Steal This Movie (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]

Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow (Artist), Bonnie Raitt (Artist), Phil Ochs (Artist), Joan Osborne & Jackson Browne (Artist), Ani DiFranco (Artist), Country Joe & The Fish (Artist), Edwin Starr (Artist), Eric Burdon & Billy Preston (Artist), Timothy B. Schmit (Artist), Mary Chapin Carpenter (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Artemis Records
• ASIN: B00004U055
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,570 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Time Has Come Today

2. It's All over Now, Baby Blue

3. I Ain't Marching Anymore

4. My Back Pages

5. This Land Is Your Land

6. Superbird

7. War

8. Power to the People

9. Carry On

10. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag

11. Mellow Yellow

12. When I'm Gone

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Soundtrack for Multiple Generations, August 7, 2000

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Gregory Tutunjian "ISOIA" (Newton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steal This Movie (2000 Film) (Audio CD)

This CD works for more than those of us who were teenagers when this music was first released. The Steve Earle/Sheryl Crow collaboration (Time Has Come Today) is a more contemplative treatment of this song. Bonnie Raitt shines (It's All Over Now, Baby Blue) with a bluesy, heartfelt rendering of this Dylan classic. Phil Ochs, Edwin Starr, and Country Joe & The Fish are here for authenticity, to balance the "newness" of Ani DiFranco, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Joan Osborne. I applaud the artist selection as more daring than would have been expected.

See the soundtrack for "1969" for a collection of original songs and associated artists from this era.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality Covers, January 3, 2003

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steal This Movie (2000 Film) (Audio CD)

This is a soundtrack which updates some classic songs and brings back a few golden oldies. For me, the greatest hit is the absolute blow your socks off version of "Power to the People" which Eric Burdon and Billy Preston nail. Besides being an unlikely pairing, the two give what was a second-tier John Lennon song red carpet treatment that rivals the master musician's with Burdon's empassioned vocals and Preston's pounding keyboards! Equally as magical is Bonnie Raitt's cool bluesy reading of Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." "The highway is for gamblers ... take what you have gathered from coincidence," she croons magically. I have this tune recorded by Joan Baez, the Byrds, Judy Collins, Richie Havens, Barry McGuire, the Animals and of course, the songwriter. Raitt shines! The other Dylan pairing with Jackson Browne and Joan Osborne's version of "My Back Pages" is weighted only by Steve Earle's somber organ throughout the piece. Mary Chapin Carpenter's wacky version of Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" is also making me hit for the repeat button with her little warble, "I'm just mad about 14; she's just mad about me." Steve Earle and Sheryl Crow do a great job of "Time Has Come Today"; and it's interesting to hear the female vocal on the song. The Phil Ochs track and Country Joe's "Fixing" track are thematically essential for the film and sound great. All in all, this is a soundtrack that has great focus and unity. U snooze U lose! Enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of those rare soundtracks..., September 27, 2004

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Stephen Cabral (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steal This Movie (2000 Film) (Audio CD)

This is one of those rare soundtracks that actually has vision, direction and cohesiveness. It consists mostly of updated versions of classic songs. Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow team up for the Chambers Brothers classic "Time". Other interesting team-ups are Joan Osborne & Jackson Browne covering Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages" and Eric Clapton, Billy Preston & Ringo Starr doing John Lennon's "Power to the People". Bonnie Raitt does a beautiful cover of Dylan's "It's All Over Now Baby Blue". Ani DiFranco covers two songs, Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" and Phil Och's "When I'm Gone". Timothy B. Schmidt rocks with CS&N's "Carry On". And last but not least, Mary Chapin Carpenter does a very bluesy and sexy version of Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" that would have been a great single at AAA formats. There are also a few originals - Phil Och's: I Ain't Marching Anymore, Country Joe and the Fish: Superbird & Fell Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, and Edwin Starr: War.