What is your favorite "rock-n-roll" movie?
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ducati_EL34
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My vote is Eddie and the Cruisers.
I did not see Ford Fairlane mentioned.
gizzyman47
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Loopstick nailed it! American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused!
PBerry
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I meant to watch it at the cinema but I forgot so I bought it on DVD.
I put it on repeat and watched it for three days.
When I fell asleep it kept playing so when I woke I picked wherever it was in the story.
It so paralleled my young adulthood.
I really wanted to like this movie, but it ran out of gas for me about half way through.I know...another thread from the dead...but...Almost Famous
Fair enough...I sang in rock bands for over decade...got close enough to The Brass Ring that I can say Almost Famous captures the vibe incredibly well...
It wasn’t that that didn’t work - the band’s story was fine, it was the peripheral characters that didn’t work for me.
Yeah...and so this got me thinking about the difference between a "rock n roll movie" and "a movie about rock n roll"...if I'm thinking about the former...I just might go with Easy Rider ...
Cheers!
David
ducati_EL34
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Easy Rider is about counter culture and drugs. If there was a rock sound track, I did not notice it. I was paying attention to the story being told on screen.
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Fair...Rock N Roll was a very BIG part of The Counter Culture...
ducati_EL34
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But not that movie.
The movie’s tagline was, “A man went looking for America, and couldn’t find it anywhere”.
charles 1973
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I really enjoyed Almost Famous, most of Woodstock, Dazed and Confused and The Doors. Also most of the CCR Documentary "Travelling Band" on Netflix is outstanding. Only the last part, concert footage wasn't particularly good for me though. I had no idea they where that successful in so many countries.
While I was at the mall today I was looking at some new LP's at Sunrise Records and stumbled upon the move soundtrack from "Days and Confused" So I bought it. Can't wait to play it, along with my new Rolling Stones Double LP "Honk", and Tobie Keith's " Should've been a Cowboy" LP. I love 1980's country too.
While I was at the mall today I was looking at some new LP's at Sunrise Records and stumbled upon the move soundtrack from "Days and Confused" So I bought it. Can't wait to play it, along with my new Rolling Stones Double LP "Honk", and Tobie Keith's " Should've been a Cowboy" LP. I love 1980's country too.
Good thread. I don't know if it qualifies as a "movie" per se, but I really liked Muscle Shoals.
Yeah...there's nothing Rock N Roll about that...or riding motorcycles...or...wait...the soundtrack...
ducati_EL34
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I think the movie’s message is much more than some music genre.
The movie would have been just as good, without a soundtrack.
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