The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording
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Free Music Notes for The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording
Free Music Review: I loved it for a long time
Hit: 5 Stars
I watched the movie in the early eighties also had the LP too I've enjoyed listening to it over and over when I get the chance I'm getting the movie (The Rose)Free Music Review: I loved it for a long time
Hit: 5 Stars
I watched the movie in the early eighties aslo had the LP too I've enjoyed listening to it over and over when I get the chance I'm getting the movie (The Rose)Free Music Review: The Rose
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw this movie when I was 17, which was years and years ago, and loved it and the music. I listen to this CD all the time at work.Free Music Review: Enjoyable
Hit: 4 Stars
Midler fans beware - the title track aside, this not the middle-of-the-road, adult-contemporary pop that the woman has made her trademark over most of her career. It's Memphis-tinged rock-and-blues sung in the persona of the fictional film character. Midler's voice isn't perfectly suited to the material - no one will ever mistake her for Janis Joplin - but she certainly gives it a game go and her performances are ultimately credible and winning. Classic R&B numbers like "When A Man Loves A Woman" and "Stay With Me" not only sidestep the potential for sacrilege and disaster; they manage to be fresh, potent declarations of pain. "Love Me With A Feeling" has a nice bluesy shuffle; other numbers are more straight-forward rock, filtered through Muscle Shoals. The album's succeeds in no small part due to the able musicians backing Midler. They are more than some ad-hoc Big Brother and the Holding Company; they have the bite and energy of a real band. I'd have liked to see them showcased even more on the record. (They do get a brief instrumental number to themselves.)
And then there's the Big Hit Ballad, which seems to come from another musical universe entirely. It doesn't fit the album at all; it's as if tracks 1-11 are song by The Rose (the character from the movie) and track 12 is sung by Bette Midler (the AC superstar). But at least the version included here is the piano-only track, which I much prefer to the orchestra-backed single version.
Not Janis, but not a knock-off either, this is music to be enjoyed in its own right. You can argue that this isn't "real" rock/blues - it's an actor giving a performance. Maybe so, but at least it's a *good* performance, of good songs.
Free Music Review: The Rose
Hit: 3 Stars
The Rose is a beutiful song by Bette Midler and well done on this CD, but the other songs were not to my liking. I use The Rose for seminars and other retreat-like gathers and it stirs a lot of discussion.
Carol Welp