RE: (TV) OT: Blowup - Yardbirds

["Jim Kauffman" <jkauff@verizon.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On
> Behalf Of Russ Van Rooy
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:45 PM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: (TV) OT: Blowup - Yardbirds
>
> Last night I caught the 1966 film 'Blowup' on TCM. At one
> point I head the ever familiar rifts of "The Train Kept a
> Rollin'" and then there they were The Yardbirds in a great
> performance/ party scene. The Yardbrds including Jimi Page
> *and* Jeff Beck. A great scene that showed Beck getting
> frustrated with his amp - he starts bashing it with his
> guitar . He just totally destroys his guitar then throws the
> neck out to the audience. Cold calculated ultra violence !
> Meanwhile Page is looking blissful and disassociated from his
> guitar partners antics. Relf, on the other hand, is looking
> kinda nervous as he sings. If you missed this last night, go
> and rent the video. Wow, seeing Televison playing 'Foxhole'
> and the Yardbirds performing on 'Blowup' - I'm overextended !
> I can't be held responsible for anything that happens today. - Russ

The DVD is very good, if a bit bare-bones on the extras. On the plus side, you
can watch teenage Jane Birkin rolling around naked as often as you want, and
there's a music-only audio track so you can hear not only that great Yardbirds
track, but also Herbie Hancock's excellent jazz soundtrack.


Jim K.
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