That Loving Feeling
How many times have these guys pulled this act before? Is it just a Maverick-Goose thing, or is this something they teach you in flight school? All those other dudes in the bar seem to be completely familiar with the stunt. Is this the pick-up-a-lady-in-a-bar version of “Happy Birthday” at a restaurant? It doesn’t matter. Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards’ rendition of “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” (sung charmingly off-key) inadvertently softened the U.S. for the rise of karaoke bars the following decade. Let’s all be grateful for that.
(Also, on a personal note: I’ve attended a wedding in which the men in attendance were made to serenade the bride with this song. A wonderfully romantic gesture, but the lyrics are not 100% wedding appropriate.)
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They Play Beach Volleyball in Jeans
There are undoubtedly more than a few women who broke their VHS copy of Top Gun by rewatching Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer duel in all their shirtless, sweaty beach-volleyball-playing glory. As Kenny Loggins’ “Playing with the Boys” plays, Maverick and Goose take on (and lose to) Iceman and Slider. There are spikes, dives and grunts. There’s high-fiving and spanking. Sure, it’s a completely gratuitous scene that furthers the plot in no way. But with all that machismo chest bumping, who cares?
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