I think Meat Loaf's version is just okay. The version in this film is much better because it has a lot more boom socko pow punch to it.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

I love Nowhere Fast too. I didn't care much for the film, but the opening scene was fantastic.
Have you listened to Meat Loaf's version?

Nowhere Fast is my all-time favorite song from this film.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

I Can Dream About You

The music and specifically the music scenes are the best part about this movie. Frankly, though I always had an 80s romanticism about this movie, watching it now, the quality of the movie outside of the music is so poor that I wonder if the whole point of the movie wasn't to sell records.
I always wondered why none of the Ellen Aim or Blaster songs became hits because they are all excellent tunes. I always thought it ironic that the one Sorels tune became the only hit from the movie.
Have to agree with pretty much all of that, although I don't think the movie is that bad. The music scenes are definitely the highlight though, well that and any scene that a young and VERY hot Diane Lane is in ;). Honorable mention to Elizabeth Daily too, who was pretty sexy in the 80's, and has sung on countless soundtracks.
Favorite song of the movie for me is "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young", followed very closely by "I Can Dream About You", which always reminded me of a girlfriend that moved away when I was in my early 20's. Also like the song in the closing credits "Deeper and Deeper", though not nearly as much as the others.
I still really enjoy the movie, especially the last 10-15 minutes, and have it in my collection, but the one thing that just makes me cringe every time I watch it is the laughable costume they came up with for Defoe. I just can't take him remotely seriously in those vinyl overalls. Not exactly the tough, leather and jean clad thug you'd associate with the head of a biker gang. Also, although I like him in just about everything else he's done, I didn't care for him much in that role, he just seemed miscast to me. Again though, that could perhaps be largely attributed to his attire.

The music and specifically the music scenes are the best part about this movie. Frankly, though I always had an 80s romanticism about this movie, watching it now, the quality of the movie outside of the music is so poor that I wonder if the whole point of the movie wasn't to sell records.
I always wondered why none of the Ellen Aim or Blaster songs became hits because they are all excellent tunes. I always thought it ironic that the one Sorels tune became the only hit from the movie.
That being said, I have to agree with the radio jocks of the time. I Can Dream About You is the best song in the movie.

I have to agree on "Nowhere Fast" & "Tonight is What it Means to be Young". I also like the Ry Cooder?? track (Played when Tom Cody receives the letter from his sister). Does anyone know the name of the track or if it's even available? I have the soundtrack but it's not on there unfortunately.

I can dream about you Winston Ford version in the movie.

the two steinman ones , followed by sorcerer
Although at 41 am I still allowed to like "Tonight is what it means to be young?"

One Bad Stud

I love the entire soundtrack, but I'm partial to "I Can Dream About You" and I love the dance moves while they're performing it.
Why ain't you at the garden party you heathen?

Mine:
"NOWHERE FAST"
Performed by Fire Inc.
Vocals: Holly Sherwood, Rory Dodd, Eric Troyer
Written and Produced by Jim Steinman
Prostitute: What the beep are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.

Tonight is What it Means to be Young.
They still play I Can Dream About You on the radio, and I get sad because it reminds me of Streets of Fire.

Tie.
Nowhere Fast/Tonight Is What It Means to be Young.
Just for the record, I'm not a Dude, I'm a Dudette!

"Then I see the edge. I look. I fall.
and I get
Deeper and Deeper
". The Fixx.

A dope trailer is no place for a kitty.

Blue Shadow - The Blasters!

"One Bad Stud", definitely.
What do you think this is, a signature? It's a way of life!

Great answer, Huskie Jon. Though I would say Amy's song is more than suggestive. It's flat-out sexual. And completely badass.

there will be snark

While we're on the subject of music, any of you guys familiar with the song Amy Madigan sang on the soundtrack to Walter Hill's Crossroads? It's wonderful.
I have that soundtrack. It has a lot in common with SOF: Ry Cooder songs and a
soundtrack that is much better than the movie. Crossroads should have been called The Guitar Kid.
The Amy Madigan song is called something like That Man Made A Woman Outta Me. It's very bluesy and suggestive. I kind of had the hots for Amy Madigan back in the eighties. I almost want to add her to my list of women who could tie me to a chair and give me the kind of discipline that a filthy pig, like myself, so desparately deserves.

A dope trailer is no place for a kitty.

I love all of the songs on this soundtrack! Even Never Be You, the "overplayed" I Can Dream About You and the "cheesy" Countdown To Love. Never Be You was a great song to listen to after a breakup. Countdown has wonderful vocal harmonies and I love cheese anyway. : )
I guess if I had to pick one, it would be I Can Dream About You. I so loved this song that not only did I buy the SoF soundtrack, but I bought the EP of I Can Dream About You.
I agree with everyone about the performances -they were stellar! And since I didn't see it mentioned, I thought the Sorels' in-line moonwalk was really cool!!

"Nowhere Fast" is such an awesome start into the movie. Every movie should start with such a powerful song and such a great performance. Just great!
I love these speedchanges in the song around "And I'm out for you tonight, I'm comin' out for you tonight. Even if you don't have anywhere to go"

Yeah! I'm with you on that. The Fixx's "Deeper and Deeper" is a song that to me was one of my favorite songs from the 1980's, and I own thousands of songs from the 1980's on records, that today I will listen to. I CAN NOT stand the music from the past 20 years. I am not joking about that. The 80's wee my favorite decade! I am estatic that I got spend my youth through those years. I would hate having to my spend my youth being subjected to the no talent of this decade and the last. Thank goodness for Sirius XM.

Yeah.

Probably because Jim Steinmann also wrote "Holding Out For A Hero". It's funny, I'll hear a song he wrote and think, "That kind of sounds like a Meatloaf song." I'll then look up the song and see Steinmann's name. He has a distinct style that comes out no matter who is singing the song. It's very theatrical.