Weeds: Music from the Original Series/O.S.T.
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Free Music Review: Weeds Soundtrack is AWESOME!
Hit: 5 Stars
The 'Weeds' soundtrack is a wonderfully eclectic blend of musical genres with one underlying theme. Starting with Malvina Reynolds scathing ode to suburbia, followed by Nellie McKay's bouncy tune - "David". Classic Peggy Lee. Ethereal Sufjan Stevens. Michael Franti and Spearhead light up "Ganja Baby"! Seventeen winning songs that end with Hill of Beans "Satan Lend Me a Dollar" - just TRY not sing when that starts playing!! Well worth the money.Free Music Review: Great mix
Hit: 5 Stars
I've listened to this ST straight througha number of times. A solid, exciting, mellow mix of good music whether or not you like to "medicate."
recommended for the music lover or pothead to enjoy.
Free Music Review: The Main Theme Got Me.... Little Houses....
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this CD. I bought it on the theme Little Houses, but the rest of the music rules too.... An eclectic mix that'll bring you in hook, line and sinker..... If you're a Weeds fan you gotta have this!Free Music Review: LOVE IT!
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this ecclectic collection of songs. I'd never have known about so many of the bands that are featured on this CD, but now I am a fan of more than half of them. This is a great CD.Free Music Review: Grows on you like a weed
Hit: 4 Stars
With "Queer As Folk" and "Sex and the City" history, and "The Sopranos" soon to follow suit, Showtime has unveiled a new controversy-courting series: "Weeds," the tale of a suburban widow who supports her family by becoming... a local pot dealer.
Opinions vary on the show itself -- either it's provocative or it's limp as a dead marijuana leaf, take your pick. But the soundtrack continues the current TV trend of memorable music, and has quite a few good bands and singers included on it.
There's a strong alt-rock, folky edge to this soundtrack. It kicks off with Malvina Reynolds' gently wobbly lo-fi, one of the weaker spots on this soundtrack, and follows on through to stuff like Peggy Lee's piano-led singing, Marion Black's heavy folky rock, and Joey Santiago's rippling, complex folksy tune.
But it excels on the indie-rock edge as well. Up-and-coming Scots "Sons and Daughters" create a heavy, hypnotic atmosphere with "Blood," which is enough to set your head spinning. That raw dark sound is lightened by the energetic indiepop of the New Pornographers, and the dreamily entrancing neo-folk of Sufjan Stevens.
Round it off with the bouncy pop melodies of the Be Good Tanyas, and Nelly McKay's catchily sweet "David. Add in the obvious choice for subtle hip-hop ("Ganja Babe," by Michael Franti and Spearhead"), and you have a well-rounded kind of sound for this show. There's little of everything -- pop, jazz, rock, hip-hop, and folk.
What is unusually appealing about this soundtrack is that it sounds a little rough and unpolished. From Sons and Daughters' roiling guitars to the lo-fi warbling at the start, there's always something raw-sounding for every polished bit of indiepop or jazz. However, the wild differences do make it feel... not exactly uneven, but certainly not quite balanced.
From hit indiepopsters to underground dark rockers, "Weeds" has an eclectic assortment of music. A somewhat disconnected collection, without much cohesion, but a wonderful collection with some glorious bands.
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