I don’t know many women who can say this, but I have a seriously low tolerance for Sex and the City. In the beginning, I liked the show. However, I felt it became too predictable, out stayed it’s welcome for way too long, and ended on a note that a blind mute could have seen coming. Likewise, the movies are just a shell of what they could have (or even should have) been. They are only viewed because people cling to the memory of the show and because they are filled with outrageous fashion and wild sexual romps. The movies are meant to be fun, in a simpleminded way. My mom absolutely loves them. I, on the other hand, would rather drink a bottle of straight Whiskey and have a prison root canal.
Still, as May 27 rolled around and the new movie promos were making me want to puke, I realized that I had to man up and take mom to the movies. After all, she loves the series and she’s done plenty to suffer for me. Spending two hours suffering for her only seemed fair. So, I put on a happy face and only rolled my eyes at the pathetic vision of the three Lizas doing the “Single Ladies” dance at the gay wedding or the incessant yam devouring of an oversexed woman in menopause when mom wasn’t looking.
Prior to seeing the movie, I was offered the Sex & the City 2 Movie Soundtrack to review. I decided to take the network that offered me the CD up on their offer because I knew my mom would love the CD when I was done with it. So, at best I figured that I would have a new CD and at worst I figured mom would have one. Either way, I would stand to win.
The CD includes the following songs:
Alicia Keys – “Rapture”
Dido – “Everything to Lose”
Cee Lo – “Language of Love”
Erykah Badu – “Window Seat”
Natacha Atlas – “Kidda”
Michael McGregor – “Euphrates Dream”
Liza Minnelli – “Single Ladies” (Put A Ring On It)
Ricki-Lee – “Can’t Touch It”
Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down”
Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis – “Love Is Your Color”
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon – “I Am Woman”
Sex and the City Men’s Choir – “If Ever I Would Leave You”
Sex and the City Men’s Choir – “Sunrise, Sunset”
Sex and the City Men’s Choir – “Till There Was You”
Shayna Steele, Jordan Ballard, Kamilah Marshall – “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”
Liza Minnelli with Billy Stritch – “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”
Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors”
Aaron Zigman – “Divas and Dunes”
Some of these songs are good; some of them just plain suck, and well, some I don’t even remember being in the movie at all. The Men’s Choir, for instance, isn’t too bad to listen to, but is only memorable because they were involved in the first ten minutes of the film during the gay wedding. If you forget the gay wedding, it’s likely that you have some form of memory issue and you might want to get that checked. Still the songs are worth a listen. That being said, I doubt they will get high priority play.
Along the same vein of thinking, Liza’s “Single Ladies” makes her sound like she’s ready for the retirement home for stars past their prime and the Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis duet is just incredibly trite and pointless. They should have picked another song to put here altogether. If you want to have a good time you will listen to the girl’s singing “I Am Woman.” Sure, it’s not professionally done, but it does have those happy memories attached that make you think of the foursome when life was good, like back in the earlier seasons.
All in all, this is a movie soundtrack and it’s not an overly impressive one. If you buy this it should be because you want to hear these songs specifically. I found one that I really wanted and a selection of other songs I either already owned or could find on better CDs. It doesn’t leave me much reason to want to own or even recommend this. Fans of the movie will be better off waiting for the movie to come out and just buying that. Personally, I would save the wallet the trouble and skip this one.
Disclosure: The Sex & the City 2 Soundtrack was provided to me by the One2One Network in order to facilitate this review. While the CD was mine to keep, no money changed hands, and the opinions here are my own.
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Written by Ashtyn Evans – Visit Website
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Ashtyn is in her early 30s. She is a mother, writer, college student, and music lover. Ashtyn has had a successful career as a writer since 2003. She turned to blogging in 2005. Ashtyn attends Wright State where she is getting a degree in Psychology. She has extensive knowledge in SEO and Social Media Development.
