We Rocked The 80's Movie Night
By alterationx10 on June 27, 2026 5:05 pm
The base track of this is from my friends week 24 submission. It was licensed no derivatives, but he said it was ok if I used it - I have licensed this one the same as the original
I used Ableton's stem separation and broke out the drums/bass/synth parts, and did a little processing through some external gear for each of them. The vocals are all my V22 analog vocoder, with no original voice mixed in. I wanted to make it a bit more dynamic, but didn't have enough time to fiddle with the MIDI to get it sounding as good as it could.
The lyrics are references to 80s movies. How many can you find?!
› Lyrics
‹ Lyrics
I can't escape
this unstoppable machine
but I totally recall
what my directives mean
crystal clear dreams
clawing out at me tonight
pins and needles chainsaw vibes
killer ghost no place to hide
my science is weird
but my genius us real
99 red ballons
on a Wednesday afternoon
Fell'n McFly in my
Time Machine, ride or die
maxing out my navigating
air guitars and future shaping
[Chorus]
I've been going to the movies
soaking up the silver screen
scifi horror comedy
action thriller fantasy
I've been going to the movies
watching all the cheesy scenes
neon clothing, action heroes
big explosions, rebel teens
› Lyrics With Movie References
‹ Lyrics With Movie References
I can't escape [Escape from NY]
this unstoppable machine [Terminator]
but I totally recall [Total Recall]
what my directives mean [Robocop]
crystal clear dreams [Friday the 13th, leading into...]
clawing out at me tonight [Nightmare on Elm Street]
pins and needles chainsaw vibes [Hellraiser, Texas Chainsaw Massacre]
killer ghost no place to hide [Nondescript freebie, but I was thinking of Chucky/Poltergeist]
my science is weird [Weird Science]
but my genius us real [Real Genius]
99 red ballons [An homage to War Games]
on a Wednesday afternoon [Ferris Bueller's Day Off]
Fell'n McFly in my time machine [Back to the Future]
ride or die [Generic reference to all the best-friend movies]
maxing out my navigating [Flight of the Navigator]
air guitars and future shaping [Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]
[Chorus]
I've been going to the movies
soaking up the silver screen
scifi horror comedy
action thriller fantasy
I've been going to the movies
watching all the cheesy scenes
neon clothing, action heroes
big explosions, rebel teens
