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Benchmark’s Oscar Movie Playlist

Andy Shore Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.

February 25, 2013 2 min read

There is a lot of new music I’m excited about right now. I shared a few such tracks to kick off this playlist. Then I put in one as a tribute to our latest series, Dream. Invest. Yield. The ABCs of DIY. The rest is in honor of the Oscars. I picked some of my favorite and most memorable tracks from movies.

“Entertainment” – Phoenix: When there’s a new song by this band for the first time in a few years, you put it on your playlist.
“All The Time” – The Strokes: Another band I’m always excited to hear new music from.
“Do Yourself A Favor” – Jamie Lidell: I had a lot of new music to be excited for. This is an early favorite off his new self-titled album.
“I Got Mine” – The Black Keys: It was our
“Johnny B. Goode” – Chuck Berry: I can’t hear this song without thinking of Michael J. Fox ripping this song up in Back to the Future.
“Footloose” – Kenny Loggins: My best friend growing up had an older sister that made us watch this and Pretty Woman constantly.
“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” – Aerosmith: I consulted a friend on songs from movies and he said: “hear 3 notes and try not to picture animal crackers on Liv Tyler’s midriff.” I can’t. Can you?
“Gangsta’s Paradise” – Coolio: I Googled the best songs from movies and this was number 77 of 77 on one list. Too funny not to include. It also started a spiral of other funny/cheesy movie songs (but it’s not all of them). Fair warning.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen: I don’t really need to make an excuse to put this song on a playlist. However, it’s also one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies. Party time. Excellent.
“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” – Simple Minds: I really hit my movie cheese wheel house here, you guys. Sorry, I’m not sorry. Consider this is me walking away with my fist in the air.

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by Andy Shore

Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.