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Tarfumes.com - One For The Money - The Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: PASSPORT VIDEO
Starring: One for the Money-Birth of Rock & Roll
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0025493163292
Format: Color
Label: PASSPORT VIDEO
Manufacturer: PASSPORT VIDEO
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: PASSPORT VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-01-10
Running Time: 58
Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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ONE FOR THE MONEY… THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL It's the story of the dreams and aspirations of poor boys with guitars. Poor boys named Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Ritchie Valens and others. During the 1950s, these pioneers caused a massive cultural change around the world. Featuring interviews with Little Richard, Sam Phillips, Bo Diddley, Mac Davis, Glen Campbell, Ray Manzarek and others, as well as vintage performances by artists such as Bill Haley and the Comets, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Ricky Nelson, The Treniers and The Moonglows, "One For the Money… The Birth of Rock' n' Roll" takes a comprehensive look at the dawn of a new art form and the cultural phenomenon surrounding it. INCLUDES: 1) Bill Haley and the Comets sing "Rock Around the Clock" 2) "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats 3) Treniers sing "Rockin' Is Our Business" 4) Bill Haley and His Comets perform "Huckleberry" 5) Moonglows sing "Over And Over Again" 6) Bo Diddley by "Bo Diddley" 7) Little Richard sings "Lon Tall Sally" 8) Little Richard sings "Good Golly Miss Molly" 9) Jerry Lee Lewis plays "Whole Lotta Shakin'" 10) Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers sing "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" 11) Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers sing "Baby, Baby" 12) Gene Vincent performs "Be Bop a Lula" 13) Guy Mitchell sings "Rock-A-Billy" 14) Ricky Nelson sings "I'm Walking"
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Summary: give these cats a bigger budget!
Comment: the low budget shows pretty clearly, but the makers had some very right ideas about how to put together an overview of the beginnings of rock & roll and the social context it arose in. now if someone would just give them a bigger budget to license more (and more complete) performance footage (instead of recycling that same snippet of Bill Haley over and over as filler) the world would be a better place.
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Summary: The Time Of Our Time
Comment: Over the past several months I have spend some time reviewing recording artists from my youth, the 1950's, the youth of the generation of '68 that is now taking a certain political beating once again from those who cringe at the notion that we cold have fundamentally changed the way do the collective business of running this society. But that is a story for another day. What I want to do here is recommend this very nice DVD that in capsule form addresses all the issues, or at least all that I think are important, about the genesis of rock and roll, its meaning for my post World War II generation growing up in the 1950's and how the forces of social reaction put, or tried to put, a cap on the natural rebelliousness of the original rock and roll sound.
This documentary addresses affirmatively the issue of the roots of rock and roll as deriving from the blues and later in the early 1950's rhythm and blues from the likes of Louis Jourdan and Big Joe Turner. It further pays, as it must, tribute to the early efforts of the likes of Sam Phillips and his Sun Record operation in Memphis and Chess Records in Chicago to create breakout music with a distinctive sound that was not Frank Sinatra or Doris Day, the music of our parents' generation. It also pays tribute to the promoters of rock like Alan Freedman who was a key in popularizing rock for the wider white audience that was necessary to make it a national and international phenomenon. Most importantly, this film documents the very conscious attempt by parents, religious and governmental figures abetted by the record industry to bring rock under control with the likes of the "teen idols" like Ricky Nelson Fabian, Bobby Vee, etc. at the end of the 1950's. As I have pointed out elsewhere we had to go through that experience to really appreciate the difference when groups like The Rolling Stones hit the scene in the 1960's. We were waiting to exhale, and none too soon.
Probably the most important reason to view this DVD though is to get, under one roof, a look at all the various performers who made up the original rock ensemble. Big Joe, Bill Haley, Elvis, Jerry Lee, Buddy, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and on and on. Like I say if you want a quick one hour overview of an important cultural phenomenon of our collective history this is the one for you. Then branch out to review the individual performers. Fifty years later a lot of this stuff still sounds good. And that is not just me saying that but young kids, desperate for a sound that jumps at them, I have run into lately as well. Kudos.
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Summary: The real history of the birth of R&R
Comment: One of the rare documentaries where the story tells the real history of the birth of Rock-n-Roll. The Treniers and Bill Haley created the genuine R&R (we remember it very good), but not Elvis and other crooners. 5 stars undoubtedly!!
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Summary: Well crafted documentary, very rare clips
Comment: Low priced but high quality documentary. Rare clips from Bill Haley, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (believed to be their first TV appearance); snippets of a Sam Phillips interview I've never seen before, typically sage and significant; a previously unreleased gem of a performance of Little Richard with the Crown Jewels on the Mike Douglas Show probably from late '69 or early '70, rockin' it up with "Good Golly, Miss Molly". Credit to the Producers here for doing the unthinkable: featuring the *complete* performance of this classic, along with two by Frankie L. and group, etc. in the bonus section. DVD Documentary producers - take a lesson!
Perhaps too much on Bill Haley, not enough on Fats Domino, zero mention of Lloyd Price, Hank Ballard, Ruth Brown, Brenda Lee; no real mention of the small independents other than in their potential to keep the bigs supplied with "cover" material.
There is an interesting, somewhat bold criticism of Mr. Dick Clark. It's a slightly oblique view, as Clark is first credited as the guy to bring the new art form and culture to afternoon TV. It's implied that he was all business and took a cold, scientific approach to the new phenomenon, finding and/or promoting Presley "replacements" (non-sequitor) during that depressing '59/'60 period; over-exploiting the mainly young female buyers. The narrator says, in effect, he was his own anti-trust argument.
The program does stick to "The Birth" of the new music, which is a plus, and does feature many interviewees not nearly as visible in their field as they should be.
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