Episode 78: Swingers

The OST Party

This week's podcast is all about Vegas, baby! Well...not exactly. It's all about Swingers, which spends a grand total of 15 minutes in Las Vegas. The rest is all about idealizing modern notions of coolness all set to a soundtrack of swing and lounge revival goodness.

Swingers was one of the pillars of the mid-90s indie film boom, and also a signpost for the toxic masculinity of the era. In between all of that is a soundtrack that Libby calls "wall-to-wall bangers". We get standards from Dean Martin and Tony Bennett, some classic country from Roger Miller and George Jones, and a healthy dose of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy for good measure. So put on your best bowling shirt and grab yourself a cocktail, cuz this episode is money, baby!

SHOW NOTES:

• Swingers is available to stream here
• 50 Shades of Blue: 50 Salacious Songs for Swingers
• RIP Marty Roberts of Marty & Elayne
• INTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane
• OUTRO: "I Wanna Be Like You" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

MUSIC VIDEO:

• "You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

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