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mfidelity
03-13-2008, 09:16 PM
... and the winner is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_xBT_xavzM
jkm
03-13-2008, 09:21 PM
How about Bob Dylan in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid?
Turnaround
03-13-2008, 09:36 PM
What about TV? Boy George on the A-Team! He wins over a rowdy crowed that was expecting to see "Cowboy George"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hy08a2vE5RY
kevinsinnott
03-13-2008, 09:45 PM
I saw Eric Burdon and the Animals in a 1960s comedy film (name escapes me). I was impressed with their segment however.
scotto
03-13-2008, 09:45 PM
I've always enjoyed that bit by The Godfather.
Even though the film's producers saddled him with skis, a sweater, and white teenagers, he and the Famous Flames still manage to bring the soul.
jkm
03-13-2008, 10:19 PM
What about TV? Boy George on the A-Team! He wins over a rowdy crowed that was expecting to see "Cowboy George"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hy08a2vE5RY

Andy Warhol (not exactly a musician but a dabbler) on the Love Boat.
The Keymaster
03-13-2008, 11:23 PM
Elvis Costello as a bartender in "Spice World" has to be pretty high up there.
Michael
03-13-2008, 11:26 PM
How about Bob Dylan in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid?

Beans, beans, beans, baked beans, more beans, beans...:D
blind_melon1
03-13-2008, 11:27 PM
Elvis Costello as a bartender in "Spice World" has to be pretty high up there.

I thought the way Costello appeared in 100 Cigarettes was hilarious!

Never seen Spice World though...
blind_melon1
03-13-2008, 11:28 PM
Heh, I know it's not an appearance if it's a starring role, but some of the Elivs movies were pretty rediculous..
shmuckler
03-13-2008, 11:33 PM
Tom Petty in The Postman
Vidiot
03-13-2008, 11:40 PM
No, it's gotta be ZZ Top in Back to the Future III, complete with spinning guitars. (Or maybe that was only in the music video tie-in.)
The Keymaster
03-13-2008, 11:47 PM
No, it's gotta be ZZ Top in Back to the Future III, complete with spinning guitars. (Or maybe that was only in the music video tie-in.)

Oy. That was pretty bad.
Squealy
03-13-2008, 11:50 PM
I thought the way Costello appeared in 100 Cigarettes was hilarious!

Never seen Spice World though...

Costello has been in what seems like dozens of movies and TV shows as himself.
dprokopy
03-13-2008, 11:58 PM
Costello has been in what seems like dozens of movies and TV shows as himself.
My favorite being his entirely unexplained and random appearance (which was basically the joke) in Talladega Nights.
vinylman
03-14-2008, 12:48 AM
David Bowie in ANYTHING.
Paul L
03-14-2008, 12:57 AM
David Bowie in ANYTHING.

His appearance in Ricky Gervis' Extras show was priceless.
Paul L
03-14-2008, 12:58 AM
What about Gene Simmons during his 80's Hollywood phase?
markytheM
03-14-2008, 01:00 AM
Elvis Costello as a bartender in "Spice World" has to be pretty high up there.

Even more high up there would be The Spy Who Shagged Me for breaking away from the story to show Declan singing on the streets with Burt Bacharach...in 1969. :wtf:
KeithH
03-14-2008, 05:32 AM
Alice Cooper was in one of the Wayne's World movies.

Meat Loaf was in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Dave D
03-14-2008, 05:33 AM
David Bowie in ANYTHING.

He was brilliant as Tesla in The Prestige.
reechie
03-14-2008, 06:08 AM
Springsteen in High Fidelity.
Jerryb
03-14-2008, 06:11 AM
Jonathan Richman was in Something About Mary.
RoyalScam
03-14-2008, 06:28 AM
Alice Cooper was in one of the Wayne's World movies.

So was Aerosmith, in the second one.

Meat Loaf was in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I don't know if that was "gratuitous" since he was actually playing a role in the movie. And it was before Bat Out of Hell was released.

What about Neil Diamond in "Saving Silverman"?
audiofool
03-14-2008, 06:32 AM
Strawberry Alarm Clock appear in a party scene in Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls.

It aired here recently, great tune, crap movie.