He's a fanboy for his own movie and I am LOVING it.

@MidnightVideo

Жыл бұрын

If you ain't a fanboy for your own life story, you ain't living life

@deandeck

7 ай бұрын

@@MidnightVideo Boy does this help me feel better about the unpublished semi-autobiographical novel I wrote 10 years ago! haha lol

For us rock musicians this movie is quarantine therapy. I’ve watched it twice this week. I watch it often to be inspired. It’s my fave movie of all time. I identify with it to the core of my soul as a musical spiritualist and it resonates more now than ever. It’s a love letter to a beautiful time when magic was a real thing evoked in the energy of sonic waves and passion. There will never be another time like it, and just to get to even touch that feeling for 2 hours gives me enough inspiration to write 10 albums and run up a mountain. I’m still trying to keep that energy alive as a songwriter and player, and will until I drop. It’s for me, everything.

@rbu2136

3 жыл бұрын

This. Beautifully said, man.

@johnk7267

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you! I rewatched it again last week while isolating in the bedroom cuz I had COVID, and it was exactly what I needed. Have you seen the Bootleg Cut that has almost 40 extra minutes of footage? That's the version I watched this time around, and it makes an amazing movie even better!

@ShazzPotz

Жыл бұрын

You sound like Jeff Bebe, the singer from Stillwater? The only thing you left out is, "And the chicks are great."

@David-tc6rg

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for keeping that spirit alive

@mikewoods8565

7 ай бұрын

Hi, hope you're doing well I am a stage Tech in Calgary and have been for a long time. I have gone to almost every experience of almost every character in that film. I have started a conversation with my friends asking if there's one film the defined you what would it be ? ( the song they would Define me would be hide in your shell by Supertramp ). Perhaps you can keep the conversation going as I do with my friends. Thank you very much and take care

I liked the video without even watching because how could I not like this video? Almost Famous is one of my favorite movies.

@rollingstone

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@stefanford732

Жыл бұрын

One of?

@evsrax9556

5 күн бұрын

Understanding seeing it vs understand living it is a tough argument a lot of these frauds don't wanna have

I think it was Crowe's attention to detail, which he talks about here, that made Almost Famous the classic it is. That, and the fact that the Crowe's real-life story really was extraordinary.

@mlt3820

8 ай бұрын

A Great Director gets deep on the details and it pays off quite well. Tarantino goes miles in to one detail and includes it in every movie in some cases (See: Red Apples) whereas Scorsese will detail-out thru the edit room and in a quick flash. Anderson similarly does so with quick details of the everyday life stuff. ✌️🤟

@spiritgover4223

7 ай бұрын

Really???? He said TN Ernie Ford was "obscure". WTF??

@music4thesoul80

Ай бұрын

​@@spiritgover4223 - Unless you're over 75 then yes, Tennessee Ernie Ford is *very* obscure at this point. The man was born in 1919 for cripes sake! lol That's why Lester Bangs sent Cameron that photo back in the early 70s, as a joke. Ford was already in his mid 50s by the early 1970s and was considered "old people music", especially to the under 30 crowd and rock journalists like Lester Bangs and Cameron Crowe.

Almost Famous is the movie that made me become a journalist and a writer. I love late 60s and early 70s rock, and the music in this movie is just my cup of tea. It's also the first movie that had me in tears after I became an adult... it happes right at the end as Tangerine by Zeppelin starts playing, the whole movie takes you on such an awesome journey, full of Easter eggs from actual rock and roll history, lovable characters and all, then comes this amazing end scene that turns everything around and on top of it all, one of my favorite Zeppelin songs starts playing... I get goose bumps just by thinking of it... My absolute favorite movie! Thank you so much Cameron for telling this masterpiece of a story! "Does anybody remember laughter?"

@Lolilillisjdjdhddj

3 жыл бұрын

Before I saw the movie my dad told me that tangerine was in the movie ( it’s my favorite zeppelin song) I cried when it played at the end

@ARCADEBLOWTORCH

3 жыл бұрын

When ever I hear stairway to heaven, I always say "does anyone rremember laughter?" at the appropriate time. Great Movie!! A real love affair of music.

@zeus014

2 жыл бұрын

very well stated!

I still love this movie after countless viewing. One of my favorite scene is the confessions on the plane. Still makes me laugh.

@David.S.

3 жыл бұрын

I'M GAY!!

@SoulShines4U

3 жыл бұрын

"Shut up Jeffrey!!"

@zeus014

2 жыл бұрын

@@SoulShines4U "I had to live with you. And Now I might DIE with you, and it's NOT. FUCKING. FAIR!"

Cameron. Having grown up in the Bay Area and being a working musician my whole life AND being 1 year older than you. The movie felt like me watching my teenage years. Wish you’d do another one that furthers the history

I love this movie so much, and to hear Cameron talk about how it came to be makes me love it so much more. As a music lover, if I could live my life again, I would want to be Cameron Crowe.

Whenever someone says "I have to go home," I always do the Penny Lane wave "You are home."

@brinkybrinkz

3 жыл бұрын

It's all happening

@donnamendez258

3 жыл бұрын

Did you know the line "You are home" wasn't in the movie, Kate just added it. Brilliant--

@vmoonbeam6571

3 жыл бұрын

@@donnamendez258 I just found that out last week. That’s so awesome

@brinkybrinkz

3 жыл бұрын

Really great movie! The story, music and actors. I loved the movies Singles.

@rbu2136

3 жыл бұрын

: )

Always loved Almost Famous, having grown up in that time.'73 was a great year to archive through Cameron's experiences. The Greg Allman story was revelatory. Cameron seems like a really great guy and so glad he got Almost Famous made ,without some studio executive ruining it.

@bobfrapples1208

3 жыл бұрын

Are you the Bruce Franklin from the band Trouble?

@brucefranklin6295

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobfrapples1208 Yes sir. Small world.

@bobfrapples1208

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucefranklin6295 NO WAY!!!! I saw you guys back in the early 90's in Cleveland. Saw you guy on the Manic Frustration tour. ROCK!!!

@brucefranklin6295

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobfrapples1208 Very cool! Always love playing in Cleveland.

I watched Almost Famous for the first time yesterday. Thank you, Cameron Crowe!

@likearollingstone007

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you, I wish I could watch it for the first time

@richardbrown3055

2 жыл бұрын

@@likearollingstone007 YES to that!!! Almost Famous, more than any other film I have ever seen, gives me that feeling of wishing I could go back and see it again for the first time. Now I’m just waiting for my daughters to get to be old enough to show it to them for the first time.

Thank you for the best Rock movie ever!

Crowe gave us a gift for the ages with Almost Famous

That three album breakdown is hilariously on point. The third album should have a single track on side 2.

@likearollingstone007

3 жыл бұрын

On point suggestion lol

@SamHarrisonMusic

9 ай бұрын

The one that everyone skips 😂

@tungtobak

8 ай бұрын

@@SamHarrisonMusic Not the stoners

@ericanderson2152

7 ай бұрын

it should be called ‘the hermit’s odyssey’

@SamHarrisonMusic

7 ай бұрын

@@ericanderson2152 Yeh, plenty of mellotron :)

One of the best movies ever made. And Kate Hudson's performance as Penny Lane is magical.

Great Greg Allman story. Wow! Thanks for all your great work covering such a huge period in music history.

The Movie is a passage of all things that once was Rock and Roll

I literally squealed when I saw penny's tool box

@ReelRoula

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure a few people squealed when they spotted that turquoise fridge in his garage! 👍

@JamesHH

3 жыл бұрын

I've yet to see Almost Famous still so I'm lacking all these emotions. shameful I know. :/

@KM_1983

3 жыл бұрын

@@JamesHH You are in for a treat!

@sgtpepper1138

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesHH I hope you've rectified that by now, if not, watch the bootleg/ untitled cut.

My favorite movie of all time Mr. Crowe. Almost Famous Is just that special. Hope you continue to do movies in the future!

As a young boy of 13 in 1973, and a sponge for all that is rock, I appreciated the detail of the 70s and the underlying feelings for all of these characters. Even the smaller roles, like the Topeks "real" people bring depth, life, and periodic accuracy to the movie. Costume details were so spot-on, as was the Black Sabbath concert. Having already been going to concerts in 1973, the details of Almost Famous make me feel a wonderful nostalgia, every time I see it.

Almost Famous is one of the best movies ever. Insane amount of details.

Hey Cameron, great reminiscences here. I was in the Miyako Hotel at the same time as you. I was delivering a couple of lids to the Marshall Tucker Band, the Allman's opening act on the tour. Was that a great weekend of music or what!! The band gave me backstage passes for both nights (Oakland Coliseum and Winterland). We set the tape recorder on KSAN before we left for the show and I still have the tape. Thanks for bringing it all back home.

@marcusfoto

3 жыл бұрын

lids wow haven't heard that in a long time!

@zeus014

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcusfoto I only ever heard lids on a 1972 Cheech and Chong cassette. "APRIL FOOL! Hey, man what's happenin'? Hey, did I sound like a cop? Only reason I stopped by was, can you sell me a couple a lids?" (this after the occupants, thinking the cops were about to break down their door, flushed all of their drugs down the toilet).

@marcusfoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@zeus014 a lid was an ounce right??

@zeus014

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcusfoto I honestly have no idea. I turned 10 in 1972, when Cheech and Chong's record (Big Bambu) came out. At that time I didn't even know what pot was. By the time I first gave that record a listen I was thirteen, and by that time nobody called them "lids" any more: just quarters, halves and ounces. 😁

Stillwater's 4th album was titled "Ain't No Going Back"

Thanks, Cameron for your outlook and sharing. Cheers.

Thank you 'young me' for seeing this movie when it first came out.🤘

I have watched Almost Famous about 35 or 40 times. It's in my top 5 movies of all time. I love the back story here, gives great insight in to some of the scenes. Thanks Cameron. Give us more, please.

Thank You for this and Thank You for Almost Famous. I think I love it more each time I see it.

Genius to think it, live it, & accomplish it. Speaks for our time.

Cameron , dude you just blew my mind . The kid is you ! I always wondered if Almost Famous had a connection with something that actually happened. Omg this makes the story even more incredible. I'm shook bro, Almost Famous means so much to me . You did a fantastic job and the cast was so incredible. Thanks Cameron

@bloodaonadeline8346

9 ай бұрын

you didn’t know it was semi autobiographical?

I am originally from Detroit. I posed for Bobby Alford to sell Creem Magazine T shirts while in high school. Met Dennis and ALL of The Beach Boys at Olympia Stadium December of 77. My Dad worked for American Airlines so when Dennis gave me his phone number along with his autograph I started flying to Los Angeles with the stipulation my older sister come along. She was 18. Movie very relatable and love all of the Detroit / Michigan references.

I watched this movie last night for the first time and I have to say it’s now in my Top 5 fav movies ever !! And I’m so happy it was a true story ! Amazing

This movie as many things, but also as a celebration of journalism. Love it. Cameron Crowe's love of the details will always inspire and be so deeply appreciated.

One of my most favorite movies, I never get tired of watching it. Makes me wish I could've experienced and appreciated what that era had to offer as a young adult, but I was only 7 in 1973. Even during the 80s and 90s, I still preferred music from the 60s and 70s....tell me I'm not alone here.

@zeus014

2 жыл бұрын

You're not alone here.

Please please please release those scripts! I would looooove to read them

I just watched "Almost Famous" last week as it was offered free on KZread. Still a great movie!

what a lovely extraordinary man- the movie is a crafted piece of art- thank you for making it …for living it…for ur passion🙏

Almost Famous took me back to a time that I often lament and will always cherish. Thanks!

Absolutely brilliant movie and an incredible life story.

1973--it was "all happening." As opposed to 2020 when "absolutely NOTHING is happening." A great movie that captures the end of the Rock's Golden Age...Cameron's 'Citizen Kane'.

One of my all time favorite movies. Thank you!

Thank you for this. I could listen to these stories all day

Love the story about Greg Allman. Love to hear the version of "These Days" that you recorded.

Loved This!!! My favorite movie, great to get to see it deeper!

This was awesome! I wish this was longer!

My favourite movie,,it really pulls the watcher into the experience of each character. That golden age of rock music was just a magical era .Thank you Cameron for sharing your experiences 🙏..We’d all love to see a 3 hr version of this movie with all those amazing deleted scenes…. Maybe one day ??

What fun. Thank you for sharing Mr. Crowe!

An absolute gem! Timeless... perfect... delightful nostalgia.🎤🎶🎸😎

Thank you, guys, for this video. Ever since I saw this movie many years ago, it has always been on my mind and in my heart, I can never get enough of it and I keep watching it again and again. What an incredible life Cameron had and thank God he really, truly knows how to tell a story in a way that makes you nostalgic for it as if you lived it and are now missing the memory of it. And of course the cast and the entire crew did an incredible job.

This was better than any review of the movie!!

What a life. And such a great movie and story. Thanks, CC!

Just watched it again over the weekend, and I get something different out of it every time. A wonderful piece of art Cameron!

We need so many more Cameron Crowe videos

THANK YOU! You can post as much as you want about Almost Famous or Crowe and it wouldnt be enough. LOOOVE it!

Love this Cameron! Thank you for the insight into one of my favorite movies. I have worn out my dvd of Almost Famous. A must watch whenever it pops up on one of my streaming services. Thank you for all you have done. Cheers.

i could literally listen to him talking for hours and hours!

Loved the video! I love Cameron Crowe! Almost Famous is one of my all time favorite movies!

Absolutely love Almost Famous. Seen it many times. Just touches me deep in my soul when I do.

still hopelessly in love with this movie, with journalism and with rock n roll - and feverdog to me is still a super awsome song!

This is a great interview, thank you!

You lived the life I wanted. Thank you for Almost Famous. A true gift.

What a life Cameron has had! 🤘🏼

Wow. Just...wow. Love the music, a time we will likely never see again, and love the movie, too This is great stuff; thanks Cameron Crowe!!!

I love how excited he is to share this with us! Such a fabulous film

This is absolutely great! Loved re-living these times, the movie and Cameron. Just finished Jann Wenner’s book. This video was the icing on the cake! Thanks for the memories, Cameron.

This is great! Almost Famous is my favorite movie since I first saw it years ago. And I just love everything about it! Thank you Cameron Crowe for making a legendary movie.

Thoroughly enjoyable, and now indispensable breakdown of a classic.

My favourite movie. Love getting the story behind the story. ❤️

Great video, for a great movie! One of my all time favorites!

So rad. I love that movie so much and Cameron is a treasure. Almost Famous and Singles really changed the social landscape, and his years as a journalist...just fantastic.

so happy to hear you got the tapes. beautiful story thank you Cameron

This was my musical era. I loved everything rock and roll. I read the album covers completely. I wanted to know every musician who played in every band. This is an iconic movie that always makes me remember the 70's fondly. Makes me remember parties and friends from long ago. Great producing Cameron, it wouldn't have been the same feeling without you. Tugs at my heartstrings.

This is so great. I could watch stuff like this for hours. Thank you Cameron!

Love it! Thank you, Cameron Crowe!

I love Almost Famous! I graduated high school in 1973, the same time that the movie chronicles and this movie spoketo me. The soundtrack of the movie is fantastic. I have it on CD.

This video is fascinating! As a writer I was really inspired to hear the story behind the writing, and as a huge fan of Almost Famous I was just loving every detail.

Loved that ! Thanks much appreciated

Very cool Cameron. Enjoyed the overview of the movie and your history. I loved the movie, and have seen it numerous times. Your behind the scenes, as well as this archive was needed for the fans that didn't want this movie to end. Thank you.

Damn, THANK YOU! This is awesome! I was listening to Feel Flows earlier today during work and then discovered this at lunch! Happy Friday!

It’s been a while since I saw the movie, but I am getting so much from this. It’s very personal and I can’t get enough. Please, Cameron, part 2? Please?

Thank you for sharing, loved this segment and of course the MOVIE! I work in the industry, still, post-production, the story is everything and this continues to deliver! Someone below said it's one of the most underrated films, THIS IS TRUE!

Great writer, rock critic, director, and aficionado, and real person on top of it all. Nice video, concise and soulful. Thanks.

I love this wonderful video thanks for sharing so amazing memories

This is awesome! Thanks for this.

This showed up randomly on my feed. Wow, it was so interesting. The detail is fascinating.

... I can listen to Cameron Crowe for hours....

This is amazing. Cameron is our last true time capsule back to playing records in our bedrooms & the 90s ( the greatest decade.. IMO) 🙏🏻 Cheers Cam!

I can’t count how many times my family and I have watched this movie. It crossed generation’s and is now even more special knowing the back story. Every time Tiny Dancer comes on in the car we all sing like the bus scene in the movie.

My favorite movie, growing up in that era, thanks Cameron.

How does this video only have 82,000 views? Amazing video!

I knew it would be one of my all time favorite movies just from the previews. I was 12 in 73 but deeply entrenched in AM radio rock and roll. Loved the period correct details in the movie because I was immediately back in that time frame. Thank you Cameron Crowe.

Thank you! So cool to hear the tru story and it came from you 😮🤘

This is awesome! Thank you!

Love Almost Famous and CC!! Cool video !! Thanks!!

Thank you so much for this. It's my favorite movie

HTF is this video only have 156k views?!!? This is an amazing story.

Thank you, thank you, thank you forever Mr. Crowe for one of my favorite movies of all time.

I cannot thank you enough Cameron !. I am a stage Tech in Calgary and in that film I am almost every character in the film. I also spend some time working in film , and if I'm not mistaken John toll was the d o p. Just another connection to that film . Thank you so very much

There's awesome and then there is AWESOME. This is AWESOME 🙌

How could anyone dislike this video

"The Mind Can Do Anything". Growing up in the 70s in San Diego, that message was discreetly placed over the door at my mother's house. I knew Almost Famous had the proper authenticity when I saw that little detail had not been overlooked.