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Free Music Notes for Almost Famous
Free Music Review: ABSOLUTLY FABULOUS!
Hit: 5 Stars
I am not a fan of 70's rock, but watching this movie might've changed that for me. I work in a movie theatre, and lately, there haven't been very many good movies...so I was expecting this movie to be the same. Fortunatly, it was perfect. This movie showed the true side of rock bands. It showed you a behind the scenes look on what we all wish we could be a part of. Perhaps the most important key to making this an awesome movie is the music. Cameron Crowe really outdid himself with this soundtrack. It has some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard in my life! My favorite song on the CD is "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John. This is the one song that can really sum up the movie. Every time I hear this song, part of me relives the important scene in the movie when this was played...and another part of me relives the important memories of my own life. And maybe that's what makes this soundtrack so good...I can relate to every single track. With every listen of this CD, I find myself lost in a world of simplistic bliss. That's just what the CD does for me. I'm sure that it has many diverse effects depending on the person listening to it, but I love listening to music that entraps me and sends me on a mystical journey back to the movie. I would go through and name all of my favorite tracks from the CD, but I think it would be easier if I tell you the only one I don't like and why:"Sparks" The Who--I like for music to have words to it. This song doesn't. It just keeps playing and playing endlessly.
Besides that song, there aren't any more that I don't like. I do have one more song to brag on..."Fever Dog" by the fictional band Stillwater. This song was created for the movie, and released on the soundtrack to try to keep the listener strung along with the movie. If you don't like 70's music, but you liked the movie, then go out on a limb and buy the soundtrack...You won't regret it!
Free Music Review: Goofball indeed
Hit: 5 Stars
All I can say about that one review: if your music enjoyment is limited to whatever you can scrounge for free from Napster and pump through your tinny computer speakers, then you're pretty much getting what you pay for and I hope you enjoy it. MP3s have their place I suppose, but their sonic quality is downright, well, crappy... This disk just happens to have been mastered beautifully, and it demands to be heard on a proper sound system. Anything less and you'll risk missing the shimmering chimes on Todd Rundgren's "Can We Still Be Friends", the vintage fuzz-tone guitar that fills your left speaker on The Seeds' "Mr. Farmer", the swirling synthesizer tones (relatively unheard of at the time) on the Beach Boys' "Feel Flows". The remastered tracks on this collection bring out layers and nuances you never noticed the first time you heard them on vinyl or (shudder) 8-track (come to think of it 8-tracks sounded better then than MP3s sound now).
I couldn't agree more with Eric Antonow's observations; seeing this movie and listening to this soundtrack in context restores this music to its innocence, vitality and originality, qualities that have been tarnished by careless play on Classic Rock stations and VH1's inane "Where Are They Now" and "Behind The Music" programming. I'm not sure if it's the meticulous production values, the strength of the song selection, or simple nostalgia on my part, but to experience this soundtrack is to be transported back to a time when the music, ahem, meant something. As noted elsewhere, Lester Bangs was a prophet.
Can't wait for the DVD and soundtrack volumes 2 - ? .
Free Music Review: Great movie, awesome soundtrack.
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm not in the habit of buying movie soundtracks, in fact I think this is my second, the first was a cassette a long time ago(Sliver?). Cameron Crowe and his wife Nancy Wilson (who is actually responsible for the movie score by the way) obviously have a very acute appreciation for music.
I'm sure that more songs could have been added but they chose what they thought was most appropriate. Personally I am not a fan of every single song but I can listen to them.
My favorite song is Elton John's Tiny Dancer because of how well it goes with what I consider to be the best scene in the movie. I noticed from some of the other reviews that I am not the only one who thinks that. Every time I hear the song now I think of that scene on the bus, as do many other folks I'm sure. It get a ball in my throat when I hear it.
The second would be Bowie's live cover of I'm Waiting for the Man originally written by Lou Reed during his years with the Velvet Underground. America by Simon & Garfunkel is probably the most effective at putting you in the period of time(brilliant choice). I'm only slightly too young to remember these guys but I now feel like I missed something after hearing the song again in the context of this movie. Feel Flows, and That's the Way are also great. As for Feel Flows I recently purchased a bunch of Beach Boys CD's. New found appreciation.
I'm not in the habit of buying DVD's either but I am going to make an exception when we finally get a Bluray disk player. For whatever reason, I can't quite put my finger on it, but this was one of my favorite movies.
Free Music Review: A Smart, Sophisticated and Catchy Soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
A few years ago I went through a phase in which I bought a whole bunch of soundtracks. Every time I saw a movie and I liked the soundtrack, I picked up a copy. These days, barely any of these soundtracks get played. There are, however, a few exceptions. This is expecption #1.I'm 16 years old and I listen to classic rock. I have zero patience for most of the music being recorded today. Instead, I rock out to the Beatles, the Stones, Cream, Zeppelin, Yes, Heart, Bowie, and the Who (among many others). After seeing this movie, which rocked, I decided to get the soundtrack.
It's a great soundtrack. In fact, it is responsible for getting me into a few artists I hadn't delved into yet. I own music by Cat Stevens, Elton John, Yes and Lynyrd Skynyrd because of this soundtrack. I bought when I was just starting to get into classic rock and it is one of the reasons I kept going.
Every song on this album is great. Sure, some are better than others, but each one is interesting and innovative. They are also darn catchy! My favorites include Simon and Garfunkel's "America", "I've Seen All Good People" by the often-forgotten Yes, "Simple Man", "That's the Way", "Tiny Dancer", "The Wind", "I'm Waiting for the Man", "Slip Away" and "Something in the Air". Dang. I didn't mean for my list ot be that long. I just love this album and I have such an appreciation for the music.
If any of the people at my school had half a brain they would start listening to classic rock today. Music meant something back then. Sigh.
Free Music Review: Compilation and Soundtrack Heaven!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Almost Famous is a state of mind, as is the art of Cameron Crowe. His films are like Hitchcock's -- a genre all of their own. Almost Famous, as he has said, is a kiss blown to his past, and we are all very lucky to get a bit of that kiss. This soundtrack was produced by Cameron, and plays like an album, not like a random compilation. As with all of his other soundtracks (which I have), Almost Famous is like a Cliff's Notes for the film, just enough to remind you of the joy felt while watching the movie, but not so much that you never want to see the film again. Because of Cameron and this album, "Tiny Dancer" will forever be connected to road trips, and will always belong to Cameron and Almost Famous, as "Miserlou" will always be connected to the beginning of Pulp Fiction and belong to Tarantino, as "In Your Eyes" will always conjure images of John Cusack holding that boom box above his head, owned by "Say Anything...", Cameron's sweet 1989 work.
This album makes you wish it would never end. It makes you want Stillwater to exist. It makes you want to be a Band Aid. It makes you want to be a brilliant wunderkind rock journalist. It makes you want to envelop yourself in the blanket of joy that is Almost Famous.
In short, a fine selection, especially for those that are just dipping their toe in the golden waters of classic rock.