Thursday, August 18, 2005
24 Hour Party People OST
Still haven't got around to watching this, mainly because it seems likely to be fairly heavily focused on the Happy Mondays (really, I don't have any good reason to dislike them, except that: (a) it's basically drug music; (b) Shaun Ryder seems like an obnoxious twit; and (c) the Black Grape album I've got on tape isn't, to be frank, any good; which, all told, is plenty reason enough). This soundtrack is a good listen, and there's no denying the number of stone cold classics it holds, but I have nearly all of the songs I like on cd already, and don't feel particularly enriched by the early house/Happy Mondays/various others making up the tracklist (though interesting to hear another Durutti Column song). Oh yes, and I could've lived without the live Moby version of "New Dawn Fades" (backed by New Order, John Frusciante and Billy Corgan, sheesh); in fairness, it's not that bad, but really, this song did not need to be covered, least of all by Moby.