It’s official. Rock of Ages was a huge bomb this summer. New Line Cinema is still probably reeling from the shock and I’m pretty sure that there are quite a few people out in Hollywood who are trying to figure out where, exactly, it all went wrong.
I was actually one of the few people who did go and see the movie. For me, it was mostly curiosity. “Rock of Ages” features music that I grew up hearing, most of it on cassette tapes that various family members had purchased. I’ve seen documentaries about the Parents Music Resource Center and the resulting dustup at Congressional hearings that had an odd side-effect of making John Denver seem like a supremely cool guy. For those that may be utterly clueless to what I’m referencing there, Mr. Denver got up and spoke out about the rights of the artist...
I was actually one of the few people who did go and see the movie. For me, it was mostly curiosity. “Rock of Ages” features music that I grew up hearing, most of it on cassette tapes that various family members had purchased. I’ve seen documentaries about the Parents Music Resource Center and the resulting dustup at Congressional hearings that had an odd side-effect of making John Denver seem like a supremely cool guy. For those that may be utterly clueless to what I’m referencing there, Mr. Denver got up and spoke out about the rights of the artist...
- 7/7/2012
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
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