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| Across The Universe [Deluxe Edition] |
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Manufacturer: Interscope Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517507739
Format: Extra tracks
Label: Interscope Records
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Interscope Records
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Studio: Interscope Records
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Given a track record littered by misfired oddities like the Bee Gees starring in the 1978 movie version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, successfully transforming The Beatles' epochal oeuvre into film musicals has been an elusive alchemy. Yet director Julie Taymor's 1968-centered, socio-political romance is more than just a stunning visual achievement. Its soundtrack brings a crucially intimate, emotionally engaging sensibility to its rich catalog of Beatles source material. Using an approach she rightly dubbed "organic," Taymor never gets too ambitious with the original arrangements, balancing the plaintive, often stark performances of central young stars Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood with equally compelling turns by supporting players Carol Woods and Joe Anderson. The stars successfully evoke early Beatlemania via the energetic charms of Sturgess' "All My Loving" and Wood's "It Won't Be Long," then get straight to the canon's often melancholy heart on his take of "In My Life," and her gentle cover of "Blackbird." Taymor's use of star turns--the entire point of too many Beatles-rooted projects--is as sparing as it is deft. Eddie Izzard's effusive "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" is the product of several edited improvisations, while U2's Bono and Edge re-imagine "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" by way of Pink Floyd. Joe Cocker's swamp-dirge "Come Together" shows why he's long been one of the best interpreters of the Lennon-McCartney catalog, and Dana Fuchs alternately evokes the heavenly and hellish via her tender "Dear Prudence," as well as her manic, Joplin-channeling burn through "Helter Skelter." Elsewhere on the CD, Bono teams with Secret Machine for the straightforward "I Am the Walrus," while the Dallas indie rockers also take dream-pop turns on the instrumental "Flying" and George Harrison's haunting "Blue Jay Way." Remarkably, Taymor claims the bulk of the performances here were not lip-synced, but recorded live as the cameras rolled.--Jerry McCulley
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Summary: Deliciously Entertaining
Comment: After viewing "Across the Universe" I decided that the soundtrack was a must have for My library. I am a genuine Beatles fan and generally don't like their music altered, but this was a delightful departure and I didn't mind the different versions at all. The fresh aspect of each song kept it new and interesting. There is only one other CD I own that is as good as far as counterfeit Beatles and that is the soundtrack from
"I am Sam"
Very Delicious and enjoyable!
musicgal
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Summary: Great versions of familar Beatles songs
Comment: Watch the video too! Great remake of Beatles songs. Fresh, fine voices, new arrangements. Most are equal to the original, just different, current.
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Summary: Across the Universe the movie
Comment: If you are a Beatles fan, I do not think you will be disappointed in this movie. My husband is a Beatles fan but not a musical film fan at all. He has watched it twice now and admits it is a great movie 'for a musical'.
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Summary: Inspired!
Comment: Truly amazing accomplishment. This one movie seems to do what no other has accomplished, providing a glimpse into what the sixties were like for typical Americans. Not Quadrophenia, nor Help, nor Harold & Maude, nor the Magic Christian, Woodstock the film, or any other film from the era has accomplished. (please correct me if I'm wrong.)
I fell in love with this film immediately for its wild, inspired feel but I never knew the details of sixties events and yet I found the film intrigued me so much that it made me start looking into what the truth might be. I thank the film for bringing alive a history that I'd always passed over. Bono's character with the bus got me started. I knew it wasn't just Magical Mystery Tour but thanks to Wikipedia it led me to the real magic bus belonging to Ken Kesey, the author of the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and his cross-country trip in a bus named 'further,' allegedly to see the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Along the way he made sure to turn on as many people as he possibly could, as acid was legal at the time. His attempt to meet with Timothy Leary at his farm in Albany was unsuccessful, as Leary had just come off a 3-day trip and was in no condition to meet with him. So Bono's character was somewhat accurate, as is Izzard's portrayal of Leary.
A second event was the explosion in the apartment of the war-protesting radicals, a true life event for the Weather Underground. I'd never known about these events and likely never would have learned about them without this film. So for me I can wholeheartedly recommend the film on many levels. Not only for the direction, camerawork, script, artwork, acting, and music, but also for its ability to create a sense of curiousity where none ever existed before.
The music deserves special mention as these versions are able to make a person hear and feel the Beatle's music in entirely new ways, giving glimpses into perhaps what the songs may really have meant to the original authors. I have a suspicion that if I were to look into what they intended their songs to mean I would find that someone has already researched this beforehand and used their inspiration for how the songs are staged in the movie. So the film may even be educational in the sense that a person can learn more about the music and the artists without having to read volumes of boring books that consist of interviews with their tailors.
For me the best scene is not even in the film. The special edition has deleted scenes and out-takes, one of which is Izzard doing his entire take on For the Benefit of Mr. Kite outside the circus tent. I highly recommend the special edition due to this gem.
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Summary: Beatles' music
Comment: The soundtrack is great if you love the Beatles. The songs are by different artists who appeared in the movie. I love these new interpretations. The movie is great also.
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