I have got to learn to stop reviewing soundtracks until I’ve
\nseen their corresponding movies. I always seem to think that I’ll
\nbe able to get some idea of how the plot of the movie is
\nprogressing by following the flow of the music. But,
\n
\nno<\/i>
\n<\/b> , I always end up getting overwhelmed by the tunes, and give
\nup trying to guess at the plot. (So why don’t I go to the films?
\nIt’s expensive to constantly see movies and to hire a babysitter
\nwhen both sets of grandparents are busy.)<\/p>\n
So, in the case of the soundtrack to
\nClubland<\/i>, I’m again left to my own defenses, and have to
\napproach this as a music CD, not necessarily as a soundtrack. And,
\nonce the smoke clears, it proves to be an entertaining, quirky
\nlittle disc featuring many artists you might not have heard before.
\nThen again, that’s half the fun of this disc.<\/p>\n
The star of the movie, Jimmy Tuckett, performs three of the 17
\nlisted (and one hidden) tracks on this disc. Of them, the highlight
\nis the track “Not Me,” where Tuckett shows his talents as a
\nmusician. Never mind the fact that all the songs he sings were at
\nleast co-written by Glen Ballard, who is starting to turn into
\nanother entertainment svengali (the soundtrack is on his subsidiary
\nof Capitol, and he wrote and co-produced the movie). I’m not
\nsuggesting the other two tracks, “Away From Me” and “Gemini”, are
\nbad, just that “Not Me” sticks with me the longest of the
\nthree.<\/p>\n
There are many songs on
\nClubland<\/i> that I would call “guilty pleasures”; they’re the
\nkind of songs that you’ll crank up in the apartment when no one
\nelse is around. Supple’s deadpan rendition of The Bee Gees’s
\n“Stayin” Alive” is one such track; it’s so sinful that I blush each
\ntime I cue that one up in the headphones. Likewise, tracks such as
\nFrisbie’s “Here We Go” and Vitreous Humor’s “Why Are You So Mean To
\nMe?” are cuts that will have you happily bopping along to the
\ntunes. Citizen Cope’s “200,000 (In Counterfeit Fifty Dollar Bills)”
\nalso falls under this category, but I thought the track needed a
\nlittle more musical and lyrical development.<\/p>\n
Other artists like Flood (“Watch Her Walk Out”), Zebrahead
\n(“Check”) and Radford (“Closer To Myself”) also impress, making the
\nlistener wonder how long it will be before these artsts start
\ngetting significant media attention. Surprisingly, the one song
\nthat is being pushed on this disc, John Oszajca’a “Bi-Sexual
\nChick,” isn’t really that much to write home about, and its title
\nsounds more threatening than the song actually is.<\/p>\n
The difficulty with a soundtrack like
\nClubland<\/i> is that the movie is one many people might not be
\nfamiliar with. Chances are, if you haven’t seen the movie, you will
\nbe less willing to part with $17 for the soundtrack. This one,
\nhowever, is a little different. You might want to consider it a
\ncollection of the artists who you’re going to be hearing a lot more
\nfrom in the future. Who knows? Once you’ve listened to the
\nsoundtrack, you may try to search out a theatre playing this
\nfilm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5729],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-39060","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-soundtrack","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39060"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}