Blow (2001) (Rolling Stones/Lynyrd Skynyrd )

Product Summary Label: Emd/virgin UPC: 00724381004425 Release Date: 3/27/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60468017 Item#: MTYGX3 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Rumble - Link Wray ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Glad And Sorry - The Faces ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Strange Brew - Cream ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Black Betty - Ram Jam ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Let's Boogaloo - Willie Rosario ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Keep It Comin' Love - KC & The Sunshine Band ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Yellow World - J Girls ~ Original Soundtrack 10. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ Original Soundtrack 11. All The Tired Horses - Bob Dylan ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Can't You See - The Marshall Tucker Band ~ Original Soundtrack 13. Push & Pull - Nikka Costa ~ Original Soundtrack Film Synopsis: In the turbulence of the 1970s, the international drug trade underwent a fast, violent and lucrative revolution — and one ordinary American was at its center. He could have been your next-door neighbor. But in just a few short years, George Jung (Johnny Depp), a high-school football star from Small Town USA, single handedly became the world’s premiere importer of cocaine from Colombia’s Medellin cartel, changing the course of an entire generation. Blow is a high-velocity look at George Jung’s spectacular rise and fall — based on the true story of how powder cocaine turned into America’s biggest drug problem and how one man from the blue-collar suburbs became the 35 billion-dollar a-year conduit to the Colombian cartels. Ted Demme (The Ret, Beautiful Girls, Life and Monument Ave.) directs this riveting look at the manic allure — and dangerous reality — of a drug smuggler’s everyday life, and unfolds one of the great untold stories from the recent annals of American crime and culture. With smart humor and probing detail, Blow outlines the lifestyle of a mega-rich smuggler —the border crossings, the ruthless negotiations, the sudden betrayals, the wild characters, the run-ins with the justice system, the inherent problems in dealing with massive amounts of cash, the temptations — and, ultimately, the tragedy of blowing all of your dreams for greed. Blow also stars Penelope Cruz, Rachel Griffiths, Franka Potente, Paul Reubens and Ethan Suplee. The screenplay is by Nick Cassavetes and David McKenna (American Histary X).   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Photographer: Lorey Sebastian. Though it didn't quite deliver the goods, Blow, Ted Demme's loosely adapted biopic of drug dealer George Jung, had all the signifiers of a sweeping epic about the underside of the American dream like Boogie Nights or Casino, including a killer soundtrack. Indeed, Blow, the album of the film's music, is more effective than the film itself at depicting the highs, lows, and excesses of America's budding cocaine culture in the '70s, getting most of its best songs from that era. Kicking off with the Stones' urgent yet weary "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," the collection deftly mixes guitar-heavy classic rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd's "That Smell" and Ram Jam's frenetic "Black Betty" with gentler, reflective songs like the Faces' "Glad and Sorry" and the Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See." Glossy disco such as KC & the Sunshine Band's "Keep It Comin' Love" and the salsa of Willie Rosario's "Let's Boogaloo" keep the soundtrack eclectic and reflect the film's party-hard sequences. Nikka Costa's "Push and Pull" feels somewhat out of place, but otherwise Blow is an impeccably assembled collection; that it manages to make a radio staple like Manfred Mann's "Blinded By the Light" sound fresh and exciting again is a testament to the film's musical directors. ~ Heather Phares Starring Johnny Depp as a dashing young drug dealer, the film BLOW is an inside look at the underbelly of the drug trade, '70s style. Accordingly, the movie's soundtrack is laced with post-hippie classics like the Rolling Stones' pulsating "Can't You Hear Me KNocking" and the Marshall Tucker Band's southern-rock love song "Can't You See." The song selection does jump back and forth in time a bit, reaching back to Link Wray's instrumental twangfest "Rumble" and Cream's psychedelic blues-rock gem "Strange Brew," and forward to KC & the Sunshine Band's disco-riffic "Keep It Comin' Love." Nevertheless, this is an admirably eclectic collection (who can fault a soundtrack that includes the Bob Dylan oddity "All the Tired Horses?") that serves as a fine companion to the movie.   Technical Info Release Date : 03/27/2001 Original Release Date : 2001 Catalog ID : 10044 Label : Virgin Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724381004425    Product Image