Amazon.com: One of the most inspired cobbled-together-from-a-stack-of-records soundtrack albums since Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski matches the goofily ramshackle spirit of the Dude, the hero of its celluloid companion. While offering Bob Dylan's luv-addled 'Man in Me' together with the Gipsy Kings' redefinitive 'Hotel California' and the psychedelic-era Kenny Rogers nugget 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In),' Lebowski also gives longer play to some cuts barely sampled in the film, including Elvis Costello's 'My Mood Swings.' Whether taken as a Coen brothers mix tape, a one-album CD carousel, or an apropos souvenir of one wiggy flick, this is a smart, eclectic buy. --Rickey Wright
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Rating: - For the record...
Great movie, great soundtrack. For the record, Townes Van Zandt both wrote and performs Dead Flowers. Sir Mick, the Glimmer Twins, The Rolling Stones, whateveryouwanttocallthemtoday recorded Townes's song and made it famous. Luckily, the Coen Bros know the original is the best. Too bad that who ever posted this text originally didn't know the difference.
Rating: - Also Missing......
How about the fact that "This Is a Man's World" by the Godfather of Funk, James Brown is missing too. Just like a movie is never like the book, a soundtrack is never like the movie.
Buy it anyway! Good to have.
Rating: - I think I found the creedence tape...
First let's get this out of the way: This is a great soundtrack! One cannot help but visualize the film while listening. From Bob to the Gipsy Kings to Kenny Rogers. The songs are now forever linked to the Dude and Jesus and Maude. Anyone who loves the film will want to own this. This review isn't so much about that but about my criticism of film soundtrack criticism in general.
There are several reasons why a soundtrack like this is "incomplete". Most of the time a soundtrack featuring various artists includes much more music than can fit on one cd. With BL specifically obviously there were some tracks that seem like they "must" be included. Songs that were featured prominently (tumbleweeds) or are indispensible to the plot (the eagles or creedence) seem much more valuable than say the Captain Beefheart or Costello songs.
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Rating: - Would not be enough to tie the movie together
There are some definite nuggets here, such as "Condition" and "Hotel California," but there are also some VERY noticeable omissions, such as "Tumbleweeds" and CCR. Also, some of the stuff on this album is a complete mystery to me. I'm listening to it right now, and I can't remember for all the Kahlua in Mexico where some of these songs were in the film. It would be nice to see an improved, 10th anniversary edition of the CD to go with the DVD, but things don't look promising. I guess the licensing was too difficult for some tracks. Basically, I'm glad I got this on ebay.
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