Seeing this movie (click at own risk if at work- this site has loud music) in the winter, was one of those happy accidents. We were just looking for something to do that night and though we had heard of Joe Strummer, neither of us were die hard fans. I had a cassette of Combat Rock in grade 7 and that was that. Recently Paul rented a series called John From Cincinnati and the theme song really grabbed me. Lo and behold, it was a Joe strummer song - Johnny Appleseed. That reminded me again of this film which I left feeling so inspired by. It was beautifully done and got me all pumped, listening to those old songs. Then, the second half focused on his friends, sitting around camp fires, talking about him, mixed with clips of him in later life. I can't explain it, but I was just thrilled by the whole thing. So now I am going back and listening to later songs he wrote with his band the Mescaleros, and I'm just going nuts. Great stuff. Note to my brother and everyone- check it out if you can!
LOVED that movie...
i'm so sad that joe is no longer with us. he died too young
Posted by: lisa s | April 22, 2008 at 01:21 PM