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Freaks and Geeks (soundtrack)

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Released
  
September 14, 2004

Length
  
64:29

Label
  
Shout! Factory

Genre
  
Soundtrack

Release date
  
14 September 2004

TV show
  
Freaks and Geeks

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Producer
  
Judd Apatow, Andrew Jay Cohen, Paul Feig

The cult television show Freaks and Geeks used music from the show's time period, 1980–1981 for its soundtrack.

Contents

Because this called for using popular, established artists, purchasing the rights to use songs required much of the show's budget and became an obstacle in releasing the show on DVD; in fact, reruns seen on Fox Family replaced some of the songs with generic production music. However, Shout! Factory eventually brought Freaks and Geeks to DVD in 2004, with all of its music intact.

Complete series soundtrack list

The following is a complete list of the songs featured in Freaks and Geeks as they appear in the DVD booklet. Listed along with the titles of each song are the artist who performs the versions that appear in the series as well as the original album the track appeared on and that albums original year of release.

The opening credits of each episode are accompanied by the song "Bad Reputation", performed by Joan Jett from her 1980 Bad Reputation album.

Notes and statistics

  • Over 120 songs are featured in the series.
  • The artist to be featured in the most episodes (5) is Van Halen.
  • The artist with the most songs in the series (9) is The Who.
  • The album to have the most songs in the series (5) is Van Halen's 1978 self-titled debut.
  • The oldest song to appear on the series (1955) is "The Monster" by Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich.
  • Other than instrumentals such as "Spacefunk" and score, and songs sung by characters such as "Lady L," the only songs to appear in the series that were not written or recorded until after 1981 are "Lime Green", "Happy Street" and "Punk Rock 101" by Diesel Boy (recorded in 1996).
  • The only songs to be featured in more than one episode are "Stomp!" by Brothers Johnson, "When the Saints Go Marching In" by the McKinley High Marching Band and "Spacefunk" by Paul Feig (all of which were used twice).
  • The producers had hoped to use "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" by Neil Young for the final scene of the "Noshing and Moshing" episode, but ended up substituting Dean Martin's "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" when they were unable to get the licensing rights to the Young song.

    • CD soundtrack release

    A CD soundtrack for the series was released in 2004 from Shout! Factory. The CD soundtrack release contained nine songs featured in the series, eleven original Freaks and Geeks score tracks by Michael Andrews, three alternate cast recordings of songs performed on the show ("Lady L" being a fan favorite), an extra performance by "Feedback" and a bonus track by The Leaving Trains. The accompanying booklet features 15 pages of liner notes written by David Wild and Jake Kasdan as well as written track by track commentary by the Freaks and Geeks character, guidance counsellor Jeffery Theodore Rosso.

    1. "Bad Reputation" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
    2. "Geek Hallway" - Michael Andrews
    3. "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" - Warren Zevon
    4. "Lindsay's Theme" - Michael Andrews
    5. "Gettin' High" - Michael Andrews
    6. "Look Sharp!" - Joe Jackson
    7. "Clem's Theme" - Michael Andrews
    8. "No Language in Our Lungs" - XTC
    9. "Lindsay Disturbed Theme" - Michael Andrews
    10. "Bill Gets Funky (A.K.A. Spacefunk)" - Paul Feig
    11. "USA Rock" - Michael Andrews
    12. "The Spirit of Radio" - Rush
    13. "Daniel's Theme" - Michael Andrews
    14. "I'm One" - The Who
    15. "Porno Music" - Michael Andrews
    16. "Neal's Lament" - Michael Andrews
    17. "The Groove Line" - Heatwave
    18. "Ken's Ode To Joy" - Michael Andrews
    19. "Come Sail Away" - Styx
    20. "End Title Theme" - Michael Andrews
    21. "Lady L" - Jason Segel
    22. "I'm Eighteen" - Dave (Gruber) Allen
    23. "Jesus Is Just Alright" - Jason Segel/Sarah Hagan
    24. "Up on Cripple Creek" - Dave (Gruber) Allen and Feedback
    25. "Dumb As A Crayon" - The Leaving Trains

    Songs

    1Bad ReputationJoan Jett2:48
    2Geek HallwayMichael Andrews0:46
    3Poor Poor Pitiful MeWarren Zevon3:08

    References

    Freaks and Geeks (soundtrack) Wikipedia
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