what would be your favorite music orientated movies of all
time? your picks can be a musical like "west side story"
or GREASE..a "hip-hop style movie...or a basic ROCK & soul
movie.

i'll just throw out 3 of my faves and see what everyone
else thinks

1.A HARD DAYS NIGHT-beatles. (the one that began the VIDEO
age...unofficially!
2.BEAT STREET
3.JAILhouse rock.

just 3 out of the top of my head...

"Sparkle",Saturday Night Fever,The Idol-Maker.

Bjorks Dancer in the Dark

Much love Pochacco

CROSSROADS

HIGH FIDELITY

ALMOST FAMOUS

in this order

1.West side story Not nececarily the movie,
but the whole plot itself.The musical version of
Romeo & Julia & of course the masterpiece score by
the genious Leonard Bernstein.So beautiful it hurts!

2.Purple Rain..naw U looked great.I´d never gotten into that water.

3.Beat Street...it´s like a heart beat...beat street.

/peace Manki

Breakin' and...

lord I know I am gonna get flamed for this but...

Urban Cowboy.

I know how different can the two be??

luv4thepurple1 said:

Urban Cowboy is Cool&I dug that whole Gilley's Vibe&Element.Cool Pick.

mistermaxxx said:

yes mistermaxx,You are right about SPARKLE. irene cara
was MY girl back then! Phillip Micheal THomas years before
MIAMA VICE!

other ones to throw out for everyone's opinion:

wildstyle-one of the first HIp-jop movies.
the 5 HEArtbeats:well-crafted & researched flick.
the scene where the dude was hung out the window by the
gang lord is based on fact. it happened to the late great
JACKIE WILSon!

and DIRTY Dancing: the story's not a great one...but
the music is used perfectly. LOve the way they used
LOVE IS STRAnge. a badass 50's classic.

Tommy.

Ive never cared much for The Who , but this film is great.
Excellent performances from Eric Clapton,Elton John, Tina Turner and The Who.I'll never forget that scene with Ann-Margret in the white room.What a trip.

youngca said:

and that Scene with Jackie Wilson also happened to Vannilla Ice.Suge Knight&Crew Held Ice over a Balcony&He gave Suge a Piece of His Masters to His First Album.probably alot more stories like that.Jackie Wilson was on Mob Ran Brunswick Records&He was Bull-Headed&was dealt with but always battled with the Powers that Be.

saturday night fever

xanadu (laugh at me, i know u wanna)

purple rain

the five heartbeats

cb4

empire records

mistermaxxx said:

Thank you mistermaxxx!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i won't laugh at ya. its yo opinion! cb4.nice pick

Westside Story - Classic Musical...
Hairspray - ok, I know Ricki Lake was annoying but... Who ever puts Shotgun in their movie deserves to be on the list!
Saturday night Fever - MY ALL TIME FAV
Purple Rain - Of Course!!
What's Love Got to Do With It... Tina what else!!
The Five Heartbeats - very well done!

MzCadillacLady said:

co-sign on these!

Saturday Night Fever

Spinal Tap

The Last Waltz

The Song Remains The Same

Purple Rain

Almost Famous

Woodstock

Monteray Pop Festival

ok...my all-time fave MUSIC type movies are:
1.a hard days night.
2.hairspray:the scene doing the madison time is da bomB.
(RIKki dancing was great,too)
3.5 heartbeats
4.temptations tv movie:leon had RUFFIN DOWNnnn!!!
5.jailhouse rock:elvis with an attitude
6.west side story:stylistic COOL.
7.save the last dance
8.tami/tnt show:for james,bo,smokey,supremes.ray charles!!!
9.beat street
10.purple rain:but of course
11.grease:for the dance sequences alone
12.help
13.sparkle
14.wildstyle /breakin'
15.saturday night fever
16.lovin' you:elvis playing himself.

there's more but these are the ones i check out the most!

Oh yeah!! For sure Save the Last Dance!!

Amadeus. The ultimate composer.

Mr. Holland's Opus. The power of music.

Purple Rain. The defining scene for me: When he's breaking everything in the basement and he finds the sheet music.

What's Love Got to Do With It? Tina rocks.

Grace of My Heart. Loosely based on Carol King. About a fictional female songwriter, it follows her career from the 50s to the 70s.

Hilary and Jackie. A little depressing towards the end, but still a great movie about musicians. True story.

The Thing Called Love. Makes country music seem cool. River Phoenix and Samantha Mathis are awesome.


That's all I can think of for now.

Bring on the Night! Sting!

Mo Betta Blues
All That Jazz
The Rose
Sat Night Feva
Krush Groove
Fame
...

youngca said:

Love musicals!!!& lists!!!

• ALL 3 of PRINCE"S ( i mean grafitti bridge, cherry moon, purple rain)
• WEST SIDE STORY
• CAMELOT
• CAROUSEL
• A STAR IS BORN ( b. streisand & kris kristofferson)
• BEAT STREET
• THE KING & I
• FLASHDANCE
• DIRTY DANCING
• 9 1/2 WEEKS
• LION KING
• FLOWER DRUM SONG
• SOUTH PACIFIC
• WHITE CHRISTMAS
• FUNNY GIRL
• FUNNY LADY
• TITANIC ( celine dion)
• SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
• LOOKING 4 MR. GOODBAR
• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND
• BEN HUR
• VIVA LAS VEGAS
• GIGI
• BATMAN ( princes excellent musical score)

all i can think of 4 now...

JamesMarshallHendrix said:

Almost famous was fantastic. I still havent checked out the bootleg cut of that flick yet? You managed to see it?

My all-time favorite is "THIS IS SPINAL TAP"--no question.
Runners up:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Krush Groove
Purple Rain (Natch)
Stop Making Sense
Absolute Beginners (Julien Temple is sooo cool!)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (SEE THIS, DAMMIT!)
Dancer in the Dark
Chicago (MUCH better than "Moulin Rouge")
Jesus Christ Superstar (Carl Anderson is so good as Judas!)

The Sound of Music (gotta love Julie Andrews a.k.a Mary Poppins)
Grease
A Hard Days Night
Dirty Dancing
Chicago (new fave, and yes it's better than Moulin Rouge)

I also have the Soundtracks...the music makes the movie.

VinaBlue, I love it that you mentioned 'Hilary and Jacky'. Ever seen live-recordings of Jacqueline du Pre? That woman is so passionate.

Other favourites :

'The Godfather'

'Bleu' (music by Zbigniew Preisner). Fantastic music and one of my favourite movies

'Gadjo Dilo'

'L'ascenseur pour l'echaffaud' (Miles Davis) Never seen the movie but it must be good...
Same thing with 'In the mood for love'

'Amelie Poulain'

and of course 'Purple Rain' (I think it is a lousy movie but a great concert)

By the way, Sonny, I saw 'Hedwig and the angry inch'. Nice movie and music indeed

MarieLouise said:

they were supposed to show the stage version of "Hedwig" here in Detroit last year, but it got cancelled. I was pissed!!

Mine are:
Purple rain and under the cherry moon ,ofcourse.
Beatstreet ,breakdance 1 ,breakdance 2 (electric boogaloo).
Grease , saturday night fever ,dirty dancing and i really liked Amadeus.

When i was younger i once saw a village people movie. I remember i was really puzzled by the end of that film until i later found out that they were homosexual. I just could not understand that ,i was to young maybe. I also used to like those happy Cliff Richard movies.

SonnySixkiller said:

That sucks... What do you mean exactly by 'stage version'? A live performance? Never heard of it again since I saw it about two years ago...