![]() ![]() ![]() TTYD is a look at 1964, and also a listen to 1964, through songs written in its stereotypical styles (including many by Tom Hanks himself-hats off to him for that), and performed with authentic recreations of the stagecraft, costuming, and public presentations of the time. Yes, it's true that "it all begins with a song" but then there's that difficult, epic trip through the land of Oz that one has to bear up under in order to get all the way to the Emerald City (and hopefully back to Kansas as well). And in those days it still depended on the rootedness of talented personalities, their hard work, survival of demanding schedules, and (of course) the luck and unforeseen tangles of one's interaction with every level of the music end of show business. The mass media technology of records, radio, TV, and films served to bring the country together and to make dreams of fame and fortune both possible and, occasionally, achievable for some. There's a wonderful, and occasionally sad, nostalgia about Tom Hanks' treatment of this period in TTYD. The Beatles were at the top of their game, still pretty much friends, and still under the happy tutelage of George Martin and the doting care of Brian Epstein the happier facets of the 1960s life were in full swing and a whole generation of Baby Boomers were growing up to the phenomenal soundtrack of melody-capped, harmony-driven classic pop-rock. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.ġ964 was a very good year. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. Other stars who appeared in the film include Charlize Theron, Bill Cobbs, Chris Isaak, Chris Ellis, Kevin Pollak, Gedde Watanabe, Clint Howard, Peter Scolari, and more.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Special guests you say? Tom Hanks (who played the band’s manger) perhaps? Maybe Liv Tyler, (who played Jimmy’s long-suffering girlfriend Faye Dolan). Scott tweeted the announcement on Monday:Ĭalling all Oneders fans!! Join the band and special guests for a LIVE #ThatThingYouDo watch party in support of MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund this Friday, April 17 at 7pmEsT/4pmPST on our YouTube Channel. The four band members from The Wonders will reunite for a livestream to raise money for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. Written by Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, who died on April 1st of COVID-19 complications, the song garnered him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song. ![]() The film was wildly popular, but not as much as their hit song. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictional 1960s one-hit wonder pop band made up of actors Tom Everett Scott as jazz-influenced drummer Guy “Shades” Patterson, Johnathon Schaech as front man Jimmy Mattingly, Steve Zahn as over-the-top guitarist/singer Lenny Haise, and Ethan Embry as bass player-turned-Marine T.B. That Thing You Do! is actually the 1996 musical comedy written, directed, and starring Tom Hanks. and Shades are reuniting for the first time in nearly 25 years! Confused yet? For those out of the loop, let me explain. They’re that fictional band from Erie, PA whose song, “ That Thing You Do!” was the fastest rising hit in the history of Playtone Records. ![]() Remember the one-hit Wonders née The Oneders? Sure you do. ![]()
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