SONG FOR THE SECOND MOVIE

On Our Own

Release date: June 22, 1989

Writers: Bobby Brown

Director: Ivan Reitman

Main Cast:

·         Bill Murray as Peter Venkman

·         Dan Aykroyd as Raymond Stantz

·         Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler

·         Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore

·         Bobby Brown as himself

(Rating 3 of 5)

Summary: The music video consists mostly of Brown singing and dancing to his own song in floating TV screens across New York City.  The screens cut from Brown to scenes from Ghostbusters II.  There are bunch of celebrity appearances from great ones like Superman actor Christopher Reeve, and blowhards like the Republican nominee for President in 2016, Donald Trump.

My Take:  I will be honest I like the song it’s very catchy, some things fall off for me though.  For one with exception of the little rap at the beginning most of lyrics don’t seem to have much to do with Ghostbusters.  The Ghostbusters song written for the first movie by Ray Parker, Jr. was actually about the Ghostbusters.  Most the lyrics seem to be Brown singing to his girlfriend.  It is almost like Brown most the work this song sitting at his desk and someone called to tell him he had the Ghostbusters contract so he just added a small rap about the movie's plot to the beginning and called it good.   You can watch the video here. 

FAMOUS SONG

Ghostbusters

Release date: May 1984

Writers: Ray Parker, Jr.

Director: Ivan Reitman

Main Cast:

•  Bill Murray as Peter Venkman 
•  Dan Aykroyd as Raymond Stantz
•  Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler  
•  Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore 
•  Ray Parker, Jr as a ghost
•  Cindy Harrell as scared woman

     (Rating 5 of 5 for the song alone)

Summary: A young woman comes home to her dark house that on the inside was full of neon lit stuff.  (That was cool in the 1980s) Ray Parker Jr shows up as a ghost scaring her.  She runs around the house in her pajamas as Parker keeps scaring her.  The video is mostly a preview for the movie and scenes from the film are frequently cut in.  There are also a bunch of celebrity cameos from the likes of Chevy Chase and John Candy.  The video ends with Parker and the Ghostbusters doing the dance that was similar to the dance done during the end credits of The Real Ghostbusters. 

The Ghostbusters are not the best dancers

My Take: I love the song although I remember it mostly as the opening theme in the cartoon.  I didn’t see the video until a few years ago.  It is what it is.  Music videos were still a new thing and it’s more of a movie preview anyway.  Nevertheless it is widely available on the Internet if you want to see it.

                As kid the part where the music starts to go fast around the time the line “I ain't afraid a no ghost” is said, I always thought that was supposed to represent the sirens on the Ecto-1.  Anyway if you wantto watch the video it’s a fun few minutes.