BEE GEES – IN OUR OWN TIME (2010) Featuring Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb (archival footage) & Andy Gibb (archival footage). Directed by Skot Bright. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 116 minutes. Not Rated. Over thirty years on from their blindingly bright supernova of stardom, in which the Bee Gees rivaled the Beatles for … Continue reading
Category Archives: Classic Rock
Rick Springfield Does Everything For You
Rick Springfield Does Everything For You by Ronald Sklar To look at him, even today (and he’s looking pretty kick ass for age 61), you would never know that Rick Springfield has been battling the demons of depression since his childhood in Australia. “I had a little inkling [about depression] when I tried to off … Continue reading
Roger Waters – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
Roger Waters – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA – November 8, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Jackson Browne – Going Home (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
JACKSON BROWNE – GOING HOME (1994) Featuring Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, David Crosby, Graham Nash, David Lindley, Don Henley and Jennifer Warnes. Directed by Janice Engel. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 90 minutes. Not Rated. Jackson Browne was one of the great songwriters of the 70s and 80s, though now he is sometimes unfairly overlooked … Continue reading
The Smithereens – Meet the Smithereens… Again!
The Smithereens Meet the Smithereens… Again! by Jay S. Jacobs On the day that the town of Carteret, New Jersey gave the key of the city to their favorite sons – the rock band The Smithereens, whose guitarist, drummer and original bassist all grew up in the town – the group was relaxing behind the … Continue reading
Classic Albums: Rush – 2112 and Moving Pictures (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
CLASSIC ALBUMS: RUSH – 2112 and MOVING PICTURES (2010) Featuring Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, Terry Brown, Taylor Hawkins, Ed Robertson and Ray Daniels. Directed by Martin R. Smith. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 112 minutes. Not Rated. If you have seen last summer’s great comedy I Love You, Man, you will remember scenes of … Continue reading
Jimmy Webb – Still on the Line
Jimmy Webb Still On the Line by Mark Mussari About fifteen years ago, one chilly autumnal night, I was in a coffee house in Lahaska, Pennsylvania when a young man — no more than eighteen — suddenly sat down at an upright piano. “This is an old pop song,” he announced in an apologetic tone. … Continue reading
Classic Albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes! (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
CLASSIC ALBUMS: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS – DAMN THE TORPEDOES! (2010) Featuring Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair, Jimmy Iovine, Shelly Yakus and archival footage of Stan Lynch. Directed by Matthew Longfellow. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 57 minutes. Not Rated. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1979 breakthrough album Damn the Torpedoes! has long … Continue reading
When You’re Strange: A Film About the Doors (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE – A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS (2010) Featuring archival footage of Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Janis Joplin, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley, Ed Sullivan, Andy Warhol and Adolf Hitler. Narrated by Johnny Depp. Written by Tom DiCillo. Directed by Tom … Continue reading
Belinda Carlisle – Loosens Her Lips
Belinda Carlisle Loosens Her Lips by Jay S. Jacobs “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, actually,” Belinda Carlisle admits, chuckling. That’s a pretty impressive statement coming from a woman who has regularly defied the odds to make her dreams come true. When she was in her twenties, she was the lead … Continue reading