Across the Universe
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Free Music Review: Pretty Good, but Not as Good as the Movie!
Hit: 2 Stars
I was swept away by the visuals, mood, and historical sweep of the movie Across the Universe and hadn't realized at the time that the Beatles tunes sung by novices was the weakest link in an overall very strong creative chain. I bought the CD expecting to be catapulted into that celluloid space again only to find myself missing the actual voices of John, Paul, and George when hearing old favorite Beatles tunes. I would buy the DVD in a heartbeat, though, and the singers in Across the Universe did a more than adquate job in rendering Beatle favorites.Free Music Review: Buy the Deluxe Edition instead!
Hit: 2 Stars
Don't get me wrong - I really liked this CD but there were some songs missing that I wished were included THEN I realized there was a deluxe edition with with all those songs and more. Do yourself a favor and buy the deluxe, I wish I had (especially since it's practically the same price!)Free Music Review: spare me
Hit: 2 Stars
Awful. Just awful. This just doesn't do justice to the originals. And the movie wasn't much better. People need to learn - you can't remake The Beatles.Free Music Review: Buy the Deluxe version, not this
Hit: 1 Stars
Interscope Records has released three variations of soundtrack albums from the film - a standard edition and two deluxe editions. The standard edition contains 16 tracks from the film soundtrack. The first version of the deluxe edition features 31 tracks - all of the vocal performances and one of the three instrumental tracks. This 31-track version is available solely at the Best Buy retail chain and in a digital version via iTunes. A second version of the deluxe edition is available at other retail outlets. The second version differs from the 31-track version in that it omits two tracks: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?". The total time for these two missing tracks is 5 minutes.
If you can get the 31-track version without a lot of hassle, then do so, even though the singer of the 2 songs, Dana Fuchs, isn't considered a particularly good singer or actor and the two missing songs aren't highlights. I see no point in buying the 16-song single CD version when for $2 more you get more than 54 minutes of extra music.
The 29-track version is excellent and worth the money. Virtually every song is done in a manner very different from the original by the Beatles and yet it is very enjoyable and tasteful. Great, innovative cover versions, an amazing feat.
A final comment. Interscope Records is to be distained for releasing 2 different Deluxe versions and causing both buyers and sellers a lot of needless decision making problems. Obviously Best Buys made some marketing arrangement with Interscope Records but it won't generate enough extra cash to compensate for all of the bad PR and angst that this will generate.
Free Music Review: Great Movie - Horrible Sountrack!!!
Hit: 1 Stars
I saw this movie and really enjoyed it. Naturally, I wanted the soundtrack and purchased it. Here is the problem. The songs on the so-called "soundtrack" are nothing like they appeared in the movie.
I first noticed this in "I've Just Seen A Face." In the movie, there is a very "snappy" snare drum keeping the beat during the song done in the amazing bowling alley scene. On the soundtrack, that little snare drum beat is not there at all. It's still a good song, but it is not the version that appeared in the movie and not NEARLY as much fun.
One thing that I loved about the movie is that during many of the musical numbers, other actors would "join in" or simply pick up a few lines of a song. These were generally people who had nothing to do with the story.
The main actor might be singing a song while walking down the street and they would transition into a "passer-by" who would pick up a line or two.
If you have seen the movie, I would have to say that the most notible example of this was when "Jude" sang "Hey Jude." (No surprise there!) He starts out singing the song in a pub and as he decides to leave and head to America, children and other members of the town join him in singing the song. On the soundtrack, he basically sings it by himself. BORING!
Bottom line...I felt very ripped off in purchasing this!!!