Opinion: Greatest Rock Movie?

[kiramdear]

Forgive me if this has been done. I haven't seen it come up here ...

What's the greatest movie about Rock 'n' Roll? Which one really symbolizes the Age of Rock for you and your generation?

That's a big one but I can tell you which one did it for me - life was never the same after A Hard Day's Night

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[woodyng]

quadrophenia.

[winston]

This Is Spinal Tap is my pick Kira followed closely All You Need is Cash by The Rutles.

[whojamfan]

For good cheesy fun, it was "Rock and Roll High School". For serious insanity it would be "The Wall"

[whojamfan]

Canadas "Hard Core Logo" was insane and funny as well, with an unpredictable, extreme ending.

[kiramdear]

Got any favorite clips, guys?

[beatlefreak]

Woodstock

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[jimk]

I would have picked the obvious ones, too: AHDN, and Woodstock. And then I thought of "That Thing You Do."

[weemac]

How can you beat "This is Spinal Tap" or "Still Crazy"

Eden.

[scotty]

High school musical!

[captsandwich]

Canadas "Hard Core Logo" was insane and funny as well, with an unpredictable, extreme ending.

This.

Friends told me I should have been in this movie. The tours I have done were a cross between Spinal Tap and Hard Core Logo.
Here it is online: WARNING Language, violence, adult situations and loud music.


Bruce McDonalds earlier effort Roadkill is also a really good rock & roll movie.

[royclough]

Not the greatest but certainly one of the most popular in 60s in UK

From The Young Ones

[jps]

Does this qualify?

[libratune]

"That Thing You Do" is an interesting flic in a couple of respects. It's an entertaining and true-to-life story of the 60's garage-band revolution in small town America. It also is very good with period-correct details. For example, it also shows the musicians in the band, the "OneDers," upgrading their instruments as they become more successful. The guitar player upgrades from a 50's Les Paul Jr. to a RIC 360 FG (of no small interest here) and from a Silvertone amp to a white tolex Fender Bandmaster. Not necessarily great, but entertaining and interesting.

Another worthwhile flic is "BackBeat," depicting the 4 lads in the Hamburg days. The focus is mainly on the friendship/rivalry between JL and Stu Sutcliffe, but it also gives a gritty look at how it must have been working in the Hamburg clubs while living on the cheap. Also includes the Astrid Kirchherr involvement in converting the style of the Silver Beatles from teddy boys/rockers to mods.**

**The conflict between mods and rockers was the butt of a joke in A Hard Day's Night. At a press conference, a reporter asks Ringo Starr, "Are you a mod or a rocker?", to which he replies, "No, I'm a mocker."

[mgauction]

Woodstock

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