Give My Regards to Broadstreet

Well I saw it in the theater when it first came out....did not know
then and don't know now
what he was trying to do....

anyone seen it lately who can refresh our memories or open old wounds
about your favorite part of the movie?

was there any part of it that anyone liked?

steve...

I enjoyed it at the time, and nothing has happened since to lessen that.

Anyone seeing it expecting it to be of the stature of (random
comparator) "Lord of the Rings" will of course be disappointed.

Anyone seeing it expecting it to be modest enjoyment, ought to enjoy it.

Bill Kawalec...

ummmmmm, depends on how you define "modest enjoyment." Some of the musical
sequences would have been fine as stand-alone videos, but, as a whole, it
was a total waste of celluloid. oh yeah . . There was that line from Ringo,
"Can we get some heat in here, or are we practicing to be Canadians?"

Paul's (genuine) busking scene was wonderful.

The fact that it was shown in the cinema with the Frog Song film as
support, and that that had a dedication to my friend Alf Bestall of
course added to the pleasure. :-))

Bill Kawalec...

I love the music.

thx - Craig

Runnnerr...

To be kind, the movie was not exactly the "Citizen Kane" of rock and
roll movies. It wasn't even the "Heaven's Gate" of rock and roll
movies.

The soundtrack has three great songs- "No Values", "Not Such A Bad Boy"
and "No More Lonely Nights" (the ballad version). The rest of it is
made of up terrible remakes of Beatle songs and pointless remakes of
some of his more recent (at the time) songs. Too bad that Paul has
never played the the three great songs in concert.

Bill Kawalec...

Strictly opinion. IMO, every one of those remakes is an improvement, and
"Not Such a Bad Boy" is the weakest track there.

rforman61...

Just wanted to chime in with my 1000% agreement of that assessment.
The album is usually (and understandably) thought of and dismissed in
terms of the big batch of utterly unnecessary remakes (although I did
like the slightly jazzed-up take on "Long and Winding Road"), but no
one seems to remember those three fantastic new original songs, the two
rockers almost completely unkown. Man, there must be a great,
non-existent/platonic McCartney album out in the ether that could have
been created around that mini-batch of songs if that's the quality of
stuff he was writing at that moment. "Values" has rough a raw, ragged,
nasty, almost Stones-like quality to it (akin to the also-great rocker
"Girls School" from a couple years previous, this one even raunchier).

Yes, it would be a nice surprise if NMLN made it onto a modern-day Paul
set list.

Runnnerr...

Rich, I've often thought the same thing- that if Paul could have mined
this vein a bit more he would have had one of his best albums of the
1980s. As it is, we've had to settle for the great Paul McCartney 25%
album of the 1980s. You compare "No Values" to The Stones. I recall an
interview with Paul in which he stated that after he'd written that
song, he wondered if in fact, he'd accidentally ripped off Mick and
Keith.

rforman61...

It's the slighty harsh and sort of jarring / bizarre guitar chord
progressions that remind me of the Stones from around that era. The
chords kind of jump around in a way that reminds me of the little
instrumental bridge from "Shattered" or some parts of "She's So Cold."
Kind of punky or something.

bop9...

the rehearsals in the garge with ringo.