What's your favourite rock movie?
In Saturday’s Culture section, the Gazette’s Bernard Perusse surveys the history of rock music on film, and asks musical artists and experts to opine on their favourites. (You can read Bernard’s story here, which includes his personal 10-best and 10-worst list.) We’d like to know what you think: What are your favourite movies about rock music? Share your picks in the comment box below:
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April 19th, 2008 at 3:37 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock
April 19th, 2008 at 4:27 am
The term “post-rock” refers to a specific brand of music that shares a similar sound and direction. Bands like Talking Heads certainly influenced the rise of post-rock, but they don’t share the same distinct sound or musical characteristics.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Sigur Ros aren’t really that indicative of what all post-rock sounds like. Listen to ‘Friend of the Night’ by Mogwai or ‘Your Hand In Mine’ by Explosions In The Sky.
April 19th, 2008 at 6:08 am
I have some “God Speed your Black Emporer” stuff that I downloaded and though I still say WTF? when I listen to it, I haven’t deleted it and I still listen to it (and I still say WTF?)It is haunting.
April 19th, 2008 at 6:59 am
I can see the similarities between post-rock and shoegaze, but I think shoegaze tends to use a lot of chord droning (”Sometimes” by My Bloody Valentine is an excellent example of this). In contrast, post-rock, albeit borrowing from the sweeping, wall-of-sound aesthetic, is more about legibility and technical musicianship. This is not to say, of course, that shoegaze did not have its share of technical geniuses (people to this day are still trying to figure out how to make their Fender Jaguars sound like Kevin Shields’), but proper shoegaze takes a distinctly de-skilled approach to music.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:49 am
See, and Explosions in the Sky I love. It’s not that the genre is so far from my musical interests, I think. This band just doesn’t do it for me.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:40 am
sharing “musical characteristics”, yeah probably… but “distinct sounds”? No, there is no way you can pin it down like that. And anyway, what are these disctinct sounds and characteristics you are referring to?
April 19th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I guess I just don’t get this band. I’ve tried to get into it, but don’t have the patience to get passed 20 minutes of near silence followed by a big noisy explosion. I can’t stand the singer’s voice and the whole Hopelandic thing seems like a cheap gimmick.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Recent good stuff;The Prestige (such a cast, righteously good)Next (not reviewed well, but turns out to be a good ride)Children of MenAll time;AlienAliensThe ThingThe Wrath of KhanClose Encounters of the Third KindMiracle Mile (1988)The Fifth ElementTwelve MonkiesBrazilI knew we had no future when I thought Brazil was the greatest movie I’d ever seen and my date “didn’t get it” :-)Hard to think of off the top of my head but those all definitely occupy space in my head…
April 19th, 2008 at 11:12 am
They only used Hopelandic on one album, as far as I remember, and it was basically just to take emphasis off the lyrics and use the voice as just another instrument. Still, post-rock isn’t for everybody- honestly, I’m a fan of the genre, and I still think what you said is a valid criticism for a lot of post-rock groups.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
They had the video, but no one bought that shit, so they figured they might as well give it away.