Search - Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Ochs :: Steal This Movie (2000 Film)

Soundtrack for Multiple Generations

Gregory Tutunjian | Newton, MA USA | 08/07/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD works for more than those of us who were teenagers when this music was first released. The Steve Earle/Sheryl Crow collaboration (Time Has Come Today) is a more contemplative treatment of this song. Bonnie Raitt shines (It's All Over Now, Baby Blue) with a bluesy, heartfelt rendering of this Dylan classic. Phil Ochs, Edwin Starr, and Country Joe & The Fish are here for authenticity, to balance the "newness" of Ani DiFranco, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Joan Osborne. I applaud the artist selection as more daring than would have been expected. See the soundtrack for "1969" for a collection of original songs and associated artists from this era."

When the 1960's meet 2000!

Robert M. Greenwald | Sherman Oaks, California USA | 07/27/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"When a film like this comes out I await the track listing for the soundtrack. I wait to see all the regular songs with all the excitment of an old spoiled child. You see, I'm sick of the typical 60's soundtracks but I love the songs. I think I have "Get Together" 5000 times, at least. This disc, however, offers a very cool blend of old songs reworked by adult contemporary stand by's such as Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crowe, & Mary Chapin Carpenter. Then at the same time works artists like Steve Earl & Ani DiFranco in, which really creats stand out versions of "Time Has Come Today" & "It's All Over Now Baby Blue". "When I'm Gone", Ani's stand out track, pulls apart what Phil Ochs ever could have thought possible for the song rewqorking it to a solid piece of beauty. It's superb. It's the rich and Robin Hood. It's the Executive & Starving Student. My only complaint is "WAR". I think I have that one 3,000 times already but to have these new re-workings is just ever so impressive. Whoever did this thank you. Please do it again soon."

Quality Covers

Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 01/03/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a soundtrack which updates some classic songs and brings back a few golden oldies. For me, the greatest hit is the absolute blow your socks off version of "Power to the People" which Eric Burdon and Billy Preston nail. Besides being an unlikely pairing, the two give what was a second-tier John Lennon song red carpet treatment that rivals the master musician's with Burdon's empassioned vocals and Preston's pounding keyboards! Equally as magical is Bonnie Raitt's cool bluesy reading of Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." "The highway is for gamblers ... take what you have gathered from coincidence," she croons magically. I have this tune recorded by Joan Baez, the Byrds, Judy Collins, Richie Havens, Barry McGuire, the Animals and of course, the songwriter. Raitt shines! The other Dylan pairing with Jackson Browne and Joan Osborne's version of "My Back Pages" is weighted only by Steve Earle's somber organ throughout the piece. Mary Chapin Carpenter's wacky version of Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" is also making me hit for the repeat button with her little warble, "I'm just mad about 14; she's just mad about me." Steve Earle and Sheryl Crow do a great job of "Time Has Come Today"; and it's interesting to hear the female vocal on the song. The Phil Ochs track and Country Joe's "Fixing" track are thematically essential for the film and sound great. All in all, this is a soundtrack that has great focus and unity. U snooze U lose! Enjoy!"