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Title: What Is the greatest Rock & roll Movie.
Post by Heart Of Stone on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:13pm

To me "Gimme Shelter".

Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Greatest Rock Movie of All Time?
Cast your vote in our weekly poll

'Walk the Line', 'This is Spinal Tap', 'School of Rock'
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January 18, 2013 3:00 PM ET

David Chase's Sixties rock & roll movie Not Fade Away went into wide release this month. It's the first movie from the creator of The Sopranos. We figured this was a good time to poll our readers to determine their favorite rock movie. This can be pretty much any movie with a rock theme, as long as it's scripted – no documentaries.

Feel free to vote for biopics (Walk the Line, Ray), movies focusing on fictional rock bands (Eddie and the Cruisers, Almost Famous) or any other movie about rock & roll (School of Rock, High Fidelity.) Once again, just avoid documentaries like The Last Waltz or Woodstock. That's a whole other poll. Mockumentaries, such as This Is Spinal Tap and Meet the Rutles, are fair game, however.

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Post by Joey on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:20pm

!!!!!

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!!!!!

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Post by Gazza on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:29pm

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Post by mojoman on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:29pm

hard days night

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Post by Heart Of Stone on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:43pm

mojoman wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:29pm:

hard days night

At least we know how they came up with the Monkees T.V. Show.

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Post by mojoman on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:45pm

Heart Of Stone wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:43pm:

mojoman wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:29pm:

hard days night

At least we know how they came up with the Monkees T.V. Show.

i've loved that flick since i was a kid

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Post by Holden on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:01pm

Almost Famous. Not just my favorite rock movie, but one of my all time favorite movies.

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Post by Paranoid Android on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:09pm

Holden wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:01pm:

Almost Famous. Not just my favorite rock movie, but one of my all time favorite movies.

Me as well...

I recently saw TELSTAR...possible the BEST RnR biopic i have ever seen...extremely facinating...and the people who it is about...extraordinary!!
If you don't know the story of Joe Meek...don't wiki it...the film seems pretty acurate and Wiki was a HUGE spoiler for me as i didn't know much about him or the tornadoes

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Post by BILL PERKS on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:39pm

GIMME SHELTER....
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT A DISTANT SECOND

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Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:45pm

Holden wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:01pm:

Almost Famous. Not just my favorite rock movie, but one of my all time favorite movies.

I didn't see that one when it was on the cinemas, but one day I made a Humble Pie radio programme and someone called telling he was in the idea that Humble Pie was an imaginary band that appears in the movie "Almost Famous"! LOL

This is the kind of story that many of us must watch, it made remember the great Bill German and Bjornulf Vik, not just journalist but specialist

Do yourself a favour and watch it you B&B :willya

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Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:52pm

Woodstock is a great movie and documents real history of rock, Charlie is my darling too

Can't answer this question, a lot more and all you all have mentioned

Helter Skelter is not exactly about rock but the consequences of misinterpreting rock music... The White Album by The Beatles

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Post by Gazza on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 5:24pm

mojoman wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:29pm:

hard days night

Good call. Easily the best of the Beatles' movies.

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Post by Heart Of Stone on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 5:25pm

Paranoid Android wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:09pm:

Holden wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:01pm:

Almost Famous. Not just my favorite rock movie, but one of my all time favorite movies.

Interesting, I'm going see this, I played Telstar on guitar since the 60's, but didn't know about this movie.

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Post by stonedinaustralia on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 6:31pm

Hard to go past Gimme Shelter not only for the music but also for the fact it all happened for real.

No Direction Home. Especially the interview bits with modern day Bob.

Spinal Tap never gets old. On the topic of satires I recently saw and highly recommend Walk Hard the Dewey Cox story.Hilarious. Contains all the cliches in the rock and roll playbook and a great definition of cocaine:"It turns all your bad thoughts into good ones...It's a nightmare!!"

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Post by MRD8 on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 8:42pm

Holden wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:01pm:

Almost Famous. Not just my favorite rock movie, but one of my all time favorite movies.

You hit the nail right on the head...Almost Famous is my favorite too...Gimme Shelter and all of those are rock documentaries...not rock movies!

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Post by FPM on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 12:24am

I love this film. Maybe not the greatest, but in contention. The performances are riveting and the film of
them writing songs and drunk in the hotel makes this an incredible historical document. The scene of a
young priest amid a sea of young boys (one crying) while the Stones play a feral version of their new
song "Satisfaction" is priceless in itself.

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Post by lotsajizz on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 3:31am

Get Crazy

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Post by LanternHigh on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 4:15am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:52pm:

There's a lot of good r'r movies since the 60s. as you mentioned Voo. I got all them, and think that Voodstock and Gimmie Shelter, plus that by Dylan cannot be overtaken by other. but there's also films I'd never could see here. You've mentioned them. I look forwards to see them

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Post by Some Guy on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 7:07am

Joey wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 3:20pm:

!!!!!

100 percent accurate.

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Post by gimmekeef on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 8:58am

Hail Hail Rock and Roll.......Gimmeshelter...Last Waltz....no particular order

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Post by Bingo on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 9:50am

lotsajizz wrote on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 3:31am:

Get Crazy

It's been 25 years since I saw that movie and that was my immediate thought...except I couldn't remember the name of the movie. Thanks!

Electric Larry!!!!!!!! :weed 8-) :keithpunky

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Post by Bingo on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 9:58am

This is why the internet rules.....here it is!!

Get Crazy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrIRmMNi800

The Trailer.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQXat2BOUA :wow

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Post by Bingo on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 10:08am

Another underrated movie from that era...Purple Haze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1KDrCeDXdw

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Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 10:13am

Holden wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 4:01pm:

Almost Famous. Not just my favorite rock movie, but one of my all time favorite movies.

Great soundtrack. :keithpunky

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Post by Paranoid Android on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 12:52pm

If you have 30 minutes...check this out...keep an eye out for some strange happenings...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evA-R9OS-Vo

This is genius...

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Post by mojoman on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 1:01pm

PA?

http://youtu.be/gKUHFI1dnKo

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Post by Paranoid Android on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 1:23pm

GREASE of The Bowery!!

I remember it well!!!

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Post by uncleson on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 4:31pm

Charlie Is My Darling

but honorable mention to:
Hail Hail Rock n Roll / Keith's setting up of Chuck Berrys 60th birthday show in St Louis
The Doors
The Kids Are Allright
Gimmie Shelter
Hard Days Night
and..........
The Girl Cant Help It; with appearances by Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran
Go Johnny Go : Chuck Berry and Ritchie Valens

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Post by RSRTG on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 5:25pm

Gimme Shelter

Running out of Luck :forfucksake

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Post by Heart Of Stone on Jan 21^st, 2013 at 8:15am

I recently saw TELSTAR...possible the BEST RnR biopic i have ever seen...extremely facinating...and the people who it is about...extraordinary!!
If you don't know the story of Joe Meek...don't wiki it...the film seems pretty acurate and Wiki was a HUGE spoiler for me as i didn't know much about him or the tornadoes

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I saw this movie, I never knew all this stuff or Joe Meek, it's a really good movie, although it was totally insane the way he had a recording studio in his house, Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) was involved in the early days & Mitch Mitchell (who he, Joe, held a gun to his head & he had a nervous break-down) it's amazing how many of these people involved in the music business in England (managers/record producers, etc) were gay, & back then it was a crime.

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Post by Pdog on Jan 21^st, 2013 at 8:19am

spinal tap

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Post by Edith Grove on Jan 21^st, 2013 at 10:28am

Just added a bucha films to my Netflix lineup. :areyoufuckingserious

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Post by MrPleasant on Jan 21^st, 2013 at 11:19am

Hard to say. Probably Kids Are Alright or A Hard Day's Night (though my favorite Beatles movie is the animated one; the one about the submarine, and I think that Help! gets better with time). Woodstock always gets me; it's like being there, but without having to stand all those smelly lazy hippies in person ( [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]). I like Don't Look Back , but who doesn't? (BTW, D A Pennebacker is receiving a honorary Oscar this year.) Even though it isn't ROCK per se, Hair is one of my favorite movies of all time.

I strongly believe that, in spirit, Goodfellas is the best rock movie of all time. In spirit, because as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. Besides, consider the soundtrack. Stones, George Harrison, Cream, etc. First time I ever heard the "Layla" coda. In recent years, I enjoyed tremendously 24 hour party people ; be sure to check it out, if you like Joy Division and british humor.

I'm interested in watching Tonite let's all make love in London (1967). I've heard some good things about it. There's some Stones content there; also Michael Caine, Pink Floyd, Eric Burdon, etc. Here it is. I'll probably watch it later....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gUCtUWqYbc