tango fistula wrote:Who's seen it?
I dug it alot but I am aware that it might better appeal to longtime fans of the band....
The "celebrity"'s blathering about the band can be cut in half and add more Jim Dickinson.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:I saw it in a theater when I was visiting Chicago last week. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I've gotten quite sick of talking-head music docs, but this one was better than average. I'd quibble that they spent too much time on Alex's tenure in the Panther Burns and not enough on the 3rd album. And no interviews at all with the Posies who comprised 1/2 of Big Star for the past umpteen years. But like I said, better than average thanks to some fairly eloquent speakers (esp. John Fry).
Biggest laugh - apparently the debauched hang-out for every Memphis lo-life circa 1973 was...TGI Fridays. That's where the back cover photo for Radio City was taken.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
scannest wrote:I saw it in a theater when I was visiting Chicago last week. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I've gotten quite sick of talking-head music docs, but this one was better than average. I'd quibble that they spent too much time on Alex's tenure in the Panther Burns and not enough on the 3rd album. And no interviews at all with the Posies who comprised 1/2 of Big Star for the past umpteen years. But like I said, better than average thanks to some fairly eloquent speakers (esp. John Fry).
Biggest laugh - apparently the debauched hang-out for every Memphis lo-life circa 1973 was...TGI Fridays. That's where the back cover photo for Radio City was taken.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
version sound wrote:Still haven't seen it. Not sure what Panther Burns has to do with anything. Same goes for the Posies. The story for Chilton really ends after Third, which wasn't even supposed to be a Big Star record in the first place. Part of me thinks that a Chris Bell documentary is a more compelling idea, but that would probably be a harder sell. I mean, music geek legendary status aside, Big Star are still pretty obscure.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:scannest wrote:I saw it in a theater when I was visiting Chicago last week. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I've gotten quite sick of talking-head music docs, but this one was better than average. I'd quibble that they spent too much time on Alex's tenure in the Panther Burns and not enough on the 3rd album. And no interviews at all with the Posies who comprised 1/2 of Big Star for the past umpteen years. But like I said, better than average thanks to some fairly eloquent speakers (esp. John Fry).
Biggest laugh - apparently the debauched hang-out for every Memphis lo-life circa 1973 was...TGI Fridays. That's where the back cover photo for Radio City was taken.
I'll watch a music doc or even a shitty bio-pic about virtually anyone, even bands I don't really care about or like but especially if it's related to a band I do like. I'll even extend that to movies vaguely about or featuring musicians like the awful 1999 KISS-related movie Detroit Rock City. I saw it back when it was in the theaters, but hadn't seen it until I happened to be watching one of the movie channels (Encore, I think) at my in-laws' house yesterday and it happened to be on. Despite its predictability, KISS' crass marketing and piss-poor attention to detail re: musical timelines, I was STILL sucked in.
I got a laugh out of that TGI Fridays bit, too, but it was the original one and I assume before it became a chain/franchise.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:I've never even heard of Panther Burns but I did know about TGI Fridays from reading the 33 1/3 book on Radio City though!
gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:scannest wrote:I saw it in a theater when I was visiting Chicago last week. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I've gotten quite sick of talking-head music docs, but this one was better than average. I'd quibble that they spent too much time on Alex's tenure in the Panther Burns and not enough on the 3rd album. And no interviews at all with the Posies who comprised 1/2 of Big Star for the past umpteen years. But like I said, better than average thanks to some fairly eloquent speakers (esp. John Fry).
Biggest laugh - apparently the debauched hang-out for every Memphis lo-life circa 1973 was...TGI Fridays. That's where the back cover photo for Radio City was taken.
I'll watch a music doc or even a shitty bio-pic about virtually anyone, even bands I don't really care about or like but especially if it's related to a band I do like. I'll even extend that to movies vaguely about or featuring musicians like the awful 1999 KISS-related movie Detroit Rock City. I saw it back when it was in the theaters, but hadn't seen it until I happened to be watching one of the movie channels (Encore, I think) at my in-laws' house yesterday and it happened to be on. Despite its predictability, KISS' crass marketing and piss-poor attention to detail re: musical timelines, I was STILL sucked in.
I got a laugh out of that TGI Fridays bit, too, but it was the original one and I assume before it became a chain/franchise.
I love Detroit Rock City (movie)
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:gregpolard wrote:I've never even heard of Panther Burns but I did know about TGI Fridays from reading the 33 1/3 book on Radio City though!
That Radio City book is one of the best in 33 1/3 series. A little bit of (Philly) related trivia - I was talking to a friend of a friend at a party and the subject of that book came up. Turns out he was the drummer for the pick-up band the author put together to back Chilton for a handful of shows. His photo is even in the book. Guy's name is Joe Ankerbrand (sp?). He's a huge record collector and runs the record section for that used book store in the Italian Market (Molly's).
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:"Maybe I'm just nitpicky."
JGJR wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:scannest wrote:I saw it in a theater when I was visiting Chicago last week. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I've gotten quite sick of talking-head music docs, but this one was better than average. I'd quibble that they spent too much time on Alex's tenure in the Panther Burns and not enough on the 3rd album. And no interviews at all with the Posies who comprised 1/2 of Big Star for the past umpteen years. But like I said, better than average thanks to some fairly eloquent speakers (esp. John Fry).
Biggest laugh - apparently the debauched hang-out for every Memphis lo-life circa 1973 was...TGI Fridays. That's where the back cover photo for Radio City was taken.
I'll watch a music doc or even a shitty bio-pic about virtually anyone, even bands I don't really care about or like but especially if it's related to a band I do like. I'll even extend that to movies vaguely about or featuring musicians like the awful 1999 KISS-related movie Detroit Rock City. I saw it back when it was in the theaters, but hadn't seen it until I happened to be watching one of the movie channels (Encore, I think) at my in-laws' house yesterday and it happened to be on. Despite its predictability, KISS' crass marketing and piss-poor attention to detail re: musical timelines, I was STILL sucked in.
I got a laugh out of that TGI Fridays bit, too, but it was the original one and I assume before it became a chain/franchise.
I love Detroit Rock City (movie)
I remembered liking it back when I first saw it, but some glaring errors related to the time period it was supposed to be set in really stuck out when I watched it again a few days ago. It had a rock vs. disco element that wasn't really prevalent yet in '76, Cobo Hall is a much smaller place than they would've been playing back then, songs that were used in the movie like "Highway to Hell" weren't recorded and released until years later, etc.
Maybe I'm just nitpicky.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:scannest wrote:I saw it in a theater when I was visiting Chicago last week. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I've gotten quite sick of talking-head music docs, but this one was better than average. I'd quibble that they spent too much time on Alex's tenure in the Panther Burns and not enough on the 3rd album. And no interviews at all with the Posies who comprised 1/2 of Big Star for the past umpteen years. But like I said, better than average thanks to some fairly eloquent speakers (esp. John Fry).
Biggest laugh - apparently the debauched hang-out for every Memphis lo-life circa 1973 was...TGI Fridays. That's where the back cover photo for Radio City was taken.
I'll watch a music doc or even a shitty bio-pic about virtually anyone, even bands I don't really care about or like but especially if it's related to a band I do like. I'll even extend that to movies vaguely about or featuring musicians like the awful 1999 KISS-related movie Detroit Rock City. I saw it back when it was in the theaters, but hadn't seen it until I happened to be watching one of the movie channels (Encore, I think) at my in-laws' house yesterday and it happened to be on. Despite its predictability, KISS' crass marketing and piss-poor attention to detail re: musical timelines, I was STILL sucked in.
I got a laugh out of that TGI Fridays bit, too, but it was the original one and I assume before it became a chain/franchise.
I love Detroit Rock City (movie)
I remembered liking it back when I first saw it, but some glaring errors related to the time period it was supposed to be set in really stuck out when I watched it again a few days ago. It had a rock vs. disco element that wasn't really prevalent yet in '76, Cobo Hall is a much smaller place than they would've been playing back then, songs that were used in the movie like "Highway to Hell" weren't recorded and released until years later, etc.
Maybe I'm just nitpicky.
Man, I don't care about that stuff at all. It's a funny movie. You def are being nitpicky hahah
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:JGJR wrote:"Maybe I'm just nitpicky."
I have my knew signature! Yes!!
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:gregpolard wrote:I've never even heard of Panther Burns but I did know about TGI Fridays from reading the 33 1/3 book on Radio City though!
That Radio City book is one of the best in 33 1/3 series. A little bit of (Philly) related trivia - I was talking to a friend of a friend at a party and the subject of that book came up. Turns out he was the drummer for the pick-up band the author put together to back Chilton for a handful of shows. His photo is even in the book. Guy's name is Joe Ankerbrand (sp?). He's a huge record collector and runs the record section for that used book store in the Italian Market (Molly's).
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
JGJR wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:scannest wrote:I saw it in a theater when I was visiting Chicago last week. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I've gotten quite sick of talking-head music docs, but this one was better than average. I'd quibble that they spent too much time on Alex's tenure in the Panther Burns and not enough on the 3rd album. And no interviews at all with the Posies who comprised 1/2 of Big Star for the past umpteen years. But like I said, better than average thanks to some fairly eloquent speakers (esp. John Fry).
Biggest laugh - apparently the debauched hang-out for every Memphis lo-life circa 1973 was...TGI Fridays. That's where the back cover photo for Radio City was taken.
I'll watch a music doc or even a shitty bio-pic about virtually anyone, even bands I don't really care about or like but especially if it's related to a band I do like. I'll even extend that to movies vaguely about or featuring musicians like the awful 1999 KISS-related movie Detroit Rock City. I saw it back when it was in the theaters, but hadn't seen it until I happened to be watching one of the movie channels (Encore, I think) at my in-laws' house yesterday and it happened to be on. Despite its predictability, KISS' crass marketing and piss-poor attention to detail re: musical timelines, I was STILL sucked in.
I got a laugh out of that TGI Fridays bit, too, but it was the original one and I assume before it became a chain/franchise.
I love Detroit Rock City (movie)
I remembered liking it back when I first saw it, but some glaring errors related to the time period it was supposed to be set in really stuck out when I watched it again a few days ago. It had a rock vs. disco element that wasn't really prevalent yet in '76, Cobo Hall is a much smaller place than they would've been playing back then, songs that were used in the movie like "Highway to Hell" weren't recorded and released until years later, etc.
Maybe I'm just nitpicky.
Man, I don't care about that stuff at all. It's a funny movie. You def are being nitpicky hahah
Fair enough. I admit that I am and remember, I admitted that I sat through the entire f'n movie, too. I get sucked in to watching bad movies easily (I'll even watch music-related infomercials, which drive my wife bonkers) so they must have some virtue, right?
Still, errors like that drive ME bonkers!
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:scannest wrote:gregpolard wrote:I've never even heard of Panther Burns but I did know about TGI Fridays from reading the 33 1/3 book on Radio City though!
That Radio City book is one of the best in 33 1/3 series. A little bit of (Philly) related trivia - I was talking to a friend of a friend at a party and the subject of that book came up. Turns out he was the drummer for the pick-up band the author put together to back Chilton for a handful of shows. His photo is even in the book. Guy's name is Joe Ankerbrand (sp?). He's a huge record collector and runs the record section for that used book store in the Italian Market (Molly's).
Totally agree on it being one of the best in the series. Do they make new ones any more
?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
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