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Together since April of 2006, Reality Bites grew out of large ensemble cover bands with the desire to pare it down, do our own thing; taking familiar tunes to new places with our own crafty signature.
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Feb 18, 2014 · Loaded with songs from ’90s alt-rock heroes like Dinosaur Jr, Juliana Hatfield and World Party, the compilation also included adult contemporary tracks that had been mostly forgotten by Gen X —...
- My Sharona – The Knack
- Spin The Bottle – The Juliana Hatfield Three
- Bed of Roses – The Indians
- When You Come Back to Me – World Party
- Going, Going, Gone – The Posies
- Stay (I Missed You) – Lisa Loeb
- All I Want Is You – U2
- Locked Out – Crowded House
- Spinning Around Over You – Lenny Kravitz
- I’m Nuthin’ – Ethan Hawke
Considered to be one of Reality Bites’ most iconic scenes, The Knack’s ‘My Sharona’ plays as several of the main characters of the film dance in a gas station. The Knack’s own Doug Feiger wrote the song in the late ’70s. The subject of the song, Sharona Alperin, was only 17 at the time. Related: Find this song on our playlist of songs about women.
As filmmaker Lelaina (played by Wynona Ryder) films her friend Vickie (played by Janeane Garofalo) at The Gap for her documentary in the film, The Juliana Hatfield Three’s ‘Spin The Bottle’ plays in the background. This short tune became a part of the grunge scene that took the US by storm in the 1990s.
Appearing on their album Indianism, alt.-rock band The Indians’ ‘Bed of Roses’ lends itself well to the coming-of-age Generation X story. Written by band member Angelique Bianca, the rock group consisted of both European and American musicians coming together for an original psychedelic pop-rock sound. Related: Wake up and smell the roses while lis...
Playing during a montage of scenes featuring characters from the quintessential ’90s film, World Party is a side project of British solo artist Karl Wallinger. He wrote ‘When You Come Back To Me’ after being inspired by David Bowie’s mid-1970s song, ‘Young Americans.’ The song also plays as the end credits roll.
The Posies band member Ken Stringfellow once dated Wynona Ryder, the main character of the film, on which their song ‘Going, Going, Gone’ is featured. The Posies hail from Washington state, which was important at the time of the movie’s release when the pacific Northwest grunge movement was in full swing. Though the song made it onto the soundtrack...
Lisa Loeb didn’t even have a record deal when her song ‘Stay (I Missed You)’ was licensed for use in the youth-targeted soundtrack. That didn’t stop the single from climbing to number one on the charts and staying there for several weeks after the movie debuted. A 10th-anniversary song was released by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories called ‘Stay (Living R...
Ethan Hawke’s character Troy is making his way to an airport as U2’s ‘All I Want Is You’ plays in the background. U2 frontman Bono originally wrote this song for his wife, Ali. The song’s lyrics chronicle the manic emotions often felt within relationships that ultimately go unfulfilled. Related: Listen to the best airplane songs.
“I’ve been locked out. I’ve been locked in. But I always seem to come back again.” This moody song was featured on both Crowded House’s album Together Alone and on the soundtrack. The song can be heard playing in the movie when the main character Lelaina visits her friend Vicki at the popular clothing store, The Gap.
“Spinnin’ round and round and round.” This classic rock Kravitz tune fits in well with the soundtrack since it follows several disenchanted young adults around as they attempt to navigate a tough job market and tougher love lives. ‘Spinning Around Over You’ was released as a bonus track on Lenny’s Are You Gonna Go My Way album.
“I got a pothead mama, got a cokehead dad. I’m an ultramodern version of the American man.” Ethan Hawke asked several songwriters to write a song called ‘I’m Nuthin”. Though songwriters like Lisa Loebe pitched their ideas, the film crew went with artist David Baerwald’s version. Ethan’s character Troy sings this song in a poignant scene in the film...
May 8, 2020 · The movie that revived “My Sharona” by the Knack, Reality Bites is more than just a one hit soundtrack. Getting the obvious calling card out of the way on track one, Reality Bites plays as a broad reflection of the music of the moment, at least on the rockier alt-pop side of the tracks.
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Considered one of the quintessential movie soundtracks of the 1990s, this was compiled for the 1994 coming-of-age dramedy, starring Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke.
