Almost Famous
Writer-director Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Say Anything, Singles) was a teenager when Rolling Stone magazine sent him out to write cover stories in the 1970s. Nearly 30 years later, Crowe tells the tale in satisfying fashion and extensive detail with Almost Famous, accompanied by a soundtrack that accurately reflects the time of his trial by fire. Led Zeppelin have never before licensed a performance to a soundtrack, so "That's the Way" earns the distinction. A live version of Lou Reed's "Waiting for the Man" performed by David Bowie in 1972 typifies the emerging underground glam movement. Classic rock from Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Elton John, and Yes fill things out. Cat Stevens's "The Wind" is rescued from the Timberland commercial. Nancy Wilson of Heart contributes the original score (one track, "Lucky Trumble," featured here) and a track by the fictitious hard-rock band Stillwater, whose "Fever Dog" sounds like a lost track from the hard-rock-guitar wars of the 1970s. Add in tracks by garage-rock faves the Seeds, soul strutter Clarence Carter, and Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers Band and you've got an expansive collection of tunes to sift through. More than 50 songs are featured in the film. Next question: when's volume 2? --Rob O'Connor more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-02-2008
- Been there, done that, bought the tee shirt!
I happened upon the movie on cable and was impressed with how accurate it was to the time and culture. But what caught me was the music! How can you go wrong with the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Yes, Rod Stewart,...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-14-2008
- Nice movie, good choice of classic tunes for the Soundtrack... But an AWFUL soundtrack album! Blah!!!
I watched "Almost Famous" one or two times, mostly 'cause I liked the songs selection for the soundtrack very, very much.... However, how can you explain that a 50+ songs Soundtrack played along the movie, result in just a 17-piece OST...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-07-2008
- Great movie, awesome soundtrack.
I'm not in the habit of buying movie soundtracks, in fact I think this is my second, the first was a cassette a long time ago(Sliver?). Cameron Crowe and his wife Nancy Wilson (who is actually responsible for the movie score by the way)...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-09-2008
- 18 all over again!
OK, I will make this a quick one. If you survived the 70's, congratulations. I know I had more fun than in any other decade of my life. Listen up, this CD is a perfect companion to the DVD. I just watched the video not long ago, and...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-02-2008
- Been there, done that, bought the tee shirt!
I happened upon the movie on cable and was impressed with how accurate it was to the time and culture. But what caught me was the music! How can you go wrong with the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Yes, Rod Stewart,...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-19-2003
- They picked all the wrong songs!!!
No doubt in my mind that the background music in this movie is quite unsurpassable. But the guys picking the songs for the soundtrack screwed up big time. Being a Led Zep fan, I was really pleased to hear 4 Led Zep songs in the movie. An...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-14-2008
- Nice movie, good choice of classic tunes for the Soundtrack... But an AWFUL soundtrack album! Blah!!!
I watched "Almost Famous" one or two times, mostly 'cause I liked the songs selection for the soundtrack very, very much.... However, how can you explain that a 50+ songs Soundtrack played along the movie, result in just a 17-piece OST...
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