Young Americans #1
Welcome to our first thread here on the TV board!
Young Americans is a teen drama that premiered on July 12, 2000 on The WB as a summer premiere. The series was a spin-off from Dawson's Creek, with the main character appearing in DC for a 3 episode stint before the season started. It was not continued after its initial 8 episode run. The series centers around a group of friends studying at the prestigious Rawley Academy as they face the struggles of being a teenager.
The series stars Rodney Scott, Mark Famiglietti, Kate Bosworth, Kate Moennig, Ian Somerhalder and Ed Quinn as main characters, with Matt Czuchry, Charlie Hunnam, Gabrielle Christian and Michelle Monaghan guest starring.
A few references we shouldn't lose:
The music of Young Americans
Spoiler:
Pilot (The Beginning)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon[Beginning of episode]
Six Pacs - Getaway People [theme]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon [Crew]
Stem - Light of the World (song written by Michael Parker) [Jake at PC hacking school database]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Nick Drake - From the Morning [Bella & Scout]
Blur - Tender [Bella & Scout dancing], [Jake stripping]
Nick Drake - Northern Sky [Bella &Scout]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Firstcom Library/Art Phillips - Stroll in the Park [Will's parents drop him off at Rawley]
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World [end of episode]
Episode 2 (Our Town)
Crash Poets - Goodbye [beginning of episode, Will playing baseball]
Six Pacs - Getaway People [theme]
G Tom Mac - Happy Time [Friendlys]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Mustard Seeds - Coming Up Roses [rowing crew scenes]
Nick Drake - Things Behind the Sun
Dragmatic - Coming Around Again [Sean's party]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Goldo - Cloudy [Sean's party]
G-Sleep - 187 [Sean's party]
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Cal Hallow - I've Heard Everything Now [Finn's house]
Episode 3 (Kiss & Tell)
Guster - What You Wish For [Beginning of episode, end of crew]
Six Pacs - Getaway People [theme]
Jonny Lang - Breakin' Me[Finn and Kate kissing]
Idol - Opened Eyes [Bella and Page gas station]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Jeremy Kay - Have it All [Bella and Paige doing manicures]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Nick Drake - Which Will [end of episode]
Episode 4 (Cinderbella)
Jeremy Kay - Have it All [Bella working on the truck]
Macy Gray - I Try [Jake quotes during Finn's class - not played!]
Six Pacs - Getaway People [theme]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Idol - Opened Eyes [Bella and Grace gas station]
Red & the Red Hots - Ooh, Look There Ain't She Pretty [first song played at Cotillion]
Stray Cats - I Won't Stand in Your Way [Jake crying on her bed]
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Maddest Kind of Love [Will playing pool, Lena talking to Hamilton]
Brian Setzer - Since I Don't Have You [Bella and Scout at the balcony]
PEN Swing (David A. Young (music) and Julius Robinson (lyrics)) - That's No Lie [Jake tells Hamilton the truth in the bathroom]
Julius La Rosa - The Way You Look Tonight [Bella and Sean dancing, everyone after the Cotillion]
Episode 5 (Winning isn't Everything)
Lenny Kravitz - American Woman [song from Bella and Scout's lyric game - not played!]
The Cars - Just What I needed [song from Bella and Scout's lyric game - not played!]
Six Pacs - Getaway People [theme]
Idol - The One [e-mail from her mom arriving at Jake's PC]
Jeff Klein - Five Good Reasons [Will getting a haircut by his mom]
David Gray - This Years Love [Jake & Hamilton kissing in front of mirror]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Salt 'N Peppa - Let's Talk About Sex [Jake and her mom talk at the luncheon]
Idol - The One [Jake and Hamilton in the boat after the regatta]
Night Ranger - Sister Christian [song from Bella and Scout's lyric game - not played!]
David Gray - Sail Away [regatta]
David Gray - Please Forgive Me [Jake saying her mom goodbye & Scout's dad at the gas station]
Episode 6 (Gone)
?? [Bella, Will & Scout in Ryders Car]
Brooke Lundy - Vincent [the guys are at Friendly's playing the either-or game]
Getaway People - Six Pacs [theme]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Jeff Klein - Trace [Finale in Friendly's]
Episode 7 (Free Will)
Nick Drake - Place to Be[Bella gets a package from her mom]
Six Pacs - Getaway People [theme]
Nick Drake - From the Morning [Bella and Scout at Friendly's]
Nick Drake - Place to Be [Will is writing the love poem for Caroline]
Idol - So Little [Hamilton tells Jake he's moving in]
Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool (theme for Jake and Hamilton scenes)
Kari Wuhrer - There's a Drug [Bella tells Jake she is a girl]
Nick Drake - Place to Be [Bella and Sean in the boat], [Bella and Scout talking]
Nick Drake - Pink Moon [surprise party for Bella at the Friendly's at the final of the episode]
Episode 8 (Will Bella Scout Her Mom)
Six Pacs - Getaway People [theme]
Abba - Fernando [Bella with Jake, Hamilton and Will in the car on the way to Carson]
Crash Poets - Goodbye [Bella, Scout, Sean, Jake, Hamilton and Will walk on the train tracks to Carson]
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World [end of episode]
Unaired Pilot
Tal Bachman - You don't know what it's like [Will and Scouts room]
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride [Girls running towards the lake]
New Radicals - Mother, we just can't get enough [Bella, Will and Scout at the gas station]
Citizen King - I've Seen Better Days [Jake and Hamilton talk in Jakes room]
The Rentals - The Man With the Two Brains [Jake stripping]
Babel Fish - Mania [Scout visits Bella at the gas station on his bike]
Big Mountain - Ooh, Baby I love your Way [Bella and Scout dancing]
Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away [Will yelling at Scout]
?? [Bella and Scout talking]
New Radicals - Someday we'll know [Bella and Scout running]
John Mellencamp - I'm Not Running Anymore [Scout and Mr. Banks talking]
The Rentals - The Man With the Two Brains [Hamilton thinks he’s gay]
New Radicals - Someday we'll know [end of episode]
The Jahammer Roll Call
Young Americans Links
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