New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo 2
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Crappy Movie Songs
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Drive Thru RecordsTracklist
1. Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer, from She's All That)2. It Ain't Me Babe (Johnny Cash, from Walk the Line)
3. The Promise (When In Rome, from Napolean Dynamite)
4. King of Wishful Thinking (Go West, from Pretty Woman)
5. Stay (Lisa Loeb, from Reality Bites)
6. Lovefool (The Cardigans, from Romeo and Juliet)
7. Iris (The Goo Goo Dolls, from City of Angels)
8. Don't You Forget About Me (Simple Minds, from The Breakfast Club)
9. Intro (Amelie J'y Suis Jamais Alle, from Amelie)
10. Crazy for You (Madonna, from Vision Quest)
11. Head Over Heals (Tears for Fears, from Donnie Darko)
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Last year, New Found Glory released an album that was unlike anything that they had done before. With it they seemed to be trying to shed the shallow pop-punk stigma that had plagued them. The album was kind of hit or miss, the new found maturity working in some places, faltering in others, but the effort to improve was admirable. Now, with the release of From the Screen to Your Stereo 2, you have to wonder if that was all a joke. With this album, NFG is right back where they were before Coming Home: just another sophomoric, punk-wannabe band.
The concept of the record, as is apparent from the title, is that New Found Glory has covered songs that were in movies. The covers range from “I guess that’s listenable” to awful. One of the better ones is the opener, “Kiss Me,” originally by Sixpence None the Richer. The song breathes a little life into the previously monotone, accordion tinged song that was in She’s All That. It’s a little faster, but all the parts remain the same, including the signature opening guitar part. Upping the tempo makes it sound somewhat more interesting, but in all honesty, who cares?
Seriously, does the world really need any of these songs remade? Moreover, does the world really need these songs remade by New Found Glory, of all bands? The major complaint with the CD, aside from some of the covers being complete garbage, is that this CD is completely meaningless. It isn’t new material from the band, just rehashes of crappy movie songs, obviously devised to make money since the artistic efforts of the band (Coming Home) couldn’t pull in the dough like they used to. As a consumer, if you see this in the store, you should pretty much be disgusted. This is a band at their lowest grasping for straws.
But for those of you stupid enough to buy this, and there are probably a few of you, check out “Kiss Me,” “Iris,” and “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” The originals are memorable enough that an up tempo version of them sounds sort of cool, emphasis on the “sort of.” And the screaming on “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” is hysterical. Skip the rest of the tracks though as they haven’t gotten much better since they were on the big screen.
--Matt McGraw
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Manchester, England
i didn't think it was possible to miss the point this much. i stand corrected.
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Texas
Don't let the review fool you, kids. Good pop punk + fun, recognizable songs really can't equal anything but guilty pleasure.
Oh yeah, Don't You Forget About Me is the only lame-o (and maybe the instrumental one) - Rufio's is waaaaaaay better.
Green Brook, NJ
I gave it such a low score because NFG is essentially selling what should have been the bonus disc to the re-release of "Coming Home." Seriously, it should be against the law to charge 10 dollars for poorly arranged, poorly produced covers of songs that weren't too great to begin with.
"coming home" is BAD, give that album 1/2 star.
I'm not against calling people stupid, especially not for liking bad music - hell, I've done it many a time on Decoy; however, this review represents the site as much as it does the reviewer, if not more so.
If this review was ever used in a quote, it would say:
"people who buy this are stupid (or whatever)" - Decoy Music
I think its a bit irresponsible. Comment on the album all you want - it's your opinion that matters, but what are you trying to prove with the end line? Clearly you're not saying anything else about the record that could be useful - you're just trying to upset people, and subsequently drum up attention about your review.
My opinions on the composition aside, I think this was poorly handled.
And the album is pretty good.
Manchester, England
'there's no vocals or anything, its just droney guitars, wtf?! if you buy this, youre dumbbb'
stick with what you know.
Illinois
1. There is absolutely no mention of From the Screen to Your Stereo Part 1. While obviously there is no need to mention everything from a band's past catalog in a review of a new CD, this album is a sequel (in concept, at least) to the first one and therefore it deserves a mention.
2. The reviewer completely misses the point of the CD. Everything I have seen/heard in conjunction with this album describes it as for the fans. Fans requested a follow-up to the first one, NFG let them vote on which songs would be included, and then recorded the final product. If anyone is stupid, it is the reviewer who feels as if this should be some sort of logical progression from Coming Home. They're not taking a step backward -- they're simply catering to their fans' request. Pretty admirable if you ask me.
3. It's stated that this is just devised to make money since their original material is not pulling in enough cash. Coming Home was released on Geffen. From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II was released on Drive-Thru. So obviously their major label isn't just trying to make a quick buck. And if anything this album would make less money than an original effort because it's just aimed at the diehard fans -- the ones who asked for it in the first place.
I can understand that you simply don't like the songs. That's fine. But to frame a review in the terms you did misses the whole point of the CD and comes across as an amateurish effort to bash a band for taking the time to make their fans happy.
Pittsburgh
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