This somehow flew under Rock Daily’s radar, but this week’s Flashback takes us all the way back to two months ago, when some YouTuber named >AvoidantConsumer had the ingenious idea to make Hot Breakthrough band Phoenix’s incredibly catchy new single “Lisztomania” even more infectious by creating a “Brat Pack Mashup” for its video, pairing the track with dance scenes from 80s movies. (HT to Swide for the head’s up.)
Scenes from The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Footloose match up so perfectly with the Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix track, it’s hard to believe the band didn’t attempt to soundtrack John Hughes flicks in the studio a la Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz. AvoidantConsumer did such a good job, the band even posted on their official MySpace page and, according to Swide, Phoenix have gone on record saying the unofficial Brat Pack version is “our best video.”
Bonus Flashback: To keep with the 80s’ movie greatness, here’s Q-Feel’s “Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Bebop),” from the 1985 Sarah Jessica Parker film Girls Just Want To Have Fun:

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