Anthony Strand (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} zeppomarxist) wrote,@ 2005-04-14 23:44:00 |
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Monkees=Monkees (the movie edition)
In his book "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs", Chuck Klosterman talks about a game he played with a friend once called Monkees=Monkees. In the game, they chose a band or singer and decided which TV show from the same era most closely resembled them.
Inspired by this, my friend Morgan and I attempted a movie version earlier today. For each band or singer, we tried to decide which movie they resembled, rather than which TV show. The criteria included general tone, initial popularity, lasting impact and critical reception. They still had to be from roughly the same era. Here's what we came up with:
Backstreet Boys = She's All That
Big Bopper Richardson = Plan 9 From Outer Space
Bing Crosby = It's a Wonderful Life
Black Sabbath = The Exorcist
Blink 182 = American Pie
Bob Dylan = 2001
Bob Seger = Rocky
Bruce Springsteen = Raging Bull
Cat Stevens = Gandhi
Corey Hart = Ferris Bueller's Day Off
David Bowie = Star Wars
Devo = Revenge of the Nerds
Duran Duran = Top Gun
Eddie Murphy (as a Singer) = Arena
Elvis Costello = Back to the Future
Elvis Presley = Rebel Without a Cause
Fountains of Wayne = Can't Hardly Wait
Frank Sinatra = Citizen Kane
Frank Zappa = Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Glenn Miller = Bringing Up Baby
Guns 'n Roses = Terminator 2
Hootie and the Blowfish = Jerry Maguire
Iggy Pop = A Clockwork Orange
Johnny Cash = Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
KISS = Halloween
Led Zeppelin = The Godfather
Liz Phair = Thelma and Louise
Louis Armstrong = Wizard of Oz
MC5 = Bonnie and Clyde
Metallica = Die Hard
Michael Bolton = Ghost
Moby = A.I.
Modest Mouse = Donnie Darko
Nat King Cole = Casablanca
Nirvana = Pulp Fiction
N*SYNC = 10 Things I Hate About You
Peter Gabriel = Brazil
Phish = The Big Lebowski
Queen = Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rage Against the Machine = Fight Club
Radiohead = 12 Monkeys
Talking Heads = Blue Velvet
The Doors = Easy Rider
The Eagles = Jaws
The Pixies = Silence of the Lambs
They Might Be Giants = Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Van Halen = The Terminator
Velvet Underground = Head
Warren Zevon = Network
Weezer = Mallrats
Weird Al = Airplane
Agree? Disagree? Any suggestions for things we forgot? Particularly, we kept trying to find movies to go with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Who.
In his book "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs", Chuck Klosterman talks about a game he played with a friend once called Monkees=Monkees. In the game, they chose a band or singer and decided which TV show from the same era most closely resembled them.
Inspired by this, my friend Morgan and I attempted a movie version earlier today. For each band or singer, we tried to decide which movie they resembled, rather than which TV show. The criteria included general tone, initial popularity, lasting impact and critical reception. They still had to be from roughly the same era. Here's what we came up with:
Backstreet Boys = She's All That
Big Bopper Richardson = Plan 9 From Outer Space
Bing Crosby = It's a Wonderful Life
Black Sabbath = The Exorcist
Blink 182 = American Pie
Bob Dylan = 2001
Bob Seger = Rocky
Bruce Springsteen = Raging Bull
Cat Stevens = Gandhi
Corey Hart = Ferris Bueller's Day Off
David Bowie = Star Wars
Devo = Revenge of the Nerds
Duran Duran = Top Gun
Eddie Murphy (as a Singer) = Arena
Elvis Costello = Back to the Future
Elvis Presley = Rebel Without a Cause
Fountains of Wayne = Can't Hardly Wait
Frank Sinatra = Citizen Kane
Frank Zappa = Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Glenn Miller = Bringing Up Baby
Guns 'n Roses = Terminator 2
Hootie and the Blowfish = Jerry Maguire
Iggy Pop = A Clockwork Orange
Johnny Cash = Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
KISS = Halloween
Led Zeppelin = The Godfather
Liz Phair = Thelma and Louise
Louis Armstrong = Wizard of Oz
MC5 = Bonnie and Clyde
Metallica = Die Hard
Michael Bolton = Ghost
Moby = A.I.
Modest Mouse = Donnie Darko
Nat King Cole = Casablanca
Nirvana = Pulp Fiction
N*SYNC = 10 Things I Hate About You
Peter Gabriel = Brazil
Phish = The Big Lebowski
Queen = Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rage Against the Machine = Fight Club
Radiohead = 12 Monkeys
Talking Heads = Blue Velvet
The Doors = Easy Rider
The Eagles = Jaws
The Pixies = Silence of the Lambs
They Might Be Giants = Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Van Halen = The Terminator
Velvet Underground = Head
Warren Zevon = Network
Weezer = Mallrats
Weird Al = Airplane
Agree? Disagree? Any suggestions for things we forgot? Particularly, we kept trying to find movies to go with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Who.
