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Album Review: Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies
 

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Bowling for Soup's 2004 single "1985" was a big-time novelty. But unlike most novelties (trucker hats, pet rocks, glam metal), BFS have always supported their smart-alecky nature with solid hooks and plenty of good-natured humor. Seriously, you can't stay mad at these guys. They prove it again with Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies, which kicks off with the theme to Nickelodeon's Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and rolls happily along through songs that originally and un-ironically appeared in Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen movies ("Greatest Day"), Lindsay Lohan vehicles (their cover of "...Baby One More Time" is from Freaky Friday), and as the theme to The Drew Carey Show (BFS' trashy take on the Vogues' classic "Five O'Clock World.") Once songs have been, er, "Soup-ified," they all sound pretty much the same -- cranking guitars, lots of harmonies, and Jaret Reddick's thin but satisfying whine out front. But you have to give it up for a band that will admit this very observation in its liner notes. Those notes are almost the best thing about Goes to the Movies, since Reddick is so engagingly honest. He describes how each song came about and then how it played out; usually he's about to blow off the meeting when he decides to go at the last minute and writes a great song out of the experience. A lot of these Reddick didn't write, though. Besides Britney and the Vogues, Bowling for Soup tackle "I Melt With You," Matthew Sweet's "Sick of Myself," "Spanish Harlem" (for an unaired Luis Guzman TV pilot!), and the theme to Gilligan's Island. Goes to the Movies also includes "(Ready or Not) Omaha Nebraska," the band's theme song to ESPN's coverage of the College World Series, as well as the unreleased track "Sometimes." Because Bowling for Soup are such nice guys, they're forgiven for rhyming "thumbs" with "dumb" on that last one. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Jimmy Neutron Theme Jaret Reddick Bowling for Soup (2:08)
(Ready or Not) Omaha Nebraska Jaret Reddick Bowling for Soup (3:37)
Greatest Day Jaret Reddick Bowling for Soup (3:15)
...Baby One More Time Max Martin Bowling for Soup (3:30)
Here We Go Tim Armstrong Bowling for Soup (3:09)
Undertow Zac Maloy, Jaret Reddick Bowling for Soup (3:30)
Spanish Harlem Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector Bowling for Soup (1:04)
Li'l Red Riding Hood Ronald Blackwell Bowling for Soup (2:30)
Live It Up Jaret Reddick Bowling for Soup (3:08)
Star Song Butch Walker, Jaret Reddick Bowling for Soup (3:26)
I Melt with You Gary McDowell, Stephen Walker, Michael Conroy, Robert Grey Bowling for Soup (4:02)
Five O'Clock World Allen Reynolds Bowling for Soup (2:22)
Gilligan's Island Theme George Wyle, Sherwood Schwartz Bowling for Soup (2:24)
Sometimes [#] Zac Maloy, Jaret Reddick Bowling for Soup (3:27)
Sick of Myself Matthew Sweet Bowling for Soup (3:39)

Credits

Butch Walker (Producer), Jonathan McHugh (Concept), Chaz Harper (Mastering), Dave Hale (Group Member), Casey Diiorio (Producer), Jaret Reddick (Producer), Jaret Reddick (Concept), Eric Delegard (Producer), jason Janik (Photography), Edo Levi (Crew), Greg Lobdell (Crew)
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Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies
Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies cover
Compilation album by Bowling for Soup
Released November 15, 2005
Genre Pop punk
Length 45:21
Label FFroe/Jive/Zomba
Producer Jaret Reddick, Casey Diiorio, Eric Delegard, Butch Walker, Russ-T Cobb
Professional reviews
Bowling for Soup chronology
A Hangover You Don't Deserve
(2004)
Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies
(2005)
The Great Burrito Extortion Case
(2006)
Singles from Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies
  1. "I Melt with You"
    Released: 2006

Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies is a collection of Bowling for Soup's songs from movies and television. It contains both covers and previously unreleased originals.

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Jimmy Neutron Theme" (*) Jaret Reddick, Brian Causey 2:09
2. "(Ready or Not) Omaha Nebraska" (**) Reddick 3:38
3. "Greatest Day" (^) Reddick 3:30
4. "...Baby One More Time" (**) Max Martin 3:30
5. "Here We Go" (**) Tim Armstrong 3:09
6. "Undertow" (*) Reddick, Zac Maloy, Ted Bruner 3:31
7. "Spanish Harlem" (**) Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector 1:04
8. "Li'l Red Riding Hood" (*) Ronald Blackwell 2:30
9. "Live It Up" (**) Reddick, Casey Diiorio 3:09
10. "Star Song" (^^) Reddick, Butch Walker 3:26
11. "I Melt with You" (**) Richard Brown, Michael Conroy, Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Steven Walker 4:02
12. "Five O'Clock World" (*) Allen Reynolds 2:22
13. "Gilligan's Island Theme" (**) Sherwood Schwartz, George Wyle 2:25
14. "Sometimes" (#) Reddick, Maloy 3:28
15. "Sick of Myself" (#) Matthew Sweet 3:40

About the songs

  1. "Jimmy Neutron Theme" (from Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius film, released in 2001.)
  2. "(Ready or Not) Omaha, Nebraska" (from ESPN's College World Series. Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup admits to writing this in 5 minutes, and says "Everyone at ESPN is crazy!!!")
  3. "Greatest Day" (Originally written for an EA Sports video game (but rejected), the song has been featured in FOX's Malcolm in the Middle, the David Spade family movie Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Max Keeble's Big Move, Re-Animated, The Last Day of Summer (a Nickelodeon TV movie), and a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie.)
  4. "...Baby One More Time" (This song was written for the movie Freaky Friday after much of the actual movie had already been written. Because the song is written into the dialogue, Bowling for Soup was asked to cover the song at a given tempo. Reddick says, "We couldn't do our usual 'speed it up and add harmonies and it will sound like BFS' approach.")
  5. "Here We Go" (from Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed; this song was originally written by Tim Armstrong of The Transplants, Operation Ivy, and Rancid.)
  6. "Undertow" (While the band decided to pass up adding this song to their "A Hangover You Don't Deserve" album, it was featured on the Summerland soundtrack. Reddick says, "I don't have a copy of that [Summerland] soundtrack, but I am guessing this is one of the strongest tracks on it.")
  7. "Spanish Harlem" (This is the one of only three tracks (excluding the two new tracks), which was not featured on any television show or movie, as a series starring Luis Guzmán passed on the song.)
  8. "Li'l Red Riding Hood" (The movie Cursed opened with this song.)
  9. "Live It Up" (This song is a demo, and is not in any television shows or movies.)
  10. "Star Song" (While this song is not in any television shows or movies, it is one of the band's favorite songs and it appears on the re-issue of Drunk Enough to Dance.)
  11. "I Melt with You" (Featured in the movie Sky High, the song has now been released as the single from the album. Bowling for Soup was asked to cover it by Lisa Brown, who also asked the band to cover "Baby One More Time". Though they were a little apprehensive about covering a song that not only has been covered so many times before, but is also a "classic" to the band, they eventually agreed. Bowling for Soup's version has also changed the second line of the song to be more appropriate for kids.)
  12. "Five O'Clock World" (The theme of several episodes of Drew Carey Show from 2002 to 2004. [The original, done by the Vogues, was used as the main theme for the show's second season].)
  13. "Gilligan's Island Theme" (Used for the reality show based on the classic series.)
  14. "Sometimes" (One of the previously unreleased tracks featured on the album.)
  15. "Sick of Myself" (This song was originally covered for the wedding of Lance [the original Bowling for Soup drummer].)

The artwork of the booklet and CD case is a comic book-like rendition of the band. The CD itself resembles a movie reel.


 
 

 

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