Comments on: Why Music Biopics Never Get Mastered http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 22:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: egg cream http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771702 egg cream Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:54:27 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771702 <p>@<a href="#c9074639">Lucas Jensen</a>: It's extra awesome if you follow it with <i>Storms</i>, a totally questionable memoir by Lindsey Buckingham's ex-girlfriend Carol Ann Harris (subject of the <i>Tango in the Night</i> track "Caroline").</p> @Lucas Jensen: It’s extra awesome if you follow it with Storms, a totally questionable memoir by Lindsey Buckingham’s ex-girlfriend Carol Ann Harris (subject of the Tango in the Night track “Caroline”).

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771722 Lucas Jensen Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:49:36 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771722 <p>@<a href="#c9041360">brasstax</a>: That sounds so rad.</p> @brasstax: That sounds so rad.

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771712 Lucas Jensen Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:02:31 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771712 <p>Did anybody ever watch that Temptations miniseries? I didn't. How was it?</p> Did anybody ever watch that Temptations miniseries? I didn’t. How was it?

]]> By: brasstax http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771822 brasstax Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:33:13 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771822 <p>@<a href="#c9038894">Lucas Jensen</a>: Have you read Mick Fleetwood's autobiography? I think that's the only novel-sized book I've ever read in a 48-hour period.</p> @Lucas Jensen: Have you read Mick Fleetwood’s autobiography? I think that’s the only novel-sized book I’ve ever read in a 48-hour period.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771832 Anonymous Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:04:01 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771832 <P>Jimi Hendrix did drugs?</P> Jimi Hendrix did drugs?

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771732 Maura Johnston Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:44:52 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771732 <p>@<a href="#c9058093">MrStarhead</a>: sure -- its legal team.</p> @MrStarhead: sure — its legal team.

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771742 Lucas Jensen Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:12:22 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771742 <p>@<a href="#c9058093">MrStarhead</a>: Um, um. Shut up.</p> @MrStarhead: Um, um. Shut up.

]]> By: MrStarhead http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771752 MrStarhead Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:24:37 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771752 <p>The Hendrix estate has a #2 brand?</p> The Hendrix estate has a #2 brand?

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771802 Anonymous Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:32:14 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771802 <p>Yeah! Another thread that lets me spout off my theory that Mark Wahlberg would make a great Lou Reed in a biopic. Well, at least Wahlberg a decade ago. A shot of him as the '80s Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights looks frighteningly like an '80s Reed.</p> Yeah! Another thread that lets me spout off my theory that Mark Wahlberg would make a great Lou Reed in a biopic. Well, at least Wahlberg a decade ago. A shot of him as the ’80s Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights looks frighteningly like an ’80s Reed.

]]> By: Weezy F Baby http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771762 Weezy F Baby Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:23 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771762 <p>@<a href="#c9049593">ragandboneshop</a>: no, it's not.</p> @ragandboneshop: no, it’s not.

]]> By: ragandboneshop http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771772 ragandboneshop Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:46:31 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771772 <p>I don't understand what "mastered" means in this headline. Is it some movie-biz jargon I don't know about?</p> I don’t understand what “mastered” means in this headline. Is it some movie-biz jargon I don’t know about?

]]> By: unperson http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771812 unperson Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:23:32 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771812 <p>Somebody should make a movie out of David Lee Roth's <i>Crazy From The Heat</i> in the style of that Robert Evans documentary, <i>The Kid Stays In The Picture</i>.</p> Somebody should make a movie out of David Lee Roth’s Crazy From The Heat in the style of that Robert Evans documentary, The Kid Stays In The Picture.

]]> By: brasstax http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771782 brasstax Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:43:33 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771782 <p>@<a href="#c9047402">whoneedslight</a>: Of course! That's where "Love Somebody" came from!</p> @whoneedslight: Of course! That’s where “Love Somebody” came from!

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771792 Anonymous Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:41:54 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771792 <P>Is nobody remembering Rick Springfield's early 80s gem, Hard to Hold?</P> Is nobody remembering Rick Springfield’s early 80s gem, Hard to Hold?

]]> By: Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771842 Lucas Jensen Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:41:54 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771842 <p>@<a href="#c9038202">brasstax</a>: Seriously, why hasn't this even been mentioned yet? Jeremy Spencer joining the Family! The kicking out of founding members! The rise of Buckingham/Nicks! The cocaine! Tusk! God, there is a miniseries in there.</p> @brasstax: Seriously, why hasn’t this even been mentioned yet? Jeremy Spencer joining the Family! The kicking out of founding members! The rise of Buckingham/Nicks! The cocaine! Tusk! God, there is a miniseries in there.

]]> By: Dead Air ummm Dead Air http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771852 Dead Air ummm Dead Air Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:21:18 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771852 <p>I prefer the fictional route, like Eddie and the Cruisers, and it's far superior, released in Canada only sequel, Eddie and the Cruisers 2: Eddie Lives!</p> <p>Being from Asbury Park, NJ, it's not unfair to say that Eddie and the Cruisers is loosely based on Bruce Springsteen. I always imagined that some movie execs wanted Bruce to do a movie like this. It was released around the same time as "Born in the USA", so Bruce was at the height of his pop fame. However, I like to think that he refused, and they went ahead and casted Michael Pare and made it anyway.</p> <p>And then they made a sequel where it's revealed Eddie faked his death and started a new group called "Rock Solid." Yes. It's all kinds of tremendous.</p> <p>I also think that w/o Eddie and The Cruisers, we'd have no 8 Mile. So don't poo poo this underrated gem.</p> I prefer the fictional route, like Eddie and the Cruisers, and it’s far superior, released in Canada only sequel, Eddie and the Cruisers 2: Eddie Lives!

Being from Asbury Park, NJ, it’s not unfair to say that Eddie and the Cruisers is loosely based on Bruce Springsteen. I always imagined that some movie execs wanted Bruce to do a movie like this. It was released around the same time as “Born in the USA”, so Bruce was at the height of his pop fame. However, I like to think that he refused, and they went ahead and casted Michael Pare and made it anyway.

And then they made a sequel where it’s revealed Eddie faked his death and started a new group called “Rock Solid.” Yes. It’s all kinds of tremendous.

I also think that w/o Eddie and The Cruisers, we’d have no 8 Mile. So don’t poo poo this underrated gem.

]]> By: brasstax http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771862 brasstax Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:15:22 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771862 <p>@<a href="">Lucas Jensen</a>: A Mac biopic could be the greatest movie ever MADE!</p> @Lucas Jensen: A Mac biopic could be the greatest movie ever MADE!

]]> By: manyjars http://idolator.com/5094916/why-music-biopics-never-get-mastered/comment-page-1#comment-771872 manyjars Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:54:41 +0000 http://d6480ee0984c6af0b6e2cca934bba124#comment-771872 <p>Maybe the best way to make a music biopic is to say that it *isn't* about the artist, or that it sorta maybe is about someone kinda like the artist/band. I think that's how Gus Van Sant managed to release Last Days.</p> Maybe the best way to make a music biopic is to say that it *isn’t* about the artist, or that it sorta maybe is about someone kinda like the artist/band. I think that’s how Gus Van Sant managed to release Last Days.

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