I realize Rosanna gets to make the movie because she knows so many of these people and is famous herself, but am I the only person in the room who winces when she whips out her sycophantic act?\u00c2\u00a0 I mean I can’t think of her without hearing the Stones’ "Star Star" go through my brain.\u00c2\u00a0 And the voiceover in the beginning, makes me want to puke.<\/p>\n
I guess I believe in rock and roll.\u00c2\u00a0 Its power.\u00c2\u00a0 Its beauty.\u00c2\u00a0 Its truth.\u00c2\u00a0 Whereas Rosanna seems to believe in herself.\u00c2\u00a0 Whatever it takes to get her access.\u00c2\u00a0 Whereas I’ve always found access disappointing.\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t name a better artist than Joni Mitchell, but up close and personal she’s one of the most difficult people I’ve ever met.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s hard to square the woman with the music.\u00c2\u00a0 But don’t think I wasn’t thrilled to interact with her a couple of times.\u00c2\u00a0 Because she means that much to me.\u00c2\u00a0 Certainly more than any politician or corporate executive.<\/p>\n
Yes, music has a power.\u00c2\u00a0 An undeniable one.\u00c2\u00a0 But as Frank Zappa stated (this is in question, so don’t e-mail me with other progenitors, it’s really just about the point), talking about music is like dancing about architecture.<\/p>\n
Oh, the first section of this flick is riveting.\u00c2\u00a0 Wherein classic artists, household names, ruminate on the status of the music business.\u00c2\u00a0 Hell, Steven Tyler even disses Donnie Ienner, head of his label.\u00c2\u00a0 The musicians know it’s a new reality, funny how those at the labels are denying it.\u00c2\u00a0 They all are aware of the Internet, and the stagnation of the music.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s like EVERYBODY KNOWS we’re fucked, but the corporations and the press keep saying if everybody stopped stealing music things would be fine.<\/p>\n
Except for Jimmy Iovine.\u00c2\u00a0 Watching Jimmy here you know why he’s the most successful executive in the business.\u00c2\u00a0 Jimmy draws a parallel between rap and rock and roll so articulately, so clearly, that you GET IT!\u00c2\u00a0 That Dre and Snoop were Mick and Keith.\u00c2\u00a0 And the rappers were trying to one up each other just like Brian Wilson was trying to beat the Beatles, and vice versa.\u00c2\u00a0 The rappers were pushing the art form.\u00c2\u00a0 Whereas the rockers were complacent, not trying new rhythms, new beats, not testing the limits.<\/p>\n
Sure, Jimmy also said how he pushed "Rolling Stone" to put rappers on its cover.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s the link, the integral element bringing music to the masses.\u00c2\u00a0 And it’s this gatekeeper identity that makes one hate him, how he has to be where it’s at all the time.\u00c2\u00a0 But he gets it.<\/p>\n
And then there’s David Crosby.\u00c2\u00a0 A laughable joke sideshow in the consciousness of the community.\u00c2\u00a0 But David is so SMART, got it so DOWN, that you know why Melissa Etheridge wanted him to father her kids.<\/p>\n
And Maynard.\u00c2\u00a0 From Tool.\u00c2\u00a0 This guy is so down to earth that you hang on every word.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s real in a way so many of the other personages in this documentary are not.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re holding back.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, they’re professionals, they edit themselves when the camera starts to roll.\u00c2\u00a0 But not Maynard.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s like you dropped by his house one afternoon and he told you exactly where he was at.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s this honesty, this BELIEVABILITY, that makes his bands so successful.<\/p>\n
As for the drivel about where the music\/inspiration comes from.\u00c2\u00a0 These artists should just do it, not talk about it.<\/p>\n
As for how to balance family and rock, the only person with any true insight was Stevie Nicks.\u00c2\u00a0 Who delineated with eye contact that she wasn’t about to sacrifice her career.\u00c2\u00a0 She NEEDED IT!\u00c2\u00a0 You can tell she STILL needs it.<\/p>\n
The best thing that can happen for Rosanna Arquette is that this flick is available P2P, since Showtime has such a small audience.\u00c2\u00a0 We fans salivate, want every tidbit, but there are not enough here.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, you’ll want to see it.<\/p>\n
But when at the end of the credits, when Rosanna gives an endless list of dedications and thank yous you’ll want to walk away in disgust.\u00c2\u00a0 Rosanna, it’s not about YOU, but the music.\u00c2\u00a0 This is not a record.\u00c2\u00a0 Not an Academy Award speech.\u00c2\u00a0 A great movie should exist in its own ether.\u00c2\u00a0 But you leave us in a high school girl’s bedroom, with totems of your coolness in evidence.\u00c2\u00a0 We know you know famous people.\u00c2\u00a0 We know it takes a lot to make a movie.\u00c2\u00a0 But don’t fuck with the viewing experience!<\/p>\n
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