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'King of the Hill' not king of the soundtracks by Todd Money Gamecock Critic Various Artists King of the Hill soundtrack ☆ ■A: 1/2 owl of irh'k'k spired by?” Hits anyone fig ured out exactly what significance this phrase has, re garding the release of album supple ments for TV shows? Or where it came from? Not that it mat ters. This TV “soundtrack” trend will continue as long as it continues to make money. “The X-Files,” “Friends,” “Party of Five” and “Dawson’s Creek” have all produced highly accessible, Top 40-heavy soundtracks in recent years, each trying to capitalize on the spend ing dollars of the young with feel-good fun, more or less. _ T L . I II c problem is, most of these radio ready concoctions aren’t soundtracks as we’ve come to know them. They’re catch-alls for throwaways and B-sides of pop ular artists, the bulk of which are Hill SEE PAGE 4 KM6&MU, ^k *** * **«•« «w»w - mmm jmk ■ » *“'<•’» ' w**n <M# > ••*»>} M» nu r SFfLL'Sir'S '*••»««w« I WtlUNktinR.ajiMMdWH^K f —«>•>» vt»u— .. by Clayton Kale Gamecock Critic Foo Fighters There is Nothing Left to Lose 'k'k \/2 out of •k'k'k'k The Foo Fighters are back. Thank God, a name in pop music I can trust. When the Stone Temple Pilots start sounding more like Creed, and tire deep est Lit can gel with lyrics is a song about a ziplock bag, Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters bring their third studio release. Whenever I’m in the mood to hear riff driven guitar pop, the Foo Fighters have delivered. With past songs like “This Is a Call” off their debut self-tilled album or “Hero” and “Monkey Wrench,” off “The Colour and the Shape,” I was con fident they’d produce another album with one or two radio-friendly tracks. They have done this and more with “There is Nothing Left to Lose.” It has several songs that are good to dri ve to: “Learn to Fly,” which can be heard on the radio, “Generator” and “Live-in Skin” are my personal favorites. And the less radio-friencfly tracks are still poppy in their own right; the melodies on “There is Nothing Left to Lose” are catchy, and they help ease the tension I’m under because of that impending termpaper. But it’s not just any CD. It is an en hanced CD. You can view videos, see the lyrics and do other neat techno stuff that I don’t understand. But I'm not one for that kind of stuff, so the music is what sold me on this album. Plus, they give you a temporary tattoo in each CD. I had fun torturing my mother for an af ternoon with my “new tattoo.” But, then again, it’s the music that made me ouy me I recommend giving “There is Noth ing Left to Lose” an ear-shot. And if you have a computer that isn’t infested with viruses, I recommend at least view ing the enhanced CD once. The best part happens when you close out of the program. There is a short video of Dave Grohl, piss-drunk and waving around a half-empty bottle of liquor, slurring about how he was a member of Nirvana and how they changed the course of mu sic in the ‘90s. As much as that might be true, no one likes a braggart, Dave, and alcohol never flattered anyone.