Released
just a month after the first single (34K-78954),
Sony double dips with another release of the Puff
Daddy/Sean Combs/P. Diddy's song "Come With Me"
from GODZILLA
(1998).
At a running time of over 25 minutes, this is a pretty
long "single". It looks pretty much identical
to the previous release too, except the words remix
have been added to the cover and the Toho copyright
in the lower left has oddly been removed. Thankfully,
this release is much better than the previous single,
containing more content. The disc loses the "extended
radio edit", but adds in the unedited album version.
In the end this is the better choice, as having two
censored versions was overkill.
Following this is the new "remix" version,
which is actually a totally new song that uses the
same lyrics for the first minute before going into
a completely new direction. Sadly, this means that
it loses the great Jimmy Page theme and is instead
replaced by a mediocre rap number by Puff Daddy. Actually,
scratch mediocre this song is just bad. The beat is
nice for the first 30 seconds or so, but long overstays
its welcome. The additional lyrics are also just odd,
featuring everything from a little ode to The Notorious
B.I.G. to being totally self absorbed and telling
people not to "hate me because I'm beautiful".
The song really dies about two and a half minutes
in too, which is really bad since its a five minute
song. The worst part is simply Puff Daddy himself.
The song "Come With Me" works because of
Jimmy Page's awesome musical talents. The remix is
all up to Puff Daddy, and he simply can't carry it
alone. He just doesn't have the compassion or energy
in his delivery to make it interesting, and he comes
off as indifferent and uninterested here as he gives
a performance that is far worse than in the normal
"Come With Me".
After the remix is "Out There" by the short
lived group fuzzbubble. If its inclusion here seems
random... well that's because it is. Puff Daddy signed
the group onto his Bad Boy Entertainment label, so
there is a connection there and the group did contribute
this same song to the album release of GODZILLA
(EK-69338).
Still, the CD is dedicated to "Come With Me",
making this feel like an odd inclusion. As for the
song itself, it's pretty forgettable. Its not bad,
but its pretty lackluster and its not hard to see
why the group never made it big before they broke
up rather early in their career.
Finally, the last track on this CD is the best. Its
an instrumental version of "Come With Me".
This means one can hear Jimmy Page's update of the
music for Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" over
and over again, without lyrics or interruption. Its
quite a nice experience actually. It might have worked
better with half the length, as at six minutes it
does become a little repetitive, but still a worthwhile
track.
All in all, if one wants the instrumental version
of the song, go for this release. It will be cheap
anyway, but just make sure to get the Remix version
and not the two track single release. If one doesn't
care about the instrumental version, than this release
is still pretty worthless, and one would be advised
to stick with the album release of GODZILLA
(EK-69338) if
they are hoping to get some of the songs loosely "inspired
by" the film.
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