Rarko
106 posts
Apr 16, 2014
2:11 AM
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Ok, I know you guys already talked probably about this, but I need some answers... :)
first: I cant find movie "Who Do You Love" (2008)! There are some great critics, people say that this movie is way better then Cadillac Records (I heard that Cadillac Records is movie full of fake facts and stories are made up and not close to truth, is it like that realy?). So, I want to watch that movie but I cant find it online, dvd, download... nothing.
and one more thing... In my part of world (eastern europe) people sometimes like something that you guys cant stand and opposite. So, for example, here some blues guys love movie the Blues Brothers and others say it's some commercial piece of junk and it's not realy a blues movie. So, do you like that Blues Brothers thing?
and, what's your favorite blues movie? :)
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Suffering Heath
51 posts
Apr 16, 2014
2:42 AM
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"The Blues Brothers" is an incredibly important movie in that it introduced this kind of music to white folks who never would have gotten the chance to appreciate it otherwise. This was how I discovered John Lee Hooker (and that crazy all-star backup band!), Cab Calloway, and important blues guys like Steve Cropper and Matt Murphy.
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd genuinely loved blues music, and you can tell.
It's what I was raised on, and it's my 5 year old's favorite movie (the parts I let her watch, that is).
It's also fu**ing hilarious.
Heath
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Last Edited by Suffering Heath on Apr 16, 2014 7:47 AM
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Martin
658 posts
Apr 16, 2014
5:27 AM
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"The Blues Brothers" is an absolute piece of crap. As a movie. Totally worthless and downright stupid.
So there you´ve got your polarities. (Cf. Suffering Heath.)
It had some value though -- of an "instrumental" kind -- in that it pointed to good music: although the stuff they play in the actual film are second rate covers compared to the originals.
The same thing can be said of "Cadillac records".
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The Iceman
1595 posts
Apr 16, 2014
5:34 AM
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If you take those two movies within the context of what they are...entertainment and not supposed to be totally real...they are fun to watch.
Blues Bros. is enjoyable, especially if you are or have been a gigging musician, as it pokes fun at so many situations that occur within that realm...like "A Mighty Wind" pokes fun at the folk musician and movement.
Cadillac Records has some pretty good acting in it, but do not confuse it with a documentary.
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The Iceman
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Suffering Heath
52 posts
Apr 16, 2014
7:46 AM
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The section of the film before Aretha Franklin's song features a street performance by John Lee Hooker (as "Street Slim"), Big Walter Horton (as "Tampa Pete"), Pinetop Perkins (as "Luther Jackson"), Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Luther Johnson, and Calvin "Fuzz" Jones.
I'm thinking that any movie that puts those guys in a spotlight - however brief - is important.
Also, two members of the Illinois Nazi party die in an impossibly high car-fall. Good times.
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Elwood: What kind of music do you usually have here?
Claire: Oh, we got both kinds. We got country *and* western!
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Heath
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HawkeyeKane
2474 posts
Apr 16, 2014
7:59 AM
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I agree that The Blues Brothers did irrefuteably reintroduce blues to the younger generation of its day, much in the same way the Brits brought the blues back to us in the 60's. I'd even go one step further and say that the sequel Blues Brothers 2000, while nowhere near as good of a film as the original, had a steallar lineup of blues musicians throughout it. Let's take a look...
Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Jonny Lang, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett (who if you ask me should've been in the first film), Sam Moore, Erykah Badu, and reprisals from Aretha Franklin and James Brown. Then you had the amazing ensemble of The Louisiana Gator Boys at the end of the film. BB King, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Skunk Baxter, Gary US Bonds, Clarence Clemons, Isaac Hayes, Jack DeJohnette, Jon Faddis, Dr. John, Pipes McDonnell, Billy Preston, Lou Rawls, Koko Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Willie Weeks, Steve Winwood, Grover Washington, Paul Shaffer, and yes...Charlie Musselwhite. The only reprised character that I felt amiss in the film was Ray Charles. But honestly, what more could you ask for?
Blues Brothers aside, probably one of my favorite blues movies of all time would have to be Crossroads. Yes...the plot was old as dirt. The same Faustian complex that's been told time and time again. But it was still a neat spin on the Robert Johnson crossroad myth.
Another one that was more bluegrass and "old-timey" than actual blues was O Brother, Where Art Thou? I loved the Tommy Johnson character in that movie. Especially his soft slow blues picking during the campfire scene.
*plink plink* My two cents...
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DukeBerryman
342 posts
Apr 16, 2014
9:12 AM
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When Blues Brothers came, I was a 12 year old kid in Chicago. I thought the movie was made for me and all the other kids in Chicago! The Chicago based movie "My Bodyguard" came out the same year - that was like a documentary for me and my friends. By the time Crossroads came out, I was 17 and too cool for school.
The only blues related movie I can think from the past 10 years is Black Snake Moan. Don't remember any harp on it, though. Otherwise, I would recommend the harmonica doc Pocket Full of Soul.
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HawkeyeKane
2475 posts
Apr 16, 2014
9:39 AM
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I forgot about Black Snake Moan! It did have some harp in it. Charlie Musselwhite is credited for it.
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Hawkeye Kane - Hipbone Sam
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1847
1702 posts
Apr 16, 2014
9:42 AM
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nobody leaves this place without singing the blues
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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groyster1
2585 posts
Apr 16, 2014
9:49 AM
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I loved the recognition Cadillac records gave to legends.....but the way little walter pulled a pistol and shot the man impersonating him and the way he came to muddys door and died....pure Hollywood bullshit....never happened....it hurt the credibility of the movieIMHO
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jnorem
171 posts
Apr 16, 2014
10:52 AM
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There aren't any good movies about blues music, but then there aren't any good movies about any kind of music. Has anyone ever seen "Immortal Beloved?"
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Call me J
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The Iceman
1597 posts
Apr 16, 2014
11:14 AM
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Three tremendous music movies...The Music Never Stopped (Indie Film from 2011...OUTSTANDING) and Mr. Holland's Opus. Also, Drumline - movie about marching band drum rivalry between colleges.
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The Iceman
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Buzadero
1186 posts
Apr 16, 2014
11:23 AM
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"Can't You Hear The Wind Howl"
Keb Mo' as Robert Johnson
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Underwater Janitor, Patriot
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mr_so&so
811 posts
Apr 16, 2014
3:05 PM
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Honeydripper, also starring Keb' Mo', is also good. No harp that i recall.
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