Love this, it's my favorite part. Starts out struggling to keep up in the beginning, slowly catching on and settles in about midway through, finally figures it out and is walking the bass by the end.
A lot of people don't appreciate how difficult it is to do what this movie pulls off. In the course of an hour and forty-eight minutes, we hear the title track played probably close to a dozen times, and we don't get sick of it. Imagine how much differently we feel about this movie if it's written around a less catchy-tune.
The filmmakers did a great thing in recording the track DIFFERENTLY for each ambient situation they were in - from this school hall, to a pub, to an outdoor auditorium, etc. That was the greatest wonder about this movie - that they took the time to record the different audio environments, and also the level of skill applied at all those different places. As the group gets more experienced, the song actually gets tighter and slightly more complex as the film progresses. It's brilliant.
I love the different reactions immediately after Guy starts the tempo faster. Jimmy is obviously irked because that's not what he wrote/rehearsed, T.B. Player is completely like a deer caught in headlights and only gets into the grove in the final chorus (lol), and Lenny (the member whose there for the fun) absolutely loves the vibe and encourages Jimmy to immediately go ahead and even compliments Guy's drumming later. Just love it.
I still get goosebumps every time I re watch this scene amongst others. Truly one of my top 5 movies of all time because of the impact it had on me since I was a child. I will always love this movie.
I love imagining how earth shattering it would've been had this tune actually come out in 1964 . . . Definitely would've given those boys from Liverpool a serious run for their money!!
The way the song was written perfectly captures the song composition style and structure of the mid 60s, as well as the twangy guitar sound and style of drumming. Same with the other songs in this movie.
@@Boblobblaw88I can think of a couple of other one hit wonders of the 60s, like The Lemon Pipers with their song Green Tambourine, and The New Vaudeville Band with the song Winchester Cathedral. Status Quo only had one hit here in the USA in the late 60s, with the song Pictures Of Matchstick Men, but they were definitely not one hit wonders in England. They have had more charting singles in England than any other band.
One thing I really like about this scene is that Steve Zahn's character is very much presented as the fool of the group, Tom Hanks later even says as much, but this scene shows that he's actually got a very good mind for music. He hears the tempo and immediately gets it and knows it's right for the song. Jimmy might be the smartest musically, he writes the songs and music, but Lenny had the better instincts.
I love the way Guy was portrayed as being so into the music, just surfing along with the rhythm, carried away by the beat.😻 “I have led you here sir. For I am Spartacus.“
If Guy had put it to a vote before the show, they wouldn't have been so bold. They had to be shown in front of an audience. Lenny was right to just jump on board, cuing the bass player.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but this was also the 1st time they all played this song together on film (going by the recent commentary from the cast). Tom Hanks basically shot the entire film in sequence so he could capture the band's evolution and chemistry on screen organically.
As a musician I was fascinated by the progression of the song from the balled Jimmy envisioned it to be to the uptempo pop hit it became, and how realistically it was done. The three part harmonies added later (and represented on stage with the bass player singing), the vocal flourishes on the first note of the verses that turned into a hook of its own, just fantastic attention to detail. And, that song! As someone who tried (unsucessfully) to write a great commercial tune that was simple and catchy but could stand up to repeated listenings, I can tell you it’s VERY hard.
“That Thing You Do” is one of my top 3 favorite original soundtrack songs ever. RIP Adam Schlesinger. Thank you for this work of genius and happy piece of my childhood. Gone waaaaay too soon ☹️☹️☹️☹️
@@steviesevieria1868 It never fails that every time someone on the internet mentions Jesus or anything else related to faith in god or religion that an Atheist has to try to debunk it. That’s the reason why I don’t mention anything related to Christianity on the internet anymore.
@@carmstrong6507Funniest thing is how they think they are so “edgy” bashing religion in an era where true believers are more “edgy” in that we don’t follow their pack of haters. Could care less if they don’t believe in GOD. If they are right we won’t know it. If we are right I pity them..
I lived in Erie, Pa, when this came out. It was mandatory to go see it. Everyone in the theatre was trying to recognize things downtown or catch all of the references. It was awesome.
Great movie. This is my favorite scene. I love how they struggle at the beginning, then it really comes together midway through. For some reason this is my favorite version of the song . The actors practiced the songs more than the actual dialogue from the script .
This. Is. Gold!! When you are more talented than you thought, what an awesome twist!! Just by the drummer changing the tempo, their lives were never the same. Guys didn't know neither imagined in their wildest dreams they had a Billboard Top Ten literally in their hands and they had no friggin idea, love this movie so much!!! 😭
I actually think this is the best rendition of the song in the whole movie. Has more of raw, natural sound to it and it is paced faster than the other renditions.
MAN your comment hit me hard. Like so much music today, the original live performance is SO MUCH better than the later, over-produced stuff. And the movie captures this phenomenon PERFECTLY- you could tell even they were sick of their own song towards the end
Is it just me? Or does anyone else who ever wanted to be in a band tear up when you see this?! This is one of my favorite of all time movies.. it’s a perfect movie..
It also gives a glimpse of the recording industry and its artists. The companies that don't really care about the talent as long as they are making money off of them, how a band can plunge quickly into obscurity if one or more of the band members (specially the frontman) has an ego..
Watched this movie for the 6th time a few years ago and noticed Adam Schlesinger's name in the credits. Did some research and couldn't believe how many great songs this amazing man wrote. Became a big fan right away and now he's been taken from us way too soon. RIP Adam. Your songs will live forever.
Idk why but this version has always been my favorite of them all through the movie. The studio version & live version at the end are great of course too but there’s something about this one even though it’s off tempo sounding. It for some reason sounds so good naturally to me that has always left me like wow! What a fun film. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It’s the favourite because it’s the fastest performance of the song. It becomes more polished but slower. That disappointed me when I listened to the soundtrack.
The drummer is the backbone of the band, if he knows the tempo should be faster you should probably follow his cue. Especially if he doesn't give you a choice
This scene reminds me of a place, and the kids in it, of the crowd in Palatka, Florida in 1965, when I was in a group called, "Dawn and the Daybreaks" ... A for-real, Happy Days gig. Loved it, my favorite place to ever play, across a 35 year weekend playing career.
I can't stop laughing seeing Lenny smiling and enjoying this fastest tempo, quite the opposite of Jimmy who was taking himself way too seriously. But seeing him leading Jimmy to go a bit faster with that amused smile on his face is pure gold!
GREAT movie. Really genuinely captures the feeling / atmosphere of the early 1960's in the USA from a young person of that era's viewpoint (I was there, am 65 years young now...)
This movie is so great and feels so genuine because it draws inspiration from, and mirrors, real bands from the era . . . Like The Four Seasons popularity exploding after Bob Gaudio replaced a band member who could no longer be in the band, providing the missing "it" factor they needed. How the song "That Thing You Do" actually became popular in the real world, like how The Monkees were a tv show about a band that then crossed the lines into the music industry. Etc etc
Great song, has the school gym vibe. Was in a band in high school so this is fun. I love the fact that they are playing budget gear for this version: Silvertone, Sears guitars, amps, Danelectro and then later in the movie they are all geared up with Fender guitars and amps.
T.B. Player is playing a Danelectro Short Horn Bass ( Lenny is also technically playing a danelectro ( sold as a Silvertone) ( I mostly play Danelectro’s because they were originally headquartered in the town in New Jersey where I was born.. still live in jersey but farther south)
This is the best version of this song played in the entire movie, the tempo, the sound of the instruments, all are very natural, during the movie the song still sound good but never as the first time
Well, it's the "happy accident." The kind of moment where people go, "That was great, how did you do that?" And they go: "I don't know, we just...did it?"
Great movie! It really captured that part of America before everything changed. I love the scene where they hear their song on the radio for the first time in the appliance store.
This argument about the tempo of their song was screenwriter Tom Hanks' loving nod to The Beatles producer George Martin, who famously promised John and Paul that if they turned their slow love ballad "Please Please Me" into an up tempo rocker it would become their first hit record. They did and the song became their first of many #1 hits in Great Britain.
Yep, that is true. Also, John Lennon once said that he wanted his song "Help" to be played slowly. I'm not sure if I would have preferred that. I love the song as it is. That's what makes a great songwriting partnership. They complement and build off each other's ideas.
But it also sets the plot point that Jimmy wrote their big hit at a much slower tempo and was forced continuously to play it at the "hit" speed. This sets it up for when they finally hit the big time studio, and once again he's being told what to do causing him to freak out and quit. That way, his quitting the band doesn't come out of nowhere.
andyinoregon, Turning "Please Please Me" into an up-tempo number was John Lennon's idea. Regardless, George Martin knew a great idea and a great #1 song when he heard it.
@@jasona9 McCartney stated in 1995's Antholoogy series that it was George Martin who suggested they change the slow tempo, and Martin elsewhere says it was his request as well.
Mack Noeth, This is my favorite version too. Very raw! Great harmony in the lead and back-up vocals. Mike Viola is on the lead vocals. I wonder who sang back-up? Jonathan Schaech didn't sing for himself, I doubt Steve Zahn did either.
Giovanni Ribisi, he’s a very active actor even now. He’s in both Ted movies. Fun fact, he’s my exes moms ex boyfriends nephew, my exes mom used to babysit him in the 80s.
What a great rock and roll fantasy. You get up on stage, start playing your tune, and an otherwise dead room turns into a pulsating mass of young people dancing to your music because it's too full of life to just sit still and listen to.
As a drummer watching this i was like “COME ON! LETS GO! PICK IT UP!” And of course, LOVING it! Guy had played the song with the guys before, he understood that it wasn’t working very well, he then made a decision that would change not only the tempo of the song but the story of the band. It was the absolute right decision
Tom this was one of the best things you did for my family during your career out side of visiting Portland with your son for the timbers vs. Aston villa game me in Portland, Or. thanks. Alan.
I liked how the lead was mad but got dragged into the fast tempo, the other guitarist “got it” right away and was having fun, and the bassist was confused the entire time.
My favorite thing about this movie is that The Bassist is never named. He's only ever "The bass (TB) player." It's so true. There's always that one guy in a band who nobody knows. "U2 is great! I love Bono and the Edge and...uh... that dude."
Lenny is the true hero of the band! Guy made it fast, but if you think about it Lenny was the one who jumped on board right away, got Jimmy to leave Guy alone and start singing, adjusted his playing the quickest, added the singing harmonies - if he hadn't been there it would have ended with Jimmy just yelling at Guy and probably storming off.
Few catch this but I was always a big fan of the move to have the song played fully only twice in the movie. During the competition which marked the beginning of the bands journey to the top and at the end during the TV showcase which marked the end of their bands journey together after reaching the top. They go from winning some local $100 college contest to playing on live TV broadcast across the country.❤
The power of a song is crazy this is Epic!! Adam Schlesinger fountains of Wayne RIP if he was about in the 60s he’d be up there with Lennon n McCartney facts 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@rexoates3353 Two hottest girls in the movie were the girl in the skin tight yellow bathing suit in the Capn Geech and the Shrimp Shack scene, and Chelly Chantreline. TB Player was a dawg!!
I think Tom Hanks had once mentioned somewhere that he actually had The Dave Clark Five in mind for the inspiration for The Wonders. The Dave Clark Five were the foremost rivals of The Beatles during that period. I love 'Thank Thing You Do". Such a great fun movie.
@@07foxmulder Ultimately, yes. But both the Dave Clark Five AND The Searchers, were giving The Beatles a run for their money through most of 1964. And The Rolling Stones were in the thick of it, as well (albeit, often times, copying what The Beatles had already written and reocorded).
That was my experience in the late SIXTIES....the best performances and arrangements....where by accident or happenstance.....pure luck...and BEING OPEN TO IT ALL.....THIS IS PERFECTLY ACCURATE ...SERENDIPITY...ABSOLUTELY HOW IT WAS.
Amo esse filme! Essa é uma das melhores cenas, junto com aquela que eles ouvem a música a primeira vez no rádio. Quando eu era criança fiquei obcecada por esse filme e essa música, só queria que eles fossem uma banda de verdade.
Am I only one who thinks the way Guy ended the song here was sooo much better than the way it's ended on the single after it's recorded?? 2:43 -- It's slightly different.. He hits that drum so fast and ends it like "I killed that and I don't know how I just done that" 😄
"I am Spartacus". Every time I watch this movie or listen to the soundtrack, I am amazed at the music written for this movie. Music written in 95-96 for a movie set in 1964 that is so authentic, so genuine. All of it sounds like it's from that period.
I was in a band back in 1964 ... We were booked into the Enlisted Men's club at Mayport Naval Station, FLorida, on a Sunday afternoon. We took two cars, and good thing, as the car with most of the gear got a flat tire. So we shuttled everything back and forth with the other car, and we were late setting up. We were also already tired, hot and sweaty. The crowd was more than annoyed that we started late. We played an instrumental to get warmed up. NO response from a huge, packed house. Then we played DC5's "Glad All Over" and the place instantly exploded with cheers and applause the second we finished the song. What a trip that was. This song reminds me of that, but no Liv Tyler ...
@Mick Jagger Anything by the DC5 (Dave Clark Five) is a gem. Also check out "Bits and Pieces", "Can't You See That She's Mine", and "Anyway You Want It", all amazing rockers. And one of the most beautiful ballads, "Because".
I love the bit just before this where the MC gets heckled then snaps and shouts "SHUT UP! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!" The look on the heckler's face. So many funny little gem lines in this movie.
One of the ultimate sat afternoon flicks like stop wat ur doin n peep it. Smokey n the Bandit is like that for me lol short fast cute. I played this flick for my sister who's 55 never saw it n she fell head over heels for it. Hanks pulls off the miracle with a true sugar for ur ears true Pop music formula 100 times played n still we want the Wonders to win
It's that Irish band, The O'Neders! Actually, the first time I saw this scene, it reminded me of The Beatles song Please Please Me. Like That Thing You Do, Please Please Me was originally supposed to be a slow song. It was then I realised Tom Hanks is a Beatles fan.
Its incredible to listen to the bass in this version, you can actually hear him figuring it out, and its not until the very end he starts to get it
Love this, it's my favorite part. Starts out struggling to keep up in the beginning, slowly catching on and settles in about midway through, finally figures it out and is walking the bass by the end.
A lot of people don't appreciate how difficult it is to do what this movie pulls off. In the course of an hour and forty-eight minutes, we hear the title track played probably close to a dozen times, and we don't get sick of it. Imagine how much differently we feel about this movie if it's written around a less catchy-tune.
The filmmakers did a great thing in recording the track DIFFERENTLY for each ambient situation they were in - from this school hall, to a pub, to an outdoor auditorium, etc. That was the greatest wonder about this movie - that they took the time to record the different audio environments, and also the level of skill applied at all those different places. As the group gets more experienced, the song actually gets tighter and slightly more complex as the film progresses.
It's brilliant.
@@jondunmore4268 5 different versions, including the "lame" version where they mess up.
Adam Schlesinger was a pop genius
Yes, asimoneau...only YOU appreciate it. Lol
Don’t know why Tom Hanks didn’t direct more movies
I love the different reactions immediately after Guy starts the tempo faster. Jimmy is obviously irked because that's not what he wrote/rehearsed, T.B. Player is completely like a deer caught in headlights and only gets into the grove in the final chorus (lol), and Lenny (the member whose there for the fun) absolutely loves the vibe and encourages Jimmy to immediately go ahead and even compliments Guy's drumming later.
Just love it.
I still get goosebumps every time I re watch this scene amongst others. Truly one of my top 5 movies of all time because of the impact it had on me since I was a child. I will always love this movie.
Like being an eyewitness to the special accident of history....when it all clicked and they became the ONEders...
Sameee ❤️
I love movies like this, and of course Rock Star (which brought me here). Rock and Roll dreams coming true will never get old for me. Never
I love imagining how earth shattering it would've been had this tune actually come out in 1964 . . . Definitely would've given those boys from Liverpool a serious run for their money!!
There were tons of groups that followed in the footsteps of the Beatles. That was the whole point of the movie.
Like The Knickerbockers and their ONE hit?
The way the song was written perfectly captures the song composition style and structure of the mid 60s, as well as the twangy guitar sound and style of drumming. Same with the other songs in this movie.
@@Boblobblaw88I can think of a couple of other one hit wonders of the 60s, like The Lemon Pipers with their song Green Tambourine, and The New Vaudeville Band with the song Winchester Cathedral.
Status Quo only had one hit here in the USA in the late 60s, with the song Pictures Of Matchstick Men, but they were definitely not one hit wonders in England. They have had more charting singles in England than any other band.
One thing I really like about this scene is that Steve Zahn's character is very much presented as the fool of the group, Tom Hanks later even says as much, but this scene shows that he's actually got a very good mind for music. He hears the tempo and immediately gets it and knows it's right for the song. Jimmy might be the smartest musically, he writes the songs and music, but Lenny had the better instincts.
And then Lenny gave it all up by marrying a stripper in Vegas at the end of the movie
He acted the fool, but I don’t think he was supposed to be stupid.
He even says Yeah! As shades counts it off
I thought he was much more flippant than foolish.
@@halweiss8671 he was just goofy. Not stupid.
I love the way Guy was portrayed as being so into the music, just surfing along with the rhythm, carried away by the beat.😻 “I have led you here sir. For I am Spartacus.“
Imagine if he was Caligula??!!
If Guy had put it to a vote before the show, they wouldn't have been so bold. They had to be shown in front of an audience. Lenny was right to just jump on board, cuing the bass player.
I love how we can really hear the "natural" harmonies in this version, before they get all polished in the other versions.
:Yes, Melissa, this is truly the natural version - and it sounds so good!
This is also my favorite version because I like Guy riding the cymbal through the whole thing
And correct me if I'm wrong, but this was also the 1st time they all played this song together on film (going by the recent commentary from the cast). Tom Hanks basically shot the entire film in sequence so he could capture the band's evolution and chemistry on screen organically.
Yep, simply brilliant to show them in a less polished form as they are on the road to becoming a better, more talented band.
As a musician I was fascinated by the progression of the song from the balled Jimmy envisioned it to be to the uptempo pop hit it became, and how realistically it was done. The three part harmonies added later (and represented on stage with the bass player singing), the vocal flourishes on the first note of the verses that turned into a hook of its own, just fantastic attention to detail. And, that song! As someone who tried (unsucessfully) to write a great commercial tune that was simple and catchy but could stand up to repeated listenings, I can tell you it’s VERY hard.
“That Thing You Do” is one of my top 3 favorite original soundtrack songs ever. RIP Adam Schlesinger. Thank you for this work of genius and happy piece of my childhood. Gone waaaaay too soon ☹️☹️☹️☹️
Amen to all that. I sincerely hope he was a fan of Jesus.
I remember checking the soundtrack out at my local library as a kid.
It's literally the only memory I have of that place.
@@Tonetwisters why should you hope he was a fan of a superstitious cult?
@@steviesevieria1868 It never fails that every time someone on the internet mentions Jesus or anything else related to faith in god or religion that an Atheist has to try to debunk it. That’s the reason why I don’t mention anything related to Christianity on the internet anymore.
@@carmstrong6507Funniest thing is how they think they are so “edgy” bashing religion in an era where true believers are more “edgy” in that we don’t follow their pack of haters. Could care less if they don’t believe in GOD. If they are right we won’t know it. If we are right I pity them..
I lived in Erie, Pa, when this came out. It was mandatory to go see it. Everyone in the theatre was trying to recognize things downtown or catch all of the references. It was awesome.
Great movie. This is my favorite scene. I love how they struggle at the beginning, then it really comes together midway through. For some reason this is my favorite version of the song . The actors practiced the songs more than the actual dialogue from the script .
I agree! The energy of this moment is incredible
This. Is. Gold!! When you are more talented than you thought, what an awesome twist!! Just by the drummer changing the tempo, their lives were never the same. Guys didn't know neither imagined in their wildest dreams they had a Billboard Top Ten literally in their hands and they had no friggin idea, love this movie so much!!! 😭
I actually think this is the best rendition of the song in the whole movie. Has more of raw, natural sound to it and it is paced faster than the other renditions.
I prefer this one the most as well. It has the peppiest tempo, the best to dance to. The others are slower and more polished, but lack that pep!
MAN your comment hit me hard. Like so much music today, the original live performance is SO MUCH better than the later, over-produced stuff. And the movie captures this phenomenon PERFECTLY- you could tell even they were sick of their own song towards the end
I do like this version as well, but you got to hand it to Uncle Bob for adding the hand claps.❤
As a drummer myself, I cam really appreciate and relate to this scene! 🥁 one of the best original songs for a movie ever.
This scene always puts a smile on my face
Same
A labor of love by Tom Hanks. The scene where the guys hear their song on the radio for the first time is wonderful! 1derful?
Beatles were in a car i do beleave when they first heard their song on tbe radio
@steven mckay oh-need-erful?
And that scene was filmed in Downtown Orange, CA. Such a fun place to visit
O-NEED-er-ful.
as a drummer. it brings me great joy that he rushed the timing and it made a hit.
Likewise, I always rushed the beat. We never made a hit, but I never regretted it. It just seemed natural back in the 70s and 80s. That was my job.
Not quite my tempo
All you drummers have to stop rushing. That's why you keep getting sacked from all your bands.
@@jondunmore4268Never been sacked.
@@Hellwyck- That's because you've never been in one of my bands.
Is it just me? Or does anyone else who ever wanted to be in a band tear up when you see this?! This is one of my favorite of all time movies.. it’s a perfect movie..
I've never seen a film that captured the love, and heartache of creating a song the way this film does. Love this song and this film.
You can try to watch music & lyrics 😊
Maybe Sing Street
It also gives a glimpse of the recording industry and its artists. The companies that don't really care about the talent as long as they are making money off of them, how a band can plunge quickly into obscurity if one or more of the band members (specially the frontman) has an ego..
Watched this movie for the 6th time a few years ago and noticed Adam Schlesinger's name in the credits. Did some research and couldn't believe how many great songs this amazing man wrote. Became a big fan right away and now he's been taken from us way too soon. RIP Adam. Your songs will live forever.
This is the best version. It has the peppiest tempo, the best to dance to.
I feel that this is one of the most underrated movies of the 90s.
Nope. It was rated very highly at the time.
Pop Culture Junkie of all time*
Not by me. Great fun, great film!
Underrated? I think it`s a very appreciated movie...
Is it the story or the song?
I thought the movie was more watchable because of the song
Truly one of the most underrated movies of all time
Seth Curran the director’s cut sucks. This is much better!
What is the movie? Thank you
@@annieh2900 "that thing you do"
@@annieh2900 with liv Tyler
Seth Curran Totally agree
One of my favorite movie of all time,
I've seen this movie more than 15 times and I'm still amazed by it 😊😊😊
Idk why but this version has always been my favorite of them all through the movie. The studio version & live version at the end are great of course too but there’s something about this one even though it’s off tempo sounding. It for some reason sounds so good naturally to me that has always left me like wow! What a fun film. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I agree
It is because there is a level of tension to it.
because Jimmy doesn't want to sing it fast so he is kinda behind the whole time and finally toward the end he catches up and its glorious
It’s the favourite because it’s the fastest performance of the song. It becomes more polished but slower. That disappointed me when I listened to the soundtrack.
My mom showed me this movie last night, I now am an aspiring drummer and have a fantastic favorite song
Gotta listen to The Beatles' catalogue now.
And, this is how Captain Geech And The Shrimp Shack Shooters got their start. The rest is history.
🤣🤣🤣
Just learned today that Adam Schlesinger wrote this. RIP.
jprg1966 came here for the same reason, so sad.
Likewise RIP Adam Schlesinger
R.I.P. Adam
I will miss Fountains of Wayne
OMG....just a beautiful good song. All day just listening to it.💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
The drummer is the backbone of the band, if he knows the tempo should be faster you should probably follow his cue. Especially if he doesn't give you a choice
If the Band doesn't follow my tempo, it doesn't go will because my tempo is not moving even if it get a half beat off. It will sound bad.
I couldn't agree more, Anthony!
Anthony as a drummer, I approve of this message.
A drummer plays the BPM I want...or I fire him. A drummer has no special gift of "knowing the ideal BPM"
@@realdiamondshow Al Jackson
This movie helped solidify that I wanted to play the drums! Still playing and love this scene. One of the best movies out there.
This scene reminds me of a place, and the kids in it, of the crowd in Palatka, Florida in 1965, when I was in a group called, "Dawn and the Daybreaks" ... A for-real, Happy Days gig. Loved it, my favorite place to ever play, across a 35 year weekend playing career.
I'd forgotten just how fantastic this is. Thank you. ☺
“It sounds better fast. Jimmy wanted it slow, but he was wrong. It’s an uptempo number. And we won!!”
Thanks AnakinSkyWalker
It's too fast!
“Is it always this Smokey?!”
A man in a really nice camper wants to put our song on the radio!!!!
I'm from Erie, P-A.
I love Lenny! 😅
I can't stop laughing seeing Lenny smiling and enjoying this fastest tempo, quite the opposite of Jimmy who was taking himself way too seriously. But seeing him leading Jimmy to go a bit faster with that amused smile on his face is pure gold!
GREAT movie. Really genuinely captures the feeling / atmosphere of the early 1960's in the USA from a young person of that era's viewpoint (I was there, am 65 years young now...)
You got it, my friend! Especially from the beginning with the “Mitch Miller” like tune playing on the radio at the opening of the movie. Btw , I’m 69
This movie is so great and feels so genuine because it draws inspiration from, and mirrors, real bands from the era . . . Like The Four Seasons popularity exploding after Bob Gaudio replaced a band member who could no longer be in the band, providing the missing "it" factor they needed. How the song "That Thing You Do" actually became popular in the real world, like how The Monkees were a tv show about a band that then crossed the lines into the music industry. Etc etc
I like this kind of music. I'm trying to learn how to play better in my latter years.
I just watch this last week and I love it!
Great song, has the school gym vibe. Was in a band in high school so this is fun.
I love the fact that they are playing budget gear for this version: Silvertone, Sears guitars, amps, Danelectro and then later in the movie they are all geared up with Fender guitars and amps.
T.B. Player is playing a Danelectro Short Horn Bass ( Lenny is also technically playing a danelectro ( sold as a Silvertone) ( I mostly play Danelectro’s because they were originally headquartered in the town in New Jersey where I was born.. still live in jersey but farther south)
Can't believe this was filmed 25 years ago, but it really captures the 60's sound!
So glad I found this. Unfortunately I realized I was a terrible parent and did not share this movie with my children. That’s been corrected!!
This is the best version of this song played in the entire movie, the tempo, the sound of the instruments, all are very natural, during the movie the song still sound good but never as the first time
i totally agree. i like the live version at the end & the regular version but this is the best one.
Tempo is everything.
Well, it's the "happy accident."
The kind of moment where people go, "That was great, how did you do that?"
And they go: "I don't know, we just...did it?"
Yep. The more polished it became, the less enjoyable it was.
HKinkead totally agree, used to rewind this part over and over haha
This song was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song.
Loved the movie I think that its one of Tom Hanks best films, he was in it, directed and created
It's my second favorite movie of all time. I can watch it any time no matter what mood I'm in. I love it!
Great movie! It really captured that part of America before everything changed. I love the scene where they hear their song on the radio for the first time in the appliance store.
For every band who ever charted a song that must be an amazing experience.
hell yea.. if your in a band you can relate
They all flipped. I would too.
Tom hanks being a Beatles fanatic showed so much in this movie Classic 🔥🤟🙌🙌🙌💪 🎸 🥁 🎙 🎶
I just have to thank God for living and listening to a work of art like this.... Congratulations to those who share this truth..Nov 2020
This argument about the tempo of their song was screenwriter Tom Hanks' loving nod to The Beatles producer George Martin, who famously promised John and Paul that if they turned their slow love ballad "Please Please Me" into an up tempo rocker it would become their first hit record. They did and the song became their first of many #1 hits in Great Britain.
True!
Yep, that is true. Also, John Lennon once said that he wanted his song "Help" to be played slowly. I'm not sure if I would have preferred that. I love the song as it is. That's what makes a great songwriting partnership. They complement and build off each other's ideas.
But it also sets the plot point that Jimmy wrote their big hit at a much slower tempo and was forced continuously to play it at the "hit" speed. This sets it up for when they finally hit the big time studio, and once again he's being told what to do causing him to freak out and quit. That way, his quitting the band doesn't come out of nowhere.
andyinoregon, Turning "Please Please Me" into an up-tempo number was John Lennon's idea. Regardless, George Martin knew a great idea and a great #1 song when he heard it.
@@jasona9 McCartney stated in 1995's Antholoogy series that it was George Martin who suggested they change the slow tempo, and Martin elsewhere says it was his request as well.
Guy Patterson and The Wonders!!!! This song is the reason I started playing drums as a kid. Seriously.
This version of the song is the best in the whole movie. And little wild one , is also quite a good tune
Mack Noeth, This is my favorite version too. Very raw! Great harmony in the lead and back-up vocals. Mike Viola is on the lead vocals. I wonder who sang back-up? Jonathan Schaech didn't sing for himself, I doubt Steve Zahn did either.
jasona9 Adam Schelesinger the writer of the song sang backup on it
If you like this check out Fountains of Wayne
Fantastic movie, one of my all time favourite movies 😀😀
The harmony is so on-point in this song.
This never gets old!
This three minute clip totally nails what it is like to be in a band. It is all right there.
The original drummer with the broken arm was also Phoebe's brother in friends. I feel like he was in everything in the 90s
Giovanni Ribisi, he’s a very active actor even now. He’s in both Ted movies. Fun fact, he’s my exes moms ex boyfriends nephew, my exes mom used to babysit him in the 80s.
And Lenny was Phoebe’s gay ice skating husband.
@@purpleblackprincess4266 who turned out not to be gay
I liked him in Avatar
He acted again with Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan
Love this movie. Such a nice atmosphere.
What a great rock and roll fantasy. You get up on stage, start playing your tune, and an otherwise dead room turns into a pulsating mass of young people dancing to your music because it's too full of life to just sit still and listen to.
LOVED THIS MOVIE.
underrated movie. great casting job. liv tyler is a doll.
What movie is it?
@@javimndz5977 oddly enough, it's called "That Thing You Do!" It was directed by Tom Hanks and came out in 1996.
@@misterschubert3242 thank you....
Love this film - always makes me happy :) Music is pretty cool too!
As a drummer watching this i was like “COME ON! LETS GO! PICK IT UP!” And of course, LOVING it!
Guy had played the song with the guys before, he understood that it wasn’t working very well, he then made a decision that would change not only the tempo of the song but the story of the band.
It was the absolute right decision
I'm a bandless drummer 😢
@@smuggy9085 same
No, he was just in a hurry to hook up with his hot date. 😏
@@Caseytify of course not!
My favorite movie from my childhood! Brings back memories. Also the first time I’d seen Steve Zahn. And now I’m a big fan.
Tom this was one of the best things you did for my family during your career out side of visiting Portland with your son for the timbers vs. Aston villa game me in Portland, Or. thanks. Alan.
Yes !!! This is definitely one of my favorites.. such a long time since I’ve listened to this one..
I liked how the lead was mad but got dragged into the fast tempo, the other guitarist “got it” right away and was having fun, and the bassist was confused the entire time.
Actually, if you watch TB about 2:20, he's starting to catch on.
almostfm yes, 29 second before the song was over.... 😂
My favorite thing about this movie is that The Bassist is never named. He's only ever "The bass (TB) player." It's so true. There's always that one guy in a band who nobody knows. "U2 is great! I love Bono and the Edge and...uh... that dude."
And in the final credits, they call him "T.B.Player", when they tell he went to Vietnam
Yes. I am aware... That was kinda my point.
"Hey, wasn't that our fan?" Steven Zahn was great in this!
LisaDawnn great movie
Both true statements!
We came here to dance and meet girls. We can't meet girls if we don't dance! Play that Thing You Do!
I knew I recognized that face! I just couldn't match the name to the actor.
"Never argue with a man in a camper who offers you beans. Gimme' that pen, I'm signing this. We're ALL signing this!" :-)
This is actually my favorite part of the movie! 🙌
I love this film, the whole thing rests on the catchiness of this one song. It nailed the whole essence of nostalgia.
Probably the greatest performance of one of the most perfect songs of all time
I hate being old but I am so happy I grew up in that era. It was such fun. Tom Hank's sparkly trinket to America
I also hate being old, and I agree with you. An unsung masterpiece.
Jeff Giovanniello I’ve seen or heard this called a perfect movie many times!
drummers. Can't play without out them; can't kill them.
Been drumming for 48 years now! Yep, we are that damn animal that you have to beat like hell to kill them!
Sometimes, you need to just shut up and listen to them.
What the difference between a drummer and a large pizza?
The large pizza can feed a family of 4....
He saved the band and made the record a hit. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got the drummer!
No- we kill ourselves ( drugs, mostly alcohol)
One of my all time favorite guilty pleasures movies.
Love how Lenny just picks up the harmonies right away like “ok.....I got it”
How true, Terry - to use the motto of the round table, adopt, adapt, and improve.
That's my favorite moment in the whole movie - when Lenny is like YES!!
And I love watching T.B. Player struggling to keep up. lol
Lenny is the true hero of the band! Guy made it fast, but if you think about it Lenny was the one who jumped on board right away, got Jimmy to leave Guy alone and start singing, adjusted his playing the quickest, added the singing harmonies - if he hadn't been there it would have ended with Jimmy just yelling at Guy and probably storming off.
I believe the best version is when they hear it on the radio and that joy expressed that they made it happen.
Damn I just love this style of the most amazing music from so many years ago.... always will be a part of my life....
the best song by the best band of all time that never existed
What a brilliant song and Movie well done
Few catch this but I was always a big fan of the move to have the song played fully only twice in the movie. During the competition which marked the beginning of the bands journey to the top and at the end during the TV showcase which marked the end of their bands journey together after reaching the top. They go from winning some local $100 college contest to playing on live TV broadcast across the country.❤
The power of a song is crazy this is Epic!! Adam Schlesinger fountains of Wayne RIP if he was about in the 60s he’d be up there with Lennon n McCartney facts 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Gotta love Charlize Theron’s character in all her self-absorbed lusciousness.
Damn did not know that was her
Luscious is right. I can’t decide who’s the most gorgeous, her, Faye or the brunette in the front row on the far left. Wow!
All these years and I never realised that was her haha
She jet off with her self-absorbed dentist - a match made in heaven.
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Two hottest girls in the movie were the girl in the skin tight yellow bathing suit in the Capn Geech and the Shrimp Shack scene, and Chelly Chantreline. TB Player was a dawg!!
I think Tom Hanks had once mentioned somewhere that he actually had The Dave Clark Five in mind for the inspiration for The Wonders. The Dave Clark Five were the foremost rivals of The Beatles during that period. I love 'Thank Thing You Do". Such a great fun movie.
Ironically, you couldn't buy or even find their music really....for decades. Weird.
The Beatles had no rivals. They were in a class of their own.
@@wreckim Pretty sure that Dave Clark owned everything and had complete control over all of it ... you can blame him.
@@07foxmulder Ultimately, yes. But both the Dave Clark Five AND The Searchers, were giving The Beatles a run for their money through most of 1964. And The Rolling Stones were in the thick of it, as well (albeit, often times, copying what The Beatles had already written and reocorded).
Out of the entire movie ... THIS is the correct speed. "SNAPPY."
That was my experience in the late SIXTIES....the best performances and arrangements....where by accident or happenstance.....pure luck...and BEING OPEN TO IT ALL.....THIS IS PERFECTLY ACCURATE ...SERENDIPITY...ABSOLUTELY HOW IT WAS.
Amo esse filme! Essa é uma das melhores cenas, junto com aquela que eles ouvem a música a primeira vez no rádio. Quando eu era criança fiquei obcecada por esse filme e essa música, só queria que eles fossem uma banda de verdade.
Dois. Eu também queria que fosse uma banda, e vi que não era. Alimentei amor plantonico pela a namorada do vocalista.
Excellent movie. Should be required to watch in school.
Specially, at the school of rock, right?
Saw this in theatres. Then I went home and taught myself the whole song on guitar by memory. I was so proud. But it's a super easy song.
Easy but clever, with those corny/brilliant major-minor tricks and the sustaining harmonies and the diminished chord at the end. Sticks in your ear
Love this song and the movie !!!
Recuerdo que me emocionaba cuando iban a dar esta película. La veia cada vez que podía 😅😅 me ponia de buen humor la cancion.👍
Que peliculón!!! Lo vi ya diez veces y creo que lo veré el resto que me quede de vida!
Oops wrong video...I was looking for the Oh Needers.
That's the Oh-nedders...
😂😂😂
I wonder what happened to the Oh Needers?
lol!
Its the o- neders...
Such a fun movie and such a catchy song!!!
Am I only one who thinks the way Guy ended the song here was sooo much better than the way it's ended on the single after it's recorded?? 2:43 -- It's slightly different.. He hits that drum so fast and ends it like "I killed that and I don't know how I just done that" 😄
literally the best movie, even these days its amazing
"I am Spartacus". Every time I watch this movie or listen to the soundtrack, I am amazed at the music written for this movie. Music written in 95-96 for a movie set in 1964 that is so authentic, so genuine. All of it sounds like it's from that period.
And PS: Guy nailed it. "That Thing You Do" was never meant to be a slow song. amirite?
I was in a band back in 1964 ... We were booked into the Enlisted Men's club at Mayport Naval Station, FLorida, on a Sunday afternoon. We took two cars, and good thing, as the car with most of the gear got a flat tire. So we shuttled everything back and forth with the other car, and we were late setting up. We were also already tired, hot and sweaty. The crowd was more than annoyed that we started late. We played an instrumental to get warmed up. NO response from a huge, packed house. Then we played DC5's "Glad All Over" and the place instantly exploded with cheers and applause the second we finished the song. What a trip that was. This song reminds me of that, but no Liv Tyler ...
That sounds like my kind of jam...I was 1 but still love that kind of music.Thanks for the super cool memories.
@Mick Jagger Anything by the DC5 (Dave Clark Five) is a gem. Also check out "Bits and Pieces", "Can't You See That She's Mine", and "Anyway You Want It", all amazing rockers. And one of the most beautiful ballads, "Because".
I love the bit just before this where the MC gets heckled then snaps and shouts "SHUT UP! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!" The look on the heckler's face. So many funny little gem lines in this movie.
One of the ultimate sat afternoon flicks like stop wat ur doin n peep it. Smokey n the Bandit is like that for me lol short fast cute. I played this flick for my sister who's 55 never saw it n she fell head over heels for it. Hanks pulls off the miracle with a true sugar for ur ears true Pop music formula 100 times played n still we want the Wonders to win
Great song. Anybody notice the bass player in the movie was Mr Papageorgio in Vegas Vacation?
yeah Rusty Griswold's name he makes up just 2 win a car from a slot machine
From Yuma, Arizona
Ethan Embry
And.. From empire records
And Doyle from the movie Dutch
It's that Irish band, The O'Neders! Actually, the first time I saw this scene, it reminded me of The Beatles song Please Please Me.
Like That Thing You Do, Please Please Me was originally supposed to be a slow song. It was then I realised Tom Hanks is a Beatles fan.
Well said sir. agree wholeheartedly.
When your boyfriend sends this to you and then sings it to you ❤❤❤ xxx
I love the "Oh-NEE-Ders"!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂