Good Morning Vietnam: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Album Description
UK compilation featuring 17 tracks is a soundtrack to the 60s with No.1 hits by Norman Greenbaum & Chris Farlowe, as well as many other thought provoking classics by the likes of Jimmy Cliff, Donovan, & The Zombies, to name a few. Music Club. 2004.Amazon.com
Nineteen eighty-seven’s Good Morning, Vietnam was a turning point for Robin Williams, garnering the comic his first Academy Award nomination and leveraging him into the first rank of American film stars…. More >>
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Good Morning Vietnam: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Man, do I freakin’ HATE this soundtrack! Why, do you ask? Well, it’s because I was forced to wake up to Robin Williams’ uttering of the title line that starts off this CD EVERY SINGLE FRICKIN’ MORNING when I was at high school band camp during my sophomore and junior years (before you all start makin’ snide remarks, yes I was a band geek. I even played one of the geeky instruments: the bass clarinet, which looks kinda like a long, black-bodied saxophone. Hey, say what you will about us marching band types, we always got the best seats in the house for the home football games– for free no less)! Apparently our bunk leader, the assistant drum major (or was he the “lieutenant drum major”? Ahhh, who gives a rat’s?), had a thing for this particular disc. He also loved listening to musical soundtracks, which made me hate him even more. But that’s a different gripe for a different review…
On a more serious note, I found the mix of tunes a refreshing change from the usual oldies-laden soundtrack collection. It seems to have an even balance of well-known cuts from the times, as well as a few tracks that you don’t usually hear on the local oldies station. I don’t think I’ve ever heard The Castaways’ `Liar Liar’ or `Game Called Love’ anywhere but on this CD. `Course, I could do without James Brown’s `I Feel Good’, which I’ve taken a listen to so many times I’d probably scream WHOOAAAH!!! Like he does at the start of the song nonstop until my ears bled…
Sadly, thanks to my traumatic experience at band camp, I’m not all that big on the Adrian Cronauer segments. `Course, when you’ve heard them so many times, both on the soundtrack and in the movie, they get kinda stale on ya. And I’ve always found most big-voiced radio DJs (Williams nails the whole `big-voice’ deal to a `T’ here) rather annoying anyway. Fortunately, my CD player includes a `skip to the next track’ button…
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Rating: 2 / 5
Yes, it is a good soundtrack. Has histerical naration from the movie, but I would have liked to have had the Dawn Breakers song, I think it was It’s Alright or If you want me it’s alright, can’t remember exactley, instead of the BeachBoy’s Warmth of the Sun. Don’t care for that song that much. Both were on the movie, but I guess they wanted a song for every feeling or sediment. But, the only two things keeping this soundtrack in the 4 range is all the other great songs and, tape wise, it’s excellent. No ‘dead air’ or blank recording. The time play is pretty balanced.
Rating: 4 / 5
Its one of the better 60’s and 70’s soundtracks. Its ranks up their with Forest Gump, Dazed and Confused and More Dazed and Confused.
Rating: 4 / 5
Robin Williams is at his best as a “DJ”. If you like oldies, you will like this CD. Fairly good mixture of songs.
Rating: 4 / 5
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNIN’ VIETNAAAAAAAAM!!!!!!!!!!
NEED I SAY MORE?
Rating: 5 / 5