The group's favorite musical artists

Motley Crue? Lol..I see Bender as more of a Black Sabbath kind of a guy, maybe Iron Maiden. I can't imagine some guy like Bender finding any enjoyment out of the metal era. He's like a grunge-head before grunge. If this film had been made a few years earlier, he probably would have been listening to Led Zeppelin.

I could see Allison liking The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Romeo Void.

I also see Brian being interested in smooth jazz

I definitely agree with Andy and Claire liking Huey Lewis and Madonna. Brian is definitely into older, softer rock-type of stuff. He'd definitely be the one listening to 'Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want' by the Smiths (that song is in two John Hughes movies). I saw Bender as a Pink Floyd kind of guy. Definitely, as a couple of other people pointed out, he is into older stuff. 70s to early 80s. Allison could definitely be a Cure girl. I feel like I can envision her waking up to 'Manic Monday' by the Bangles every morning, dancing and singing to herself. Don't know why, but I can. IF Mr. Vernon listens to music at all, he's nostalgic for his own teen years. Has a bunch of 50s and 60s classics on his playlist.

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I see Brain as the type who listened to Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood, etc.

The others, I agree with except I don't see Bender liking the glam metal. Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Metallica, etc. But not glam metal bands.

Wonder how Allison feels now that Prince is dead? By the way, there was a deleted scene where when Andy and Allison get the Cokes from the teacher's lounge, Allison breaks into a locker in there and that was where she got the album from. She then tells Andrew, "You know what this means? They're human."

Early in the movie, Bender hums a riff from a Cream song. Probably likes (hard)rock.

Actually I think most of them would've probably listened to mostly the same sort of stuff most of the time other than for Bender who'd probably have listened to Ozzy or something along those lines. Things tended to not be as segmented as today (and even today I don't know they'd be quite as segmented as you have it). Perhaps Alison would've tended a bit more towards the "weird poetry" edge of the top 100 though than all pure bright pop. But I'd think there would be a good chance that Andy, Brian and Claire would've listened to pretty much the same stuff, had they been in NYC area, probably mostly WPLJ 95.5 or Z100 100.3.




"Brian - the nerd; yeah, there's lots of pressure to ace this week's coming exam and figure out just how in the hell to get that elephant lamp to work, but Brian digs his dad's classic rock collection of Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer (thinking man's music.)"

Perhaps, but he didn't seem like some way out there alternative out crowd sort of brain at all. Most brains, although yes not all, back then were as mainstream in music and style as any other kid at school and he seemed like probably a regular one to me so more likely he listened to just a little Beatles mixed in with mostly mainstream rock and pop, billboard too 100 stuff so a real mix of all the big names and one hit wonders of the 80s, everything from Whitesnake to Debbie Gibson, Michael Jackson to The Bangles, Belinda Carlisle to U2, Ah-Ha to Pat Benatar, Whitney Houston to T'Pau, Huey Lewis to Bananarama, The Human League to Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals to Def Leopard, Starship to Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Steve Winwood to Paula Abdul, Duran Duran to Suzanne Vega, George Michael to Heart, Bruce Springsteen to Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper to Billy Joel, Tears for Fears to Stevie Nicks, Janet Jackson to Level 42, Glass Tiger to Van Halen, Crowded House to Mike + The Mechanics, 'Til Tuesday to Simple Minds, and on and on. That's what the vast majority of the kids listened to at the top colleges I visited most of the time, tons of all that top 100 stuff. TBH, I had to look up who Emerson, Lake and Palmer even were. Don't recall every hearing those songs around campus. Remember the 80s were not like today with a hipster or extreme alt type around every corner. I still vote that his mix tape would nearly the same as Andy's which would probably have been not all that different from Claire's (maybe a little different, but in the 80s mainstream guys and girls seemed to have a bit less of a difference than later on).

Then again I guess you did say favorite artists not general mix so I it could easily be different for each one in that case of course.

Stop the presses! I can say with 100% certainty at least one artist Bender does like.

Now, I done seen this movie over 100 times but today, I've just seen something I've never seen before. Ever!

When Bender goes to get the marijuana out of his locker, there's a vertical sticker, or some kinda logo of some sort, but it's of the band Scorpions!! I saw it today and turned my head sideways and was pretty floored.

So, now we know. Bender IS a metalhead! Not that it's some kinda crazy revelation or anything. It wouldn't appear he's into hip-hop or Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. But at least there's evidence now.

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