For those who don't know, Transformers: The Movie was the big screen showing of one of my favorite cartoons and included one of the most shocking moments of my young life (after the reveal of Vader as Luke's father): the death of Optimus Prime. I remember being utterly shocked. The song "The Touch" was in the direct lead up to that event which showed Optimus turning the tide of the Decepticon attack which had already killed so many of my favorite Autobots (... especially poor Wheeljack--the creator of the Dinobots). When the movie aired on television, I recorded it and watched that scene over and over (as well as a later scene where the song plays again), writing down the lyrics to the song (the Internet can provide them pretty easily now--I got a lot of them wrong).
In my search a few days ago, I discovered that the song later featured prominently in "Boogie Nights" which I have never seen (I plan to keep that status). Unfortunately, as nerdy/geeky as Chuck is, I think it was the Boogie Nights reference they were probably going for. However, for me, the song sent me on a pleasant tour of geeky nostalgia. I purchased the soundtrack (which includes Weird Al's "Dare to be Stupid") and was even more impressed by Stan Bush's (the song artist) other song "Dare" (I only just realized the comic juxtaposition with Weird Al's song). Seriously, look up the lyrics to "Dare" (by Stan Bush, not the other ones). "The Touch" and "Dare," and a couple of other songs, were immediately added to my Exercise and Car playlists.
With the songs running through my head, I had to watch the movie again. It turns out that my sons did not remember it, so it was a fun experience for all of us (we watched the live-action series of movies two summers ago; in my opinion, none of them come close to being as good as the original--but I am pretty biased). As I've been grading essays this week, the songs (especially Dare) have been pleasant earworms that keep my energy going--I can't listen to actual music as I grade because it breaks my train of thought.
They are classic examples of 80s synth-rock music. I highly recommend listening to them. They might not get your heart racing like they do mine, but I think you'll enjoy them.