Me, Myself & Irene (2000)


Released On June 13 2000
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Foo Fighters  Break Out
2 Smash Mouth  Do It Again 
Third Eye Blind  Deep Inside Of You
The Offspring  Totalimmortal 
Ellis Paul The World Ain't Slowin' Down 
Wilco  Any Major Dude Will Tell You 
Ivy Only A Fool Would Say That
Hootie & The Blowfish  Can't Find The Time To Tell You
Brian Setzer Orchestra  Bodhisattva
 The Push Stars   Bad Sneakers
Marvelous 3  Reelin' In The Years
Pete Yorn  Strange Condition
 Ben Folds Five   Barrytown
Billy Goodrum  Razor Boy
Tom Wolfe  Where He Can Hide

Review from CDNow
This soundtrack for the latest Farrelly Brothers movie (starring Jim Carrey) is built around covers of classic Steely Dan tunes as performed by current bands, with 8 of the 15 tracks reaching back into their catalog of complex, allusive songs.
If Steely Dan had a fault, it was that sometimes Walter Becker and Donald Fagan polished the music too smoothly (even more of a problem with their reunion stuff). So hearing a bunch of rock guys and gals take their tunes out for a modernized spin has the benefit of roughing up the edges of the material a little bit. As a prime example, Ben Folds Five winningly smashes through "Barrytown" with the group's trademark piano/bass-heavy sound and close harmonies.

Other successful Dan-cover efforts include Brian Setzer's clever big-band take on "Bodhisattva," Dominique Durand's breathy vocals on Ivy's fuzz-toned version of "Only a Fool Would Say That," Wilco's down-home "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," Marvelous 3's raucous, rocking "Reelin' in the Years," and the cool lounge-swank of Billy Goodrum's "Razor Boy."

The Push Stars' mildly funky, slightly Latinized "Bad Sneakers" is interesting if not compelling, but Smashmouth -- hardly proponents of smart rock -- fare much worse by adding an abrasive psychedelic touch to "Do It Again" (though the band's fans will probably enjoy the result).

Not all the cover tunes come from Steely Dan. The Offspring cover A.F.I.'s underground punk classic "Totalimmortal." On a completely different tip, Hootie & the Blowfish do up obscure Boston mellow-rock band Orpheus's "Can't Find the Time to Tell You."

There are tracks, already available on their own albums, by Foo Fighters, Third Eye Blind, and Ellis Paul. A few new artists get exposure, with Tom Wolfe's luscious power-pop-with-strings "Where He Can Hide" and Pete Yorn's jangly, ultra-catchy "Strange Condition" standing out. All in all, this is one of the few compilation soundtracks with a solid justification for its existence beyond mere marketing.


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