TRACK #272:

The Stuff Medley by Larry Cohen

I love The Stuff. You probably do too. The Stuff is great. It kills all the bad things inside us.

Larry Cohen’s 1985 send up of consumer-culture plays like an Invasion of the Body Snatcher for the Reagan Era.

It’s fun and light, yet still decidedly unsettling. Maybe that’s because, despite its outlandish premise, its various parts feel so completely believable. You can actually imagine everything playing out this way, should an invasive alien organism present itself as a tasty new dessert. From the corporate feeding frenzy, to the social obsession, to the aggressive marketing campaign, The Stuff’s absurdity feels genuinely authentic.

Which leads us here. There’s no shortage of commercial jingles in The Stuff. There’s even a pretty fantastic extended track about The Stuff. Unfortunately as of yet, despite my longing, this song has not presented itself in isolation.

So, I’ve taken the 2 instances of the song featured in the film and tried to splice them into something resembling a complete version.

Additionally, I’ve surrounded it with other Stuff related promotional material, just for kicks.

Hey, is that Ave Vagoda? Yep.

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Enough is never enough!