is Peter Frampton looked down upon, in this movie ?
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ShannonTriumphant — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 05:28 PM)
Sorry, but IMO, NOBODY "crushes" Newmannobody, much less a whiner like Chesnutt. He might be good for make-out sessions while wearing polyester and platform shoes, but, come on! I see what you didyou were TRYING to be sarcastic about your musical "preferences" to "Show me"not realizing that I take almost EVERYTHING literally!
Sorry I bothered replying to you. Let's just drop it. It's obvious that our musical tastes are so far apart as to make any attempt at dialogue useless. Once you use sarcasm and deception, you lose ALL credibility!
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bhoover247 — 10 years ago(March 13, 2016 05:01 PM)
I don't know if you are still out there since it's taken me almost two years to respond, but if you are still with us I would suggest that you youtube Vic Chesnutt doing the songs Withering or Thumbtack or maybe See You Around or Florida. Any of these might change your opinion of the late great Vic Chesnutt.
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subwoofers — 10 years ago(March 06, 2016 01:41 PM)
in the scene where Lisa Bonet is playing 'Baby I love the way', Rob (Cusack) remarks: "Is that Peter f###### Frampton?". And proceeds to seemingly indicate a prior dislike for the track.
it's pretty clear that Framton is despised
then they show how shallow they are when they see a hot chick singing it
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dio52 — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 01:20 AM)
Frampton wasn't even taken very seriously among what you'd traditionally consider the classic rock circle, at least not once Framptom Comes Alive hit it big.
Rob and crew never explicitly express hate on Frampton, but considering that their tastes skewed towards post-punk/new wave/alternative rock, it's a safe assumption that they despised Frampton and other such similar super-commercial arena rock.
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majormet — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 10:23 PM)
I think as I lived through it Frampton solo was actually super cool, stuff for the first 2 studio albums and Frampton Comes Alive, he holds his own as a true rock star songs like Lines on My Face are brilliant.
However 2 things alienated him from the rock base and a lot of his fans- He starred in the Movie Sgt Pepper alongside the Bee Gees at the height of their disco rise. This movie bombed in the box office and really exposed Frampton for being a big sell out.
- He follows up Frampton Comes Alive with the album and song I'm in You. Although the song has a great guitar solo, it is very similar to the work of the late 70's wimpy pop songwriter era (Kenny Nolan, Alan O'Day..) not to mention that Frampton is posing like a Playmate on the cover of the album.
He is the classic example of selling out, and as a result by the 1980's he was forgotten.
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mrjbaptist — 9 years ago(September 03, 2016 09:01 PM)
As music snobs, they can't like things that are popular and mainstream - unless they are polular and mainstream, but still edgy - i.e. Springsteen. "Mass consumption" popular is equated with "shallow". Peopel who listen to popular music are the "muggles" of their world.
There's also the fact that radio often overplays popular songs and bands, making you sick of them. There are bands and albums that I really like now, but felt tortured when I was hearingt hem in heavy rotation (Duran Duran's "Rio" , for example).
Rob and the crew also mock people who listen to other "popular" bands - specifically Lionel Ricthie and Supertramp, if I remember correctly.