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| Pitchfork |
 In Get Him to the Greek, Russell Brand plays a rock star that doesn't exist-- which isn't the same thing as saying he plays a fictional rock star. Rather, his Aldous Snow is a hodgepodge of dichotomous frontman archetypes: he's a foul-mouthed bastard like Liam Gallagher and a tabloid-baiting trainwreck like Pete Doherty, but he also possesses the do-gooder messianic complex of Bono and teeny-bopper populism of Robbie Williams. This inconsistency in character hardly matters to the success of the movie, which is a road-trip buddy flick first and a music-biz satire a distant second. But that hasn't stopped Brand from trying to sell his fake rock star in the real world. The film's soundtrack is presented as an official release by Snow's band, Infant Sorrow, and, to ensure Brand's Britpop bona-fides, it taps the songwriting expertise of Jarvis Cocker and the Libertines' Carl Barât, among others.Brand certainly has the voice that the ruse requires, adopting a convincing Liam-esque whine for the rockers and exuding an appropriately insufferable air of self-importance on the big ballads. However, unlike the gold standards of mock rock-- the soundtracks to This Is Spinal Tap and The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash-- the songs heard on Get Him to the Greek don't cohere into a parallel-universe career retrospective of an artist that you could imagine actually existing. Instead, like the numbers in a musical, their key function is to advance the film's plot and provide its emotional cues. Which means that they don't serve much purpose outside of that context. "African Child (Trapped in Me)"-- Snow's ridiculously patronizing attempt at a help-the-poor power ballad-- is essentially Get Him to the Greek's catalyst, the career-killing nadir that sets the film's comeback narrative in motion. But it loses a considerable degree of its outrageousness when heard without its abominable video. There's a good reason why real-world rock bands have covered songs by Spinal Tap and The Rutles: the tunes may have been written as jokes, but their humor was communicated through a keen application of readily identifiable genre conventions. (Think of how the Tap's "Gimme Some Money" perfectly aped not just the freakbeat blues of The Yardbirds and early Rolling Stones, but also the lazy misogyny often expressed within.) Get Him to the Greek, however, is built upon a more generic, vaguely defined base-- popular British rock of the last 15 years-- so there's less fun to be had in picking out its targets. The songs must therefore yield their one-note snickers through the overuse of British vernacular ("Bangers, Beans and Mash"), numbskull declarations of hedonism (see: the Barat-penned "let's get fucked!" refrain of "Gang of Lust") and elaborate set-ups to crass punchlines (the Cocker/Chilly Gonzales co-write, "F.O.H.", an ascendant, U2-scaled piano ballad whose source of uplift is finally revealed in the chorus: "fucking on heroin")....full text |
| Hiphopforfree |
| One of the most influential rock bands of the decade, Infant Sorrow churned out a steady string of hit albums that not only reinvigorated the stagnant rock scene of the late 90s but went on to define a generation. Led by notorious front man Aldous Snow, whose scandalous exploits are well documented on both sides of the Atlantic, Infant Sorrow is widely considered the last truly great rock and roll band. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the legendary multi-platinum “Infant Sorrow: Live at the Greek,” the stage is set for an explosive return to form, with a new album and a sold-out show at the Greek Theater, where the fuse was lit a decade ago....full text |
| Hoodoola |
| MTD released a new album soundtrack from the movie “Get Him To The Greek” which will be released on June 1, 2010. Description: One of the most influential rock bands of the decade, Infant Sorrow churned out a steady string of hit albums that not only reinvigorated the stagnant rock scene of the late 90s but went on to define a generation. Led by notorious front man Aldous Snow, whose scandalous exploits are well documented on both sides of the Atlantic, Infant Sorrow is widely considered the last truly great rock and roll band. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the legendary multi-platinum “Infant Sorrow: Live at the Greek,” the stage is set for an explosive return to form, with a new album and a sold-out show at the Greek Theater, where the fuse was lit a decade ago. Track List: 01. Just Say Yes 02. Gang Of Lust 03. Furry Walls 04. Going Up 05. Bangers Beans And Mash 06. Clap, The 07. I Am Jesus 08. Riding Daphne 09. FOH 10. Yeah Yeah Oi Oi 11. African Child (Trapped In Me) 12. Little Bird 13. Searching For A Father 14. Supertight 15. Ring ‘Round Release Name: Infant_Sorrow-Get_Him_To_The_Greek-(OST)-2010-MTD Genre: Rock Label: Republic Quality: 207 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo Size: 71.98 MB Rip Date: 2010-06-01 Store Date: 2010-06-01 http://www.d2share.com/526c29 http://www.d2share.com/baa35b http://www.d2share.com/aed01...full text |
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