Various - Snakes on a Plane OST (New Line)
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By: Charlie Potter
I once saw a program about what the best concept album of all history was, on which it was decided that 'The Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd was the most well considered, tightly constructed concept album of all time.
That program was made before this album.
Really, what is the concept behind 'The Dark Side of the Moon'? Think about it. Now, not only is this the soundtrack to a film, this is the soundtrack to a film with one of the strongest concepts of all time - that of 'Snakes on a Plane'. And, as if to clinch the deal, some of these songs actually are about snake on planes. It's lyrics like 'I'm no stranger to danger, but I'm scared because I saw a snake on a plane' that are going to make Pink Floyd go back to the Roger Waters line up just so they can re-write 'The Dark Side of the Moon' and make the concept stronger.
The songs contained on this album would give the impression that these people have been up all night, for as soon as they close their eyes, they're back on that plane reliving the sheer terror. Only the amount of horror and insomnia that the film 'Snakes on a Plane' can induce would generate an album like this, and a large amount of that terror is transferred across by listening to this album. At times you feel like you cannot even stay in the room because of the intense emotion you're being subjected to, especially with songs like Coheed and Cambria's 'Wake Up' showing that the album is not just about the actual snakes themselves but the emotional relationships that are forged through such an experience.
Other serious parts of the album include Gym Class Heroes' thought provoking, poignant 'New Friend Request', a song that has nothing to do with snakes on planes but can be forgiven seeing as it deals with the tricky subject of noticing that someone you consider to be worthy of being in your 'Top 8' on your MySpace page - get this - has not put you on theirs. But amongst all this emotion the album is incredibly empowering, the thumping bass and high octane synth melodies scattered herein somehow make you want to pound your fist in the air and shout 'snakes on a motherf**kin' plane!!!', as if it's a really good thing.
The structure of the album is as follows:
1. Empowered empowerment
2. Dramatic empowerment
3. A break down to consider the post-empowered emotions, whilst willing the empowerment to revive.
4. Yeah! Funky rap worry, complete with a commentary on the sign of the times, that sign being a snake on a plane.
5. Total emotion, relationship subplot.
6. Angered worry empowerment.
7. Disco emotion.
8. MySpace problems
9. Rock time- a Louis IVX remix of a Bronx song.
10. Emotional emotion, with beats.
11. The revive of disco emotion.
12. Extreme emotional emotion.
13. Hyper extreme emotional emotion - with planes.
14. Happy times, good day (I think this about all the people who aren't on a plane with snakes on it).
15. Regge Party time- either a bunch of jokers from another film, or just totally irresponsible maniacs.
16. Total dread of snakes. The snake is upon us - we must try and escape. Oh no! Not the snake! Anything but the snake! We must get the guns...
Overall, this album comes across as a sort of public service announcement - not of how to combat snakes on a plane, but how to be really emotional about snakes on a plane, and how to think about relationships. It sounds like a just cause, I know, but the biggest failing of this album is that they lose sight of fact that somewhere out there, there really might be snakes on some kind of plane as we live and breathe. Instead, it focuses on dreary, emotional relationship issues, and some guy's MySpace problems.
Artists in this article: Various, Various Acts, Various Artists
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