He’s also a heavy-metal enthusiast, so it’s probably no coincidence that he has the same name as Iron Maiden’s mascot. ![]() She remains active - and even performed her first concerts since the ’70s in 2014 - but hasn’t released an album of new material since 2011.Ī senior at Hawkins High, where Mike and the others are mere freshmen, Eddie is the school’s resident Dungeon Master/drug dealer. Sometimes that means waiting out long hiatuses. at the age of 19 with “Wuthering Heights,” Bush has determinedly done her own thing and expected listeners to follow. For the curious, Hounds of Love is a great starting point, but you really can’t go wrong with any of Bush’s albums. than the U.S., the song helped solidify her fandom in the States among cool alternative kids like, well, Max, and its recent surge to the top of the iTunes chart suggests it could win her a whole new generation of fans. She has trouble communicating with her friends, especially Lucas, but she has found a way to console herself via Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” the first single from her great 1985 album Hounds of Love. Haunted by Billy’s death, Max is going through a hard time as Stranger Things 4 opens. Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” (1985) But Steve’s more optimistic, noting that Robin’s crush returned Amy Heckerling’s teen classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High with the tape stopped at a moment that famously features, as Steve puts it, “boobies.” In the closet to everyone but Steve, Robin’s terrified to act on a crush on a fellow classmate, fearing rejection and exposure. Robin and Steve are now employed by Family Video, which gives them access to a lot of cool movies but also some sensitive information. Like Matthew Broderick before him, Dustin (with help from long-distance girlfriend Suzie) uses a computer to change his grades. ![]() Stranger Things 4 returns to the well with an homage to a different scene. Stranger Things 3’s first episode featured an homage to John Badham’s classic Cold War–and–computers thriller WarGames, specifically its terrifying opening scene, which depicts an incident that brings the world this close to nuclear war. Its video will be extremely familiar to anyone who watched VH1 in the early days, when it started out as an older-skewing companion channel to MTV. The soundtrack signals that locale none too subtly, with the Beach Boys’ 1986 cover of the Mamas and the Papas’ 1965 hit “California Dreamin’,” a new track included on the 1986 compilation Made in U.S.A. Stranger Things 4 reveals parts unknown to be the fictional Lenora Hills, California, a place filled with mean kids, roller rinks, and perpetually stoned pizza-delivery boys. ![]() “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club”Īs Stranger Things 3 ended, Joyce, Will, Jonathan, and honorary Byers kid Eleven left the seemingly cursed town of Hawkins, Indiana, for parts unknown. ![]() With that in mind, here’s an episode-by-episode guide to the season’s key references, from “Running Up That Hill” to Lite-Brite. You don’t have to recognize every last reference to enjoy the show, but a little context never hurt anyone’s appreciation of anything - and if it leads viewers to, say, discover the music of Kate Bush and want to hear more, all the better. While the show has over time evolved into something bigger than the sum of its ’80s references, knowing a bit more about the various cinematic, musical, and fashion nods in this 1986-set season makes the whole experience more enriching. Stranger Things made its name on ’80s pop-culture references and homages to the ’80s movies, TV shows, and books that inspired it, and its fourth season proudly continues that tradition. You skate me right round, baby, right round, like a record, baby …
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