As a huge fan of Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees,I have to ask....why did they agree to star in this disastrous piece of crap?? To those of who who have seen this film (and there aren't that many of us) you know what I mean.It is AWFUL,no sense in denying it.As I pointed out in my 'Grease' thread a few weeks ago,musicals can be corny and silly if they're not done right.This movie is a prime example.It's a mess.I wonder how The Beatles felt about this fiasco?

There are alot of really bad movies that still manage to have a certain charm to them,but this isn't one of them.I do like a few songs on the soundtrack (Earth Wind and Fire's remake of "Got To Get You Into My Life" is a highlight) but I don't even own the CD.And as you guys know,I pretty much own everything that came out in the 70s...lol...I'm curious,is there anyone out there who actually likes this movie? Be honest.

i saw it in the theatre. and man i was disgusted... i dig Frampton and the Gibbs, i wanted to beat the shit out of Stigwood and personally spit on George martin for allowing it lol.

I am also a big Frampton fan, and I can appreciate the Bee Gees as well, but I've never seen this. I've always wanted to though.

Now I HAVE to see it.

In fact, I almost bought the LP at a book/album fair last week just for the hell of it. Funny this thread about it comes up now.
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minneapolisgenius said:

dont say u werent warned lol

TheRealFiness said:

Yeah,you were warned

TheRealFiness said:

I reiterate: now I HAVE to see it.

It can't be as bad as the Village People movie though.

Rent "Grease" instead.Nearly all the other musicals from this period ('Sgt.Peppers'...'Xanadu'...'Can't Stop The Music'....even 'The Wiz') suck big time


but 'Grease' rules!

minneapolisgenius said:

ya had ta bring "cant stop the music" up didntcha... ok granted that was bad... but this was a complete trainwreck lol

So bad.

TheRealFiness said:

i almost bought a copy of can't stop the music on dvd, just to see how it was...

DavidEye said:

pleeeeease don't make me have to step up and defend Xanadu.

CinisterCee said:

f'real...

I've never seen it and I don't think I ever want to.

Cloudbuster said:

TheRealFiness said:

Wow. How could anything be worse? How is it possible?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I HAVE a copy on VHS.

Granted, I won it at a white elephant party, but still. People were actually fighting over it though.

We must have been really drunk.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yeah, I'll take that instead.

Cloudbuster said:

You Cloudy? A diehard Bee Gees fan? And you haven't seen it?

You must be very afraid.

I haven't seen it, but heard about it and how horrible it is. Part of me was curious as to how bad it really is, but after this thread, I'm sure I don't ever want to see it.

minneapolisgenius said:

No artist is infallible. But hey, I'm still gonna stay away from it.

Cloudbuster said:

I stayed away from Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same" movie for a while for that reason. I heard it was really cheesy (the "fantasy" sequences at least) so I was scared to see it.

I love it though. It's actually not that bad. Weird, and sometimes pointless with very Holy Grail-ish scenes in it, but not too bad. Nowhere as cheesy as, say, Graffiti Bridge.

I kinda like the "day in the LIfe" sequence where the Bee Gees roll up all happy in the convertable and Peter Frampton is about to committ suicide from what appears to be a second story window and the music is all " Id like to telll yoouuuu alllll..." and than he jumps and its very suspensefull.

minneapolisgenius said:

Those fantasy scenes make me piss! Especially Plant's & Bonham's. Wtf?

Is this on DVD?

Cloudbuster said:

Bonham's makes no sense, and Plant's are just hilarious. When he gets off his viking-like ship and plants his sword in the sand on the beach. I have to laugh out loud every time I see it. And he gets almost the ENTIRE "Rain Song" for his. At least Jimmy kept his short and well, weird. Although I would have liked to see more of him climbing that mountain.

Oh oh oh!!! And how could I forget Jonesy's!! His HAIR!!! That has to be a wig.

I had the 2xLP and now I have the 2xCD.
Yes, I'm a Bee Gees fan myself

But I never watched the movie. I'd give it a try if it came on TV but I've tried with many musicals from this period and DavidEye is right :They suck.

I started several times Xanadu but can't get to watch more than 10, 15 minutes.My face literally burns. and I have to turn it off.

minneapolisgenius said:

Apparantly that mountain climbing nearly killed Mr. Page. Not being the healthiest guy on the planet at that time probably didn't help him much, either.

Jonesy's hair! Damn, I forgot all about that!

PANDURITO said:

Cloudbuster said:

Actually, he was pretty healthy (by comparison) in '73 compared to later years. I read that it was a lot more difficult that he thought it would be to climb that mountain, and he had to rely on all his yoga training. Aah, Jimmy doing yoga.....

Cloudbuster went:

No, seriously. Just research SoundScan's sales information for that album.
(waiting)
You got it?
Well. It was me who bought it

Didn't you ask me for an mp3 of Robin's Oh!Darling ?