I Am Sam Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Music Cd

I Am - I Am Sam Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

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I Am Sam - Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture      Artist : Various Artists      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $18.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2002-01-08      Studio : V2 North America      Label : V2 North America      Avg. Customer Rating : (220 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for I Am Sam Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture      Do your homework      Rating:      Sean Penn wanted the orig Beatles tunes...they wouldn't give him the rights, so he used other artists' versions.     Customer Reviews for I Am Sam Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Cd      poor      Rating:      received cd scratched so bad will not play, no jewel case, no liner notes. None of this was mentioned by the seller. Very dissatisfied. Do not reccomend this seller. Will not purchase from this seller again. Editorial Reviews for I Am Sam Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Audio Cd      Amazon.com      Jessie Nelson's poignant tale of a mentally challenged man named Sam (Sean Penn) who recruits a lawyer to help him regain custody of his young daughter leans heavily on the lead character's obsession with Beatles songs, and his innocent trust in their wisdom and emotional truth. It's an artistic gambit that shrewdly lends itself to this mostly rewarding collection of Beatles covers by a wide range of contemporary artists, many of whom no doubt leapt at the chance to record a treasured song by their own musical heroes. The renditions are by and large faithful, and inform the elemental genius of the originals by the strength and variety of the artist's voices alone. The husband-wife team of Aimee Mann and Michael Penn (Sean's brother) can't help but find resonance in "Two of Us," just as Nick Cave's latter-day, heart-on-his-sleeve crooner infatuation makes "Let It Be" all his own. It's the reinterpretations that are riskier. While Paul Westerberg's stripped-down, nasal reading of "Nowhere Man" perceptively underscores Lennon's inherent Dylan fetish and Howie Day turns "Help!" from anxious plea to desperate dirge, Grandaddy smugly alt-rocks the energy right out of "Revolution." The Beatles hardly need anyone to burnish their reputation, but this album goes a long way toward underscoring their most undersung legacy as rock's most transcendent melting pot. -Jerry McCulley