Friday, March 14, 2008


I was watching this weird movie "Blowup" from 1966, the year I was born, on TCM last night, and who should unexpectedly peep his smiling face at me from my TV screen but Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page with the Yardbirds. Suddenly this bizarre movie goes from just drifting around London's swinging '60s culture of pot smoking, hot sex, topless models, painters and photography to a scene where Jeff Beck is smashing his guitar because he has a bad guitar cord. I could have sworn the song was "Train Kept a Rollin,'" but the words are all different. It still sounds great, except for that crackling guitar, which is soon dispatched. I'm still not sure what the movie was all about, but it was kind of mesmerizing.

1 comment:

Uncle Jesse said...

oh, man, i love that movie!
especially the mimes playing tennis at the end. that main character is such a prick! i just watched it recently too.