Backtracking Beatles
LOVESTRUCK : “i am sam” OST
I have long wanted the buy myself the OST of “i am sam” because I remember grooving with my college buddies back when we watched its silver screen debut back in 2001. The movie is touching and so is its soundtrack. Although I was originally aiming to buy one from a legitimate record store, a saw a pirated copy in a local ‘tiangge’ and I just couldn’t find myself parting with the merchandise so here I am, SOUND TRIPPING to the tune of revived Beatles songs.
Not all of the titles sounded superb but I had a few fantastic favorites from the CD. Aimee Mann and Michael Penn’s rendition of “Two Of Us” was a great starting track to get the GROOVE going! Sarah McLachlan’s “Blackbird” was a real sweetie and I swear I could almost feel my body swarmed by ants because of the song’s intense sweetness. Rufus Wainwright’s “Across The Universe” was sentimental (as expected) but really cool to listen to especially when I feel like relaxing in the front porch (if my house even had one). The Wallflowers’s “I’m Looking Through You” made me GET JIGGY a bit like I’m in bar or something. Thank God, no one was in the living room when I did it or this would have been extremely embarrassing! I imagined myself playing the guitar and someone backing me up with a harmonica while Eddie Vedder’s “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” was playing, too bad I’m too lazy to learn any musical instrument. “Strawberry Fields” is a personal Beatles favorite so I enjoyed listening to Ben Harper’s rendition. His rendition is jazzy, which I liked by the way, except for the instrumental overkill towards the end which turned me off just a bit (too hard rock?). “Don’t Let Me Down” is one song that I’d like to play when I’m drunk and depressed after having my heart broken (that is IF I ever do fall in love in the first place). The version of Stereophonics is a good one and it made me fell like I want to just release all that pent-up anger that I have in me – which of course I did not do because it really is a perfect day for sound tripping. I liked “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” (both versions in the CD) too because it’s crazy and fun to listen to especially when there are friends around to accompany me. I found Heather Nova’s rendition of “We Can Work It Out” is too country but I still liked this. I have a feeling this track will be used in a political movie anytime soon with a statement on human society’s degeneration caused by too much commercialism (YIKES! - I’m sounding like a hippie already). As for the other tracks, oh well, they are still okay. Overall the soundtrack is worthwhile purchasing because of its memorable tracks. So if I were you, buy it the moment you see it, because you’ll surely gonna to love it! I know, I did…
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Tracklist: ‘i am sam’ (music from and inspired by the motion picture)
1. Aimee Mann and Michael Penn’s “Two Of Us”
2. Sarah McLachan’s “Blackbird”
3. Rufus Wainwright’s “Across The Universe”
4. The Wallflowers’s “I’m Looking Through You”
5. Eddie Vedder’s “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”
6. Ben Harper’s “Strawberry Fields Forever”
7. Sheryl Crow’s “Mother Nature’s Son”
8. Ben Folds’s “Mother Nature’s Son”
9. The Vines’s “I’m Only Sleeping”
10. Stereophonics’s “Don’t Let Me Down”
11. The Black Crowes’s “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
12. Chocolate Genius’s “Julia”
13. Heather Nova’s “We Can Work It Out”
14. Howie Day’s “Help!”
15. Paul Westerburg’s “Nowhere Man”
16. Grandaddy’s “Revolution”
17. Nick Cave’s “Let It Be”
18. Aimee Mann’s “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
19. Neil Finn / Liam Finn’s “Two Of Us”
… plus one unlisted Bonus Track
