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(47 customer reviews) 22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Great Compilation Can Be Made Better,
October 23, 2003 Smilin Charlie (Winston-Salem, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pump Up The Volume: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)
First off, this soundtrack compilation is worth owning. Chagall Guevera's Tale O' The Twister, for example, is difficult to come by. The rest of the songs are excellent alternative music and represent the spirit of the film well. But as everyone has pointed out, there are some crucial omissions.To fix the problems with it will require mixing additional tracks on your CD burner. I added "Everybody Knows" and "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen, "Love Comes In Spurts" by Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and "Hello Dad.., I'm in Jail" by Was (Not Was) and now have a five star collection. Leagal downloads should run about $4 or so. You'll be much happier afterwards, I promise.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
What's wrong with Leonard Cohen?,
May 30, 2001 Martin (Cleveland Hts, OH United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pump Up The Volume: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)
You know the song that starts out the movie, Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows," with that awesome deep voice that's all mysterious and stuff? It's not on the soundtrack. They have a cover by Concrete Blond... which isn't a bad band, and not a bad song, but it certainly isn't anything like Cohen's version. If you're going to put a cover of the theme song, at least put both of them on the sound track... the original and the cover. That's what I want. Is that too much to ask?
44 of 57 people found the following review helpful
2 stars for 2 GREAT SONGS, handful of good ones...,
June 2, 2004 Campbell Roark "tri-zeta" (from under the floorboards and through the woods...) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pump Up The Volume: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)
...that can be found on other CDs. There's so much that is wrong with this whole Cd and very little that is right. NO Leonard Cohen is just utterly horrid as two of the film's key scenes are basically set to Cohen's "Everybody Knows,' and "If it be your will," perhaps the two best songs he wrote in the 80s. Hell, Everybody Knows is basically the theme song for HHH's show... The absence of Cohen in a film where his presence is almost channelled is damn near a sin. Furthermore- the Beastie Boys tune is left out. The Ice-T tune is left out. The Descendents tune is left out. They could have packed some more cream onto this, especially as there is so much crud... Let's get to the bad of this CD. The Peter Murphy song is perhaps the worst thing he's ever done and that's really saying something. Don't get me wrong I swear by bauhaus, but this song is anti-bauhaus music. 'I've got a miniature secret camera,' yeah and i've got a miniature bleeding migraine whenever this song forces me...Read more
