Great Songs and Great Movies Just Go Together Beautifully

Rock and roll movies often give us great moments that feature our favorite rock bands, songs, or storyline. Here are a few of our favorites…

‘This is Spinal Tap’ is the rock and roll parody that satirizes the rock scene. The movie also made rockers turn their amps up to 11 and leave them there.

Who doesn’t love ‘Back to the Future,’ with Michael J. Fox? It’s the classic 50s rock and roll story that captures sci-fi and rock in a way never seen before. The early references (my cousin Chuck as in Berry) and cool cars bring us back to AM radio.

‘Almost Famous,’ is the classic 70s FM album cut movie that combines the real-life story or teenager Cameron Crowe with the behind the scenes activities of groupies and tours. This is one of the best movies about rock ever made.

‘La Bamba’ starring Lou Diamond Phillips was a wonderful film that gave us the flip side to the Buddy Holly story, showing how a young star from the wrong side of the tracks could make it in rock and roll.

The ‘Buddy Holly Story,’ ‘Hard Day’s Night,’ Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall,’ ‘That Thing You Do,’ Jack Black’s ‘School of Rock’ and ‘Wayne’s World’ were terrific examples of Hollywood getting it right in rock.

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