Pitchfork

Eddie Vedder, Ben Folds, Paul Westerberg, Nick Cave, the Stereophonics, Grandaddy, Aimee Mann and Michael Penn are just a few of the artists who will either butcher or slaughter Beatles songs for the soundtrack of the new Sean Penn film I Am Sam, due out January 8th. The film centers around Penn's character Sam, a mentally unstable Beatles obsessive. The Beatles' songs are naturally the centerpiece to the film, so it was necessary to get an eclectic bunch together to do injustice to their songs for the film. It was cheaper this way. Tracklist:

Sarah McLachlan: "Blackbird"
Aimee Mann and Michael Penn: "Two of Us"
Wallflowers: "I'm Looking Through You"
Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon: "Across the Universe"
Ben Harper: "Strawberry Fields Forever"
Eddie Vedder: "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
Black Crowes: "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
Ben Folds: "Golden Slumbers"
Paul Westerberg: "Nowhere Man"
Nick Cave: "Let It Be"
Stereophonics: "Don't Let Me Down"
Heather Nova: "We Can Work It Out"
Vines: "I'm Only Sleeping"
Howie Day: "Help!"
Grandaddy: "Revolution"
Chocolate Genius: "Julia"