"Eddie and the Cruisers" is a confusing movie

[jcmark611]

Why are they playing music from the 80's in the the 60's?

[Jon Silberman]

Where is your willing suspension of disbelief?

[jcmark611]

Part of being able to suspend disbelief is to make someone not so obvious that it sticks out like a sore thumb.

[GuitarsFromMars]

If this is troubling to you, better not see II...

[JoeB63]

When I first saw that movie I thought, this is the story of "What if Jim Morrison was Springsteen?"

[SteveO]

I like the movie for what it is, and period correctness is not that!

[blood5150]

i rank this movie somewhere between Teen Wolf 2 and Ghoulies.

[jcmark611]

If this is troubling to you, better not see II...

But Part II takes place in the 80's so, the music makes sense. It's really the only thing in that movie that makes sense, lol.

[Jon Silberman]

Let me try again ... it's called fiction. ;)

[jcmark611]

I like the movie for what it is, and period correctness is not that!

Actually, I've never really understood what the movie was. A romantic look back at the dark side of rock and roll mixed in with a crazy present day stalker?

[surfshack]

i like the movie, i don't try to analyze it.
i think it's pretty darn cool, kinda a cult classic too. i remember it coming on hbo back in the '80's.

hey, jim morrison playing a strat in an early '60's jersey bar band.....what a cool concept.
long live rock-n-roll......eddie lives!

[cvansickle]

Why are they playing music from the 80's in the the 60's?
Because the movie came out in 1983, and had no creative consultant.

[blood5150]

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[SteveO]

Actually, I've never really understood what the movie was. A romantic look back at the dark side of rock and roll mixed in with a crazy present day stalker?

It was a movie about an idealistic rocker whose musical vision was so ahead of it's time that they needed to create the 80s just to have a place for it. :)

[PUCKBOY99]

It STARRED Michael Pare.........what exactly did you expect ? :dunno

[newking70]

teen machine? :bonk

[jcmark611]

"If you liked 'Dirty Dancing', you'll love Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives..."

How much did the studio have to pay that guy to say that?!

[EADGBE]

I like it. It's a great movie. Some of the music has a 60s sound to it. I think part of the story was how ahead of their time they were. It's a fun movie to watch. I bought the sound track a while back. It's good stuff! :cool:

[FlyingDutchman]

So it wasnt based on a true story? Was Eddie and the Cruisers a fake band? I liked the "darkside" song..I was pretty young when it came out but I remember my father telling me I should watch it. I barely remember it though..

[blood5150]

So it wasnt based on a true story? Was Eddie and the Cruisers a fake band? I liked the "darkside" song..I was pretty young when it came out but I remember my father telling me I should watch it. I barely remember it though..




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[Rob Sharer]

Note that they don't say, "If you liked Eddie and the Cruisers, you'll love this film!"

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[blood5150]

^^^^^

Good one

[ShavenYak]

It may have been a crappy movie, but look on the bright side, it gave us John Cafferty and Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver Band.

Err, or something like that.

[bopplayer]

Actually in part 2 there's a nice scene where while jamming with a track, he shows the fast rocker dude how to play a simple theme that allows the music breathe more. Other than that.....

[Wesman61]

I'd rather hear Eddie and The Cruisers than Eddie and The Munsters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXGMWQPYTJw

[Gretsch6136]

Eddie was supposed to be ahead of his time - that's why his music is like Springsteen not Elvis or the Beatles.

He had a creative rift with Sal the bass player who's signature tune was Oldies But Goodies. Surely that was enough to spell it out!!

And then at the end you get to hear his unheard masterpiece which is like nothing from the early '60's - backwards masking, tape loops, big sustained guitar hooks.... This wasn't even like Springsteen!

Whilst its a flawed movie on many levels, it was a major influence on me as a budding guitarist back in the day!

Go rent La Bamba with Lou Diamond Phillips....

[blood5150]

I will stick with spinal tap.

[Ritualee]

I LOVED Eddie And The Cruisers.

[rcl]

I dug them both. Still flip them on when they appear on the guide. The girl in the second one has some teeth spacing issues-but I still dig her!

Seriously, that was some really good music from JC and the Beav band. Pretty popular around the boston area at the time. I have a hard time watching MP over-mouth the words...but I like to the tunes.

The second one actually made a good point. THe punk second guitarist is shreding away and Eddie pretty much tells him that 4 notes would have worked where he shoved in 400.

[Dillow4092]

I saw Eddie, Elvis, and Jimmy Hoffa at the gas station this morning! Eddie Lives...

[Echoes]

I saw Eddie, Elvis, and Jimmy Hoffa at the gas station this morning! Eddie Lives...


Jim Morrison was in the car? :rimshot

[Altanon]

Jim Morrison was in the car? :rimshot

Naw, he was pumping the gas.

[monte]

I was actually watched part I yesterday :) It was on cable again. I think it is a cool movie for what they were trying to do with it.

[dangerine49]

I had an interview with Hewlett Packard a couple of years ago. I found out later that the manager I met with was the bass player from the old Beaver Brown Band