GET IT TWISTED

GET IT TWISTED

Country music finally gets real on the Twisters soundtrack

Dan Morrissey

So the other night I went and saw this movie Twisters with my CREEM BFF Fred Pessaro. I gotta admit, I was skeptical at first. A movie about storm chasers? Uh, okay, now I’ve officially heard everything. But the truth is...it ruled. It has these two teams of storm chasers—one of them is real scientific and the other just wants to party and make YouTube vids. Ultimately they find common ground (and even some romance, which will make you believe in love again) and save Oklahoma from total destruction.

There is never a moment in Twisters that isn’t soundtracked with only the freshest, most modern country songs, and God love ’em for it. These. Tunes. Rocked. And they really helped pump up what was already a heart-stopping—albeit totally out-ofthe-box—flick. In fact, as the credits were rolling (I like to stay for the whole credits to pay my respects to EVERYONE who worked on the film), I turned to Fred and blurted out, “How the HELL has someone not made a movie like this before?”

On the ride home I noticed my car was really jerking, like stopping and starting a lot. I figured, “Great, back to the shop for the ole ’98 Camry.” But then I realized: It wasn’t the car that was acting up, it was me! I was still tapping my toes to some of those Twisters earworms, and it was not helping my driving.

The soundtrack for Twisters is a brief 92 minutes (not nearly long enough, in my opinion). In the interest of space, I thought I’d just hone in on a particularly dirty half-doz. Get ready to twist the night away!

Take my word for it: In about 10 years, Twisters is gonna be one of those midnight movies you go to dressed up like a tornado and singing along super loud with the rest of the audience to every one of these soon-to-be classics. If I were you, I’d get ahold of this soundtrack ASAP so you don’t look like a loser.

“AIN’T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA” by Luke Combs

Based on the red-hot chemistry between Twisters leads Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, I would have to respectfully disagree with Mr. Combs. But like the mysterious three-inch space between Luke’s sideburns and his beard, there’s room for interpretation here.

“STEAL MY THUNDER” by Conner Smith, featuring Tucker Wetmore

There’s a part in the song where he sings, “Shotgun rider with her hair in the breeze/ Lord knows, nobody’s looking at me,” and then the song comes to a complete stop and, in this weird computerized voice, the guy says, “If you know what I mean.” And I totally know what he means, he’s got a real looker in the car with him. So, bonus points for making me think.

“DRIVING YOU HOME” by Nolan Taylor

When this ballad played during the movie, I asked Fred if he had any extra tissues because of “all the butter on my hands.” I was lying to my buddy, my hands were completely dry at the time. My cheeks?

Not so much.

“TOO EASY” by Tanner Adell

This one starts with the guitar going, “Necka-nyow, necka-nyow, neeyoo-noo NYOW!” It creates an F5 twister in my pants every time.

“PEELIN’COUNTRY” by Thomas Rhett

When I hear this song, I think of an ice-cold Natty Light being poured down the chest of a pretty lady in a white tank top. She’s wearing one of those cowboy hats with the sides pushed straight up and she’s lovin' it. In other words, I think about having fun, which is what matters most in life. (Apart from my 12-year-old little girl: Hi, baby!)

“(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY” by Charley Crockett

This is what I like to call a “creeper song." It doesn’t make much of an impact at first, but I can totally imagine it catching on with the public in a big way over time.