SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 5:26 Min.
Performed by John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, this upbeat R&B tune helps narrate an early ‘60s flashback sequence in the 1989 film, Eddie & The Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! While actor Michael Paré is the on-screen ‘Eddie Wilson,’ Cafferty provides the fictional Eddie’s singing voice.
REVIEW:
In a homage to exuberant R&B, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band demonstrate terrific versatility by incorporating their own contemporary rock spin. For instance, the upbeat saxophone work from Michael ‘Tunes’ Antunes (aka the fictional ‘Wendell Newton’ from Eddie’s band) is dazzling. For this change-of-pace tune, Cafferty reliably delivers his vocals in conjunction with classy R&B support by the female back-up singers.
In terms of overall originality, “Emotional Storm” is arguably the soundtrack’s best individual option. Even one isn’t an Eddie & The Cruisers fan, this song certainly merits a chance for re-discovery.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 8 Stars
