Something For Everybody: Baz Luhrmann

Something For Everybody: Baz Luhrmann

Something For Everybody: Baz Luhrmann

ASIN: B00000634X

Editorial Reviews
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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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Something For Everybody: Baz Luhrmann
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • If only for one song alone, you'll love it.
  • Happy Music!!!
  • At last I found it!!
  • THE MAN IS A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Fantastic Album From A Modern Master
 Something For Everybody: Baz Luhrmann
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom / Romeo + Juliet / Moulin Rouge)

ASIN: B00000634X
Release Date: 2004-07-12

Tracks:

  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

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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

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars If only for one song alone, you'll love it........2007-07-06

I could tell you that song, but that would perhaps have you unscrupulously downloading it from some nefarious site. Besides, the whole album is a trip through musical spaces that no other compilation I have has taken me. It's that good.

5 out of 5 stars Happy Music!!!.......2007-04-02

As described, it is truly is "music for all..." The "Wear Sunscreen" song is My personal favorite...

5 out of 5 stars At last I found it!!.......2006-07-11

I'm from Spain and I really like Baz Luhrmann's music. I used to have this Cd but I lent it to somebody and never got it back. You can't imagine how difficult is to find it in Spain! And at last, I decided to buy it here because I really wanted theis album again.
I'm really happy with the service. I recieved it very fast! Thanks very much!!

5 out of 5 stars THE MAN IS A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-12-11

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM. IT IS TRUELY SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY!

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album From A Modern Master.......2003-03-01

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.
Something for Everybody (+1 Bonus Track)
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    		Something for Everybody (+1 Bonus Track)
    Baz Luhrmann
    Manufacturer: Toshiba/Emi
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000K22W
    Release Date: 1999-07-28

    Album Details

    Includes Japanese Exclusive Artwork and Exclusive Bonus Track: 'everybody Free (Special Mix for Japan)'.

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    7. The Lemon of Pink
    8. The Nine Worlds
    9. The Singles [Import] [Limited Edition]
    10. TKA - Greatest Hits

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