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Following Peter's suggestion, here's a thread for chit-chat about old rock'n'roll and related movies.

Can ya dig it daddy-o?

Naturally, the greatest rock'n'roll movie ever made

Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon, (I think) don't know the other two.

Does "Orchestra Wives" with Glenn Miller count?

Anyone recall "Havin' a Wild Weekend" with The DC5?
Or "Ski Party" with Lesley Gore & James Brown?

Haven't seen it, but now I want to.........

HAVING A WILD WEEKEND (a.k.a. CATCH US IF YOU CAN) 1965

U.K. film. The Dave Clark Five play movie stunt men. They flee swingin' 60s London with a fashion model for some peace and quite and end up with anything but! They even meet hippies who smoke marijuana. Songs include "Catch Us If You Can," "I Can't Stand It," "Having A Wild Weekend," and "Sweet Memories." The Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris, David Lodge, Robin Bailey, Yootha Joyce, David de Keyser.

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Umm....

"Performance"--Mike Jagger and Charles Fox. My all-time favorite. FABULOUS sound track. Except for Buffy Sainte-Marie. I realize some people think she's a national treasure, eh?

To me she sounds like a billy goat.

This soundtrack has the best solo Jagger track ever, "Memo From Turner".

Whilst never a big fan you have to credit Elvis in this thread films like Jailhouse Rock, Kid Creole were certainly good rock 'n' roll movies.

Also here in UK Cliff Richard and the Shadows made some good movies like The Young Ones and Summer Holiday, not good movies in the concept of good acting etc but in the concept of appealing to a generation.

Some class Head by The Monkees as a classic, not me, I hasten to add.

Just thought, whilst before my time so to speak you have to consider Rock Around The Clock defined a teenage movement

Just a point on link Kent gives, whilst this is a great site for finding old TV shows, movies they are not official releases, I have purchased some stuff and quality differs but you have to put it in the context of either this or nothing. Take a look at the articles Yesterday Once More and Yesterday Once More Again on Clough Links.

Anyone remember The Fastest Guitar Alive which starred Roy Orbison WITHOUT his trade mark dark glasses.

Also a little teaser can anyone name the film released in 1970 which featured on the end scene a Roy Orbison song that was not on the soundtrack and was not on the video version of the film, great track too. Orbison songs have been used in a number of films, one of his best was Life fades Away featured in the film Less Than Zero but hardly anyone has heard it was only ever released on the soundtrack as far as I know. May remedy that because it's a great song up there in my opinion with some of his best.

David Lynch has a thing for Roy, too. Who can forget Dennis Hopper screaming,"...a candy colored clown they call the Sandman!" while he gulps nitrous, Dean Stockwell runs tape, and beehive-hairdo'd drag strip girls gyrate to "In Dreams"? Was that a clap-hands Kennedy Lincoln or a '65 Pontiac Bonny coupe? I forgot but it could've been either or any one of a hundred degenerate destitute three ton behemoths.

Or the Orbison arranged for orchestra, running in the aural background of "Mulholland Drive".

Roy was dark. Haunted. And Lynch channelled it.

PAUL YOU 'VE NOT ANSWERED THE QUESTION!!!!

Here's one I think I'm glad I missed: MRS. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER 1968 U.K. film. Stars Herman's Hermits! Herman inherits a greyhound and enters the dog in the races. The dog, named Mrs. Brown, and the Hermits travel from Manchester to London in hopes of entering a national invitational. They boys find work as a pop group as Herman falls for the cute girl next door. The group sings nine songs including the title track and "There's A Kind Of Hush." Lots of teeth and hair! Peter Noone, Keith Hopwood, Derek Leckenby, Karl Green, Barry Whitwam, Stanley Holloway, Marjorie Rhodes, Mona Washbourne, Sheila White, Sarah Caldwell.

Roy, I have no answer. Now go and take your blood pressure medication...