Dazed And Confused (1993 Film) | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Giant Records / Wea
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 2126
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 24533
UPC: 075992453325
EAN: 0075992453325
ASIN: B000002L1V
Release Date: September 28, 1993
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: No back insert. All else is new.
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| Tracks:
| • | Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer | | • | Slow Ride - Foghat | | • | School's Out - Alice Cooper | | • | Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas | | • | Tush - ZZ Top | | • | Love Hurts - Nazareth | | • | Stranglehold - Ted Nugent | | • | Cherry Bomb - The Runaways | | • | Fox On The Run - Sweet | | • | Low Rider - War | | • | Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd | | • | Highway Star - Deep Purple | | • | Rock And Roll All Night - Kiss | | • | Paranoid - Black Sabbath |
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Amazon.com
Tellingly, director Richard Linklatter's Dazed and Confused was released 20 years after American Grafitti and offers a similar story of troubled young personalities lurking beneath an oversaturated pop culture veneer. Like Lucas before him, Linklatter clearly relishes that gloss and wields it like an ironic chainsaw. His soundtrack is a raucous, authentic collection of mid-70's radio fare, be it sharp-edged pop (Sweet, the vastly underrated Rick Derringer), nascent metal (Black Sabbath, Deep Purple) and out-and-out hard cheese (Foghat, Black Oak Arkansas). Dazed and Confused is the real sound of 70's teenage America. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews...
 Soundtrack of my youth November 21, 2005
T. McCool (Lafayette, IN United States)
18 out of 23 found this review helpful
I don't own this CD. I don't have to own it to review it, because this music is the soundtrack of my high school years. I lived this music. I listened to it while cruising the local shopping center indulging in - er - various activities. Half of the bands on this CD I had the privilege of seeing perform live in the 70s. THIS is what FM radio sounded like back then. Every single song on this CD was well known to me and my friends. Yes, even Black Oak Arkansas (hot and nasty!), Nazareth (get Hair of the Dog CD for more), and the Runaways (hot babes!). Oh, and I love the movie too. Party on, dudes!
 Inhale the 70s All Over Again October 29, 2006
John P. Morgan (Beautiful San Dimas, CA)
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was the stereotypical 70s kid. I had long, feathered blonde hair that blew freely in the wind, I wore Hang Ten T-shirts and cut off Levi jeans shorts and spent a lot of time listening to the music of Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, and the Runaways. Like most people reviewing this collection, it threw me back to that time where everything was kind of just 'out there'. I don't know what that really means, I just get this feeling that a lot of the music that I hear on the radio today has no real spirit...no soul...no backbone. They might as well be singing, "Oh yeah, gimme a contract and gimme lots of money, so I can be on 'Cribs' and show the world my honey..."
Yeah. Exactly. It is that lame.
Even as I entered into High School in late 1979, I could tell that music was changing and although there were a few standouts, the Police, for example, loud and crazy rock 'n roll went through a period of hiding out. It wasn't until the 'Grunge Era' of the early 90s that slapped people in the face and said, "We're back...burn your Depeche Mode albums and listen to some real rock 'n roll..."
By that time, even though I really liked Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, etc. I had gotten into jazz and funk and soul music, but whenever I reached for 'classic rock', I always reached for my albums of the 70s. The kind of the stuff on this CD. And I think about those days that were such a mixture of saddness and gladness and combustible hormones. I think about how if just one single thing were different, how my whole life would've been different. Yeah, okay...you got me...I "inhaled"... but I inhaled life...all of life and I'm glad that I am who I am today because of the stuff that moved me in the past...
So buy this great soundtrack and inhale some pretty cool music and exhale a feeling that you survived that great and crazy time known as the 70s. Oh, and by the way, the only reason I'm giving it four stars and not five is because there are no Alman Brothers on this thing...c'mon, dude, the Alman Brothers helped make the 70s...
Have a nice day.
Peace & Blessings
"Try one out and spread the news..." January 3, 2005
Eggplant (state of denial)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
As of right now, Dazed and Confused is my favorite movie. It's got great cars (THE JUDGE!), great characters (WOODERSON!), and great lines ("I love them redheads!"). But also, it's got great '70s music... that's where this soundtrack comes in. It just might be the best movie soundtrack out there... a collection of great '70s rock 'n' roll! Here's a track-by-track analysis:
1. RICK DERRINGER - ROCK AND ROLL, HOOTCHIE KOO: When I first saw the title, I was put off by it ("Hootchie Koo"?), but now it's actually my favorite song on here! It's just catchy with a good, funky beat and some good guitar work. 10/10
2. FOGHAT - SLOW RIDE: Love it. This is actually a big part of why I bought this CD... is there anyone out there who HASN'T heard this song? The perfect song to cruise to! Also, you should know that this is the short version of the song... the original is about 8-9 minutes long. Still, though... great stuff. 9/10 (took off 1 point for being the short version)
3. ALICE COOPER - SCHOOL'S OUT: Gotta love the Coop! This is the ultimate last day of school anthem. You can't help but get excited at the rebellious lyrics and tone. 10/10
4. BLACK OAK ARKANSAS - JIM DANDY: The only song on here I do not like. What were they thinking, putting this on here? They should've replaced it with "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith or "Hurricane" by Bob Dylan (both in the movie, neither on either soundtrack). Oh well. 1/10 (1 point because it's still more standable than Chingy)
5. ZZ TOP - TUSH: Another great one. Short but sweet, one of ZZ Top's earliest hits. You'll be singin' along in no time... 10/10
6. NAZARETH - LOVE HURTS: Not one I was especially seeking, but still a good ballad with relatable lyrics about being heartbroken. 8/10
7. TED NUGENT - STRANGLEHOLD: Oh yes, it's the Nuge... good song, kind of setting the stage for late '70s/early 80's rock (REAL rock, not Poison or the like). 9/10
8. THE RUNAWAYS - CHERRY BOMB: At first I didn't like it, but now I do. "Hello daddy, hello mom, I'm a..... CHERRY BOMB!" Kind of punkish. 8.5/10
9. SWEET - FOX ON THE RUN: Doesn't sound too much like "Ballroom Blitz", but still a good foot-stomper. 8/10
10. WAR - LOW RIDER: YES! Who hasn't heard this one? "All, my, friends, know the low rider!" One for your cruise nights... 10/10
11. LYNYRD SKYNYRD - TUESDAY'S GONE: Good southern rock ballad. RIP Ronnie Van Zant. 9/10
12. DEEP PURPLE - HIGHWAY STAR: Not bad, not bad... not as good as "Smoke On The Water" though. 7/10
13. KISS - ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT: If you've never heard this one before... go back to under the rock, please. I'm not a huge KISS fan, but this one's catchy, with a familiar shout-along chorus. 8/10
14. BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID: Love this one. See also my review for Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" album for further analysis. 10/10
Anyway, if you like classic rock, or you love the movie, pick this one up. It's a great CD to slap "New York Minute" in the face with!
Rock N' Roll Hoochie Koo, Indeed May 10, 2000
Adam W. Smith (Kansas City)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
It really doesn't get much better than this as far as various artist compilations or soundtracks go. There's no real use explaining what the songs sound like because, chances are, if you're checking this album out, you've heard at least most of the songs on here. Most are staples of classic-rock radio (esp. "Tush", "Slow Ride", "Rock and Roll All Night", "Paranoid"). Thanks to this movie, an excellent movie if you haven't seen it, whenever I hear "School's Out" or "Hurricane" (an omission from this soundtrack, most likely legal reasons), I visualize the scene from the movie when they came on. While there are a couple tracks on here that I would have left off (not my call, so I'm not complaining), what's here I can't argue with. Most of the tracks on here are, plain and simple, great and good timey classic rock n' roll. The stuff that's not good-timey (i.e.: "Paranoid", "Stranglehold", "Love Hurts") is still great rock, and, interestingly enough, my second-favorite songs by each of those groups (the #1's are "War Pigs" (Sabbath), "Great White Buffalo" (Nugent), and "Hair Of The Dog" (Nazareth)). Most important about this album is the fact that it's a true soundtrack to the late 70's, all of the songs on here are, more or less, time-appropriate for the movie (the songs that aren't are in the movie anyway, so it all works out). Though I wasn't in high school in 1976, I listened to this stuff (amongst other kinds of music) in high school and still do now, it's timeless. Overall, this soundtrack is my favorite soundtrack out there, and "More Songs from Dazed & Confused" is an essential purchase if you're going to buy this one.
VERY IMPORTANT INDEED, PARTY LOVERS, YOUNG CLASSIC ROCK FANS September 9, 2005
wally gator (USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
First of all, when I first saw this movie I was about fourteen. I was crazy obsessed with it and watched it (literally) like every day. Still to this day I can recite the whole thing word for word.
Secondly, although I haven't owned this CD in many years I will honestly say it is THE GREATEST cd to put on at a party. These songs truly capture the vibe of the movie into music and will liven up any scene. (The second volume, not so much)
Thirdly, I used to bitch about the absence of "SWEET EMOTION" and "HURRICANE" myself but whatever. I have those albums anyway. I was introduced to a lot of great stuff via this disc that I otherwise may never had known about. TED NUGENT: STRANGLEHOLD, NUMBER ONE EXAMPLE! OH YES THAT SONG ROCKS! It's uncut too!
But Rick Derringers Hoochie Coo, Sweets Fox on the run, THE Runaways cherry bomb and the Black Oak Arkansas track run in my head due to this album.
The only real problem I ever had was "Love Hurts" and a friend and I even went so far as to try to scratch the song off of the disc. ( I think that may be why I don't own it anymore.)
Anyway, it's great stuff that provided me with lots of memories and hopefully will for you too.
EAT MORE POSSUM!
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