![]() ![]() The Awesome Mixtape went from the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” to David Bowie’s “Moonage Daydream” to Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love” to Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” The second Guardians soundtrack, from 2017, was just as good, highlighted by Fleetwood Mac, Glen Campbell, Looking Glass, and one of soul great Sam Cooke’s finest ballads. 1 became the first soundtrack album of previously released songs to make it to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart, thanks to the movie’s at times funny, at times poignant, always lovingly revenant use of pop, rock, and soul classics from the glory days of AM radio gold. The actor and German pop-music sensation plays small but key roles in the movie and on its soundtrack - he handles vocals on “Guardians Inferno.” Says Bates: “David seems like he’s enjoying every day of his life.A Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep in 1980 and woke up in 2014 might’ve been surprised to find that America’s 14-year-olds were still somehow digging super hits of the Seventies like “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” and “Come and Get Your Love.” That summer, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. “It’s my favorite song on the soundtrack,” he says. The Fleetwood Mac 1977 classic is used multiple times in Vol. 2 Bates notes it has long influenced his own work. “The depth and the craft of songwriting from the ‘70s is the best it ever was in pop music,” says Bates. The Feel Good Decade once again powers the franchise, with ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky” and Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” featured. ![]() 1, has sold 1.8 million copies since 2014, according to Nielsen Music. The first soundtrack, titled Awesome Mix Vol. ![]() ![]() Two decades ago, Bates’ now-wife made him two cassettes “labeled, I swear to God, Awesome Mix Volume 1 and Awesome Mix Volume 2,” he says. Microsoft’s short-lived answer to the iPod, the Zune (2006-2011), makes a cameo in Vol. 2, while Star-Lord’s Walkman from the first movie - a gift from his departed mother - once again gets a featured role. “Even though I’d worked on the music, I was very emotional at the premiere,” says Bates. The Cat Stevens 1970 hit plays during a tear-jerking sequence. ![]()
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