And throughout, my head pulsed with the oboe, synth and Dave Gilmour-produced atmos-wooze of the soundtrack.Īs for the band, they were already on the way down, having peaked early with the transatlantic hit Life in a Northern Town (memorably sampled by Dario G in 1997), but they continued ploughing their individual furrow before splitting in 1991. Indeed, stealing a prolonged peck in front of them with my girlfriend (now wife) – just as Ferris and Sloane did – easily ranks as one of the top five moments of my life. But when I turned the corner to see – in real life – Marc Chagall's phenomenal America Windows, my eyeballs got decidedly sweaty. I chuckled to myself as a string of schoolchildren weaved through one of the galleries, just as they had in the film. I lost myself for long spells staring, as Cameron had, at the dotty components of Georges Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. But that Art Institute scene gnawed away at my brain, to the point where I now barely recognise the film as a comedy – it's more a string of goofing-about scenes framing the unseen tale of a dysfunctional father/son relationship.Īnd when I first found myself at the Art Institute in 2001, it was a real happy/sad moment. I went away chortling at the funny fart noises made by Ferris's sampler, and the silly principal getting his clothes torn to ribbons by dogs. I was 11, and it immediately became a favourite. Now, the first time I saw this film was late night on BBC1 circa 1989. It soundtracks the scene where Ferris and pals go for a wander around Chicago's Art Institute. If you've ever seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off, you've heard it. But even they got it wrong, as their vocal version, released in 1985, pales in comparison to the instrumental on the flipside. No, that accolade belongs to 80s pop group the Dream Academy.
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