name some good rock (music) movies

[mtowngman]

I'm watching "The Last Waltz" now

[Throd]

1. "Jimi Plays Berkeley"

[Jade Fox]

2. Having a Wild Weekend......

I've never actually seen it, but it's supposed to be the best of the early 60s British Invasion flicks. :o

[KamaAina]

3. Quadrophenia

funny, I can't remember "Who" was in it... :-)

[Squeech]

13. Sting

And if you liked his performance, he was even better in Brimstone and Treacle

[Ramsey]

4. My faves

Velvet Underground
Rock Star
Ziggy Stardust

[bertha katzenengel]

5. The Song Remains The Same n/t

[Bryan]

6. "Velvet Goldmine"

It's sort of like a British Almost Famous-a gorgeous remembrance of a very specific cultural moment-but with a much less cozily nostalgic tone.

[mtowngman]

10. I'll try to find it n/t

[Jamastiene]

7. Light of Day is my personal favorite.

I highly recommend it.

[driver8]

8. "The Commitments"!!!!

Not really "rock"...but a great movie about music, starting a band, and trying to keep it together.

This movie has some of the funniest dialogue that I have ever heard. Not only that, but the music and the performances are great.

Do yourself a favor and watch this movie.

[mtowngman]

11. I love that one

thanks for reminding me

[KamaAina]

37. Roid, Sally, roid!

It was my contribution to the "Summarize the plot of a movie in one sentence" thread.

Somme poor slob repiled "The Replacements". D'oh!

[driver8]

38. "That's blasphemy!"

"Elvis wasn't a cajun!"

That is also blasphemy that somebody guessed "The Replacements"!!

[ElboRuum]

9. Rock and Roll High School...

Yeah, it was silly, but the Ramones are so... Ramoney.

[Ohio Joe]

12. Stop Making Sense

My all time favorite.

[taterguy]

14. Athens, GA, Inside Out

A documentary of the scene there in the mid-80s. The movie is nearly stolen by the Flat Duo Jets, who didn't even live there

[MorningGlow]

15. Eddie and the Cruisers!

Kidding! :rofl:

But as far as cheesy movies go, I love it so!

[martymar64]

16. Monterrey Pop (D.A. Pennebaker is GOD!!!)

The Kids are Alright

Rock n' Roll High School

Hail Hail Rock n'Roll (Classic argument between Chuck Berry and the Indestructible Keith Richards, "Don't touch my amps!!!"

Scratch

Times Square

Gimme Shelter

The Grateful Dead Movie

and many, many more!!!

[RebelOne]

17. "Tommy" is my favorite.

[mtowngman]

42. Got a used dvd tonight for 6 bucks n/t

[greendog]

18. Home Of The Brave...

...Lauri Anderson. Looks like the Talking Heads spent some time watching this one before they made "Stop Making Sense".

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. Rock & Roll High School

I love the Ramones. :loveya:

[taterguy]

22. Did you catch this week's Entourage?

[NewWaveChick1981]

23. Yeah! I LOVED it!

:hi: I want to see that movie when it opens... :rofl:

[martymar64]

30. I own RNRHS on DVD

My favorite non-Ramone character is Mr. McGree (the late great Paul Bartel).

At one point Marky called him Mr. McGloob :)
Also wonderful was Mary Woronov as Principal Togar (Oh Evelyn . . . )
My favorite song is Do You Wanna Dance (Cheerleaders and Drill team)
:evilgrin:

What ever happened to Vince Van Patten?

[NewWaveChick1981]

36. Vince has been directing Sopranos episodes.

Agree about Paul Bartel... :rofl: And I love Do You Wanna Dance! Also love Lobotomy... :rofl:

:evilgrin:

[martymar64]

44. Good for Vince!

I guess its better than complaining about it raining cats and dogs in Idaho (did that line EVER work?)
I remember seeing PJ Soles in the Devils Rejects :-) I can never get tired of her.

Factoid: I sat across the aisle from Paul Bartel at a screening of Army of Darkness at the Writers Guild in L.A. Andy Garcia sat in front of me. I liked Paul much better as an actor.

[JeffR]

20. A Hard Day's Night

[Sequoia]

21. "The Wall" Pink Floyd.

[southpaw]

27. Seconded

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Wayne's World.

Yeah, that's right, and I stand by it.

[fudge stripe cookays]

25. "Times Square"

No, not really. :P

But the soundtrack rocked.

[Initech]

26. Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365830/

[unpossibles]

28. give Hedwig & The Angry Inch a try

really good music, fun story, funny and poignant, and interesting in a more symbolic/philosophic sense (although it took a couple of viewings to see it that way)

[ohiosmith]

29. Streets of Fire

[Dr Fate]

31. "Hard Day's Night" Beatles "Head" Monkees & "Dont Look Back" Dylan

I cant believe no one has mentioned these yet.

[theanarch]

32. "Priviledge"...a 1967 British film about the rise and...

...fall of a working class rocker who's personality disintegrates with success and its many corporate/ideological manipulations...a very sobering and disturbing flick. I rather doubt the music would hold up over the nearly 40 years since it was released, but the narrative is as compelling as ever...if anyone knows where to get a video or DVD of it, let me know.

[bridgit]

33. The Last Waltz...

[MnFats]

34. Prince: "Sign O' The Times." was on cable the other night. very hot..

...and sexy. with Sheila E.
live in rotterdam.
honest, even if you don't think much of Prince, this will get you moving.
No shit.
caught it on cable....I think i gotta buy it.
will be on one of the Encore channels Saturday morning.

[grannylib]

35. Sting's "Bring on the Night" is a fave of mine; love "The Last Waltz" too

I was REALLY disappointed in "The Song Remains the Same" and I'm a HUGE Zep fan.

[samdogmom]

39. Maybe no young person truly know what "The Last Waltz" is about!

This is by far my favorite music movie--I can't think of any other that comes close. Of course I'm a huge The Band, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, etc. fan so go figure, but you're watching a CLASSIC! Thanks for bringing back some good memories.

[mtowngman]

41. I loved it...

great performances, Neil Young, Helpless; Rick Danco, Stagefright; even Joni Mitchell, Coyote. Great Stuff. I picked it up a few weeks ago and watched it last night.

[driver8]

40. "URGH! A Music War!"

Great clips from all kinds of bands...XTC, Steel Pulse, Echo & The Bunnymen, X, The Cramps, The Police, Devo, to name a few.

[Cobalt-60]

43. Heavy Metal

Animated family fun ;)