Word: deejaying
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...Hollywood keeps going at its present rate, rock stars may soon become the most ubiquitous movie folk heroes since cowboys had their heyday. Already this year we have seen films about the rise of '50s Deejay Alan Freed (American Hot Wax), the advent of the Beatles (/ Wanna Hold Your Hand) and the swan song of The Band (The Last Waltz). Now comes The Buddy Holly Story, a biopic about the pioneer rocker who died in a plane crash at age 22 in 1959. In many ways this film resembles the rest of the crop: it is rousing, if imperfect...
...amusing slices of disco life on a typical weekend evening: underage teeny-boppers trying to sneak in so they can win the dance contest; a middle-class housewife trying to get her accountant husband to loosen up a little; a singer looking for her big break; the deejay in his glass booth worrying that the Commodores' instruments won't arrive in time for their live broadcast performance; the joint's owner looking for a lady on whom to exercise his distinctly resistible charms for a one-night stand; various other stud: looking for the action; various sweeties...
...voice is somewhere between a snarl and a come-on; the often simple melodies build, repeat, undulate, suddenly press home. Reed constantly recalls old rock songs, phrases lifted from ancient hit parades, but his images evoke Celine masquerading as an all-night FM deejay...
...rock gospel on New York radio and staging riotous live shows at Brooklyn's Paramount Theater. Much of the screenplay appears to be Hollywood fantasy. In his desire to pander to adolescents, Writer John Kaye has transformed his hero into a Christlike figure: kids grovel at the deejay's feet while rockhating adults hound him literally to his death. The real Freed, a self-destructive man who died at age 43 in 1965, is far more fascinating than Kaye lets...
Clough says that Carter leaves the choice of pieces to play "in my hands." She starts her boss off gently in the morning with Bach and Schumann, working up in intensity as the day progresses to Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. At night Carter is his own deejay. Among his recent choices: Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor and Franck's Symphony in D Minor...