A few thoughts about the soundtrack to Scooby-Doo2, Monsters Unleashed.
- The first time I heard the New Radicals ("You Get What You Give") I was sure that it was some new Hall & Oates
- The soundtrack version of "You Get What You Give" is a radio edit. I guess it was OK to cast Sarah Michelle Gellar and Linda Cardellini in all of their maximum hotness...but not OK to say "We'll kick your a** in". Oh well, gotta protect the kiddies, I guess
- Freddie Prinze Jr. is lookin' an awful lot like Beck. Seriously
- The song "Boom Shack-a-lack" (by Apache Indians) is full of some serious fun
- Even though "The Rockafeller Skank" doesn't appear in the movie, its appearance on this disc does me a great service as somebody swiped my Fatboy Slim CD a while back
- Bad Manners turn in a not half-bad rendition of "Wooly Bully"
- Ruben Studdard's "Shining Star" isn't bad either. It doesn't make me want to toss out my Earth, Wind & Fire records though
- Another tune not appearing in the movie: Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta". Do we call this "filler"? I guess I don't really care because it's a great song
- "Play That Funky Music" is a great tune for doing James Brown immitations after you've had just a little too much to drink (plus, the funk guitar riff, as Ferris Bueller would say, is so choice)
- "Bowling For Soup" is one of the coolest band names ever ("Here We Go" ain't a half bad song either)
- I will get back to loving the B-52's "Love Shack" as soon as I can get that gawdawful image of the American Idol/Ford commercial out of my head
- If you're in a bad mood, you need to listen to some Puffy Ami Yumi.
My CD is the "enhanced" version...which means that it attempts to launch a music video, screwing up my CD player software.
(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Man, sounds like a sweet soundtrack, thanks Mark!
2 - Bill Sherman
Hey, when are New Radicals gonna come out with a 2nd elpee, anyhoo?
This does sound like a fun soundtrack (though not as cool as the 'track to Josie and the Pussycats).
3 - wastro
heh New Radicals broke up shortly after the CD on which that song appeared.
4 - Mark Saleski
hmmm...maybe they were Hall & Oates!
seriously, i've only heard the one song. is the rest of their stuff any good?
5 - ric
hi everybody..in the movie scooby doo2 who is singing teh song when elma meet patrick in the beginning ? please
6 - Dan
My wife wanted to know the answer to comment 5 so she made me search the net...I know its over a year on but others may wish to know that the song was "The Way" by Clay Aiken.
7 - Scoobert-Doo
What was the name of the song that was playing in the tree house when scooby and Shaggy thought they were screw ups?
8 - Scoobert-Doo
WHAT IS UP?