Despite Bell's suggestion that I go with the giant piano scene from Big, I've decided to don a flannel shirt (which was easy enough, I have a few) and travel back in time to the prime grunge year of 1992, where I've checked in with the denizens of Seattle as portrayed by Cameron Crowe in Singles.
I could have picked a number of moments from this movie, such as Soundgarden frontman/tragic bore Chris Cornell appearing as some fella listening to a car radio, the clumsy-with-heroin Alice in Chains, or everyone's favourite Seattle resident Tad Doyle. And let's not forget the music by Paul Westerberg of The Replacements. However, I went for one of the numerous bum-clenchingly awful moments featuring Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam.
Now, before I go on I have to admit that I have a soft spot for Pearl Jam and I freely admit to siding with them during the grunge wars with Nirvana. I still think that Vs and Vitalogy are two of the best albums to come out of that whole scene. Having said that, the members of Pearl Jam featured in Singles cannot act.
In this scene, brainless rock cliche Cliff Poncier (yes, really) of fictional band Citizen Dick, played brilliantly by Matt Dillon, discusses setlist etiquette with the rest of 'The Dick', only to stumble upon (Jeff Ament trying out a new kind of acting: not acting) a review of their latest single, ironically titled "Smarter Than You". Cue the reading out loud and use of index finger so as not to lose your place in the text, guys:
I could have picked a number of moments from this movie, such as Soundgarden frontman/tragic bore Chris Cornell appearing as some fella listening to a car radio, the clumsy-with-heroin Alice in Chains, or everyone's favourite Seattle resident Tad Doyle. And let's not forget the music by Paul Westerberg of The Replacements. However, I went for one of the numerous bum-clenchingly awful moments featuring Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam.
Now, before I go on I have to admit that I have a soft spot for Pearl Jam and I freely admit to siding with them during the grunge wars with Nirvana. I still think that Vs and Vitalogy are two of the best albums to come out of that whole scene. Having said that, the members of Pearl Jam featured in Singles cannot act.
In this scene, brainless rock cliche Cliff Poncier (yes, really) of fictional band Citizen Dick, played brilliantly by Matt Dillon, discusses setlist etiquette with the rest of 'The Dick', only to stumble upon (Jeff Ament trying out a new kind of acting: not acting) a review of their latest single, ironically titled "Smarter Than You". Cue the reading out loud and use of index finger so as not to lose your place in the text, guys:
No wonder Britpop happened.
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