scallopino
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The Blues Brothers!
my all time favourite movie! So many great lines, great music, great players, great guests (James Brown, Chaka Kahn, Cab Calloway, John Lee Hooker,
Aretha etc.), great car chases, and done a little tongue-in-cheek.
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Puptent
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I love this movie as well. My favorite scene is probably the one where they're playing in some redneck bar behind chicken fence. "We've got both kinds
of music..."  Much to enjoy there.
I didn't like the sequel at all, though. (Blues Brothers 2000).
Hey kids! Do you hear that sound? . . . Freaks will be coming from miles around!
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Pappawas1975
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Never really into this movie Im afraid....made even more grating by those awful tribute bands.....Apart from a few good car chase scenes, its pretty
dull IMO....
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BBP
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Didn't like it too much... them car crashes are even more past the believability state than a heavily pregnant woman wearing a "Trust me, I'm a
virgin" tee.
Plus I've seen too much of Dan Aykroyd.
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scallopino
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come on guys! it's funny because it's not believable! what about the "Illinois Nazi's"?
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mutronboy
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I think it's a good movie...I only got into it about 5 years ago
I tend to avoid movies that are hyped when they come out....like Star Wars
But it's good to enjoy them when the hype dies down
I only just got into Forrest Gump..heh
I like how the Blues Brothers incorporated real music legends in a seamless fashion...I like the music shop scene....and Aretha in the kitchen
Good to see Steve Cropper still doin' it, too
Luckily, I missed a lot of the 80's stuff 'cos I went bush to teach myself ragtime fingerpicking guitar
I think I avoided a lot of bad 80's music with that ploy
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scallopino
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Rev. Cleophus: "DO YOU SEEEE THE LIGHT!"
Elwood: What light?
Rev.: HAVE YOU SEEEEN THE LIGHT!
Jake: YES! YES! JESUS H. TAP DANCING CHRIST, I HAVE SEEEEN THE LIGHT!"
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Some movies together with the music have something special.
The first James Bond
Shaft
Ghostbusters
and
Bluesbrothers
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scallopino
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Yeah, i love Ghostbusters.
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scallopino
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Two players from the BB played with Frank. Tom Malone (Tom "Bones" Malone), and the alto sax player Lou Marini ("Blue" Lou) both played with Frank. TM
in 1972, and also the SNL episodes; and LM on both SNL's and around that time.
Tom Malone is still the trombonist in the Letterman Show band, who completely kick ass.
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They also played on Zappa in New York.
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"The Blues Brothers" is worth it just to see Cab Calloway do "Minnie The Moocher."
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scallopino
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Yes, and the magical costume change.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by scallopino
come on guys! it's funny because it's not believable! what about the "Illinois Nazi's"? |
That's based on a real event, where a bunch of neo-Nazis planned a march in Skokie Illinios (a predominantly Jewish suburb of Chicago). These scumbags
had obviously chosen Skokie because a number of Holocaust survivors lived there.
I don't remember if the march ever actually happened, but it was one of those cases where people were testing the limits of freedom of speech.
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Anybody seen the Blues Brothers 2000? I was watching/listening (mostly listening) to it one day, and most of the actual non-musical parts suck, but
they put together a hell of an all star band near the end of the movie.
Hi there.
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