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Songs from the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison
by Koch Records
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Avg. Rating: 3 of 5 stars (based on 5 reviews)
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3 of 5 stars  Rather disappointing, though not awful
Monday, August 02, 2004
I'm definitely a Beatles fan, and I like most of George Harrison's Beatles songs, as well as some of his solo work - the end credits music on Time Bandits (Dream Away) in particular. So when I saw that my favorite band, They Might Be Giants had a cover of Savoy Truffle, a song I quite like, on this album I had to buy it - unfortunately I was quite disappointed with the TMBG track and somewhat disappointed with many of the others. The cover of Savoy Truffle is downbeat, the vocals sound depressed - I guess I was hoping for a raucous, fast paced version with some TMBG style but this... Oh well, the original on the Beatles white album is still great.

Many of the other tracks are competently done, but they mostly just ape Harrison's original, and I've never seen the point of doing a cover song that's as close to the original as possible. Give it some of your own style - if we want to hear the original we can listen to it.

All in all rather bland and disappointing, not horrible but no where close to great.


1 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1 of 5 stars  hey son, lets go play frisbee
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
If you love the beatles and george harrison, this is in no way a good album for you. This takes great songs like Within, Without You and Here Comes the Sun, and butchers them in the most heinous manner. Please stay clear of this album if you want to remember George and how great his music was/is.

2 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4 of 5 stars  A music fan?
Thursday, February 19, 2004
A music fan from Norman, OK, obviously is not what he asserts himself to be. If you have no appreciation of the Beatles, you are no fan of music.

0 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3 of 5 stars  They Might Be Giants are the greatest
Monday, February 09, 2004
Though I highly dislike the Beatles, I had to buy this because it contains an exclusive They Might Be Giants song. Although I have not even listened to the rest of the songs, nor plan to, paying $15 for one more track from Brooklyn's Ambassador's of Love was well worth it! It is wonderful. I give the album a 3 to be fair, because since I am not a Beatles fan, I can only stay neutral when it comes to rating the whole thing.

4 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4 of 5 stars  I Normally Hate Tribute Albums, But...
Monday, November 24, 2003
This one is actually worthwhile. The surprise track for me( and my favorite as it turned out) was Dave Davies doing "Give Me Love". His version is absolutely beautiful, and after doing decades of stuff with the Kinks (who i've always hated), Dave finally nailed it on this one. Other high points are Todd Rundgren and Bill Wyman's appearances (check out the rockin' version Wyman does of "Here Comes The Sun".
Wish my band had a chance to submit something... we've played "What Is Life", "My Sweet Lord", and "Blow Away" several times!

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