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Robert Smith’s Advice Is Not Very Good
By Johnny Firecloud
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Buena Vista Records is set to release Almost Alice, the soundtrack album to Tim Burton’s new Alice in Wonderland 3D spectacle, on March 2nd. Let’s just say that if the soundtrack lineup is any indication of what the film’s going to be like, we may as well skip the entire damn thing.
The film itself looks like a hallucinogenic extravaganza of the highest regard, but you may have to hold your ears when you go, because unlike Karen O’s marvelous cauldron of sounds for the Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack, they’ve recruited one hell of a lame-ass collection of musicians for this one.
For the Almost Alice soundtrack compilation, The Cure’s Robert Smith recorded an updated version of Very Good Advice, a song from Disney’s 1951 Alice film. Smith may be a lipsticked emo-precursor God of the ’80s, but his cover of the song is mediocre at best.
You think that’s bad? Unfortunately, that’s just the tip. Ex-Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 collaborated on a song, and shameless Postal Service ripoff Jesus freak Owl City is contributing as well. Avril Lavigne’s utterly shiteous Alice (Underground) is the lead single, and new music from Shinedown, Metro Station, and All Time Low will be featured, because… well, why? Because Tim Burton has unbelievably shitty taste in music? Possibly.
Thankfully, Almost Alice will be one of two soundtracks for the film that are to be released on March 2nd. The second will feature the original score by Danny Elfman. Alice in Wonderland hits theaters three days later, on March 5th.
And Danny Elfman scores ain’t THAT good either.
There’s a wolfmother track on there. I know you guys aren’t big fans of wolfmother, but it’s so-so.
Yes, fuck them.
What happened to the Deftones article?
still right here. updated the date though to get it on the homepage.
Speaking of Deftones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2mt1S7wSP0
Well, we’re fucked up my friends, ’cause this is a “hip” soundtrack, and goddamn, it sucks. As the time goes by, we’ll have to dig deeper and deeper to find good music. It already feels like looking for a diamond in a coal mine, and it won’t get any better soon.
wow. with the shitload of really good musicians who could’ve (and would’ve, I’m sure) contributed to this if asked, I can’t believe they pulled out this half assed crew. I like me some Robert Smith, but I can’t imagine this song will end up being anything more than a curious sidenote to his illustrious career. Trippy for the sake of being trippy, but, meh.
I love the word shiteous, btw. says so much.
none of this music is actually in the movie, aside from the avril song being played in the credits, so thankfully you won’t have to “hold your ears” when you see it. This is really just a movie studio cash grab to take advantage of tweens wanting to look trendyl
Yeah, I knew as much, but omitted the detail to contribute to the SHOCK AND AWE of how goddamn bad this entire soundtrack is. I’d have posted the tracklist, but that would’ve put it over 300 words, and this shitty song is not worth a full-size feature piece.
Shiteous.
This soundtrack will be the height of shiteousness.
wtf is Robert Smith doing
wtf is Tim Burton doing
wtf once more