80s Movie Weekend

It's the movie that made bartending cool... well, it would have made it cool, if bartending wasn't already so cool... let's just say it took bartending to a whole new level... Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, and Elisabeth Shue... "Cocktail"...



The last Barman poet...




Cocktail

Directed by Roger Donaldson
Produced by Ted Field
Robert W. Cort
Written by Heywood Gould (novel)
Heywood Gould (screenplay)
Starring Tom Cruise
Bryan Brown
Elisabeth Shue
Gina Gershon
Kelly Lynch
Lisa Banes
Laurence Luckinbill
Music by Maurice Jarre
Cinematography Dean Semler
Editing by Neil Travis
Distributed by Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s) July 29, 1988 (USA)
Running time 103 min
Country USA
Language English
Budget Unknown
Gross revenue $78,222,753 (USA)


Recently showing up on the top of a Most Annoying Songs of the 80's list, here is the Beach Boys hit "Kokomo" with John Stamos in his pink tank top joining in on bongos... what?




Kokomo Lyrics

“Kokomo”

Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Still Cruisin'
Released 18 July 1988
7 August 1989
January 1990
Format 7" single
12" maxi
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop
Length 3:35
Label Elektra Records
Producer Terry Melcher

Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1
Austrailia Peak: #1

And who can forget everybody's favorite don't worry song... also from the Cocktail Soundtrack with Bill Irwin and Robin Williams lending a helping hand, it's Bobby McFerrin and "Don't Worry, Be Happy"...




Don't Worry, Be Happy Lyrics

“Don't Worry, Be Happy”

Single by Bobby McFerrin
from the album Simple Pleasures
Released 1988
Format 7", CD
Recorded 1988
Genre Jazz, a cappella
Writer(s) Meher Baba, Bobby McFerrin
Producer Bobby McFerrin

Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1