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Scrubs

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Like many cool things, I am late to the "Scrubs party", having never seen a single episode in all of the years that it was on in first run scheduling. Lucky for me, it seems to be on many hours a day now on Comedy Central and other channels, so now I kick myself daily for not having enjoyed this show when it was in the proper sequence. I may have to invest in the DVDs to watch the correct order of this terrific show. It has everything that I love about offbeat comedic situations and characters that are truly original.

While doing my daily dose of catching up, I saw an episode in which the main character was coming to work after having a rough night of no sleep due to stress. As he passed a bench on the street, a man was strumming a guitar. That man was Colin Hay, the lead singer from "Men at work", who launches into a solo version of Overkill... "I can't get to sleep..." This was a great two and a half minutes of television, and made me a fan of the show on the spot. Colin was in various incarnations within the hospital through out the entire song still strumming that guitar and delivering one of the finest solo rendition I have heard in a long time of a song I have long forgotten from 20-something years ago. I had to have that song, so I now have this CD.

The whole CD is easy to listen to, and while I might not be in the target demographics, it is not so "young" that I can't enjoy most if not all of the songs. It might be a compilation, but other than the opening song "Superman" and off course that acoustic solo version of "Overkill", everything was new to me. What is constant is the style, so I have let this disc play through many times now and enjoy the entire group of songs. This makes a nice driving CD or a "background" CD around the house.

Scrubs is one of the wittiest shows on television. It's also one of my favorites. Unlike many shows, Scrubs is a carefully integrated show. Like life itself, minor characters reappear in episodes and not just as a cardboard-character, but as fully developed individuals with their own lives and back stories that sometimes play into the main plot of the show. Continuity is important and the writers, producers, and directors go to great lengths to maintain that. Things that happened in an episode two seasons before can have ripples two years later. Every part of the show is a part of this careful integration, including the music. The music that is used on the show isn't usually the typical type of stuff that one can hear played on pop radio stations (though there are some songs like this). Not only that, each song is carefully selected and instead of distracting from the action on the small screen the songs augment whatever is happening on screen. In this way, the Music from Scrubs is more like a movie soundtrack than a television soundtrack. Not only that, but because of the sometimes obscure and relatively unknown selection choices, Music from Scrubs is a great soundtrack with almost an entire cd that is enjoyable to listen to over and over and over again. Of the 15 tracks on the album, the only song that I really don't enjoy listening to is track #4, "Good Time" by Leroy. I love every other song on the album. From the shows theme song, "Superman" by Lazlo Bane to the sad ballad of unrequited love, "Good Life" by Francis Dunnery to the upbeat "Hooch" by Everything, this is a great collection of music. Having worked in radio on and off during my life and being involved in theatre, I have built quite a collection of movie soundtracks. The Music from Scrubs is one of my favorites, if not favorite soundtrack that I own.

This CD is excellent. I listen to it quite a bit, and enjoy it very much. I bought the cd because it had the music of Colin Hay on it, who was featured in the season premiere as a wandering troubadour singing his former Men at Work hit "Overkill." This is the best song on the album, in my opinion. However, on the track list for the CD, Amazon is missing this song. It is the last song on the cd. Also - another reviewer lamented the lack of Nil Lara's "Fighting for my love" on the cd. This is confusing, as the song is, in fact, on the cd, though it is also missing from the track list. Interesting. None of this takes away from the excellent music, however. I had never heard of many of these artists before buying this cd, and I'm certainly the better for listening to their work.

Scrubs has sensational music soundtrack that compliments its episodes including a great theme song in Lazlo Bane's Superman. If you also purchase the DVD season collections and go back and watch after listening to this album the songs will mean a lot more as well.

It may also interest fans of this great show that there is also a sequel to this soundtrack which is called the very imaginative title of Scrubs Original Soundtrack vol.2 It has music from the first five seasons of Scrubs being the following tracks.
I Want To Know by The Mavericks
Dreaming Of You by The Coral
Our Love by Rhett Miller
Why by Elefant
Question by The Old 97's
In The Sun by Joseph Arthur
Winter by Joshua Radin
Light & Day by The Polyphonic Spree
Half by G Tom Mac
Cindy by Tammany Hall NYC
Diner by Martin Sexton
My Brillant Feat by Colin Hay
Honestly by Cary Brothers
Sideways by Citizen Cope

At the time of this review, this sequel album was not available on Amazon.

Scrubs is a great TV show, and the song selections on it are terrific, and so that makes this CD worth owning...

But! BUT! BUT!! Two of the most memorable songs from the show are AWOL.

ONE: Nil Lara's "Fighting For My Love" (From the ep "My Drug Buddy")
Remember the first time JD and Eliot hooked up, and the great song that played?
("Now I'm standing next to you. I think I've changed my point of view.")

TWO: The UNDERDOG theme (from the ep "My Hero")
C'MON!! To me this is like the Dr Cox theme song. It's abscence is just about unforgivable.

Although the "Superman" title song by Lazlo Bane is not the same version on the CD as in the TV series (the CD version is a bit slower), every song perfectly fits this fabulous series. It does not only contain songs from the first series, but e.g. the genious song "Overkill" by Colin Hay (ex-Men At Work!) from the 1st episode of the 2nd series. All in all this soundtrack is very acoustic, but even for a sytnth-pop fan like me this is a PERFECT soundtrack for everyone who loves SCRUBS.
Anyway: if there should come the day with a 2nd part of that CD, please, dear producers, include the quicker TV version of "Superman"! Thanks :-)

With the exception of the song 'Hooch' this CD is by far the best collection of songs ever put onto a soundtrack. There isn't anything "hard" about this CD. It has what I call "sittin'-in-the-sun-a-foot-a-tappin' chillout music." I slide this CD into my player whenever I get the chance. It's great driving music and instantly puts me into a good mood. If you're a music lover or even a lyric lover, then you will love this CD.

This is an excellent album made particularly for changing moods. Even the prosaically named "Pure Moods" couldn't compare; not in form, not in subtance, and not in feeling.

"Superman," "Good Time," "Dracula From Houston," and "Hooch" (easily the most recognizeable track on the album) provide the perfect soundtrack for quiet days with friends or just sitting at home, while "All In My Head," "Hold On Hope," "Good Life," and "Hallelujah" seem to custom made for those times when one just needs to be alone. On the road? "Fighting For My Love"'s bluesy riffs and vocals are perfect for long trips. Upset? "Have It All," somehow going from a million broken hearts to a uplifting chorus, picks up one's spirits extremely effectively.

And, while perhaps the greatest song to be featured on a Scrubs episode, the a capella version of Mighty Mouse, fails to appear, "New Slang" by The Shins makes an excellent substitute with its a capella beginning and soothing vocals.

You didn't think I forgot "Overkill," did you? The acoustic rendition by Colin Hay is better than the original, and stands out against even this superlative soundtrack.

I've made a lot of mention of how the songs fit different moods, but even through the routine course of a person's day, it belongs in the CD player. Maybe you couldn't exactly headbang or grind to it, but as one who has had more than his fill of gangsta rap and rapcore saturating the charts, this is an easy-listening breath of fresh air.

I bought this CD for Colin Hay's "Overkill" (which is awesome) and hoped the rest would be good too. This albumn is pretty quality with a couple stand outs from Butthole Surfers and Eels, but over all it's a little too "easy listening" for me. Good to put on in the car, but no fast dancing.

Scrubs is arguably the strongest sitcom aired by NBC - or all of network TV, for that matter - since Seinfeld. It's fitting that this CD reflects the great selection of songs featured on the show. One sad omission: the "Underdog" theme song as sung by Ted the Lawyer & co.