Posted on 05/04/2008 5:37:15 PM PDT by purpleraine
Like movies about kids who spell or athletes in wheelchairs, a non-fiction film about old people who sing rock, funk, punk, and blues in a community chorus that has dazzled international audiences on concert tours comes formidably fortified by its ironclad charm factor. To be honest, I settled in skeptically, expecting to be gummed into submission. Two dozen or so amateur singers, based in Northampton, Mass., lend their group's name to Stephen Walker's surprisingly profound documentary.............................
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You mean there are normal people in Northampton? (or as the locals call it, Noho.) I used to work there. Northampton is more evil than San Fran., Ithaca and Cambridge combined.
The movie was not about the city or politics. It is about a choir of seniors who sing some fairly contemporary and classic rock music.
I clicked on the link. It must take a lot of “moxie” for an 80 year old to sing selections from Sonic Youth and The Clash.
no special effects, super-heros, car chases, explosions, fake sex scenes, or nude teenagers in the shower being slashed.
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Cool.. sounds like a good film.. I’ll tell my wife to keep an eye out for it.. she likes to take her m-i-l to the movies, it’s good to get her laughing as she hits her 80th year, not that there is anything wrong with crying too. ;-)
Take some tissue.
It starts out kind of funny when they’re learning the songs and then they start to get it down and it becomes fun. I won’t tip off a couple of the songs, but the fact that they could even sing them was amazing.
late night bump
early Cal bump
bumpin in the mornin, bumpin in the evenin, bumpin at suppertime.
did I mention that I liked this music?
Video clip from the movie, Fix You by Coldplay.
The Ramones, I Want to be Sedated, by the Young @ Heart choir.
Forever Young by the Young@Heart choir, sung at the county jail.
Another review.
gratuitous mid-day bump
early-evening east coast bump
Third to last gratuitous bump.
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