Virgin mixtapes in tv and film

1. Famous Mixtapes in
TV & Films
You come across it when you least expect to. Searching through drawers for an
adapter. Digging out an old bag in the loft. You smile. An old mixtape, a treasure
from the past, compiled from your favourite tracks – or maybe someone else’s.
Take a look at the most notable uses and references of mixtapes used within
film and TV over the last few decades.

6. There’s a “drug” deal going down (it’s actually baking powder) and the guy the three chancers
are selling to, Rahad, is behaving oddly. Two of them are eager to leave. Rahad goes off on a
rant about how albums force people to listen to music in a certain order to justify his taste for
mixtapes, then suddenly the music stops. The camera zooms into Rahad’s “My Awesome Mix
#6”, which has reached the end. It stops, and plays the other side: the upbeat Jessie’s Girl by
Rick Springfield. Then, as things turn really ugly, Nena’s 99 Luftballons kicks in. The music is
integral to the scenes, the changing tempos matching the action perfectly.