Music and Lyrics
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Performer: Hugh GrantPerformer: Drew Barrymore
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Music Label: Atlantic
Soundtracks:
- Pop! Goes My Heart
- Buddha's Delight
- Meaningless Kiss
- Entering Bootytown
- Way Back into Love [Demo Version]
- Tony the Beat
- Dance with Me Tonight
- Slam
- Don't Write Me Off
- Way Back into Love
- Different Sound
- Love Autopsy
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Music Review: The Problem Is - I Want More
Rating: 5 Stars
This is another instance where I thought the movie was, ".....eh", but I love the soundtrack.
I was a little irked at what I felt was another attempt to show that the 80s was nothing more than a vapid, superficial decade which only produced goofy, forgettable, lightweight fluff. Yes, there was a lot of that, but there were also many serious, moving, culture-defining moments as well. If we want to assume that "My Humps" summarizes all of the music produced during the current decade, then I'll buy in that "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" was what the 80s was all about.
Anyway, half of songs here are designed to sound like they came out in the mid-80s; obviously the ones Hugh Grant sings on are supposed to be like the equivalent of Wham! (not that Wham! was a synth-pop band, but whatever). And I have to say - they're great songs, and it's a pleasant surprise that Hugh sings; his voice works well with these songs!
When I went to see this movie, people in the audience were laughing at the "music video" for "Pop Goes My Heart", and I was like, "Why are you laughing?? Videos were in their infancy back then, so many of them by today's standards do appear kind of goofy!" Awesome song; love the "crash" after "Pop" during the chorus. "Meaningless Kiss" is a great knock-off of "Careless Whisper" (whatever happened to the infamous saxophone solos anyway?). "Tony The Beat" is reminiscent of "Push It" by Salt N' Peppa, and for the longest time I couldn't decide if the singing during the chorus was annoying or not; eventually I decided it wasn't (although just barely).
Now, on the "current day" songs, I love the Haley Bennett songs; the best being "Buddha's Delight" and especially "Entering Bootytown." I know these songs were written to sound like the typical Britney Spears/teen pop music from a few years back, but they're great songs regardless. There's no reason why these songs wouldn't (or shouldn't) be as popular as songs by the artists in which they were inspired by.
I was initially angered that Haley's songs were so wonderful, but that she was just playing a character for this movie so I'd never hear anything else from her. However, I see that she will be coming out with her own album soon.
I have to commend the writers of the songs on this soundtrack. Though they wrote songs as if to sound like they came from a specific time period, they still created some great songs. However the problem with loving songs by these fictional characters is that - you want more, and unfortunately the majority of music is just relegated to this one album. But if Haley's material sounds anything like what appears on this soundtrack, at least that will pacify my desire to hear more.
Description of Music and Lyrics
Writer-director Marc Lawrence's romantic comedy gently satirizes the music industry's past and present via Hugh Grant's Alex Fletcher, a has-been Rock of the '80s icon given another shot at the charts by young pop diva Cora Corman (newcomer Haley Bennett). Grant gives some surprisingly credible--if often gently tongue-in-cheek--performances in his musical debut; indeed, he carries better than half the soundtrack with his earnest vocal charms. The production gets key help from Fountain of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, who contributes a delicious, loving send-up of Wham! courtesy of "Meaningless Kiss," the emotive piano confessional "Don't Write Me Off," and two versions of "Way Back into Love," the comeback ballad/duet that drives the story line. A playful demo version of the latter pairs Grant with co-star Drew Barrymore (playing the florist who becomes Fletcher's unlikely songwriting foil), while Grant's ultimate duet with young Bennett evokes contemporary pop conceits with a keen, affectionate flair that also graces the young singer's Britney-esque "Buddha's Delight," "Slam," and the more obviously snarky "Entering Bootytown." Rounding out the collection are a pair of complimentary tracks by Swedish pop acts: The Sounds' bouncy "Tony the Beat" and the club-slinky groove of Teddybears' "Different Sound." Highlighted by Grant's sympathetic vocals and a knowing musical sensibility that never quite lapses into mere parody, it's a pop-lover's delight from start to finish. --Jerry McCulleyPop CDs
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