15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well, how would YOU have interpreted it?, June 16, 2001
This review is from: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1996 Spoken Word Adaptation) (Audio CD)
All of my other fellow "reviewers" above/below, whatever, seem to be going out of their way to show the world how "hip," how...dare I say this, "gonzo" they are in describing this CD. You're missing the whole point, folks: YOU weren't "there," it's wasn't YOUR "trip," so how dare you have the temerity to say THIS "interpretation" is "incorrect?" I think Duke himself left the verbiage in "Fear And Loathing" purposefully vague, so as to let the reader use his OWN imagination regarding, say, "senzaman wazzyneeds," or "dead grandmother crawling up his leg with a knife in her teeth," or "with the right kind of eyes, you can almost see where the wave crested and broke." Indeed, it's kind of like that old Charles M. Young album review of 'Woodstock' in 'Rolling Stone,' where a female protagonist is saying to someone who is being OH-so-hip, "that's why there will never BE a 'Woodstock Nation,' you won't let anybody share your trip." But, hey, since we're all being so "subjective," and all, let me throw in MY opinion about something: be a little real, Jimmy Buffett portraying the cop that pulled Duke over in the desert? Right, SURE: that's about like Tiny Tim doing the voice of Gonzo...on a more positive closing note though, Harry Dean Stanton's narration is absolutely perfect, and the music is fantastic, PARICULARLY Waddy Wachtel's note-for-note rendition of "Sympathy For The Devil." Buy the ticket and take your OWN ride, people.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
catches the tone well, August 14, 2002
This review is from: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1996 Spoken Word Adaptation) (Audio CD)
I really enjoyed this adaptation of one of my favourite books. It is funny and having become very familiar with the prose I think it is a faithful attempt by the creators to make something that reflects the material well. It makes me laugh and the main advantage of the format is that I can enjoy the book whilst driving. How cool is that?
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A treat for Fear and Loathing fans, May 19, 2004
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This review is from: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1996 Spoken Word Adaptation) (Audio CD)
This spoken word collection of exerpts from Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's classic book is a must for fans of the work. While the characters on the album can't really touch the way Depp and Del Toro handled the characters in the movie, the people do a fine job. I really like it because Breakdown on Paradise Boulevard is on it. It's one of my favorite parts of the book, and I wish it had been in the movie.
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