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Original message:135 days 17 hours 55 minutes ago
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Name some movies that have really cool music as part of the movie and not just the soundtrack. I find that if the movie has great music in it, I'll give it way more love even if it happens to be a crappy movie. Everybody knows Spinal Tap and Crossroads, etc., here's some more I like:

-Eddie and the Cruisers 2: Not the greatest movie, but the music in it is the best I've seen. There's scenes of jamming, practicing, and all types of stuff. One of my favorites.
-Back to the future: I broke the rewind button on my VCR trying to cop the Johnny B Goode solo many moons ago.
-La Bamba: great music, Brian Setzer, and a great movie to boot, "WHo wants to buy a kilo!"
-Rockstar: Mark Wahlberg really kicks a@@ in the right role.

Others that were not so great:

The Doors: Slow, blurry, and boring
Bird: I love Charlie Parker but I thought the movie was so ... unengrossing and the music wasn't enough to save it.
Reply:135 days 17 hours 41 minutes ago
Member: Danno
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I thinks Jeff Healy was in Roadhouse but I don't remember how much music there was...
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Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion--- TooL
Reply:135 days 17 hours 30 minutes ago
Member: duane
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The commitments.. If you haven't see it you should. If you have then you know. :-)
Reply:135 days 17 hours 19 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30
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The Temptations.
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Reply:135 days 17 hours 17 minutes ago
Member: Danno
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I don't know if Walk The Line counts
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Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion--- TooL
Reply:135 days 17 hours 14 minutes ago
Member: G_Barber
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This Is Spinal Tap for sure...and I should have read your whole first post before saying that. Me=jackass :P
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Reply:135 days 17 hours 6 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus
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The movie "Stlii Crazy" is a pretty good one.
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Reply:135 days 17 hours 5 minutes ago
Member: duane
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How could I have forgotten..

Straight no Chaser.

Reply:135 days 17 hours 5 minutes ago
Member: Hippieway
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If you are talking about movies about music I agree The Commitments is great but if you want strange little movies with interesting music that are just good sound tracks I though Big Empty was pretty good. And of course we can't even have this discussion without a nod to O Brother Where Art Thou. Movies have finally started to put some really good sound tracks together this post should attract a lot of attention.
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Reply:135 days 16 hours 37 minutes ago
Member: Awesome A
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the pick of destiny (tenacious d) was a pretty good movie haha :)
Reply:135 days 16 hours 18 minutes ago
Member: new2stringz
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As a kid my mother used to buy the soundtracks to so many movies because the capture a mood and appeal to a target market so I have always payed attention to the music in movies.

My really odd list:
Harold and Maude, full soundtrack by Cat Stephens (Yusef Islam)
10 Things I Hate About You
Wayne's World
The Wedding Singer
...adding '8 Mile' not a guitar movie but I loved the building of the song by overlaying tracks as the story progressed.

I have to agree on the Back to the Future movie, I was disappointed it was dropped in the sequels, but there were so many reasons to be disappointed in the sequels.
Reply:135 days 16 hours 13 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus
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My wife dragged me to this one," Love Actually", but it had some really funny moments in it from Bill Nighy. He plays a washed up rock star named Billy Mack. This guy is hysterical.
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Reply:135 days 15 hours 23 minutes ago
Member: Desmond
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'Round Midnight ... Score by Herbie Hancock.

A masterpiece!
Reply:135 days 13 hours 54 minutes ago
Member: Chester Field
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The Last Waltz
Probably not the kind of movie you think of as a movie, but it is.
Irregardless, some real fine music to be sure.
Reply:135 days 8 hours 13 minutes ago
Member: Sully
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How about Airheads. With Adam Sandler. Three Musicians hold up a radio station wit water guns so they will play ther tape..its funny as hell.
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Reply:134 days 22 hours 50 minutes ago
Member: Eoin Stewart
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I'd throw in Rude Boy if you're a Clash fan. Other than the pathetic hang about that is the "lead" character (and a poor actor) the pic has some amazing Clash footage of their early classics. The only down side is that the band comes off as wanna be rock stars/tough guys with politically driven attitudes. Personal disclaimer: I never liked the band after their 2nd album, but this movie only features songs from "The Clash" and "Give Em Enough Rope", if memory serves me.
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Reply:134 days 15 hours 23 minutes ago
Member: Evil Kitty
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I would agree with Spinal Tap, CrossRoads and both of the Eddie and the Cruiser movies.

What about PURPLE RAIN!!! awesome music movie. The Wall - movie is wierd, but awesome music.
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