Basquait:
Original Soundtrack
ISLAND
524 260 2
review by Scott
M, May 1997 (First published F&F 2)
© 1997 Fodderstompf.com
/ F&F Publishing
This
soundtrack (which I first mentioned in F&F 1) was released in April
and features 'Public Image' by PiL along with a cover version of 'Rise'
by Tripping Daisy. What can I say about 'Public Image', it's easily
my favourite ever song, everything about it (bass, guitar, drums, vocals,
lyrics) is brilliant, but as for the cover of 'Rise'...
I've never heard
a decent cover of PiL and this is just as bad as the rest. I don't know
if you're familiar with Tripping Daisy but they're a "wacky"
Lo-Fi US guitar band, not really my cup of tea. To give them their due
they have tried to give 'Rise' their own sound, but 'Rise' is built
around it's dynamic bass, vocal and drum sound. Tripping Daisy have
stripped it bare and in the process robbed it of the edge the original
has. The vocal style is quite similar, but to me only Lydon gets away
with all the hi-pitched whines etc, it is his style after all.
The rest of the soundtrack is pretty dodgy featuring the likes of Van
Morrison, Gavin Friday, John Cale and Tom Waits, but it does feature
the excellent 'These Days' by Joy division and 'White Lines' by Grandmaster
Flash, so along with PiL it's not all bad. I only bought this CD to
hear the cover of 'Rise' and so I could review it for F&F. I wouldn't
advise any other PiL fans to buy it...
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