Quite the soundtrack here for this cult punxploitation film from 1980. It's said that the guiding hand of RSO Records chief Robert Stigwood, who wanted Times Square to be the next Saturday Night Fever, forced the inclusion of some of dreckier tunes herein. As for the rest of it, it's a great cross-section of English and American punk/new wave/proto-punk et al.
Side one
1. Suzi Quatro: "Rock Hard" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) – 3:18
2. The Pretenders: "Talk of the Town" (Chrissie Hynde) – 3:16
3. Roxy Music: "Same Old Scene" (Bryan Ferry) – 3:54
4. Gary Numan: "Down in the Park" (Gary Numan) – 4:20
5. Robin Gibb and Marcy Levy: "Help Me!" (Robin Gibb, Blue Weaver) – 3:37
Side two
1. Talking Heads: "Life During Wartime" (David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz) – 3:40
2. Joe Jackson: "Pretty Boys" (Joe Jackson) – 3:27
3. XTC: "Take This Town" (Andy Partridge) – 4:08
4. Ramones: "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Joey Ramone) – 2:29
5. Robin Johnson: "Damn Dog" (Billy Mernit, Jacob Brackman) – 2:40
Side three
1. Robin Johnson and Trini Alvarado: "Your Daughter Is One" (Mernit, Norman Ross, Brackman) – 2:10
2. The Ruts: "Babylon's Burning" (John Jennings, Dave Ruffy, Malcolm Owen, Paul Fox) – 2:34
3. D.L. Byron: "You Can't Hurry Love" (Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland)– 3:04
4. Lou Reed: "Walk on the Wild Side" (Lou Reed) – 4:12
5. Desmond Child and Rouge: "The Night Was Not" (Desmond Child) – 3:08
Side four
1. Garland Jeffreys: "Innocent, Not Guilty" (Garland Jeffreys) – 2:13
2. The Cure: "Grinding Halt" (Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, Lol Tolhurst) – 2:49
3. Patti Smith Group: "Pissing in the River" (Patti Smith, Ivan Kral) – 4:41
4. David Johansen and Robin Johnson: "Flowers of the City" (David Johansen, Ronnie Guy) – 3:58
5. Robin Johnson: "Damn Dog" (Reprise - The Cleo Club) (Mernot, Brackman) – 2:40
Leave us some words on this OST, and it's strange mix of artists.
Speaking of COMMENTS, that's where you'll find the Times Square link
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For more Pretenders go here, for more Talking Heads go here, for more Joe Jackson go here, for more Ramones go here, for more of Ruts go here, for more Lou Reed go here for more Patti Smith go here.
Basically, everything to do with this film and it's soundtrack is so far out of print that even the damn cassette pictured above goes for $50.00 on Amazon!
