Sunday, March 16, 2025
Time: 7:55 AM
Song: Only You
Artist: Yazoo
Mode of Consumption: Listening to the radio on the way to Church.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/3mGwufkovVPrzsJaXWg8PU?si=722b91a15acb474e
“Hey, it’s my song!” Jodi says as we turn onto Quinn Road. It seems like we usually hit a noteworthy song about that time during our weekly trip to church.
“What movie is this from?” she quizzes.
My mind freezes. I can see the cover. Young faces. What’s the name? My morning brain is a bit slow in its revving up.
“It’s the Barry Manilow movie.”
She laughs.
The answer is “Can’t Hardly Wait,” a teen movie from the late 90s that Jodi adores, and we’ve probably watched together a dozen times or so.
There is a scene in it where the protagonist, a lovestruck young man on the cusp of going to a retreat hosted by Kurt Vonnegut, interprets a radio station playing the song “Mandy” as a sign since the object of his desire is named Amanda.
There is even an argument between Preston (the protagonist) and his female best friend that the song “Mandy” is about Manilow’s dog.
Anyway, that’s why I remember the movie as the Barry Manilow movie.
On another note, I had a Barry Manilow record on the garage sale on Saturday. It did not sell, and I am unaware of it inspiring any sort of romantic adventures.
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