Laguna Soundtrack: As Bad as the Show (December 6, 2006) [Entertainment]

After listening to the soundtrack for "Laguna Beach", Summer Can Last Forever, I have but one question: Is there any way that the 52 minutes and 18 seconds of my life that this asinine CD wasted possibly be refunded? To be honest, I should have expected as much; how could such a ridiculous and idiotic television show possibly put out a good soundtrack?

The first mistake they made was placing Hilary Duff’s song ‘Coming Clean’ first in the lineup. It’s time for Hilary to take her own advice, and ‘come clean’ about what she’s been doing since the song’s release in 2003, or to be plain, why she now looks more like a horse than a human.
If that alone isn‘t enough to prevent the average person from purchasing this CD, perhaps we should consider the song ‘Bouncing Off the Walls’ by Sugarcult, which may sound like a nice, upbeat song to rock out to, but one minute and 35 seconds into the song comes the lines "Momma and Daddy’s got the best cocaine/Ritalin is never gonna feel the same/24 hours on an empty brain/ I got my finger on the trigger and you’re in my way." Is this something we want the children, and the ever-angsty teenagers that are listening to this song, to hear?

Sometimes, a single great song can redeem a horrid album, but unfortunately, none of these songs have any redeeming qualities. The best song on this album is ‘Out of My Head’, a pop song with a taste of rock, performed by Ginger Sling. ‘Out of My Head’ is far from being an Oscar-winning, top of the charts song, but it’s better than the rest of the junk on this CD.

If the music wasn’t bad enough, the CD makers decided to throw in a handful of dialogue clips from the television show. After listening to a song with idiotic lyrics, you are rewarded with a twelve second audio clip of a group of spoiled, oversexed girls with an average IQ of twelve shopping for bathing suits. If they are an accurate representation of ‘the real O.C.’, then I’m glad to be a resident of Los Angeles County.

If you’re planning to buy this CD as a special Christmas gift for a friend or loved one, consider buying six copies and bundling them together to serve as decorative coasters.