"...Pools Of Sorrow...Waves Of Joy..."
'I Am Sam' Original Soundtrack Album on CD
I was watching the superb but cancelled American TV Series
"Flash Forward" on DVD and one of the early episodes (I think it was
about 5 or 6) featured Rufus Wainwright's gorgeously evocative cover of The
Beatles Let It Be classic "Across The Universe". I was blown away and
immediately had to own it.
When I got the CD - I then noticed the track choices and the
artists - each very cleverly picked and each lending themselves to acoustic
interpretations of Beatles songs - especially from 1966 onwards. Their versions
are amazing in some cases - Aimee Mann and Michael Penn's "Two Of Us"
is so good - sounding like the original - but with a deftness of touch and
matching duet vocals like the original. The Stereophonics do a stunning
Soulfully slowed down version of the "Get Back" B-side "Don't
Let Me Down" - sort of Ryan Adams in its feel. The whole album is filled
with beautifully complimentary covers like this.
A hugely satisfying overall listen – "I Am Sam"
Original Soundtrack Album is a rare achievement for a collection of Beatles
songs.
What a band and what a legacy. Get this ace CD in your life
soonest…
1. Two Of Us - Aimee Mann
2. Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan
3. Across The Universe - Rufus Wainwright
4. I'm Looking Through You - The Wallflowers
5. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - Eddie Vedder
6. Strawberry Fields Forever - Ben Harper
7. Mother Nature's Son - Sheryl Crow
8. Golden Slumbers - Ben Folds
9. I'm Only Sleeping - The Vines
10. Don't Let Me Down - Stereophonics
11. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Black Crowes
12. Julia - Chocolate Genius
13. We Can Work It Out - Heather Nova
14. Help! - Howie Day
15. Nowhere Man - Paul Westerberg
16. Revolution - Grandaddy
17. Let It Be - Nick Cave
17. Let It Be - Nick Cave
