Pecker: Songs From The Original Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Stewart Copeland | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 29, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00000BKJE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,229 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Brilliant Collection From the Library of John Waters, October 13, 1998

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JimmyD "utini42" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pecker: Songs From The Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Forget the pop and disco collections of "54", "Boogie Nights" & "Pulp Fiction". As entertaining as they may be they don't hold a candle to the songs and music that help bring to life a John Waters film. Where does he find some of this stuff? Only a man born and raised in Baltimore could find a gem entitled: "Baltimore, You're Home to Me". Not since his landmark opus, "Pink Flamingos" has there been such an oddball collection of true hillbilly sound. The overly perky opening song, "Happy-Go-Lucky Me" has me bouncing up and down like a deranged idiot as I drive down the freeway. Not to mention the absolutley goofy, "I'm a Nut". I get stares from my co-workers when I up the volume of the two tracks, "Uh! Oh! Part 1" (which sounds like the Chipmunks on acid... makes me wonder if there is an "Uh! Oh! Part 2!!) and the very "Pink Flamingos" inspired "In the Mood" by Henhouse Five Plus Two. Think of "Pink Flamingos" and think "henhouse". If you're a John Waters fan you'll know where this is going! John Waters and score composer Stewart Copeland have written a wonderful prison shower ballad, "Don't Drop the Soap (For Anyone But Me)". Copeland has also written a wonderful score, from the beautifully spiritual "Memama" to, as John writes in the liner notes, "the first and last hillbilly-techno". This CD is a great alternative from your standard, run-of-the-mill "soundtrack" song collections! Buy it NOW!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and Uplifting backwoods fun, December 3, 2002

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rkchin (new york city) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pecker: Songs From The Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

"Pecker" is one of John Water's "mainstream" films, and from what I hear, not terribly shocking unlike Pink Flamingoes. The music has a polished feel to it, but still sounds like someone is having an irreverent good time.

Stewart Copeland composed much of the music to the soundtrack. The rest are an odd assortment of off-the-shelf songs that were always destined to be in a John Waters movie.

The soundtrack mixes cheerful, insidious melodies, country western, jazz, and fun, fun, fun. The original music as composed by Steward Copeland manages to be jazzy, bluesy, hip and busy. The songs change depending on where you are in the movie. There are at least 7 tracks of original instrumental music and songs interwoven throughout the CD. It is not filler material, but quite good if heard away without ever seeing the movie.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What A Relief, March 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pecker: Songs From The Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Man, I thought Stewart Copeland had drifted into obscurity after Rumblefish, but he's back with Pecker. And another duet with Stan...(Now why don't they record an album together?)This again is great "I'm doing something else, but I really want some good 'mind music' doing it with me."