I'm pretty sure Mike played guitar for the movie. In other words, those solos and a lot of guitar parts were Mike playing.
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
You are correct
I am not so sure about this. I know Peter Frampton was a 'technical advisor' on this movie (which I also love) and gave Billy Crudup (the actor who plays the lead guitar player) some basic guitar lessons to ensure that his hands looked and moved right on the instrument. Frampton also appears as the Humble Pie manager in the 'manager poker game' scene where he wins the 'Band Aids' (groupies) for $50 and a case of beer. Thoses facts are for sure...
The song 'Fever Dog' guitar solo sounds a lot more like Frampton to me stylistically than it does Mr McCready. Just saying...
OK..this was bothering me so I went and checked IMDB for the actual facts. I was right that Frampton was the advisor, gave Billy Crupdup guitar lessons,etc. Frampton also wrote 'Fever Dog' and the other Sillwater songs in the movie. However....Mr Mike McCready did do some of the guitar tracks that you hear on Fever Dog...Frampton did some too! So everyone was right!
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i love this movie. definitely one of my favorites ever. it was on tv late the other night and i got sucked in- made getting up for work the next morning more difficult, that's for sure.
anyone lucky enough to have the stillwater cd? (I have this one)
this came with the "bootleg cut" dvd release, but was it ever released on its own?
or even better, the super-lmtd vinyl (i do not have this one)
there are two pressings of this, one from 2000 or so and then one from a few years back. i don't think there are significant differences but i could be wrong. i'm pretty sure that while the regular soundtrack songs are not mastered from analog tapes, the stillwater tracks are. i got extremely lucky and found a copy of the 2009 pressing online last year for $40. i don't think they can be had for that cheap very often.
I have a post somewhere I this board telling everyone this was the best use of music in a film.
Some people tried to disagree with me. The nerve of them.
Cameron Crowe always has amazing soundtracks in his films. A great, great director that never gets any recognition. He's great at evoking emotion without using words (when Kate Hudson finds out she was sold for a case of beer, she's silent but her expression is worth a thousand words, then asks what kind of beer, awesome). He creates famous one liners, "you had me had hello" and "show me the money" from Jerry Maguire. We Bought A Zoo was a great movie too.
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anyone lucky enough to have the stillwater cd? (I have this one)
I have the CD, but I think the vocals from the movie and the CD differ and I actually prefer the ones used in the movie.
But also here is this:
from an Entertainment Weekly article: "If you find yourself enjoying
a few songs by a phony band called Stillwater, don't be TOO
embarrassed. The 1973 mustache collective featured in writer/ director
Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous has a legitimate rock pedigree. Pearl
Jam's Mike McCready is the real talent behind Russell Hammond, the
band's charismatic lead guitarist (played by Billy Crudup), while ex
Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson (Crowe's wife) plays rhythm guitar for
the group. What's more, '70s vet Peter Frampton penned several of the
Stillwater tunes heard in the movie, and Wilson and Crowe cowrote the
band's bass driven anthem 'Feverdog,' which made the film's
soundtrack." Also contributing to the Stillwater sound include Marti
Frederiksen (Motherland) on vocals, John Bayless (The Lovemongers) on
bass, and Ben Smith (also of The Lovemongers) on drums."
also if you look close, certain shots in the film were lifted directly from some classic rock album covers. cameron crowe did his homework.
for example when we see stillwater take the stage for the very first time when opening for black sabbath, cameron seemed to use neil young's "time fades away" album cover in tribute!
Although i can't put my finger on ther others at this moment, i do remember seeing other album covers popping up to inspire shots in the movie
its just these little things that really make the movie awesome, and shows cameron crowe really is a music fan
it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
Nope. First time Zeppelin allowed a song of theirs on a soundtrack album.
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also if you look close, certain shots in the film were lifted directly from some classic rock album covers. cameron crowe did his homework.
for example when we see stillwater take the stage for the very first time when opening for black sabbath, cameron seemed to use neil young's "time fades away" album cover in tribute!
Although i can't put my finger on ther others at this moment, i do remember seeing other album covers popping up to inspire shots in the movie
its just these little things that really make the movie awesome, and shows cameron crowe really is a music fan
I know one of the Stillwater photos you see is essentially a mock-up of the Allmans' Live at the Fillmore album cover. Can't remember what else shows up.
One good Zeppelin story: Crowe had to screen the film for the band to get their approval of his song usage, and at the end of the film, when Russell Hammond (Crudup) denies that he'd ever said, "I am a golden god," supposedly Robert Plant piped up in the screening room, "Well, I bloody well did!"
Also, for musician trivia, both actors that played Ed and Larry were working musicians. I can't recall the pedigree of the guy who played Silent Ed Vallencourt, but Larry (the bass player) was played by Mark Kozelek of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon. I highly recommend his music under both band names, and solo. Kind of a downer most of the time, but good stuff.
I got the first pressing of the Untitled soundtrack vinyl, and it's fantastic. Three sides are taken up with the songs from the CD soundtrack (less "Fever Dog"), and the fourth side has the six Stillwater songs (which were also available on the CD that came with the Untitled DVD). I'm partial to the rocker "You Had to Be There," which, if I recall, is heard as a snippet in the Cleveland concert from the movie. The LP also had a Stillwater poster, which was more of a movie souvenir (it was the band and band-aids in front of the tour bus) than a simulated band memento.
I also heartily recommend the vinyl release of the Vanilla Sky soundtrack that Crowe put together. Excellent, eclectic mix of songs, and it was a beatiful package--a white-on-white sleeve instead of the regular film art, a strip of frames from the film, and quotes from the movie etched into the inner groove of each side. Really a classy piece.
also if you look close, certain shots in the film were lifted directly from some classic rock album covers. cameron crowe did his homework.
for example when we see stillwater take the stage for the very first time when opening for black sabbath, cameron seemed to use neil young's "time fades away" album cover in tribute!
Although i can't put my finger on ther others at this moment, i do remember seeing other album covers popping up to inspire shots in the movie
its just these little things that really make the movie awesome, and shows cameron crowe really is a music fan
The cover of Dark Side of the Moon flashes across the windscreen about 5 seconds into this scene http://youtu.be/KbnHRljobSA
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I have seen this movie a ton of times :? Its a classic. Evey time I see it I have to stop and watch. I love the bus part when they bust into a sing along to Tiny Dancer.
Great movie, maybe its been said but Kelly Curtis has a credit in the movie along with frampton as in special
thanks for maybe he helped with the roadmanager part or something
Great movie, maybe its been said but Kelly Curtis has a credit in the movie along with frampton as in special
thanks for maybe he helped with the roadmanager part or something
He was close friends with Kelly, who was close friends with Nancy Wilson before Cameron and Nancy married.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU
Enjoy :corn: :corn:
OK..this was bothering me so I went and checked IMDB for the actual facts. I was right that Frampton was the advisor, gave Billy Crupdup guitar lessons,etc. Frampton also wrote 'Fever Dog' and the other Sillwater songs in the movie. However....Mr Mike McCready did do some of the guitar tracks that you hear on Fever Dog...Frampton did some too! So everyone was right!
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Nod to Robert Plant. Crowe a huge Zep fan..
yep... :thumbup:
I have a post somewhere I this board telling everyone this was the best use of music in a film.
Some people tried to disagree with me. The nerve of them.
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I believe that Almost Famous was the first time that Led Zeppelin had licensed music for a movie
Enjoy :corn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZT9h0p-EFk
this came with the "bootleg cut" dvd release, but was it ever released on its own?
there are two pressings of this, one from 2000 or so and then one from a few years back. i don't think there are significant differences but i could be wrong. i'm pretty sure that while the regular soundtrack songs are not mastered from analog tapes, the stillwater tracks are. i got extremely lucky and found a copy of the 2009 pressing online last year for $40. i don't think they can be had for that cheap very often.
I'm pretty sure there was a Zeppelin son in Fast Times at Richmond High.
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Enjoy :corn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZT9h0p-EFk[/quote]
I'm pretty sure there was a Zeppelin son in Fast Times at Richmond High.[/quote]
You are correct...KasHmir I think?
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6/17/08 - VA Beach, VA
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7/19/13 - Wrigley Feild, Chicago, IL
10/30/13 - Charlotte, NC
11/22/15 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
I'm pretty sure there was a Zeppelin son in Fast Times at Richmond High.[/quote]
You are correct...KasHmir I think?[/quote]
I was wrong..it was kashmir
Cameron Crowe always has amazing soundtracks in his films. A great, great director that never gets any recognition. He's great at evoking emotion without using words (when Kate Hudson finds out she was sold for a case of beer, she's silent but her expression is worth a thousand words, then asks what kind of beer, awesome). He creates famous one liners, "you had me had hello" and "show me the money" from Jerry Maguire. We Bought A Zoo was a great movie too.
Eddie solo. Aug 08 (Massey Hall II)
another Cameron Crowe story
he wrote the screenplay
for example when we see stillwater take the stage for the very first time when opening for black sabbath, cameron seemed to use neil young's "time fades away" album cover in tribute!
Although i can't put my finger on ther others at this moment, i do remember seeing other album covers popping up to inspire shots in the movie
its just these little things that really make the movie awesome, and shows cameron crowe really is a music fan
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Thanks! Great to see it again!
:shock: you should watch it
One good Zeppelin story: Crowe had to screen the film for the band to get their approval of his song usage, and at the end of the film, when Russell Hammond (Crudup) denies that he'd ever said, "I am a golden god," supposedly Robert Plant piped up in the screening room, "Well, I bloody well did!"
Also, for musician trivia, both actors that played Ed and Larry were working musicians. I can't recall the pedigree of the guy who played Silent Ed Vallencourt, but Larry (the bass player) was played by Mark Kozelek of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon. I highly recommend his music under both band names, and solo. Kind of a downer most of the time, but good stuff.
I got the first pressing of the Untitled soundtrack vinyl, and it's fantastic. Three sides are taken up with the songs from the CD soundtrack (less "Fever Dog"), and the fourth side has the six Stillwater songs (which were also available on the CD that came with the Untitled DVD). I'm partial to the rocker "You Had to Be There," which, if I recall, is heard as a snippet in the Cleveland concert from the movie. The LP also had a Stillwater poster, which was more of a movie souvenir (it was the band and band-aids in front of the tour bus) than a simulated band memento.
I also heartily recommend the vinyl release of the Vanilla Sky soundtrack that Crowe put together. Excellent, eclectic mix of songs, and it was a beatiful package--a white-on-white sleeve instead of the regular film art, a strip of frames from the film, and quotes from the movie etched into the inner groove of each side. Really a classy piece.
http://youtu.be/KbnHRljobSA
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Great movie :thumbup:
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thanks for maybe he helped with the roadmanager part or something
And I'm starting to believe
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