Songs And Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11

Performer: Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
Artist: Justin Timberlake
Engineer: John Burton; Andy Wallace; Dave Cooley
Producer: Chuck Plotkin; Daron Malakian; Dixie Chicks; Elliot Scheiner; Monty Hitchcock; John Fogerty; Jon Landau; Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul; Lloyd Maines; Mickey Petralia; Nanci Griffith; Andy Wallace; Ray Kennedy; Rick Rubin; Ron Fair; Steve Earle; Tom Morello; Tom Wilson; Trent Reznor; Will.I.Am; Zack De La Rocha; Bruce Springsteen
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Audio Mixers: David Bianco; Andy Wallace; Dave Cooley; Brett Eliason. Recording information: Nothing Studio, New Orleans, LA (10/26/2003); Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA (10/26/2003). Author: Michael Moore . Arranger: Steven Van Zandt. The concept behind Songs and Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 is pretty straightforward -- gather behind the politically-minded artists who, as the liner notes state, "Michael Moore listened to as he created the motion picture Fahrenheit 9/11." This claim likely bends the truth a little bit -- something that shouldn't be much of a problem for Moore, come to think of it -- because there are previously unreleased songs here by Rage Against the Machine members Zack de la Rocha (a Trent Reznor co-produced solo track called "We Want It All" that doesn't really go anywhere) and "Tom Morello" ("No One Left," a Dylanesque acoustic song performed under the name "the Nightwatchman", that doesn't really go anywhere either), and Steve Earle's "The Revolution Starts Now" was released two months after the movie. But hey, that's nit-picking, isn't it? What this is a collection of protest rock and folk from the familiar suspects -- Little Steven Van Zandt, Springsteen, John Fogerty, the Clash, Pearl Jam, Dixie Chicks, Nanci Griffith, System of a Down -- plus Black Eyed Peas. As an album, it holds together better than the official Fahrenheit 9/11 soundtrack, but it's hard to believe that the target audience doesn't already have Bruce singing "Chimes of Freedom," Dylan's "With God on Our Side" or the Clash's "Know Your Rights." But if they don't, this is a pretty good sampler of political rock and folk. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine While the songs used for the actual soundtrack to Michael Moore's unprecedentedly successful anti-George W. Bush documentary FAHRENHEIT 9/11 were not all explicitly political (many were used for more strategic narrative purposes), the companion disc SONGS AND ARTISTS THAT INSPIRED FAHRENHEIT 9/11 is a different story altogether. The bulk of the songs very directly address topics central to the film (war, jingoism, political activism, et al). Thus, we have Bruce Springsteen delivering a heartfelt live version of Bob Dylan's early ballad "Chimes of Freedom," Dylan himself performing his classic anti-war tune "With God on Our Side," and Pearl Jam's live take on yet another great Dylan protest song, "Masters of War." Lest you think this is strictly a Dylan-fest, there's much more to be found here. Steve Earle offers the rabble-rousing rocker "The Revolution Starts Now," there's a live John Fogerty recording of his fire-breathing CCR gem "Fortunate Son," and the Black Eyed Peas even team up with Justin Timberlake for the tenderness plea "Where Is the Love?" Though Moore's film didn't affect the 2004 election the way he'd hoped, it made plenty of people stand up and notice, as will this "soundtrack sequel."

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