Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Almost Famous Ost Dreamworks 2000





Almost Famous Original Soundtrack

Simon & Garfunkel: "America" (Paul Simon) – 3:37
The Who: "Sparks" (Pete Townshend) – 3:48
Todd Rundgren: "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" (Rundgren)– 3:51
Yes: "I've Seen All Good People: Your Move" (Jon Anderson) – 3:33
The Beach Boys: "Feel Flows" (Carl Wilson, Jack Rieley)– 4:44
Stillwater: "Fever Dog" (Nancy Wilson) – 3:10
Rod Stewart: "Every Picture Tells a Story" (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) – 5:55
The Seeds: "Mr. Farmer" (Sky Saxon) – 2:51
The Allman Brothers Band: "One Way Out" (Live) (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 4:59
Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Simple Man" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:56
Led Zeppelin: "That's the Way" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 5:37
Elton John: "Tiny Dancer" (John, Bernie Taupin) – 6:15
Nancy Wilson: "Lucky Trumble" (Nancy Wilson) – 2:42
David Bowie: "I'm Waiting for the Man" (Live from Live In Santa Monica '72) (Lou Reed) – 5:43
Cat Stevens: "The Wind" (Stevens) – 1:40
Clarence Carter: "Slip Away" (William Armstrong, Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur Terrell) – 2:32
Thunderclap Newman: "Something in the Air" (John Keen) – 3:54

We all loved watching the story of a young rock writer, what about listening to it? "America" an American song for a home grown story. This is one of every ones favorites from Simon & Garfunkel, go ahead sing along. Quiet Who instrumental "Sparks" goes well with light mood. "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" if this Rundgren song was left out of the soundtrack. Then it would go from the Who To Yes, small names for big bands. The old Dreamworks label through in one of the trippiest Beach Boys songs, "Feel Flows," even the name is Trippy. Then the fake band from the movie makes an appearance. Rod Stewart wrote "Every Picture Tells a Story" With Ron Wood, a very successful calibration. Wonder what kind of seeds "Mr.Farmer" was planting in 1966 when it was written. Now for the southern rock portion of the evening, we get both the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Allmans playing the Elmore James cover they mad popular with rock audiences in the 70's. Another soft sounding song from a heavy band with "That's The Way" from Led Zeppelin. "Tiny Dancer" a singalong the movie always makes you feel like your on the road to another show. Cant go wrong with live Bowie...especially when covering Lou Reed. Then short but sweet Cat Stevens with "The Wind" The soulful Clarence Carter helps us "slip away" back to a better time when radio was king. But even then people knew that something was in the air, something that just kept slipping. How much fun it must have been to not only live the rock n roll dream but also to write about it.


Best Song:Tiny Dancer -Elton John
Worst Song: It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference-Todd Rundgren
Weird Stand Out:Mr.Farmer-The Seeds

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