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Good Morning Vietnam

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  1. Adrian Cronauer - Adrian Cronauer
  2. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
  3. I Get Around - The Beach Boys
  4. The Game Of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
  5. Adrian Cronauer - Adrian Cronauer
  6. Sugar And Spice - The Searchers
  7. Adrian Cronauer - Adrian Cronauer
  8. Liar Liar - The Castaways
  9. The Warmth Of The Sun - The Beach Boys
  10. Adrian Cronauer - Adrian Cronauer
  11. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
  12. Adrian Cronauer - Adrian Cronauer
  13. Baby Please Don t Go - Them
  14. Adrian Cronauer - Adrian Cronauer
  15. Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - The Marvelettes
  16. Five O Clock World - The Vogues
  17. California Sun - The Rivieras
  18. Adrian Cronauer - Adrian Cronauer
  19. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong s Orchestra And Chorus

After several flops, Good Morning, Vietnam was the movie that turned Robin Williams from the popular alien of TV s Mork and Mindy into a cinema superstar. Applying a comic touch to the Vietnam conflict in the tradition of M*A*S*H and its treatment of the Korean War, the movie capitalised on Williams s fast-talking improvisation and mimicry by casting him as a madcap DJ. In a novel twist which predates Reservoir Dogs soundtrack dialogue extracts by five years, the album is presented as an Adrian Cronauer radio show, mixing seven clips of Williams s brilliant monologues with a dozen classic tracks which collectively define the era. From Nowhere To Run by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, through Beach Boys The Warmth Of The Sun and I Get Around, Sugar And Spice by The Searchers and Game Of Love by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, 60s pop was rarely better than this. Topping-up the veritable jukebox of essential tracks is I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown and Baby Please Don t Go by Them, while rounding off the set is Louis Armstrong s What a Wonderful World. One of the best pop soundtracks since American Graffiti, this anthology wouldn t be bettered until Forest Gump. --Gary S. Dalkin

good morning vietnam - the reviews next to the item I purchased are not applicable to this disc. There is no original soundtrack and Robin Williams is not on it nor are most of the original songs!

Like listening to Armed Forces Radio all over again... - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Good Morning, Vietnam is exactly what you would expect it to be, a combination of Robin William s maniacal spiels as DJ Adrian Cronauer and some great music from the Sixties. The result is something not too far removed from what it would have been like to listen to Armed Forces Radio in the Nam way back when. The only thing missing are the announcements for staff sergeant so-and-so to check in with his command post A.S.A.P. The songs included here are not exactly what you would classify as anti-war songs, although certainly there is something ironic about Nowhere to Run, Liar, Liar and What a Wonderful World in the context of the Vietnam War. There is also a nice mixture of big names, such as James Brown and the Beach Boys, with lesser known artists, like The Searchers, The Rivieras and Them. This actually gives this album a nice sense of authenticity because these are not wall to wall classic hits like we had with the Forrest Gump soundtrack. Of course you are going to get tired of William s comedy long before you want to stop listening to the music. The only question is when, but since we can program CDs to skip what we want, this is not going to be a major consideration. However, for all you Drew Carey fans, if you do not already have it, here are The Vogues doing Five O Clock World.

Good Album, But No Adrain Cronauer Voice Clips!!!! - Great album But Wasnt The Version I Was Looking For. I used To Have On Tape (Which I Cant Find Anymore) The Soundtrack. That Version Had Movie Clips Of Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) But This One Dosnt. So Before You Order If Its For The Funny Clips & The Great Music Then Dont Order This Version. But If Its For The Great Music Only Then This Is Superb. I Only Rated This 3 stars But If It Did Contain Said Voice Clips It Would have Been 5 For Sure. (,)

The Sound of the Film - This CD captures the essence of the film set in the 1960s and the music classics. With intermittent bursts of sounds of the film, it is the essential Good Morning Vietnam fan s piece of memoribilia. The music combined with the graphic memories, such as Robin Williams teaching the locals baseball, the bombing of the bar and twin radio clerks. It combines the good humour of the film, but reminds you of the waste of the Vietnam War.




Good Morning Vietnam