Ten Cool Facts about the Movie Crossroads - Ralph Macchio Joe Seneca
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- Here are ten COOL facts I dug up about one of my all-time favorite movies... Crossroads!
Arlen Roth's Soundcloud page (and unreleased tracks from Crossroads) can be found here...
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On set impromptu live jam sessions can be found here...
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The original duel with Ry Cooder as Jack Butler can be found here...
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The original victory jam can be found here...
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The first duel can be found here...
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"Fried Chicken" - The "cuttin' heads" duel betwen Steve Vai (Jack Butler) and Shuggie Otis, can be found here... • Fried Chicken
Staring
Ralph Macchio
Joe Seneca
Jami Gertz
Steve Vai.
Music by Ry Cooder
Arlen Roth
Steve Vai
Directed by Walter Hill.
Written by John Fusco
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#JoeMorton
#WillieBrown
#SteveVai
#RyCooder
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#EugeneMartone
#LightningBoy
#Scratch
#legba
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#MuddyWatersInventedElectricity
#KarateKid
#CobraKai
I worked for 7 months on this film.....quite an experience!
Amazing!
So maybe you can help us to get the deleted scenes!
What do you need for that?
Let's do it!
(Btw, subscribed to your unbelievable UNDERRATED channel).
Wish you would be my guitar teacher.
I learned at school band,,drums n practiced just on 4 years with a band,,pubs Wednesday night n Friday nights,jam sessions every Saturday,,they invited me back,,we would jam,,,Johnny b Goode,highway to hell,eye of the tiger, can read music of ,,no secrets,,paranoid,,smoke on the water,whatever you want ,rockin all over the world,,
7 months,,good stuff,well deserved💪💪💋💋👍😇🇦🇺
This movie inspired me to learn guitar as a wee boy!
I'm 46. I have a family and I work as a Blues musician/teacher. Thanks to this movie Blues is my full time job.
Awesome!
Doubtful
Nice to see Arlen Roth getting some credit for his part in this .
He deserves more credit than he has gotten!
My favorite line in the movie, regarding relic guitars:
"I bet you saw this thing in a music store & bought it, just because you thought it was beat up!"
🤣🤣🤣
hell yeah, mine too.
Best acting part, the man who played Legba, “you looking for me, Willie Brown “
Yeah, he was a character. I also liked the dancing girl.
He was very charismatic.
Skratch
I still have Crossroads on VHS! The late fees are probably at a million dollars by now!
Haha. Oh man, I still have a few VHS tapes overdue!
Legba can probably take care of that for you. For a price.👹☠️
When I was 17 this was my favorite movie. I learned to play Eugene's Trick Bag just in case I ever had to split heads with the devil lol
Very cool!
This movie meant everything to me when I was a young kid. Over 35 years later and I'm still playing blues. Thanks for giving Arlen Roth his due. Anyone who has never heard him should check him out.
IMO, the movie wouldn't have been this good without Arlen's involvement!
@@StillLivinTheBlues I can hear a lot of where Keb Mo got his influence
I have ton of Arlen Roth's tutorials. After 30 years, I still can't play worth a darn. No fault of Arlen Roth.
The most horrifying thing in this film was a vintage Tele's neck out in the Tennessee downpour! The movie inspired to me to get a Pignose, however, which sits on amp here even after all these years ...
I got a Pignose for my Tele and harps, only to have my youngest daughter steal it and use it for her electric metal cello!
So, back to acoustic steel resonator and harp I went...
@@trunkmonkey9417 Zappa used the Pignose preamp feature. Now I use MXR pedals. The Fender Blues Junior Tweed is AMAZZZZING.
It's interesting you mention this. Because the most horrifying thing for me in this movie is watching Steve Vai drop that 80's Charvel to the floor. My soul dies a little every time I watch that. 80's Charvels are my favorite era guitar. I'm fortunate to own one and I'll never sell it for any price.
I don't think that any guitarist that saw that movie disliked it. As a matter of fact, most guitarists I know say that they were inspired by it in many ways, and so was I. I was 21 when it came out and I was searching for my own sound at the time. Great memories
My final semester of college, I took a history of blues class. My professor (who had formerly been head of the guitar department) said it was a horrible movie, except for the duel at the end. He said that the only reason to watch it is for that duel. I disagreed with him. I'll say that he was a great teacher in many other ways, and I learned a lot from that class.
I'm a former professional guitarist. I started in 1964. And I thought the entire movie was cringeworthy. Embarrassing to watch. Each to his own, said the old lady as she kissed the cow.
I'm a trumpeter and I loved it. It's a musician's movie.
I’m just seeing this video for the first time. I was 25 when it first came out and I put together the first band I was in not long after that. Myself and the other guitar player in the band were definitely inspired by this movie, those were some great days.
Eric Clapton sure hated it. But he hates anyone that’s better than him, which is pretty much everyone.
I saw it in the theater, owned it on VHS, then DVD, and now have the blu-ray. Just watched it again recently. It's one of my favorites. 🎸
I'd wanted to play the harmonica ever since seeing the old man's "Call Me Willie" tune in the juke joint when I was in college. About 35 years later, I finally took it up.
I went to the crossroads where the filming took place. Very unassuming place yet it has a definite feeling to it. Maybe it’s just because I know what it represents and not because of any real presence. I did, however, take my guitar and play a little there in the road.
Very cool.
This film grabbed me my throat.
I had been playing for only a few years.
I purchased a guitar with my first paycheque. I struggled as I didn’t read music.
The blues was what made me feel.
I was just a white kid from Winnipeg.
I learned what could and then discovered the slide. I did it all because of this film.
You have no idea how many people could have been affected by this music.
Still one of my all time favourites. Such a masterpiece....I'm still crying when she's leaving and the "feeling bad blues" is played...
Fantastic review for a great movie. I'm a fan of metal but metal wouldn't be the same without the blues
I was 15 when this film came out, and had just started playing harmonica - this movie was everything to me as a kid. I went on to become a professional musician, bassist, for many years. I picked the harp back up five years ago. Haven't put it down since.❤
Haha
it sounds like we went to different schools together.
Nice to know I wasn’t the only one
I just watched the movie two days ago and I had a dream about it and I wanted to learn more about it
Cool.
I was 3 and for 37 years Eugene's 5th caprice solo has been imprinted on me. One of my earliest memories is hearing it.
I just left Belzoni Mississippi. It’s between Clarksdale and Jackson. Off Hwy 49. The Delta Blues Hwy. bout ready to break in tears. I’m 67. My family is from there. I started playing seriously at 50. Never forget 2005. I’m in my trailer in Forrestville Ca. With my first electric guitar. Learning some Zep and Clapton. And on the TV. Was VH1 doing to documentary on the Delta Blues. How it travel North from right there where my roots are from. I saw all these black faces. That my dad listen too. But as a kid. I listen to the Southern Blues and rock from England. I said dad that’s Country blues. Had no ideal that bands lije Allman Bros and Skynard were listening to Delta Blues. One hell of a 360 degree connection. Playing my ass off today.
That black lady who danced on stage completely blew me away with her dancing.
I watch that scene all the time , she looked good sitting in that car also
Gretchen palmer
Steve Vai was the correct choice. Vai had the looks and the moves. Ry Cooder looks more like an amiable accountant than the guitar legend he is.
"Sounds like bird shit" gets me every time. 😆
My favorite movie when it came out and still is!!!
Crossroads is such a gem of a movie. I've introduced it to so many people over the years.
I always felt that Eugene rejected that classical piece because he was bored with playing what he thought were just basic repetitions of the art but things came aound full circle when cuutin heads with Jack Butler and he ran out of ideas so returned to those basics with renewed understanding !!!!!
i was a young lady at the time that this was released almost 17, oh how i loved this film and i remember taking my younger brother to it and we had such a great time, i have loved the blues since i can remember but this movie made it come alive to me. all these years later after watching my youngest sons piano music ( self taught) Mr.Vonel it actually came up in his list after i listened to his piano music he is 15, my heart sang and skipped a beat when i saw the crossroads duel come up and that lead me to this wonderful review of one of my all time favorite movies. Thank you sir for your amazing work on pulling this all together. as a proud christian mama i always tell my son jack , you sit at that piano and before your fingers even touch those keys you give thanks to the Good Lord Almighty for your gifts and your talents. and a prayer of gratitude before you shut the piano cover over the keys. i have no talents except that of deep appreciation, to watch my son sit at my 200 year old piano that is frightfully out of tune and watch as his fingers dance n dive like a swallow picking at mayflies under an old iron bridge that sags sadly over a rushing stream i am amazed at the music that just flows from his soul, and the fact that he can repeat the same tune perfectly, blows my mind. again dear sir thank you for doing this video, i feel young if only for a moment before the crippling of time and a brain injury take over once again....... but for that moment i was free..... God bless and keep you.....
Thank you so very much for your post! Many blessings to you and your son! :)
I had the great honor and privilege to play the Blues in Mississippi with some old African American men. Lived there 10 years. Been to the crossroads. Something Erie about the Mississippi Delta. You can feel the energy ooze out of the ground. I recommend a trip there to the Blues museum in Clarksdale. Stay at The Shack Up Inn. Old sharecroppers shacks cleaned up as a Bed and Breakfast.
I agree with you about there being an energy there. I've visited the area, and I thought the exact same thing. I did get to see the Museum while I was there. I loved it, and I would recommend it to everyone.
Saw this movie at least 7 times during the time it was out in theaters. I kept telling my friends about how cool it was and I’d go see it with them. At the time, I was playing Randy Rhoads guitar licks and I was drawn to Classical guitar after hearing Randy’s “Dee” classical piece. Although it was a blues based style movie, the classical guitar and the duel at the end was what drew me in.
Thank you!
Yes, for me it was inspiration for classical and blues... 35 years later and I still have classical and blues in my playing!
Came across a TH-cam short the other day and Ralph Macchio still has this yellow fender guitar and will not sell it. He said numerous musicians have offered him crazy amounts of money for it.
I need to find that that video.
I knew this movie was a classic the very first time I watched it when it first came out.
I'm w/the others that would love to see this movie with all the deleted scenes.
Love to see Arlan Roth getting much deserve credit he is also a very kind man who's been through a lot. I met him through Danny gatton my mentor.
Blues, the greatest music ever made.
Movie was my introduction to Steve Vai. What an incredible guitarist.
" Jack Butler's gonna like you..."
@@vorpalbladesClassic line!
It's weird that this is a cult movie, if you were into guitar in the 80's, this was a big event-movie, everyone knew it backwards & forwards, it was a big deal seeing Steve Vai in a movie.
Funny you say occult. I’ve been researching things of that nature and this movie comes up. It started by noticing the Crossroads in music videos such as ‘James Brown and the Devil’ also ‘Dead and Jone’ by T.I. feat Justine Timberlake. They both reference selling their souls to the devil.
I always thought that the look on Scratch's (The Devil) face when Eugene started playing was because he recognized it as the work of Paganini.
I like that idea!
My dad loved this movie, and so did I. I was a teenager then, and we watched it over and over again. We would often rewind to the cutting heads scene. I think the reason this movie gains affection is that it is from a time that we were not consumed with cell phones, computers, and social media. What I wouldn't give for those days again!!!! Thank you for sharing!
I can't argue with you! I miss those days also.
Love this movie. I always thought it was interesting that Ralph Machio always seemed to be playing slide blues in traditional open tuning (G or D) that is until he whipped out the classical piece that won the duel, his guitar somehow magically retuned itself to standard tuning...
Haha. It must have been that Mojo Hand Will Brown gave him before he went on stage. It's the winning boy's magic!
Countless viewing, an obvious thing to us guitar guys, but I completely missed that. Wow. Mind blown.
Machio did a great job of faking it.
He did. I saw him in a recent interview where he said he still has Guitar that was Via's (He said they used 3) then joked about ebay.
Muddy Waters invented electricity ⚡️
Love delta blues
I wore my VHS copy of this film out and still think the lesson of what blues is "just a guy thinking about a woman he lost" is the most effective way to get into a mindset to play blues that heals the soul.
A personal favourite
I love this film. Words cannot express how much I enjoy watching it. I found it on VHS years ago and always made sure I had a copy (DVD, digital, etc.) readily available.
Also, I tell people about it when we discuss hidden gem movies.
Great movie. Great music. Great performances.
Classic movie. RIP Robert Johnson The king of the delta blues. ✌️🤘🇦🇺
I thought I knew almost everything about this movie. You just told me 10 things I didn't know. That was fantastic. I agree, I would love to see the deleted scenes. Especially, the cuttin' heads scene before. I'd love to know what happens when you lose to ole Jack Butlah'... I didn't know Arlen Roth was behind the blues playing!
I saw this movie when it first came out. I loved it then, I love it now. Great music.
I am a certified fan. THIS movie was my ultimate inspiration to play how and what I play on guitar! I own this movie on multiple formats. I hope they one day release an extended cut with all the extras put back in. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Awesome! Thank you for commenting.
Everyone knows that the Pick Of Destiny was Robert Johnson's real secret.
I took my teen sons to Beulah MS where the rural crossroad scene was filmed. Very cool to stand there and look at that clip of the film on my phone and match up the road and the trees, etc.
A white pick up pulled up from the same direction as the black car in the movie and the farmer who lived nearby told us about working on the film as a young man, as well as how his wife later bought that car from an area dealer.
Shame that some trees have grown up on the dead tree side. Still a cool place though, quite eerie
I have the two-disc set of '' The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson'' it' will remain in my collection, hell or high water cometh!
The guitar Steve via play in the movie he dropped is in Biloxi at hard rock just off the elevators. It has a crack running throughout the body from the fall
Oh, wow. I didn't know that, man. Thanks for the information!
Charvel
It’s actually a Jackson.
@@Rikrik1138 Correct. It had a white Jackson Logo that was covered by tape for the Movie.
it was a red sparkle flake, two humbucker Jackson strat with a floyd rose.
Jackson sold a replica of it for a limited time, called the Jack Butler guitar. the Gus G signature is very similar
Cooter Vai Roth...winner! Love that flick
That t-shirt is not phonetically correct. It's "Muddy Waters invented 'lectricity!"
Another thing that's often overlooked in this movie is how many truths regarding life are said in this movie.Joe Seneca did NOT receive the accolades he deserved for such a fine performance.
Lol I noticed that too I heard him say lectricity the very first time I watched this movie
Loved the movie but the way the kid could get all those creamy blues tones out of that Pignose- pure fantasy. There were some pedals involved there for sure. I had one.
I saw this when it came out and I was just learning guitar, I'm almost 50 now and I'm still trying to play the Pagnini piece 😆
They should reboot it with and older Lightin' boy Ralph Macchio and cut those deleted scenes in to give the new story line context.
Great video. I always wonder why Bill Kanengiser isn't mentioned very often for playing the classical parts throughout the film? He's extraordinary and has had an amazing career. Check out the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet sometime, or any of his solo works.
Definitely!
Well, I sure always make sure to mention what he did!!
Was featured in some guitar magazines . Guess we’re lucky anyone even mentioned the movie, let alone it’s players. Cheers !
Wow, I wasn't expecting to hear or learn something new about this film. I didn't know hardly any of this.
Still Livin' the Blues
I've been asked by several people about who played what in the big epic duel at the end of the movie. Many believe that Steve Vai played everything in that duel between him and Ralph Macchio. I don't think that is true. What I wrote below was my response to someone asking that question. Especially look at the Guitar World quote from Arlen Roth.
A lot of people say that, but I think the truth is that the duel was a collaborative effort, and the whole thing was recorded in parts, by different people, and pieced together in editing.
Vai has stated in many interviews that Arlen Roth never got the credit he deserved for his work on this movie. Arlen Roth even posted on my Instagram page that he put 7 months of work into this movie.
In a Guitar World interview about Arlen Roth and the movie Crossroads, it wrote... "Despite some broken promises and disappointment, today, Roth doesn’t appear to look back with any resentment, having recently stated in an interview: “I was the one who really created the guitar parts for the majority of the film. Bill Kanegiser did the classical playing throughout, and by the ending 'duel,' we were ALL involved in that music! Me, Ry, Vai and Bill, all part of the same guitar solos! I've still got the guitar from the film, along with many special other things they did for me, such as a special Crossroads strap, etc."
A lot of people say Ry Cooder did all of the slide parts. Well, in that ending duel. a lot of what Ralph Macchio played was slide. So did Cooder do those slide parts? Or, did he not play all of the slide parts?
What about the classical part? People say Bill Kanegiser did that.
When Ralph Macchio was playing at the Crossroads, he was playing a song from 1979, Arlen Roth's "Landslide." Did Cooder play that part? It was slide. If so, he played music written by Roth. Or, was that music Roth played, that Cooder got credit for?
So anyway... I really side with what Arlen said in Guitar World because when you read quotes from everyone INVOLVED talking about the movie, it's the only one that makes sense.
Live and learn ;)
Thanks for watching and reading. Let me know what you think.
Vai did the classical music on the guitars he did Eugene's Mozart picking, and he did Jack Butler's messed up Mozart.
@@Lee-Darin the classical guitar part in the duel is steve vai playing his own rendition of Paganini's caprice no 5
Arlon Roth played ralphs part.
@@stevesassano5047 - Except for Eugene’s Trick Bag that was Vai. The rest was Arlen Roth, Ry Cooder and William Kanengiser.
Arlen Roth also had taught Macchio how to play good enough to meme/to make it look good.
Vai's got 2 songs in crossroads
Eugene's trick bag
Fried chicken ( Vai Vs Shuggie Ottis guitar duel )
Back in the nineties I went into a small record/video shop in Frome, Somerset UK and asked the guy if he could obtain 'Crossroads' on VHS, there was another movie with the same title at the time but I told him which one I meant, his answer, "If I had a pound for every time I've been asked that I wouldn't be here, I'd be on a beach in the Caribbean"!
I had watched some Arlen Roth instructional videos many many years ago.
Excellent teacher 👍
Ry Cooder is phenominal!
This was the second of different than usual type of movie director Walter Hill . Usually Mr Hill's movies are action movies like 48 HOURS and The Warriors . The other different than usual movie was the action musical Streets of Fire . I'm glad he went out of his way to go out of his way and make these two movies .
Such a great movie! THANK YOU for posting the links to additional music!!!
Thanks for watching it and for leaving a message! :) Have a good one!
I for the life of me do not understand why there was not a 2 movie
They should make a Cobra Kai style show off this movie with Ralph coming back as Eugene and Steve Vai taking on the role of Johnny.
That would be interesting!
And then Scratch would be Kreese!
I just watched this movie! I really liked it.. music was great, acting was great.. Loved the guitar battle.
Been watching this movie since it came out in 86 still watch at least twice a year awesome ry cooder and Steve Vai are genius in their talent
My favorite line/scene is when Legba says "Jack Butler gonna like you" Next frame they're at the juke joint cuttin' heads. An amazingly surreal scene.
I remember seeing this movie in the early 90's and immediately fell in love with it because this movie proves that experience and good nature will always triumph over sinister evil in the end
People didn't understand why he played the classical stuff? Wow, that's missing the whole point. He went back to HIS roots. And that's what it's all about.
I've carried this movie in my heart since it came out. A treasured memory.
I know how you feel. The movie has been special to me also. Thank you for watching my video, and for leaving a comment!
It’s an incredible , inspiring and American musical history tour de force movie about Delta Blues
Some great music was recorded in this movie.I can remember watching it when I was drunk ,with tears streamin' my face, hopin' no one could see the state I was in.
yeah, awesome flick. A movie about musicians by musicians, made for musicians.
My all time favorite movie! I saw it at the movies when I was 12. Dad took us all to see it :) I’ve been a fan of every picker in this movie since!
Wonderful job. Never knew Arlen Roth was involved.
I've watched this movie many times since I was around 8. My dad has me listening to muddy waters and Son House and John Lee Hooker since I was 3. Love this movie.
Your dad has you listening to some good music.
This movie has aged well, unlike many 80's movies. I still find it a good quality movie.
Loved this movie !! The Guitar battle between Macchio and Vai was SICK !!! 🤘But truth or fiction I'm going nowhere near any " Crossroads" !! EVER !! Yes I do believe !! ✌️
That was my favorite part the metal solos vs blues solos both at the same time sounded super unique
Will be checking the link out of the jam recordings
Saw this when it came out . One of my favorites. Always inspires me to play. Learned a few of the songs on it by ear. Not blues, but good jazz movie hiding out, is "Round Midnight" with Dexter Gordon .
Cutting heads was a bluesman's term for throwing down in a contest of abilities. Robert Johnson "King of the Delta Blues" . He knew all to well the price he had to pay. Cutting heads was used as a slang term you lost or you got your head cut. Remember in those days bluesmen such as Robert Johnson, Skip James, Son House, Bukka White and many more were not accepted in the Church goers reality. These Bluesmen all were brought up with very strong spiritual Christian backgrounds. The fact is the blues and many Church hymes sound very much alike still blues was labeled the Devils music and you were punished accordingly. Some people say what made it the devils music is just a matter of lyric changes where a lot of the field and line crop workers sang together as a way to get through rough times. Live on Robert Johnsons and the Kebmos of the world. They are all dying off. Need to preserve those times so nobody forgets!
Thanks for the video! I really enjoyed this movie way back when. I'm going to have to re-watch it again. I actually got to see Muddy Waters play with Eric Clapton in the early 80s. Fun times!
Nice! I'm sure that was a good show!
I saw Clapton and Muddy in Spokane Washington in early 80's also. Saw Clapton in 1974 in New Orleans while stationed there in the military!
Sweet, sweet video, brother. Good stuff on one of my favs and a seriously underrated film.
This movie is a hidden gem and actually supernatural and spiritual. Saw this as a kid but took me years to understand that everyone in that room, beside Ralph and the old man, was dead and in hell. Let that sink in... also I didn't know that it was the devil who walked in that room and was smiling wickedly😱😲
Yes i was a kid and enjoy the movie but didn't know about the 'wishes', 'bargains', 'deals' and 'crossroads' lol
Didn't understand why old Wiley was so eager to get to the Crossroads. Why he was so scared of death. I understand so much now.
As a follower of Yeshua Hamashiach; believe me satan himself does not have that much authority and power. Like Jesus told Pilate; "You have no more authority than what God has given you". This really shook up Pilate.
😮 I didn't know that everybody else was supposed to be dead and in Hell. Are you sure? I don't think so? That Woman is sure having a good time in Hell, then ..
Thank you for your comment!
I was 12 and a newbie guitar student when this came out.
Your comment made me realize that I too, missed a whole lot of subtext due to my age.
But I am going to rewatch it right now with curious eyes thanks to you. Cheers!
@@JonathanMulderMarston ☺🙏🙏 You're welcome, cheers!
I remember knowing that was supposed to be Satan, but not realizing that everyone else is in Hell at that age. No wonder Jack Butler was so pissed when he lost!
When I first saw it I liked it a lot as I got into the delta blues I enjoy and appreciate the genre more.
Like most, if not all of those who commented, I loved this film. I have a copy on VHS, and had a digital copy I’d recorded on my DISH Network receiver, but lost when the receiver failed. I found the film insightful, well done, informative and fun. My only criticism is the belief espoused by the music professor. He was convinced that European classical music was superior to the blues and any other music produced/created by “primitives”. His assertions seemed verified at the end during the “cutting heads” scene. It was one of those things that make you go, mmmmmmm.
Thank you!
I remember seeing this movie when it first came out about 35 years ago. And as a young guitar player myself at the time, I immediately fell in love with it and was very much inspired by it. I always used it as a reference piece. I mean, before I saw the movie, I had never even heard of Robert Johnson. But right after seeing it, I started doing research on him because I wanted to know so much more. And this is still one of my top favorite movies to this day.
This is awesome to read. I am very much the same way. This movie really helped introduce to me Robert Johnson, and the blues. It doesn't get the credit it deserves on so many levels. It's a great film...but it's also so influential in the lives of many people. Thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment. Have a great one, man!
In my opinion one of the top three greatest movies ever made about music. I saw it 10 times and bought the DVD and I can watch it again and again.
@@briangisler1981 Same here!
I honestly feel the same way you brothers do!! Much love real music never dies!!
I loved it but didn't understand like I do today as I was a kid... now I love it even more💖💯💯💯👏👏
One of my top five favourite films. Superb
Best line "You ain't even the starting of a pimple on the late great Robert Johnsons ass"
I first seen this movie back in the 80’s fell in love with it and have watched it every time I stumbles across it.
Definitely one of my all time favorites.
This is so interesting. Loved the film. Thanks for this.
Such a fantastic movie, genuinely one of my all time favourites. One funny thing is through it, I found probably one of the saddest most beautiful pieces of music in Feelin Bad Blues but also one of the loudest, heavyset and fantastically nasty pieces in Bad Horsie by Steve Vai! Such a massive contrast between the two but both fit perfectly in the film. I love the blues and heavy metal, so no wonder I love this film :)
Thank you for posting this it's really interesting
Every time I were to browse what's on tv, or when movies that are suggested, and I see 'Crossroads' but it turns out to be that stupid Britney Spears movie, I snarl.
i would too!
I love this movie! Watched it numerous times! I'd love to see a version with all the cut scenes!!
Love this movie. Just watched it again the other day.
Fan of the movie. A big fan. I own the VHS, and no longer have a VHS player and will not part with it. It was a great story, well told, and beautifully photographed. A true classic in my mind.
I relented and bought it on DVD but a tv repair man I worked for gave me a video player a few yrs ago so I'm still hanging on the oadt
I could watch this movie once a year...
Needs a legacy sequel where Lightnin' Boy is now an older down on his luck musician who has made bad life decisions and gets a shot at redemption but has to take a journey back deep into the Mississippi.
I'd watch it!
Some friends and I drove over from our small town to the big city of San Antonio to see a movie. When we got to the theater we couldn't decide on which one. 2 of my friends wanted to see Highlander but I was all about the guitar so me and another guy wanted to see Crossroads. I remember we all walked out of our theaters around the same time and yelled, "That was fantastic!"
Exactly. Both of those movies are classics.
I love both of those films. Own them both. Those were good times, and good movies!
It would be cool to have the full length cutting heads scene back in, but I don't think it'll happen mostly because when I listened to that track from Vai's album, it looks like the way Steve beats his opponent at the end of the track was similar to the same way Ralph beat him in the actual movie. That fast run up to the high note that Vai's "opponent" couldn't quite get. I think they scrapped the scene but liked that idea so used it in the movie. Though, I guess it might be ironic that Jack Butler gets beat by the same technique he uses to beat the previous opponent. Now that I've typed it I take it back, that WOULD be cool to see in the movie. XD