Original Soundtrack - Taking Woodstock
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Artist: Original SoundtrackBrand: Unknown
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2009-08-25
Music Label: Rhino Records
Product features:
- VARIOS INTERPRETES TAKING WOODSTOCK
- Freedom (2009) (Richie Havens)
- Taking Woodstock Titles
- Wooden Ships (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
- China Cat Sunflower (Live)(Grateful Dead)
- Maggie M'Gill (The Doors)
- Elliot's Place
- Coming Into Los Angeles (Live)(Arlo Guthrie)
- I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag (Live)(Country Joe McDonald)
- Going Up The Country (Live)(Canned Heat)
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (Live)(Janis Joplin)
- A Happening (Office #2)
- The Red Telephone (Love)
- Beautiful People (Live)(Melanie)
- I Shall Be Released (Live)(The Band)
- Perspective Extended
- One More Mile (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
- Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane)
Music reviews of Taking Woodstock
Music Review: Music of Liberation, Tolerance and Unity?
Rating: 3 Stars
What was missing from the film 'Taking Woodstock' was the music. The wonderful music that rocked us all. What we got was snippets of the sounds. This CD of the soundtrack is slightly better.
What I have garnered is that Ang Lee could not or did not want to get the rights to the songs from the Woodstock of 40 years ago, so what we have are tunes done over, 30 sec snippets of the original sounds and songs written by Danny Elfman. He is a very talented musician, but he cannot make up for the sounds we miss, the Dead, Grace Slick and The Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and all of those fabulous musicians.
The CD starts with a new take of Richie Havens 'Freedom'. This is a rich and strong sound.
Danny Elfman intersperses his music in and around the snippets of tunes of the greatest.Crosby, Still and Nash sing 'Wooden Ships'. The Dead sing a new rendition of 'China Cat Sunflower' that is passable. How 'The Doors' and 'Maggie M'gill' became a part of Woodstock is a mystery but I love that particular song. The Doors were invited to Woodstock but refused- it is said that Jim Morrison did not like performing outdoors. 'Coming Into LA' by Arlo Guthrie is a tune we should all hear again and again. Country Joe McDonald and his 'I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag' is the theme song of that decade. 1-2-3- what are we fightin' for? Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, Melanie,Jefferson Airplane and The Band are all the 30 sec snippets of those great singers songs. It gives us a taste but not what we need and want.'The Red Telephone' by Love did not play at Woodstock, but they were a great 60's group. 'One More Mile' by the Paul Butterfield Band is a blast from the past.
For a list of the groups, bands and artists who appeared at Woodstock, 40 years ago, go to
the Official Woodstock blog-http://the60sofficialsite.com/Woodstock_Rock_Festival.html
They also give a good history of Woodstock and the artists that did not appear and the ones who were asked but refused.
This is an OK, soundtrack- it does not bring back the original Woodstock music, nor does it make up for the lack of music in the film 'Taking Woodstock', but it is a much better CD than film.
Recommended. prisrob 09-07-09
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Woodstock: 40 Years on: Back to Yasgur's Farm (6CD, Limited Edition)
1. Freedom - Richie Havens
2. Taking Woodstock Titles - Danny Elfman
3. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash
4. China Cat Sunflower - Grateful Dead (live)
5. Maggie M'gill - The Doors
6. Elliot's Place - Danny Elfman
7. Coming Into Los Angeles - Arlo Guthrie (live)
8. I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe McDonald (live)
9. Going Up the Country - Canned Heat (live)
10. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) - Janis Joplin (live)
11. Happening, A (Office #2) - Danny Elfman
12. Red Telephone, The - Love
13. Beautiful People - Melanie (live)
14. I Shall Be Released - The Band (live)
15. Perspective Extended - Danny Elfman
16. One More Mile - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
17. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
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Description of Taking Woodstock
A generation began in his backyard. From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comes Taking Woodstock, a new comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. The Soundtrack CD features songs from a collection of music icons including Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and more. Many of the tracks are by artists who performed at Woodstock and are of the era.The soundtrack also includes a newly recorded version of 'Freedom' called 'Freedom 2009' by Richie Havens and scores elections by Danny Elfman. All songs and score are from the movie. Taking Woodstock is a joyous voyage to a moment in time when everything seemed possible.Miscellaneous CDs
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