Make Love Not War
Pot Party
The Gay Teenager
Based on how much I absolutely love the Hell’s Belles soundtrack, I have a habit of picking up soundtrack material on Sidewalk. Mike Curb (who now has an entire school named after him at CSU-Northridge) was the guiding force behind alot of this music and the associated films. This particular soundtrack features what sounds like Davie Allan & the Arrows, just based off of the heavy levels of fuzz in many of the instrumentals. Though I dig the theme song with the lyrics, I think I like the instrumental version “Make Love Not War” even more, something about the organ and the fuzz guitar together does give it a certain manic, riot kind of feel. Most of the 2nd side of the album sounds as if it’s lifted from the film itself, with a droll thoroughly un-hip announcer warning the audience about the dangers of the “Pot Party,” or “The Gay Teenager.” These ideas would be pretty laughable, if not for the fact that I could totally see a guy like Rick Santorum cutting this if it had been recorded in 2012.
Cheers,
Michael
p.s. While I’ve never been able to track down the film, and don’t know if it’s even in print, there is a trailer, which rolls out almost exactly how you’d think it would: