The soundtrack to the 2000 Jim Carey film Me, Myself and Irene had no business being so good.

Submitted by jj_maxx t3_z6fdgk in Music

This soundtrack is the only physical CD I still listen to because it’s not on any of my streaming services. Pete Yorn, Foo Fighters and Ellis Paul are my favorite tracks.

I only saw the movie once like 20 years ago but they totally nailed this album.

1 Breakout - Foo Fighters
2 Do It Again - Smash Mouth
3 Deep Inside Of You - Third Eye Blind
4 Totalimmortal - The Offspring
5 The World Ain't Slowin' Down - Ellis Paul
6 Any Major Dude Will Tell You - Wilco
7 Only a Fool Would Say That - Ivy
8 Can't Find The Time To Tell You - Hootie And The Blowfish
9 Bodhisattva - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
10 Bad Sneakers - The Push Stars
11 Reelin' in the Years - Marvelous 3
12 Strange Condition - Pete Yorn
13 Barrytown - Ben Folds Five
14 Razor Boy - Billy Goodrum
15 Where He Can Hide - Tom Wolfe

331

Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

NiceBenchMarcus t1_iy11z8u wrote

Yeees, bought it a couple of years ago but lost it somewhere. Still one of the best soundtracks out there.

2

sumnlikedat t1_iy12cxq wrote

Why is it a bunch of Steely Dan songs performed by others?

96

HugoOne t1_iy14d55 wrote

Strange Condition is such a wonderful song.

23

Apositronic_brain t1_iy19qnc wrote

I like AFI's Totalimmortal better than Offspring's cover.

16

InBedWithMeDinner t1_iy1aufo wrote

Most of the Farrelly Bros movies had terrific soundtracks. Kingpin is also excellent.

46

grawktopus t1_iy1ccy7 wrote

Man I forgot about that movie, the soundtrack really is great tho. I still listen to the Snow Day soundtrack sometimes in my car, I loved that soundtrack as well.

3

libertinauk t1_iy1d0bc wrote

I first saw this film in 2002 when I was newly married with a new baby and exhausted and overwhelmed. My ex husband was upstairs on his computer and eventually had to come downstairs to find out what I was laughing at. It was a couple of hours of total joy at a time I really needed it and I'll love that film forever because of it ❤️

16

libertinauk t1_iy1e55c wrote

Replying to jj_maxx (#720,088)

The baby is now 20 years old. He quite liked the film but he preferred There's Something About Mary. He wept laughing when the dog dives out the window 🤣🤣🥰

7

fatjeff1980 t1_iy1f2qn wrote

Also in the film, but not on the soundtrack: Motherfucker by The Dwarves.

15

luadra t1_iy1g2sb wrote

The absolute best and iconic scene from that movie is Jim Carrey sliding off the hood of the car

2

marcdaniel t1_iy1i6t5 wrote

I hate they used the offsprings version of the song considering AFI's original is such a banger.

3

i_shmell_paap t1_iy1j2n3 wrote

I find it odd that Cake's song Hem of Your Garment isn't in that tracklist. I know it can be a thing where a song is in a movie but not on the official soundtrack. Besides the fact that I always associate that song with this movie when I hear it, it's such a good ass song.

29

madmenisgood t1_iy1jyp0 wrote

Go ahead and put the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack in that same group.

12

mikeyhol t1_iy1ko2s wrote

Great movie! Completely different movie when it’s shown on TV compared to uncensored!

9

BarveyDanger t1_iy1m4bm wrote

YOU GOTTA GET GOOOOONE YOU GOTTA GET GOOOOINNNN

2

smaier69 t1_iy1pwi6 wrote

Sometimes a great soundtrack can turn an otherwise /meh movie into a very enjoyable one.

​

That's how Joe Dirt was for me.

3

incoherentpanda t1_iy1rftj wrote

There was another post that had a billboard with a guy's forehead and it looked like Jim. Then I see this post. Seems like a weird coincidence.

2

BronxLens t1_iy20yqj wrote

I’m just here to ask, why isn’t the soundtrack of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for sale? eg iTunes Store

2

11ForeverAlone11 t1_iy232qd wrote

Also the soundtrack to the Jim Carey film The Cable Guy

8

Coachbelcher t1_iy27jk1 wrote

It was my introduction to Pete Yorn, who is fantastic.

1

Apositronic_brain t1_iy2918i wrote

Replying to imatt (#724,060)

I've never had the luck to see them, but I had the All Hallows E.P. CD back in the day. The beauty of this song is as long as you know a few words, you can happily caterwaul along to the rest and it'll sound just fine.

2

youtharcade t1_iy2dt1r wrote

Damn Marvelous 3 are on here? My wife saw Butch Walker here in ATL not too long ago and the other two dudes happened to be attending the show and they played together for the first time in like 20+ years. Crazy to see this track on here.

Edit: also had no idea Offspring covered AFI on this. This really is quite a treasure OP.

1

DukeOnTheInternet t1_iy2fsxg wrote

Of course it's missing the big one: Motherfucker - The Dwarves

2

andyvsd t1_iy2ifxl wrote

Replying to bettr30 (#725,233)

I’ve been an AFI fan for a long time. If I remember correct. This cover was played on the radio because it was the offspring. This ended up helping AFI get Days of the Phoenix played on the radio. I could be wrong, it’s been a while, but that’s how I remember it.

6

Blue-cheese-dressing t1_iy2j7b2 wrote

I remember at least one track by Cake in the film, not listed here.

1

Stacular t1_iy2klik wrote

Replying to andyvsd (#726,319)

It’s what got me interested in AFI, right before Days of the Phoenix. Circa Black Sails era, I think.

Edit: and because AFI was on Nitro Records at the time, it was a cool move from The Offspring to immediately promote their best signing.

3

RestlessSubjective t1_iy2krae wrote

You left out "I'd Like That" - XTC, one of the greatest British rock bands ever.

7

flippinhot t1_iy33egf wrote

When your source material is Steely Dan, it's hard to go wrong. This soundtrack is just a steely Dan covers album.

0

ColonelGonvilleToast t1_iy34tsz wrote

Replying to RestlessSubjective (#727,098)

One good thing going for them is that the people who love them really love them, myself included, and always try to get others to listen to them.

That said, they still deserve way more attention. People who are really well-informed about older well-regarded music know who they are and hold them in high praise, but they really do deserve to be up there with all those similar bands that manage to be labelled as "cult bands" despite being relatively high-profile.

2

scrubjays t1_iy3a9d5 wrote

didn't they always use Todd Rundgren as a musical supervisor?

1

goboxey t1_iy3e5ic wrote

The 2000s alternative music scene in a nutshell

1

PorkNinjas t1_iy3h9o1 wrote

Pretty sure Hem of Your Garment by Cake is in that flick as well.

1

Philo_T_Farnsworth t1_iy3hb47 wrote

Replying to BronxLens (#723,703)

The studio considered the song selections in that movie "too weird" or "too out there" to put out an actual release. Songs like "Beat City" by the Flowerpot Men, The Dream Academy's instrumental cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", BAD by Big Audio Dynamite, Radio People by Zapp, it was a great list of songs but not considered commercially viable as an official soundtrack.

1

tiorzol t1_iy3iguk wrote

Replying to imatt (#724,060)

Man I rinsed this video so hard in my teen years. Defo awakened something inside me.

Have you heard Blaqk Audio? It's their electro side project and they got some bangers.

1

Monsieur_Moneybags t1_iy3ijit wrote

Replying to RestlessSubjective (#727,098)

I think most people who know about them can agree that their first 4 albums—up through Black Sea—were brilliant, but after that opinion is divided. English Settlement (1982) was the start of their "pastoral" change in musical direction, which I wasn't a huge fan of. They still had some good songs here and there from that point on (e.g. "Dear God" from Skylarking), but I don't think on average it matched their earlier quality. I do think their early stuff was better than Talking Heads.

3

Monsieur_Moneybags t1_iy3iv9p wrote

I really like the Smash Mouth cover of "Do It Again". In fact I bought the soundtrack years ago just for that song.

1

jeepney_danger t1_iy3kbxh wrote

I like that song that plays before he goes berserk

1

mitchnmurray t1_iy3n8un wrote

almost as good as the something about mary soundtrack

1

kuruptlon t1_iy3ofww wrote

Damn 88 comments and not 1 mention of 3EBs Deep Inside Of You. I’m not too ashamed to admit I love that song and it’s inclusion in the movie 😂 . Brings back memories.

1

STODracula t1_iy3os4k wrote

It's a good movie. The one Jim Carey movie I can't stand to watch is Cable Guy because it's just plain bad.

1

Tera_Geek t1_iy3piv0 wrote

Replying to i_shmell_paap (#721,015)

I've always felt the same way about Junior Brown's Highway Patrol. (In case anyone's wondering who the hell that is/what song it is, it's literally the first thing you hear when the movie opens)

1

Garbage_Stink_Hands t1_iy3pv6f wrote

This is the list I’d make if you asked me to list the world’s worst music.

1

KittysMenopause t1_iy3vrvr wrote

I still listen to Pete Yorn's debut album. About half of the songs appeared in TV shows and films in the early 2000s. He seemed to be on the brink of breaking into the big time. It's a shame it never happened.

1

dwilkes827 t1_iy3y8vc wrote

Isn't Motherfucker by the Dwarves in that one too?

1

iCantPauseItsOnline t1_iy40cne wrote

Replying to i_shmell_paap (#721,015)

This reason is why I find it strange that people care about movie soundtracks at all. It's a separate piece of art, associated with a movie but not necessarily containing art made for the movie or featured in the movie. For me, that basically relegates soundtracks to a tiny niche interest... which i guess is where we're at, hahah, sorry lol

1

SpectralHex t1_iy4bj8k wrote

So at first I'm like wtf why would they use the totalimmortal cover?? and then I'm like, oh yeah, the Offspring is like 10 times more popular than AFI 🙃

1

sterfri99 t1_iy4cf7a wrote

Replying to fatjeff1980 (#720,404)

The Dwarves are my guilty pleasure punk band. Are they gross and fucked up? Hell yeah, but they write bangers. “so let’s get high and fuck some sluts” is the best chorus in a song I’ve ever heard

1

nanormcfloyd t1_iy4clzq wrote

Reminds me of how excellent the soundtrack for Vanilla Sky is, even though the film is pretty meh.

1

RestlessSubjective t1_iy59fcz wrote

Replying to Monsieur_Moneybags (#731,620)

It's definitely an interesting change in musical direction - one that I am a big fan of. I love both ends of the band's history almost equally, tbh. But I think a lot of that is because the first album I heard from them was Apple Venus Pt. 2. Then I kind of floated backwards through their catalogue.

2

Shenanigans99 t1_iy5dgdp wrote

Replying to RestlessSubjective (#727,098)

For me they are one of the greats, and it would have been great had they gotten the recognition they deserve.

It's hard to know if things might have worked out differently for them had they been able to overcome some of the difficulties they had to deal with: things like Andy's inability to continue touring, their shitty record deal, and assorted tensions between the group members maybe exacerbated by those things.

Also they've opted not to make the excellent Apple Venus Vol. 1 and Wasp Star available on any streaming service, so that also limits their exposure to only their Virgin albums.

But I love them; they're definitely in my top 5 favorite bands.

1

Henrietttta t1_iy5pthe wrote

I never noticed the overwhelming Steely Dan theme. Makes me want to rewatch it!

1