there is no god

[rone]

I'm still reeling from the revelation, via my sister-in-law's boyfriend last night, that the Bee Gees made a "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" movie that included Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, Earth Wind and Fire, and Alice Cooper (all of whom are also on the soundtrack), as well as Steve Martin and Donald Pleasence.

What the fuck?  What the fucking fuck?

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ah, furrenners...

[lara7.livejournal.com]

one of the many things you missed by not growing up in this country. The simple anwser is that the Bee gees needed a new project after "saturday night fever", "grease", released the same year,had been a success and made the idea of movie musicals viable again. The record label (RSO) responsible for Grease and the SNF soundtracks also released the SPLHCB soundtrack, which probably did way better than the film itself (the aerosmith version of "come together" got a fair amount of radio play back in the day.

Other heinous musicals from the period: xanadu(1980), Can't stop the music (1980), Pennies from heaven (1981), which isn't so bad but is depressing as hell and not what America wanted from a Steve Martin movie after "the Jerk".

poor rone

[avocado123.livejournal.com]

I'm deeply jealous that you lived this much of your life in blissful ignorance of the remake of "Sgt Pepper". Treasure those years, my friend. But surely the movie was mentioned several times on that wacky Usenet place...

"Can't Stop the Music" is K*bo's favorite movie, but I admit I've only seen about 25 minutes of it.

"Pennies from Heaven" is a fabulous movie. One of my favorites, especially the scene with the movie's theme song. It's depressing, raw, emotional and in your face. Lara7's right, no one wanted to see Steve Martin doing this kind of movie in 1981, but in retrospect, after things like "Novocaine", it's not surprising anymore. I recommend it. No, I demand it.

Re: poor rone

[bryant]

Pennies from Heaven hits DVD on... oh hey, a couple of weeks ago. Christopher Walken's in it too. I have been jonesing to see this for years and years.

The original Brit version is also available; some say it's better and I do like Bob Hoskins, but... Steve Martin! Christopher Walken! Bernadette Peters!