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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Z0_H4sZcE Having listened to them, I can firmly say I don't care about the music of Sparks. With that being said, I respect their ability to consistently make well-crafted songs and albums that nobody seems to talk about. The documentary hits theaters June 17th, and probably later for home viewing.
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My dad's a big fan and so am I.
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Jun 16, 2021 03:37
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Edward Mass posted:Having listened to them, I can firmly say I don't care about the music of Sparks. 
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Had never listened to Sparks before and only knew about them through Weird Al’s style parody (“Virus Alert” on Straight Outta Lynwood). Ended up blasting through a bunch of their albums over the last few weeks and combined with this being a doc by Edgar Wright, I’m in.
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Jun 17, 2021 17:54
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I love me some Sparks and Edgar Wright, so I'd love to be able to watch this but I'm in the sticks so I guess I just gotta wait several months for this to hit streaming!
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Jun 19, 2021 00:38
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I was wondering if this and Annette would drum up enough interest in a full US tour (usually it's just a couple dates in LA) and they announced there's gonna be 17 US dates next year on the last episode of Comedy Bang Bang. 
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Jun 19, 2021 00:45
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It's a nice documentary - nothing ground breaking, but it's charming and you end it both wanting to listen to more of their music and happy for the brothers Sparks.
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I really liked this movie. Might be my favorite of the year (so far). I did listen to their entire discography for this. I was familiar with some of their 80's stuff, like Angst In My Pants, and their 70's album Kimono My House, but there is just so much more to their style and ideas than the several albums I knew. Even if you aren't a fan of their music, I think there's enough here to dig into. They've made music for decades, and you see how the music scene reacts to their ideas, and how their ideas react to the music industry. I think the biggest throughline that connected with me was these two guys persevering for creativity, in all their eccentric, nerdy, clever, smart-rear end style. It was uplifting, and the fandom of the talking heads is pretty infectious, regardless. I saw it with two friends who only really knew them from a few songs I played, and they really enjoyed it.
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Jun 21, 2021 22:55
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That Tim Burton movie sounded dope, I wish that got made. I went into this completely blind on who Sparks were, and I'm really not a music person. But, I wanted to see what an Edgar Wright directed documentary would be like and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Maybe a bit too long, but it did achieve its goal of making me want to listen to their albums. Gonna go through their discography, something I have not done with a band since I really wanted to listen to Maximum the Hormone a couple of years ago.
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Jun 23, 2021 10:33
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Where are you guys seeing the movie?
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I'd ASSUME we're going to the theater, unless 
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Edward Mass posted:I'd ASSUME we're going to the theater, unless Holy poo poo theaters are back.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Holy poo poo theaters are back. All it took was some corporate negotiations and, you know, a vaccine for COVID-19.
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Me and Flea hanging out, nodding, all "It's true, Introducing Sparks is underrated."  I mean it's a little anonymous, but it's Sparks doing The Beach Boys and I'm here for it. MonsieurChoc posted:Where are you guys seeing the movie?
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Jun 24, 2021 18:23
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Apparently it's playing in Montreal so I might risk the plague-infested city to see it. Got my first dose anyway.
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Jun 24, 2021 21:32
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I refuse to believe this isn't some elaborate hoax.
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Jun 24, 2021 23:31
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I listened to their first album and enjoyed it. Music is a big blind spot for me so I really don't have thoughts on this beyond "I thought it sounded good"
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Jun 24, 2021 23:34
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Just announced for VOD in the US and Canada on July 9th!
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Velvet Elvis posted:I refuse to believe this isn't some elaborate hoax. If only there were some way to prove that this band has made a lot of music. Some sort of way of recording that. Some sort of records, if you will.
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I saw this a few weeks back at an advanced screening, going in knowing nothing about Sparks. Its a long documentary, but it didn't really feel its length, or seem overly long (as they have a lot of career to cover). Really loved it, the whole movie just had this great wholesome vibe, and the two Sparks brothers seem like really nice people, and I just couldn't be happier for their success.
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Jul 6, 2021 10:47
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All these people who've never heard of Sparks. Sounds like a real...Amateur Hour.
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yo why the gently caress does he have a hitler stache maybe that's what kept them from mainstream appeal
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Alan Smithee posted:yo why the gently caress does he have a hitler stache They're big in England and he was going for a Charlie Chaplin thing. He has a John Waters mustache now. Anyway I decided that the Sparks thread in the forum about watching things needs Sparks videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH5USLpPa_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8dqCQ2MHfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-iw3yyLApQ
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I always loved this animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weu3KnAhxhU Their later output is so different than their 70's and 80's stuff, but it's still very much Sparks.
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King Vidiot posted:I always loved this animated video: Sparks is one of those bands with a sound that varies wildly while also still sounding like themselves. CPL593H fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Jul 9, 2021 |
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US tour dates up: http://allsparks.com/#tour Gonna see 'em twice. 
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okay fine ill watch a sparks video. give me one that will blow my mind and win me over to team sparks. you have one chance
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Alan I get the impression you're not taking these Sparks guys very seriously https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM74ngy9EIw Why will you not take Sparks seriously.
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I went to high school and majored in lookin' real bad I got a real ugly mom and a real ugly dad
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Between this movie and Annette it's really the summer of Sparks out here.
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This is streaming on Netflix now. Very much worth your time, even if you haven't heard of the band. Not only is it very well made but it also turns out they are great documentary subjects, since Ron & Russ are very odd and charming characters. As a number of people mention they come off more like something that was cooked up for a movie than an actual band. It's amusing that even after 2 1/2 hours you come away knowing very little about the Maels themselves - their family goes unmentioned after the first 10 minutes and there is virtually no discussion about their personal lives except the fact that Jane Wiedlin dated Russell briefly and some of the various spots they'd hang out at. What it does is present Sparks as some unstoppable creative force, always innovating and following their odd whims, for better or worse. It's one of those docs that feels too long and too short at the same time - going album by album is kind of tedious but there is something genuinely interesting about all of them, because they never stayed in the same place for long, and they always had these weird pockets of random success. I can't think of another band that's had a remotely similar career arc. Helps that their recent albums are really great, of course. There's almost something superhuman to them. I suppose the doc is a bit overly celebratory - they present their failures as "they were out of step with the times" or "it was too weird for their audience" when the truth is they just kinda sucked sometimes. But I had a blast watching it anyway.
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Thanks for the heads up. I was considering renting this before your post. Now I can watch it ASAP
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