie:)

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[–] johnmiller (3964) 6 years ago

Me too! I still cannot believe that Parker and Stone never made another movie. They went two for two with "South Park" and "Team America."

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Even back in the 80s, while I wouldn't say we thought it was lame, we did think some of these montage scenes were comically over the top.

They did show changes over a long period of time pretty well, though, I have to admit.

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[–] Gruesome28 (102) 3 years ago

That was a really fun scene, what are you talking about?

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[–] TexasJack (12516) 6 years ago

Lol yes, that’s exactly what I thought.

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[–] Stratego (30761) 6 years ago

I think Montage is actually a better song.

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[–] ecarle (14979) 6 years ago

It seemed to be a mix of "Flashdance" (which came out the same year) and "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III(which came out in 1982.)

In short, it was "the soundtrack of the early 80's" -- and a lot of us thought it was pretty trash music even then.

But it captured the era then, and it is nostalgic now. The Moroder score to the movie is the "class" 80's element(he did "Risky Business" the same year.)

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[–] whynotwriteme (7743) 5 years ago

Yeah, to today's cynical, world-weary audience of pop-culture junkies raised on 'ironic' hipster humor and stuff like South Park and Family Guy, it does look pretty silly.

Today's audiences cannot comprehend the incredible vitality and energy of people in the late 70s and early 80s. Back then, music like this was considered inspirational, and evocative of the powerful drive and determination of the era. People applied this kind of energy to physical fitness, social relationships, their hobbies and their careers. 80s people wanted to get out there in the world and make a name for themselves.

Today everyone just sits around getting fatter and fatter with their noses in their smartphones, sending each other duck face selfies with kitty-ears overlays and stupid memes that mock every aspect of life before 2010.

Of course the music of a far more proactive time is going to look cringey and forced from that perspective.

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