Various Artists-Dukes Of Hazzard
July 5th 2008 10:30
Record Label: Sony
Year: 2005
Record Label:
01. Uncle Jesse Tells A Joke
02. These Boots-Jessica Simpson
03. One Way Out-The Allman Brothers
04. Pride and Joy-Stevie Ray Vaughn
05. Call Me The Breeze-Lynyrd Skynrd
06. The South’s Going To Do It Again-Charles Daniels Band
07. Flirtin With Disaster-Molly Hatchet
08. Hillbilly Shoes-Montgomery Gentry
09. Black Betty-Ram Jam
10. Soul City-Southern Culture On The Skids
11. Change My Mind-The Blueskins
12. Burn It Off- Blues Explosion
13. Funk No. 49- James Gang
14. Good Ole Boys-Willie Nelson
15. Uncle Jesse Tells Another Joke
It’s only natural that the Dukes Of Hazzard soundtrack will be similar in theme to the movie-both blends a mixture of the good and the bad to come out of the South.
Now, like with the film, you’re either going to love the soundtrack or wish to hell that it never existed.
Maybe you’ll just get the album for the video clip of ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ which shows a skimpily-clad Simpson carousing on a car, with soap, water and breathlessly singing ‘Boots’. If that’s not irony, considering what the song is about, I don’t know what is.
On first listen Simpson’s version of ‘These Boots’ horrified me. But then, most songs by Simpson tend to have that effect on me, however after more than a few listens, her version grew on me. The idea is to forget that Simpson holds nothing on Sinatra and just enjoy the song for what it is- over the top, and sexually marketed.
Aside from Simpson’s remake of a classic, this is a fairly good soundtrack and shows some of the South’s musicians at their best. It seems only fitting that Lynyrd Skynrd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Allman Brothers and the Charles Daniels Band are together on this soundtrack.
Another highlight is Willie Nelson’s cover of the Waylon Jenning’s classic ‘Good Ole Boys’, which thankfully saw Nelson stick to the same formula as Jennings. I shudder to think what would have happened if they had decided to slick this up, as they did with ‘These Boots’, and had the latest country fad ruin it.
Whilst this is a fairly good album, there is nothing new about the songs, and many Southern Rock fans are likely to have the classics at home already. However, the music does fit the soundtrack and film to a T- and it could be worse. Instead of putting on stellar musicians, they could have got the latest fad bands to destroy the classics.
An Enjoyable album, even if it slightly redundant. I give it 3/5
Buy The Dukes of Hazzard
Year: 2005
Record Label:
01. Uncle Jesse Tells A Joke
02. These Boots-Jessica Simpson
03. One Way Out-The Allman Brothers
04. Pride and Joy-Stevie Ray Vaughn
05. Call Me The Breeze-Lynyrd Skynrd
06. The South’s Going To Do It Again-Charles Daniels Band
07. Flirtin With Disaster-Molly Hatchet
08. Hillbilly Shoes-Montgomery Gentry
09. Black Betty-Ram Jam
10. Soul City-Southern Culture On The Skids
11. Change My Mind-The Blueskins
12. Burn It Off- Blues Explosion
13. Funk No. 49- James Gang
14. Good Ole Boys-Willie Nelson
15. Uncle Jesse Tells Another Joke
It’s only natural that the Dukes Of Hazzard soundtrack will be similar in theme to the movie-both blends a mixture of the good and the bad to come out of the South.
Now, like with the film, you’re either going to love the soundtrack or wish to hell that it never existed.
Maybe you’ll just get the album for the video clip of ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ which shows a skimpily-clad Simpson carousing on a car, with soap, water and breathlessly singing ‘Boots’. If that’s not irony, considering what the song is about, I don’t know what is.
On first listen Simpson’s version of ‘These Boots’ horrified me. But then, most songs by Simpson tend to have that effect on me, however after more than a few listens, her version grew on me. The idea is to forget that Simpson holds nothing on Sinatra and just enjoy the song for what it is- over the top, and sexually marketed.
Aside from Simpson’s remake of a classic, this is a fairly good soundtrack and shows some of the South’s musicians at their best. It seems only fitting that Lynyrd Skynrd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Allman Brothers and the Charles Daniels Band are together on this soundtrack.
Another highlight is Willie Nelson’s cover of the Waylon Jenning’s classic ‘Good Ole Boys’, which thankfully saw Nelson stick to the same formula as Jennings. I shudder to think what would have happened if they had decided to slick this up, as they did with ‘These Boots’, and had the latest country fad ruin it.
Whilst this is a fairly good album, there is nothing new about the songs, and many Southern Rock fans are likely to have the classics at home already. However, the music does fit the soundtrack and film to a T- and it could be worse. Instead of putting on stellar musicians, they could have got the latest fad bands to destroy the classics.
An Enjoyable album, even if it slightly redundant. I give it 3/5
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