Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Real Rock and Roll

I was not a big fan of the movie Backbeat, which told the story of the early days of the Beatles, focusing on their time in Hamburg. I found it kind of unnecessarily mushy. But the soundtrack album is a killer, with alternative icons like Mike Mills, Thurston Moore, Dave Grohl, Greg Dulli, and Don Fleming ripping up the classic material on which John, Paul, George, Pete and Stu honed their skills. Here's a clip of that latter day super group performing the Motown staple "Money:"

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