Our Little Corner of the World: Music From Gilmore Girls
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Free Music Notes for Our Little Corner of the World: Music From Gilmore Girls
Free Music Review: No Bubblegum Pop Here. Just Great Music From TV's Best Show
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay, there's no shame in admitting that you love the Gilmore Girls if you're a heterosexual male. It's a great television show that features excellent characters, witty writing, two very attractive actresses, a hip sense of pop culture, and some of the best music ever heard on network TV.With a name like "Gilmore Girls" and with a teenage daughter as one of the leads, you'd expect that the show would submerge itself in the latest artificial bubblegum pop group fad. That couldn't be further from the truth. Gilmore Girls is a show that embraces real music, especially indie music. This is a show where the characters love to dance to the latest XTC album, or sit around talking about Claudine Longet and Yoko Ono, or jump with joy when they get tickets to a Bangles concert. (And instead of coming up with some contrived reason for meeting the band, they just sit in the middle of the concert hall along with the rest of the audience. How's that for a TV show being original?)
This album is simply wonderful. Along with Sam Philip's lyrical musical cues from the show, it includes 20 great songs from such well-known and little-known groups as XTC, Joey Ramone (doing a wicked cover of a Louis Armstrong classic), Komeda, Slumber Party, Yo La Tengo, and Elastica. I have to admit that I had never heard of a lot of these groups prior to buying this CD, which I'm now kicking myself for. This CD will broaden your musical tastes, and it will make you appreciate some very underappreciated groups. As for myself, I plan on spending a lot of time in my local used record store looking for more from these groups.
And not enough can be said of the new recording Carole King did with daughter Louise Goffin of her classic Tapestry song, "Where You Lead I Will Follow." Used as the Gilmore Girls' theme song, this new recording goes beyond the 45 seconds shown on TV and gives us a great song that really captures the theme of a show about mothers and daughters.
So, in summary, if you're a fan of the Gilmore Girls, you need to buy this CD. If you like great music, you need to buy this CD. And even if you've never heard of the Gilmore Girls or watched the show, I highly suggest that you give the TV show and this CD a try. You may very well be surprised by what you find.
Free Music Review: Open house at 37 Maple St., Stars Hollow ...( for anyone)
Hit: 5 Stars
Or at least according to the liner notes that's where the Gilmore girls live. Honestly, I bought the CD recognizing 3 tracks- the title track, Grant Lee Phillips, and John Lennon. I soon found it wasn't necessary that I know the lyrics to "Know your Onion!", or have an appreciation for The Shins. "Our Little Corner of the World" is the sound of "Gilmore Girls" through and through, and what an enjoyable sound that is, serving to creat a wonderful CD for anyone who just likes music, as Daniel Palladino, co creator of the show so tactfully points out in the opening liner.
It serves on two levels, #1, it's full of the artists Lorelai and Rory incessantly talk about (since the show is full of that brilliant incessant talking anyway), and apparently (something I didn't know) their beloved musicians provide the music which starts, flows throughout, and ends every episode. It sounds like being in Stars Hollow, if you get the jist. It's full of bassa nova, punk, rock, alternative, every non-conventional kind of musical denomination you could think of in 24 tidy tracks, the foremost example being Joey Ramone's rendition of Louie Armstrong's "A Wonderful World", not to mention those "la, la la's" provided by Sam Phillips, and a great new cover of Carol King's "Where You Lead" performed by King and her daughter.
Where I wouldn't have had the intiative to buy any of these artists' CDs on a normal basis, this soundtrack boasts an array of songs that share the fact that they are very "Gilmore Girl"ish: upbeat, tuneful, eclectic, rythmic, boast good instrumentals, and very eccentric.
It's a highly listenable album for anyone, GG fan or not. The music coordinator for the show has good taste, and it's one that the girls would probably buy considering it's the soundtrack of their daily lives. So find some gnome stautuettes, a healthy dose of sarcasm, Harvard banners, junk food, and extend side vintage table a la Luke's, and you'll feel like you're the newest addition to Stars Hollow.
Free Music Review: Folk Family Polaris
Hit: 5 Stars
The Gilmore Girls is one of the few TV shows right now that I find worth watching. No other show currently in my opinion (and I am sure someone has tried) can capture the honesty, simplicity and down to earth quality of this program. The acting is tops, and the music that is compiled here serves to polarize the connection between the hearts of the characters and the personality & quirkiness of storylines.The majority of the songs have a sunny 60s folk rock feel. Solid vocals that are dreamy but clear. There are few raunchy tracks like the late Punk Rock maven, Joey Ramone's version of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World," Elastica's flirty, dodgy "Car Song", and XTC's careful love-love butcherfest "I'M The man Who Murdered Love."
Many of the songs are not popular tunes from artists but small nifty gems that are still worth pocketing like PJ Harvey's "One Line," John Lennon's "Oh My Love," and Yo La Tengo's "My Little Corner Of The World."
Bjork's "Human Behavior" is an interesting pick amongst the rock driven selections. However, it serves to clean your palette and set you up for more familiar 60s tambourine and peachy vocals that follow such as Claudine Longet's version of the Beach Boys' classic "God Only Knows."
Over all this album is a welcome compilation to anybody out there that can appreciate the sound of the 60s, Indie Rock & Britpop.
There isn't a track I don't like on this CD.
Personal Track Recommendations:
- Track 03 - Black Box Recorder - "Child Psychology"
- Track 05 - The Free Design - "I Found Love"
- Track 07 - John Lennon - "Oh My Love"
- Track 12 - XTC - "I'm The Man Who Murdered Love"
- Track 19 - Claudine Longet - "God Only Knows"
- Track 21 - Yoko Ono - "O'Oh"
- Track 24 - Yo La Tengo - "My Little Corner Of the World"
Free Music Review: Welcome To The Gilmore's World
Hit: 5 Stars
The Gilmore Girls is a great television program on the WB about a mother, Lorelei, who is from a well-to-do family, got pregnant at sixteen, left home to raise her daughter Rory alone. Now Rory is sixteen and Lorelei and her are best friends. They live in the quirky Connecticut town of Stars Hollow that is full of strange, but lovable townsfolk. The show is full of witty dialogue and has a hip sense of music. The soundtrack to the program shows off its eclectic musical tastes. Carole King originally recorded "Where You Lead" on her Tapestry album and the show uses an updated version she recorded with her daughter Louise Goffin as its theme song. Grant Lee Phillips plays a troubadour on the show who plays musical interludes throughout episodes and he contributes the strong "Smile". Sam Phillips does not appear on the show, but her music is a strong part of each episode and the little snippets of her simple la-la-la cues are sprinkled throughout the album. Another strong aspect of the album is that while it has many well-known artists like John Lennon, XTC, Big Star and Joey Ramone, it doesn't pick obvious songs from their catalogues, but lesser known gems. Mr. Lennon's "Oh My Love" is a beautiful and tender song, XTC's "I'm The Man Who Murdered Love" perfectly encapsulates Lorelei's love life. Big Star's "Thirteen" is a sweet acoustic number and Joey Ramone rips through a thrashing version of the standard "What A Wonderful World". The Free Design's "I Found Love" is a quirky pop tune from the early 70's and The Shin's "Know Your Onion" is a quirky pop tune from 2001. Other standout tracks include Ash's rocking "Girl From Mars", PJ Harvey's "One Line" and Yo Lo Tengo's "My Little Corner Of The World".Free Music Review: An acquired taste, but a great CD nonetheless.
Hit: 5 Stars
The first couple of times I listened to this CD, I didn't enjoy it that much. In fact, I thought it was pretty weird. So I put it away for a couple of months. But a couple of weeks ago I decided to listen to it again, and since then it hasn't left my CD player. I don't know what it is about it that made it "click" this time, but it sure did.The song choices on this CD are very eclectic, which may be a turn-off to some. But I encourage you to stick with it, even if you're a fan of more traditional, "pop" music. Quite a few of these songs/artists aren't well known, but all are treasures. My personal favorites are the songs by the Shins, XTC, Ash, Slumber Party, Elastica, and PJ Harvey. You'll also find the cute "la la" clips that are part of what makes the show so unique.
All in all, I definitely reccomend this CD. Even if it doesn't strike a chord with the first listen or two, give it another try, and you'll probably learn to love it just as much as I do. :)