- Audio CD (Mar 24 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: EMI
- ASIN: B00000634X
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (184 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Bazmark Fanfare - Baz Luhrman |
| 2. Young Hearts Run Free (The Overture Mix) - Kim Mazelle |
| 3. Loverfool (Snooper Version) - Snooper |
| 4. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - Doris Day |
| 5. Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Mix - Quindon Tarver |
| 6. Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen) - David Hobson |
| 7. When Doves Cry (Extended Mix) - Quindon Tarver |
| 8. Love Is In The Air (Fran Mix) - John Paul Young |
| 9. Nutbod (Houseboats Of Kashmir Mix) - Christine Anu/Royce Doherty |
| 10. Happy Feet (High Heels Mix) - Jack Hylton |
| 11. Angel (7in MIx) - Gavin Friday |
| 12. Os Quindos De Ya Ya - Stanley Black |
| 13. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - Helana |
| 14. Time After Time (The S.F.E. Version) - Tara Morice |
| 15. I'm Losing You - Lani |
| 16. Now Until The End Of The Day (Single Version) - Christine Anu/David Hobson/Royce Doherty |
| 17. Jupiter (From The Planets) - The London Symphony Orchestra |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
One of the most surreal singles in memory, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" has an even stranger story than you'd imagine: in 1998, a student lifted the text of an article columnist Mary Schmich had written for the Chicago Tribune and started sending it around the world, crediting it as a commencement speech given at MIT by Kurt Vonnegut. Film director Baz Luhrmann (who had taken a big part in designing the soundscapes of his films Strictly Ballroom and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) got his hands on it just as he was working on a remix of Rozalla's 1992 dance hit "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)." Within a day, Luhrmann had hired a local actor to read the text, and a single was born. It's a wonderfully surreal pop-cultural moment on an album that strives for such things. Luhrmann's modus operandi involves the remixing and customizing of tracks until they have a fabulous sheen, and it owes a lot to the equally media-attuned Malcolm McLaren (and especially to McLaren's 1989 album Waltz Darling). Though he throws in a handful of time-tested songs (Doris Day's "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps," La Bohème's "Che Gelide Manina"), Something for Everybody is very much of a specific moment--and though the moment may pass, fans will enjoy revisiting it time and again. --Randy Silver
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
*sigh*,
By Candice Baker (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Something For Everybody (Audio CD)
THERE IS MORE TO THIS CD THAN THE DAMN SUNSCREEN SONG! (A brilliant conglomeration of every music genre, to be exact... I can't believe I'm not seeing more kudos for the Shakespearean mixes... enough to make *me* get up every morning and smile...
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Album From A Modern Master,
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This review is from: Something For Everybody (Audio CD)
If you've ever had the good fortune to see STRICLY BALLROOM, ROMEO + JULIET or MOULIN ROUGE, then you've been exposed to the pure visual and musical genius that is Baz Luhrmann. This pre-MOULIN ROUGE album covers a wonderfully wide range of music - mainly original and remixed music from Luhrmann's first two films, two of his theatrical productions for the Australian Opera (LA BOHEME & MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM), his production of HAIRCUT for the Sydney Theatre Company, and music from LAKE LOST.Fans of STRICTLY BALLROOM will again recognize the original versions of Doris Day's classic "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" and Stanley Black's "Os Quindos De Ya Ya" as well as remixed versions of "Happy Feet," "Love Is In The Air" and Tara Morice's "Time After Time." ROMEO + JULIET lovers can hear fantastic remixed versions of "Young Hearts Run Free," "Everybody's Free," "When Doves Cry," and "Angel." The real treat for Baz Luhrmann fans, however, are the tracks from and inspired by his works for The Sydney Theatre Company and the Australian Opera. They range from the purely operatic "Che Gelida Manina" from LA BOHEME (which has since been brought to Broadway) to the fantastically funky electronic "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" from HAIRCUT. If you've ever seen and loved a Luhrmann film, you shouldn't be disappointed by this fantastic album. It celebrates the works you know and love and introduces you to this modern master's other, equally wonderful works.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A must have for any collection.,
By chris august (fond du lac, wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Something For Everybody (Audio CD)
This cd is kind of wierd. Or eclectic, whichever. It features cool adaptions of popular song featured in his great movies and plays. Its dancable, or strictly just sit around listening music. Some of the songs are somewhat unaccessible at first listen, but just give them some time. Overall this is a great CD. I also recommend the Moulin Rouge Soundtrack.
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