Hey jb, I looked for a clip of him from M
essage To Love but couldn't find it (although you see a few seconds of footage from it in the King For A Day trailer.)
It's actually a pretty good film. It's like the UK
Woodstock--only it took almost 30 years to come out.
Regarding the 1920's fad during the 60's, there's a early Richard Lester film called "
That's Trad, Dad" (re-titled "Ring-A-Ding Rhythm" with added footage in the U.S.) which revolves around the early 60's U.K. fad for traditional jazz music.
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Watching the way Lester films the performance by The Temperance Seven you'll note a lot of the visual wit and energy that he employed while making
A Hard Day's Night.Seeing teenage kids going wild for 20's music seems like a scene from an alternate universe. That full blown mania never caught on over here. But just a few years later, as was stated, the New Vaudeville Band hit big in America, not to mention songs like "Hello, Hello" by the Sopwith Camel that channeled the "Good Time Music" of the Lovin' Spoonful and added the rinky-tink piano sound that John Phillips used on some of those Mamas and the Papas tunes.
The 1920's were only 40 years earlier back in the 60's. This year
Sticky Fingers and
Who's Next are FIFTY years old... who will keep that spirit alive and become their Tiny Tim?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2021-03-02 10:11 by loog droog.