Sgt. Pepper : The Movie [Archive]

tomhayes

01-09-2005, 02:41 AM

They are playing this on InHD this month and it's about 1000 times worse than I remember.

The Bee Gees are bad singers in this context.

Peter Framton is no Ringo.

Was George Burns even trying to sing???

Man, it's bad.

-Tom

antonkk

01-09-2005, 03:23 AM

tomhayes

01-09-2005, 03:28 AM

Think of it not as a movie but as a collection of cool late 70's music videos, with some damn fine music! I love the era so I enjoyed this one as well as other "masterpieces of modern cinema" like "Kiss meets the Phantom of the Park" and "Give me regards to broadstreet". Just bought Ray Davies' "Return to Waterloo" and look forward to see that one.
But it's NOT good music except in the case of Alice Cooper and EWF, unless I am forgetting something.

I mean George Burns as Mr. Kite singing Fixing a Leak is not good :)

GuyDon

01-09-2005, 07:06 AM

But it's NOT good music except in the case of Alice Cooper and EWF, unless I am forgetting something.

I mean George Burns as Mr. Kite singing Fixing a Leak is not good :)

Wasn't Aerosmith's version of Come Together also on this album?

bartels76

01-09-2005, 07:07 AM

Wasn't Aerosmith's version of Come Together also on this album?

Yup.

GuyDon

01-09-2005, 07:25 AM

Yup.

Thanks Shawn.

vconsumer

01-09-2005, 07:58 AM

Steve Martin's rendition of Maxwell's Silver Hammer is also lots of fun.

ascot

01-09-2005, 08:16 AM

The soundtrack has its moments but the overall movie is just dreadful, IMO.

cunningham

01-09-2005, 08:59 AM

This movie killed Frampton. He could have been a contender.

Pug

01-09-2005, 09:00 AM

I saw the movie a few years ago.... :hurl: :hurlleft:

The LP has it's moments. I was a kid when this came out so this is the first place I heard most of these songs. :eek: It caused me to seek out the Beatles LPs and I've been a Beatles fan ever since.

Oatsdad

01-09-2005, 09:33 AM

This movie killed Frampton. He could have been a contender.

Didn't "I'm In You" knock him down a peg? I remember a lot of hype over that one before it came out but that it was regarded as a dud...

AudioEnz

01-09-2005, 10:38 AM

The CD of the movie soundtrack seems to be a bit rare. One second hand record shop had a s/h copy selling for more (much more) than I'd expect a new copy to go for.

ACK!

01-09-2005, 02:06 PM

22dRow

01-09-2005, 04:37 PM

Think of it not as a movie but as a collection of cool late 70's music videos, with some damn fine music! I love the era so I enjoyed this one as well as other "masterpieces of modern cinema" like "Kiss meets the Phantom of the Park" and "Give me regards to broadstreet". Just bought Ray Davies' "Return to Waterloo" and look forward to see that one.
Return to Waterloo should not be mentioned in the same breath as those movies. It is actually a wonderful film, very watchable and interesting. Beautiful cinematography, excellent acting, and an overall good movie. Not adjectives that could be applied to those others.

Greatest Hits

01-09-2005, 05:23 PM

I've always liked the 'Sgt. Pepper' movie. In fact, when I saw 'Xanadu' I though it was sort of a rip-off of 'Sgt. Pepper'.

tomhayes

01-09-2005, 05:27 PM

I've always liked the 'Sgt. Pepper' movie. In fact, when I saw 'Xanadu' I though it was sort of a rip-off of 'Sgt. Pepper'.

I gotta ask, were you an adult or a kid when you saw Sgt. pepper's? When I was a kid it was much more enjoyable, and the Hollywood scenes were a bit racy too. But now it really reall really seems bad.

Xanadu was pretty bad too, but at least was had original music.

-Tom

Greatest Hits

01-09-2005, 05:39 PM

I gotta ask, were you an adult or a kid when you saw Sgt. pepper's? When I was a kid it was much more enjoyable, and the Hollywood scenes were a bit racy too. But now it really reall really seems bad.

Xanadu was pretty bad too, but at least was had original music.

-Tom
Well, I'm 15 now (I turn 16 in 8 days ;) ) and I was about 9 when I saw it. I saw 'Xanadu' when I was 13.

Winter Hugohalter

01-09-2005, 05:41 PM

I was 15 when I saw "Pepper" in 1978 and I remember precious little about it,which may be a good thing :D I may have to rent it and see how I feel about it now.

"Xanadu? XANADON'T!!" - Gene Shalit

Pug

01-09-2005, 05:57 PM

I've always liked the 'Sgt. Pepper' movie. In fact, when I saw 'Xanadu' I though it was sort of a rip-off of 'Sgt. Pepper'.

Xanadu was Pygmalion on roller skates. :sigh:

rock76

01-10-2005, 12:56 PM

It's a camp classic. I actually went to see this in the theaters - hey, I was 11, what did I know??? It sounded like a cool idea at the time. The DVD has a 5.1 DTS soundtrack and if you have an appreciation for kitsch, it works.

Now, if KISS Meets The Phantom would get a proper DVD release - paging Gene Simmons, I have more money for you!! Gene?? Gene??

:righton:

There are several editions of Kiss meets the Phantom, though bootleg.
Some of them with pristine quality.
I've also seen an edition taken from the theatrical version titled 'Attack of the Phantoms', which is longer and has music from their solo albums instead of that horrible background music used in the TV version.

Ken_McAlinden

01-10-2005, 01:06 PM

The songs I liked:

o Got to Get You into My Life
o Come Together
o Oh Darling (The only good match of voice, arrangement and song of the Bee Gees stuff)

The song I didn't mind too much:

o Get Back

The song I found somewhat amusing

o Maxwell's Silver Hammer

The rest:

:rolleyes:

The film:
:hurl:

Regards,

Oatsdad

01-10-2005, 02:42 PM

I've not seen the flick since the Seventies, and I'm perfectly happy to keep it that way! I do recall I was absolutely convinced as a kid that it was a remake - I was sure the Beatles had made a "SPLHCB" movie...

ACK!

01-10-2005, 04:44 PM

There are several editions of Kiss meets the Phantom, though bootleg.
Some of them with pristine quality.
I've also seen an edition taken from the theatrical version titled 'Attack of the Phantoms', which is longer and has music from their solo albums instead of that horrible background music used in the TV version.

I have a fairly decent one myself. The only version of Attack Of The Phantoms I've ever seen is a 99th generation video tape. Too bad Gene didn't get the rights to the movies. He said he wanted to buy them so they could be released on DVD, but apparently the owners are just letting the reels decompose and gather dust.

I'm still hoping for the special edition DVD with both versions. Maybe someday. I'll settle for crappy original mono as long as the picture's good. :agree:

LaserKen

01-10-2005, 05:25 PM

Pepper ain't good, no argument here. But one thing I always consider (and maybe it's the Pollyana in me) -- isn't it nice to have this kitschy moment of pop music history captured on film, however quirky it may be? It's one thing to talk about a musical moment-- it's something else to pop this disc in and see what Robert Stigwood thought would revive the movie musical. Me? I'm glad it's around!

Jeff H.

01-10-2005, 05:39 PM

The CD of the movie soundtrack seems to be a bit rare. One second hand record shop had a s/h copy selling for more (much more) than I'd expect a new copy to go for.

The Soundtrack was reissued on CD in 1998. Far as I know it's still in print, but I hardly expected it to be a huge seller since the orginal LP was a huge bomb because it was grossly overshipped by RSO.