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1. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies
2. New Age Girl - Deadeye Dick
3. Insomniac - Echobelly
4. If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself) - Pete Droge
5. Crash '95 Mix - The Primitives
6. Whiney Whiney (What Really Drives Me Crazy) - Willi One Blood
7. Where I Find My Heaven - Gigolo Aunts
8. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Butthole Surfers
9. Too Much of a Good Thing - The Sons
10. The Bear Song - Green Jelly
11. Take - The Lupins
12. You Sexy Thing - Deee-Lite
13. Get Ready - The Proclaimers
Release Date: 1994 | |
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Opeth - Blackwater Park
Dethklok - The Dethalbum
E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
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| Summary: "I thought the Rocky Mountains would be a little more rockier than this..."
"Yeah, that John Denver's full of shit." |
5 of 5 thought this review was well written
If you’re like me, you’d recognize Dumb and Dumber to be one of the best movies of the 90’s, and certainly Jim Carrey’s best work. The movie’s witty humor, hilarious quotes, and the valor of our gullible protagonists make this film instantly likeable and extremely memorable. Hell, I even know every word. With my somewhat sad obsession with the movie, it was hard not to ignore the soundtrack.
Before purchasing this soundtrack I never really noticed how well it glues this film together. As blatantly dumb as a lot of the parts are, this is still a movie about friendship, relationships, and even destiny. And the parts of bonding and character development in this fine film are complemented with surprisingly good songs. How well do they tie to the film? So well in fact, it’s hard for me not to describe the songs without connecting them to their respective parts.
The opening track, The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead, is a Crash Test Dummies song that eventually got me hooked onto the band. This song is heard during the scene at the restaurant Dante’s Inferno while Lloyd and Harry try their hot peppers as Joe Mentaliano watches, realizing that the couple million bucks he’s after is being held by two mentally retarded guys. Would you like to try an atomic pepper, Mr. Mentaliano? Though only a few brief seconds of the song are actually heard, the song by itself is a personal favorite. This is, in fact, a song about either Jesus Christ or the apostle Peter. Talk about seriously impressive lyrics: Peter Pumpkinhead came to town / Spreading wisdom and cash around / Fed the starving and housed the poor / Showed the Vatican what gold's for, - later followed by - Peter Pumpkinhead was too good / Had him nailed to a chunk of wood / He died grinning on live TV / Hanging there he looked a lot like you, and an awful lot like me!
Most of that is supposed to be taken figuratively of course. The song is catchy and memorable, yet extremely powerful. It’s probably the best song on the disc, and it’s followed by a few more awesome rock tunes. If you can recall Lloyd and Harry hitting the road on their new hog, rolling into Aspen backing up all the traffic, and even Harry taking a leak on Lloyd, then you know Where I Find My Heaven by Gigolo Aunts. It’s a guitar and vocal driven song, and it’s damn good. It jumps in and out of electric and acoustic and provides a quality listen. I’d even go so far as to say the movie would not be the same without it. Insomniac and Crash ’95 Mix are both carried by their female vocalists, and the songs are pretty poppy. Crash starts off with picked arpeggios as Lloyd is backing out of the gas station with his new beef jerky after befriending a couple random black guys. It sets a happy mood to contradict the scene as he continues straight to Nebraska (the complete wrong direction). I thought the Rockies would be a little more rockier than this... – Yeah, that John Denver’s full of ****.
Clearly the most sing-a-long and enjoyable song on the album, If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself), has the best guitar riff and chorus of the entire album. Not to mention there’s more than enough cowbell as well. While the singer Pete Droge is singing about the dire need for love, you guessed it, Harry’s pinning testicles to the snowman and suffocating Mary Swanson’s face in the snow. Priceless.
Despite how great a lot of the songs on this album are, there are some that are just as dumb as the movie itself. Whiney Whiney (What Really Drives Me Crazy) sounds like it was taken from a Jamaican public television toddler show. Really. If hell was a bunch of f*cking annoying children who spent eternity kicking, screaming and harassing a helpless you, this would be the one song looped in the background. Hurdy Gurdy Man by Butthole Surfers is interesting at best, the vocals extremely hilarious and a tone that puts you in some psychedelic Dr. Seuss world with 1000 little Cat in the Hat clones running around. Yes, that’s the best description I could come up with. Not to mention, I have no idea where those two songs come in the movie.
The Bear Song is my favorite “awful” song on here, being a heavy metal parody of, you guessed it: The bear went over the mountain to see what he can see, the other side of the mountain was all that he could see, etc… - yes, we all learned the ***ing song in elementary school. Except this one sounds like the bear got in a fight with Gwar. Although funny by itself, it serves almost no purpose in the movie whatsoever. Take and You Sexy Thing are painfully average songs. Although Take is just filler while Lloyd plays nun-chucks on the way to the head, You Sexy Thing actually fits the scene when our buddies step out of their new ride with boxes of new purchases pouring out of the car, handing out money to the doormen. The aforementioned songs, however, don’t hold any sentimental value on their own to their respective parts of the film. They aren’t poor enough to hold the album down, they just don’t hold it up at all.
Too Much of a Good Thing is refreshing, crisp, powerful, and appears in the movie twice I believe. It’s got the most creative riffs and solos on the album, and is the one song that really contends with The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead for the best song on the album. The opening riff is most recognizable as our heroes haul *** down the highway from the diner, successfully getting their tab on Seabass’s bill. Just like Where I Find My Heaven, the movie wouldn’t be the same without this song.
The great thing about this soundtrack is, with the few awful songs aside, the tracks really define their respective scenes. Unlike a lot of filler soundtracks, these songs also stand great on their own. It even got me listening to Crash Test Dummies as well. The major downside, however, is that you won’t appreciate this soundtrack as much without loving this movie. Dumb and Dumber haters will probably want to stay away. For those who really appreciate the movie, it’s definitely worth it.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Had a really tough time writing this, soundtracks are definitely not easy. Probably my worst review, but I felt like I needed to review this since it's the only soundtrack I consistently listen to. If you haven't seen the movie by the way, you might as well not even bother (with the music that is).
Already found a few flaws that I fixed myself, let me know if there are any more.
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What is a favorite "awful" song?.
Well I know that I would probably never listen to this soundtrack, but I do love the movie. I remember the first time I saw the part when Harry was on the toilet, I laughed so hard. Great movie but the soundtrack doesn't sound interesting.
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It's an awful song, but I love to listen to it anyways.
I realized I definitely spent too much effort tying the songs to the movie than actually explaining them, but then again, this is what I feel when listening to the soundtrack anyways. If I didn't make myself clear, the songs I praised are ridiculously good, especially the album opener.
And if youre impression after reading this is that you don't want to listen to it, I must have done a bad job! This was sitting half-done in my computer for months, I felt compelled to quickly write the rest up tonight.
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"... Peter Pumpkinhead" is a good CTD song but the other song they have in the movie ("Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm") is better for sure. It plays in between when Harry and Lloyd fight after driving in the wrong direction and when Lloyd returns with the motor scooter. It's an awesome song, even if it's just the vocal ah-ahh-ahh-ah-ah-ahhhhs that you hear. Good review.
Digging: Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
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"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" is excellent but its not in the soundtrack. Maybe they just wanted to keep it to one song per artist. Gives an epic feel to the bike scene.
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I'm not a big fan of movie soundtracks. The only soundtracks that I remember listen to and that I enjoyed are the Batman Forever soundtrack and the Mortal Kombat one lol. I should probably get Forrest Gump.
I'm gonna give you props for attempting something like this. I realize it is difficult to review a soundtrack
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i know this is really nit picking like big time but i'm pretty sure it's: "full of it" in the summary.
Digging: The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
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I'm 100% sure thats what he says. Atleast in the uncut DVD he definitely says ****. Ive seen D&D on tv where different parts are said differently for the virgin ears out there, maybe you heard a censored version?
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"Exuse me gunman, who are you?"
Yeah I was just tellin my friend how good this soundtrack is. I can never find it in stores though. My favorite drummer Danny Carey even makes an apearance on it (Green Jelly).
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i know this is really nit picking like big time but i'm pretty sure it's: "full of it" in the summary.
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Yeah he definately says ****. The tv version butchers this movie.
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Best comedy movie of all time.
"Marry... I desperately want to make love to a school girl"
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i really like how you've approached this review - and it's reminded me what a great film this is! my grandparents had it on video, and don't think i've seen it since i was about 10!
Digging: Frank Turner - Love, Ire & Song
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Pills are good. Pills are GOOOD.
Digging: Santogold - Santogold
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What happened, Harry? Some little Philly break your heart?
No, it was a girl. 
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"Marry... I desperately want to make love to a school girl"
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It's boy not girl...yes i know i am the hole of an *** but still, that shalt not mis-quotest fantastic movie.
Digging: SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day
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Bf, what's the line where they sing "She's a vegetarian..."
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maybe you heard a censored version?
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That's definitely what it was since every time I've seen it it's been on TBS or whatever TBS is now.
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Bf, what's the line where they sing "She's a vegetarian..."
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It's New Age girl... which i'm a little dissappointed you didn't mention it. That song is awesome. Good review for a great movie/soundtrack.
Digging: Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
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Holy crap I dont believe I forgot to mention New Age Girl! My bad guys.
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I love that song.
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