Almost Famous
ScottandPearlJam
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How cool is this movie
I watched like a hundred times
Imagine being on a PJ tour bus like that?
I know its all different now but can you imagine.
Going to everyshow, highlites, downfalls, all the posters
, PJ first t-shirt...lol
Scott
I watched like a hundred times
Imagine being on a PJ tour bus like that?
I know its all different now but can you imagine.
Going to everyshow, highlites, downfalls, all the posters
, PJ first t-shirt...lolScott
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Yup, just learned that fact about Mike not too long ago. Makes me love the movie even more!
Mansfield II '08
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I. LOVE. YIELD.
Wow. I had no idea that was Mike playing the guitar parts in Stillwater. Now I love that movie even more.
Most were based on his experiences with bands from mid to late 70's, correct?
PBM
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Correct. It was his time spent with the Allman Bros. Band and Led Zeppelin. A mixture of the 2.
And Oh! I just love the part where they all sing Tiny Dancer, wish I could expirence something like that!
How awesome is it that Mike did the guitar parts?! He is indeed THE MASTER!
Great great flick all in all
"Where's Mike McCready? My god he's been ate!"
"If you're an Elvis fan, there's no explanation necessary; if you're not, there's no explanation possible."
"Sometimes God makes perfect people and Paul Newman was one of them." - RIP Paul Newman
mjb is right. The part where the kid gets pulled into the circle is based off when crowe traveled with Pearl Jam a while back, and Ed pulled Crowe into the the group circle on the last night of the tour.
happened to eddie and he hitch-hiked his way to the gig, made his way through the crowd and onto the stage
East Troy 2003
Chicago x2, Summerfest x2, 2006
Chicago THE VIC, Lollapalooza, 2007
bonnaROOOOOOO 2008
Chicago x2 2009
(EV chicago 2008 night 2)
you sound like SENROCK!
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
nope ..
Led Zeppelin.
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
all this is correct
"so how old am i?
you're eleven
eleven? ELEVEN!?!?!?"
i heard that it was also from the time he spent with the eagles.
WHAT?? I never heared of this. when? how?
lol, I'm sure it was Stone's fault.
Because my records and rhymes they don't get made
And if you rap like me you don't get paid
And if you roll like me you don't get laid.
It's possible. He spent a lot of time with many different band's throughout his career with Rolling Stone. It's probably all encompassing.
I do believe Stillwater was loosely based on Zeppelin. If I recall correctly Jimmy Page was a difficult interview for Crowe to get because RS killed all of Led Zeppelins albums.
The part about seeing his sister in the airport was true. I think Greg Allman had taken all of his notes and tapes from the time he spent on the road with them. Allman was so fucked up on drugs he though Crowe was a cop. That's where the whole airport scene came into play.
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
"Jesus, man, can you change the station? I've had a--had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles, man."
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Also the band member getting mad at the kid and saying "he's taking notes with his eyes!" was supposedly Gregg Allman.
The "I am a Golden God!" was Robert Plant, though it wasn't at a kid's party.
Also, there was a Penny Lane, but her character was a mixture of a bunch of groupies.
We actually watched it Saturday Night and then popped in Imagine in Cornice........yeah, we had a great night that included a fried pickle!
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
the version of Almost Famous that I bought included a Stillwater CD! fucking awesome man! its only 6-7 tracks, but is amazing.
Because my records and rhymes they don't get made
And if you rap like me you don't get paid
And if you roll like me you don't get laid.
I'm sorry, I just had to comment on your post PJpixie! A fried Pickle?! Haha, that must've been one hell of a night! How do you fry a pickle? :P
And yeah, Noonie, that's a true story about the bus leaving without Eddie, it was a lollapalooza gig and he ran all the way I think, He didn't even hitch hike and Eddie was kinda late, so I read that Chris Cornell was going to stall the crowd until he got there....Something like that, It's on here: TwoFeetThick.com (Lollapalooza '92 Retrospective).
"Where's Mike McCready? My god he's been ate!"
"If you're an Elvis fan, there's no explanation necessary; if you're not, there's no explanation possible."
"Sometimes God makes perfect people and Paul Newman was one of them." - RIP Paul Newman
The scene where William is pulled into the group psyching thing before the gig was based on Vedder pulling Crowe into a similar situation with Pearl Jam.
The scene where the guys almost die on a plane is based on when Crowe was on tour with The Who and his plane almost crashed (the only other passenger was the merch guy, none of the band were on board).
The band is called Stillwater, because Stillwater was the first band that Crowe ever toured with.
Much of the band interaction is based on Led Zepp (Crowe said that he actually approached Page and Plant for permission because he felt a bit guilty about it) but has elements of other bands there.
The Golden God scene is based on Crowe's time with the Allman Brothers.
The scene where Russell phones up William's mum is based on a time where the guys from Deep Purple phoned up Crowe's mum.
William's relationship with Lester Bangs was based on Crowe's relationship with the real Lester Bangs
The bands interview with Kyle Gas at the radio station (in the extended edition) is based on a radio interview with Neil Young where the radio presenter fell asleep mid-interview so Neil talked a bit on the mic and then walked out.
Etc. etc. There's lots of little bits of Crowe's life in there, it's quite amazing he fit it all together. He talks through most of the stories on the director's commentary, but I'm sure there's plenty more little things that he hasn't delved into.
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
Scott
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