Me, Myself & Irene [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist), Pete Yorn (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00004TJAY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,420 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Farrelly brothers Bobby and Peter made imaginative use of Jonathan Richman's music in There's Something About Mary. Now another of their twisted romantic comedies, the Jim Carrey vehicle Me, Myself & Irene, arrives with a soundtrack disc literally half-full of Steely Dan covers by various modern-rockers and post-folkies. Needless to say, this mini-tribute album often fails to improve on the indelible originals, mostly because the singers fail to keep one eyebrow raised as Dan frontman Donald Fagen did so perfectly. Still, Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy's hoarseness and Ivy chanteuse Dominique Durand's sweet bite complement the sentiments of "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" and "Only a Fool Would Say That," respectively, while power-poppers Marvelous 3 have the right idea in cranking their amps for "Reelin' in the Years." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The transformation song..., April 4, 2001

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Joshua Burke (Seoul, South Korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Me, Myself & Irene (Audio CD)

The song that plays when Charlie is turning into Hank (the long drum intro, the "hard to hit a moving target" song) is "Fire Like This" by Hardknox. It rules.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't include the most famous riff in the movie, June 30, 2000

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"jat5000" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me, Myself & Irene (Audio CD)

I bought this and couldn't believe that it didn't include the famous riff when Charlie morphs into Hank - "Fire Like This" by Hardknox. The rest of the songs are typical corporate pablum shoveled onto a disk that was featured in the movie for a total of 5 seconds.

Not recommended

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant soundtrack surprise, November 28, 2000

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Erik Vitols (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me, Myself & Irene (Audio CD)

I was leery of this soundtrack before I listened to it. Steely Dan covers? It did help that I was a fan of the bands that were doing the covers. Still, I had my doubts before putting on the headphones. After a few minutes sampling each Steely Dan cover, I was hooked. It's tough to top the originals, but the bands here rise to the task and make the songs their own.

My favorite ones were "Any Major Dude" by Wilco, "Only a Fool Would Say That" by Ivy (almost a tropical music feel here) and "Bad Sneakers" by Push Stars. The other Steely covers were no slouches either. The non-Steely songs on here are just fine as well, although it is an odd mix. The Ellis Paul tune is an outstanding country-folk ballad, Hootie adds a great cover song; the songs thrown in by Third Eye Blind, Foo Fighters, and Offspring are good as well. It's great to see a soundtrack take some risks on its music, instead of offering us "Walking on Sunshine" for the 1000th time. I definitely recommend this soundtrack for open-minded Steely Dan fans. If you end up liking the covers, check out the bands' (Wilco, Push Stars, Ben Folds, etc.) respective album catalog; they're well worth listening to. You may also want to try out Steely Dan's back catalog if you don't have it already.