13 year late...Almost Famous related

pjradio

PJForceofNature wrote:

My favorite scene is the bus scene with everyone singing "Tiny Dancer"-it gets to me every time I watch the movie!

poof!...you ARE home!

iisee

Empty Glass wrote:

JB128716 wrote:

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... 8-)

pjradio

anyone lucky enough to have the stillwater cd? (I have this one)


or even better, the super-lmtd vinyl (i do not have this one)

mattcoz

One of my favorite movies. I recently found my Stillwater CD that came with the "bootleg cut", made my day!

sassyfras

Such a good movie. The director's cut/bootleg is outstanding.

pjradio

sassyfras wrote:

Such a good movie. The director's cut/bootleg is outstanding.

that extra scene where Penny is dancing by herself in the empty arena while "The Wind" is playing

monkeewrench

sassyfras wrote:

Such a good movie. The director's cut/bootleg is outstanding.

Couldn't agree more. To take it step further it's about the only movie I can watch with the director commentary turned ON.

pjradio

monkeewrench wrote:

sassyfras wrote:

Such a good movie. The director's cut/bootleg is outstanding.

Couldn't agree more. To take it step further it's about the only movie I can watch with the director commentary turned ON.

good point

sassyfras

pjradio wrote:

monkeewrench wrote:

sassyfras wrote:

Such a good movie. The director's cut/bootleg is outstanding.

Couldn't agree more. To take it step further it's about the only movie I can watch with the director commentary turned ON.

good point

agreed. I actually included "it's all happening" in my wedding save the dates.

iisee

One more thing, the 'Band Aid' that gets the most camera time after Kate Hudson is none other than Sookie, from 'True Blood'....Anna Paquin! What a great movie!

Bentleyspop

PJForceofNature wrote:

My favorite scene is the bus scene with everyone singing "Tiny Dancer"-it gets to me every time I watch the movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU

Enjoy :corn: :corn:

iisee

iisee wrote:

Empty Glass wrote:

JB128716 wrote:

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... 8-)

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! 8-)

2-feign-reluctance

pjradio wrote:

Nod to Robert Plant. Crowe a huge Zep fan..

pjradio

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

pjradio wrote:

Nod to Robert Plant. Crowe a huge Zep fan..

yep... :thumbup:

CTD10

one of my all time favorites.... I still got my video copy.....

JB128716

Bentleyspop wrote:

PJForceofNature wrote:

My favorite scene is the bus scene with everyone singing "Tiny Dancer"-it gets to me every time I watch the movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU

Enjoy :corn: :corn:

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.

Bentleyspop

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

pjradio wrote:

Nod to Robert Plant. Crowe a huge Zep fan..

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

AndySlash

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.

pjradio wrote:

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.

JB128716

Bentleyspop wrote:

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

pjradio wrote:

Nod to Robert Plant. Crowe a huge Zep fan..

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

I'm pretty sure there was a Zeppelin son in Fast Times at Richmond High.

2-feign-reluctance

Love the Stillwater CD! That bootleg edition is badass!