tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post8806136609480315603..comments2024-03-04T01:47:18.750-05:00Comments on Lemurian Congress: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band - THE MOVIE!Adam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-62670481689997669462008-06-08T18:11:00.000-04:002008-06-08T18:11:00.000-04:00Sgt. Pepper's was my all time favorite movie of my...Sgt. Pepper's was my all time favorite movie of my childhood next to The Pirate Movie and Emmet Otter's Jung Band Christmas. I think Peter Frampton plus the Bee Gees was genius and I love the Beatles. Doesnt get any better. But then again I was a child of the 70'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-51883880206722868742007-05-11T09:26:00.000-04:002007-05-11T09:26:00.000-04:00Vanilla, if there's one thing I know it's that you...Vanilla, if there's one thing I know it's that you SHOULD NOT watch this film.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-790952042552239652007-05-10T12:28:00.000-04:002007-05-10T12:28:00.000-04:00Sorry, I should qualify this comment by stating I ...Sorry, I should qualify this comment by stating I HATE musicals. If there is an exception to this sentiment, this movie is not it. I remember watching was so painful...without compare. I don't think that "zany" anything would have grown on me with age.<BR/><BR/>I do love the Beatles, though.VanillaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362795443692420358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-26253175650446007412007-05-09T21:08:00.000-04:002007-05-09T21:08:00.000-04:00I think you can safely spend the rest of your life...I think you can safely spend the rest of your life without seeing this one, Eric. Unless you REALLY want to see Henry the Horse (though he doesn't dance the waltz).<BR/><BR/>It took me until my 20s before I really enjoyed the Sgt. Pepper's album. I knew the songs from the Yellow Submarine film, and I loved the songs for sure, but the album annoyed me with its stereo separation. In the early days of stereo there was a lot of experimentation going on, and it wasn't yet taboo to put the drums entirely in your right ear, for instance.<BR/><BR/>Abbey Road was definitely the album for me. And smatterings of The White Album.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-2730084131220199732007-05-09T21:04:00.000-04:002007-05-09T21:04:00.000-04:00I have similar memories, except I remember seeing ...I have similar memories, except I remember seeing it several times on CityTV, and I was totally confused...especially by Steve Martin. He definitely reprised his role as the dentist ("I thrill when I drill a bicuspid! I swell when they tell me I'm maladjusted!")<BR/><BR/>Now Little Shop of Horrors succeeded because it had ALL the right elements, plus cleavage. But it was sort of "funny cleavage" so it was okay for the kids. I remember seeing both "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Stand By Me" at the multiplex in Kitchener which is now a martial arts studio.<BR/><BR/>In any case, you're very welcome. I only hope I did the movie justice.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-32579413393017302312007-05-09T19:51:00.000-04:002007-05-09T19:51:00.000-04:00I can still remember--and it will be FORTY "years ...I can still remember--and it will be FORTY "years ago today" pretty soon--coming home on the Lake Street el in Chicago, reading the lyrics on the back of my just-purchased copy of "Sgt. Pepper's." What strange and beautiful creature had pop music morphed itself into? "Messrs. K and H assure the public their production will be second to none. And of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz." And I hadn't even heard the snippets of calliope music Geroge Martin would add to illustrate that waltz.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for deconstructing this travesty so elegantly and so thoroughly. If I ever watched a minute of it, I am sure I would stroke out, and every synapse in my brain short out in a nanosecond, as my eyeballs would start from my head.Eric Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556454801310628473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-80084202518070507892007-05-09T19:23:00.000-04:002007-05-09T19:23:00.000-04:00I have awful memories of this from when I was youn...I have awful memories of this from when I was younger. My older friend took me to an afternoon matinée and I think it was the first time I wanted my money back.<BR/>The only saving grace for me was Steve Martin doing Maxwell's silver hammer. It was just zany enough to work, and the song still sticks with me today. I even think he revisited the character when he was the sadistic dentist in Little Shop of Horrors.<BR/>I had hoped that I would not have to revisit those memories again. Thanks for dragging them back kicking and screamingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com