"The Adventures of Ford Fairlane""The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"I don't care what the critics say, this movie was GREAT!!! Can't say the same about the soundtrack though -- the only reason I even looked twice at this was for the unreleased Queensryche song. (Was that song even in the movie? I can't remember hearing it...) The Dice-man also does a cool version of "I Ain't Got You", yes he can actually sing! As for the rest...well, I guess the Motley Crue song is okay, but sheesh, look what it's up against. Richie Sambora (that Bon Jovi guitarist) completely butchers that Jimi Hendrix song.
"Against All Odds"This one's been on my Need-It List for YEARS, and even though I could have downloaded the two songs I needed from Napster or Audiogalaxy, I resisted the temptation out of dedication to the artists who appear on it, and out of respect for musicians who really do deserve to get paid money for what they do! (Snarf.) Okay, really, this is more of a nostalgic item than anything else, as it came out during the ultimate peak of my Genesis fanaticism, and it has THREE songs by members of Genesis on it! And dang it, "Making a Big Mistake" is such a kick-ass song, absolutely the best tune Mike Rutherford's ever come up with on his own. Peter Gabriel also does well with "Walk Through the Fire"...as for the title track, heh, well you saw what it did to Phil's career. (I still think he got gyped at the Oscars, though, first when they wouldn't let him perform the song, and second when they gave the award to that blind guy Stevie Wonder.) As for the movie itself...well, I caught it on cable once, and watching it up to the race on Sunset Boulevard, at which point I fell asleep. So I have no idea who dies at the end. :)
"Airheads"Was getting a little worried about ever finding this one, since it went out of print very quickly, and the rich number of unreleased tracks by big-name bands made it a hot item on the heavy metal trader lists. In fact, I was just about to order a $15 copy from Moby Disc's website...and then went to Moby Disc's store in Canoga Park, where they had a $2.99 copy right there in the open. Gee, great business strategy, huh??
By far the choicest track on here is Anthrax, who simply rippp through a cover of "London", originally done by the Smiths. The WORST song is 4 Non Blonde's cover of Van Halen's "I'm the One", jesus christ do they take special lessons to be so fucking crappy??? Sometimes I challenge myself to listen to that song all the way through...have yet to succeed. "Curious George Blues" is a big surprise, in fact it's one of the best songs on this album. The Motorhead track, on the other hand, is not a true "duet", but merely the Bastards version with Ice-T and that Ugly Kid Joe guy's voice dubbed in. Rather annoying, to say the least.
"Bordello of Blood"Good God, is there any movie soundtrack that DOESN'T have an Anthrax song on it?? They must really be hard up for money lately. Oh well..."Bordello of Blood" isn't that exciting, but on the bright side, this disc has the full-length version of Free's "All Right Now", which I've been wanting on CD for awhile...Sweet's original version of "Ballroom Blitz" (which has been covered by Krokus, Nuclear Assault, and The Surf Punks) is also pretty nice.
"The Crow"I had a tape of this CD for many years, but buying the CD was essential for the previously unreleased Cure & NIN songs (and the Pantera song as well, I suppose.) Some weird alternative shit on this album!
"Heavy Metal"A classic movie soundtrack, released many years before the "soundtrack movie" craze hit big time. Lotta overlap with CDs I already own, but it's essential for the Cheap Trick songs, the Riggs tracks (what an obscure band...did they even do anything else?), and, of course, the haunting title track by Eagles guitarist Don Felder. Trust, btw, is that French band Nicko McBrain was in before joining Iron Maiden, and I think he plays drums here, but don't quote me on that. Two quieter tracks are provided by Donald Fagen & Stevie Nicks (lead singers of Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac respectively.)
"Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth"Could have bought this many years ago for 99 cents but passed it up, completely oblivious to the fact that Motorhead's "Hell on Earth" was exclusive to this soundtrack!!! ("Hellraiser", of course, was released on March or Die.) Fortunately this copy wasn't too expensive. Not much to say about the other tracks, they all vary from average to poor alternative/AOR rock. (Rik Emmett left Triumph years ago, taking whatever talent the band had with him.)
"Judgment Night"Interesting concept, a soundtrack composed entirely of rock bands collaborating with rap/hip-hop bands. Well, a couple songs are total hip-hop and of course they suck. My sole interest here (and in the movie, for that matter) is the Slayer/Ice-T song...and hey, didn't they make more songs together? Whatever happened to that project?
"Last Action Hero"I don't know why everyone hates this movie, I really liked it. True, it did bomb big-time in the theaters, but that's life...well I'll leave the rest of the comments to my Movie Gallery (if I ever get around to making it...)
"Less Than Zero"Hey, it's got "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" by Slayer on it...need I say more?? The theme here seems to be covers of 60's pop songs, and I remember one reviewer complaining about Slayer totally mangling the Iron Butterfly classic, calling it "twice the speed and one-quarter the length of the original." Jeez, get a grip, will ya? Poison does a surprisingly good (for them) version of the Kiss classic -- but then, that's a song that ANY no-talent band can easily get right.
"Lost Highway"Ostensibly, I bought this merely for the NIN/Reznor songs, although the Marilyn Manson & Rammstein tracks are a nice bonus. The rest is merely movie-filler, lots of lounge jazz instrumentals which actually tend to clash with the harder, industrial songs. Still, it's nice to see them put out a REAL movie soundtrack, like they used to in the old days, instead of just a bunch of songs by popular bands which were hired solely to make a soundtrack album that hopefully will earn the greedy movie companies a few extra bucks...
"A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child"Only reason I got this was for the Bruce Dickinson song, although the Slave Raider song is pretty cool and the W.A.S.P. song isn't available on any other release. The other tracks are all disgusting hip-hop and I never, ever listen to them.
"Quicksilver"I used to have "Shortcut to Somewhere" on a Tony Banks collection of various movie scores he's done, but like a fool sold it off...I was debating whether I should order it on CD (import, $17.99), but then one day I walked into The Wherehouse and right there, at the front of the $1.99 bin, was this CD! Sometimes I do think there is a God...naah, of course there isn't.
Of course, the Tony Banks/Fish song is the only one worth mentioning--Tony's instrumental numbers are all derived from that same song, and the rest (with the exception of Roger Daltrey, which is okay) are downright horrible. The movie sucked as well!
"Singles"This movie was lauded as the "Seattle scene" movie, with a soundtrack composed entirely of popular grunge bands. At least that was the idea...Jimi Hendrix, last I heard, predated grunge by two decades, and just how popular is that Paul Westerberg guy?? Aside from the Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam & Mother Love Bone songs, the rest is purely filler...(even the Smashing Pumpkins song sounds like one of their typical B-side outtakes.) Okay, "Nearly Lost You" is a pretty good song, and a nice surprise since I had no idea it was on this album...on the other hand, I won't even mention the travesty of the Lovemongers' attempt to cover that Led Zeppelin song...
"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut"Yup, it's the soundtrack to the greatest animated film of all time...well, at least the most offensive, disgusting, immoral & subversive film of all time, which is basically the same thing. :) All the classics are here: "Uncle Fukka", "I'm Super", a killer remake of "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch", Satan's tender ballad "Up There", and the Oscar-Nominated "Blame Canada" (which really should have won, damn you Phil Collins!) The BIG omission, however, is the song "Hell Isn't Good" from when Kenny descends into Satan's domain, and I can't figure out why it got left out. It's sung by James Hetfield, which I guess would have brought this CD into conflict with The Anti-Metallica Sanctions of 2000, but wouldn't those money-grubbing assholes WANT to actually EARN ROYALTIES from this song, instead of forcing everyone to download it from their favorite file-sharing service?!? Or maybe that's the plan, to track down more of their fans and sue them into poverty...ehh, die lars die and all that.
"Vision Quest"Funny how times change. When this soundtrack first came out, I was interested in it for the Journey & Dio songs, which were previously unreleased (at the time.) Nowadays, it's value is in the John Waite and Red Rider songs. Oh, and the unreleased Don Henley song, I guess. Kinda sucks that it's burdened with two crappy Madonna songs, though...I suppose "Gambler" is okay, but "Crazy for You" is nauseating. (How nice it would have been if they'd used "Live to Tell" for this movie instead of At Close Range, that's the one Madonna song I would actually pay money for!!)
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