It's The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band (1977) Poll

I think The Wiz might have some of the most enthusiastic performers this side of Flaming Creatures.

I meant in regards to Sgt Pepper's

At least The Wiz had been a successful Broadway musical; making a film out of it wasn't a batshit idea (on paper), especially compared with the others mentioned.

cuz a lot of the Sgt Pepper's performances are, how to put it kindly, lackluster. The Bee Gees are clearly hating it/fucking around (they make Maurice play the drums for chrissakes!), Aerosmith can barely stand up, etc.

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Which is worse: Sgt. Pepper's or this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WmOvoqlmZE

I'd only read about that ^ ...it's even more bizarre than I imagined. There really were dancing strawberries!

I did have a go at watching it in ten-minute sections. I think I made it through 40 mins.

It even might still be on my pad here, hang on..... Yep. One hour 51 mins total..

good god what is the story with that Rolling Stone thing that is unbelievable

Nixon singing I'm a Loser

Beatles tributes suck, that's the rule.

There was one cd that was almost ok, once..

that one sucks in ways previously unimaginable.

Broadway has so much to answer for.

I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Bee Gees, Diane Steinberg, Paul Nicholas, Donald Pleasence, Stargard

Nowhere near enough Donald Pleasance tbh.

I can't stop laughing at this amazing bit of self-delusion.

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/16/archives/inventing-a-plot-for-sgt-pepper-sgt-pepper.html

When Mr. Stigwood and I talked, the entire music industry was abuzz with the startling success of the tasselhaired rock performer Peter Frampton, whose gentle, folk‐flavored romantic approach was breaking LP sales records as they'd never been broken before. Old‐fashioned sentiment and melody were in, and it seemed to me that a contemporary pop movie should reflect this return to romance. So I decided to cast “Sgt. Pepper” in the tradition of those American films that presented a vision of an unspoiled small town whose innocence was threatened by villainy from the slick, mean city.

Which is worse: Sgt. Pepper's or this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WmOvoqlmZE

― Doggy McBaby (Old Lunch)

This video should be played in rehab clinics. “You know how you think you’re so cool when on drugs? Well here’s a documentation on how it actually looks like”

Yeah, EWF's track is great, and Aerosmith's is actually a decent cover.

I always wondered how EWF felt about everything else sucking. It's kind of embarrassing that they brought their A game, only to have it wasted on a pile of shit. Two piles of shit if you want to count the film and soundtrack separately.

Just saw half hour of this shit on youtube and I think I hate The Beatles now.

Can’t believe there isn’t a name yet for that genre of 70s disco flop cash-in movies. I sure do love reading about them. There should be a book about them all.

Fun fact: the film was directed by Michael Schultz, who also directed Cooley High.

Mr. Stigwood eradicated the notion that there could be a “wrong”solution. He felt he could stimulate good work by never displaying a disapproving attitude. Everyone working on “Sgt. Pepper” felt this generosity.

That squares with this (via wikipedia):

The Bee Gees blamed their declining popularity in part on their involvement with the whole project, coupled with their mutual struggles with drug addiction. The latter was exacerbated by the environment of making the film and its soundtrack, with Maurice Gibb expressing shock at seeing crew members carrying around bags full of cocaine.

This video should be played in rehab clinics. “You know how you think you’re so cool when on drugs? Well here’s a documentation on how it actually looks like”

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, March 13, 2021 9:15 PM

https://i.imgur.com/ZlgwBVW.png

was it directed by david lynch ffs????

I always wondered how EWF felt about everything else sucking. It's kind of embarrassing that they brought their A game, only to have it wasted on a pile of shit. Two piles of shit if you want to count the film and soundtrack separately.

From what I remember of the one time I heard the soundtrack, George Martin was all over it trying to make sure nobody departed too far from the original recordings he had made (with some help from some band or other called the Beatles). I'm assuming the EWF track was 100% Maurice White and that George Martin would not have been allowed anywhere near the recording studio.

Yep, the EWF track was indeed produced by Maurice White, far from the Martin-produced sessions.

And Martin only (and reluctantly) took on the project because he figured, if someone else was at the helm, they’d really screw it up. Also, I believe a truckload of money was involved. But he supposedly later said that the EWF track was by far his favorite on the record.

It would probably have been a lot better if Martin hadn't been involved.

Just imagine what Donald Pleasance could have managed with "I Want You" if left to his own devices.

*evil jazzbo vibes*

“I want YOU...to die.”

I can imagine Barry Gibb or somebody in the studio trying to record something and George Martin standing over him, in his suit and tie, droning away, "No no, the boys would never have done it that way, that just won't do".

I believe George heard the EWF track and said 'we should have let everybody do it their own way' (or wtte)

Plus, 'All this and world war 2' came out around the same time, with more OK beatles covers than this. (I even thought the EWF track came from that)