...see a film like The Commitments and hear a sound like The Commitments and cop a feel for the atmosphere of The Commitments, you know that it is in fact the true music of God.
This story of the birth, growth and eventual demise of a good time soul band from Dublin is one of the most memorable of all music based films, and probably the most enjoyable - soul is the rhythm of sex, and The Commitments are the soul of enjoyment.
The film hearkens ...
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16.12.2001
Soulful Review ofCommitments Vol.1, The - Original Soundtrackby
Sandra24
...soundtrack to the movie The Commitments and that instantly took me back more than ten years.
The movie with the same name (which in turn is based on a novel by the famous Irish writer Roddy Doyle) is about a group of young people in Ireland who decide to put a band together, and even though this is not a review about the film it is near impossible to write a review of the soundtrack without mentioning the film, especially in this case as the film ...
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Strong Voice Review ofCommitments Vol.1, The - Original Soundtrackby
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...American inside with the Commitments soundtrack. The Film was great and showed that great films can come from Ireland. The soundtrack contains all of the hits from the film including Mustang Sally and Try a Little Tenderness. The lead singer in the film played by Andrew Strong is obnoxious but bloody hell what a voice. Just wait till you play it full tilt from your stereo. The guy’s voice is amazing and he deserved to do better off the back of the ...
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22.09.2000
Andrew Strong...who? Review ofCommitments Vol.1, The - Original Soundtrackby
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...been sold.
I recently saw the commitments on tour (yes they really do still tour as a band), they still have a couple of the original cast members too. They were absolutley fantastic live !!!
However, this revue is more about the lead singer from the film, you remember "Deco", the slob with the unreal voice, well, unfortunatley he is not part of the touring group, the current lead singer is great though but I wondered what had happened to "Deco" ...
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