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All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (2015)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 22, 2016, 10:46 am
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[center]All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
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All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records is a
great documentary that goes to great lengths to explain the
history behind what was my main go-to Record Store, longer than
any other that came and went during it's time. There was a lot
of stuff I didn't know about Tower Records which I found
fascinating to see and hear. The doc focuses primarily on
Russell Solomon, the creator and owner of Tower Records. I
recognized him, but I never knew he was THE guy behind all this.
This is his story and how it all started and how it all came to
an end. I always thought that TR was just like any other big
conglomerate corporation that was run by a committee of suits.
What I learned is that the core group of people that started
this from it's first couple of stores were there at the very
end. So when TR was eventually liquidated and ceased to exist
back in 2006, they had to grapple with the fact that what they
spent 40 years doing was now gone. It's a fun story to watch but
at times, it's an emotional one hearing the personal stories. I
got misty-eyed a couple of times. Not what I expected when I sat
down to watch this. A lot of archival footage and Still-images
are used to tell the story along with the core group of
interesting characters that ran the ship. Bonus points for
getting Elton John and Dave Grohl involved and hearing what
Tower Records meant to them. Definitely worth a Rent if you're a
music fan or just want to revisit Tower Records one last time.
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Re: All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (20
15)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 5, 2018, 9:21 pm
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[center]Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon Dead at 92
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RIP Russ.
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Re: All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (20
15)
By: Neumatic Date: May 17, 2018, 10:09 pm
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So I just saw this. Theatrically. Which was quite cool.
Really dug it, loved the characters in it, but it did leave me
feeling a but wistful. Not just for the world of the record
store (though my Tower was always tricky to get to), but also
because I really never gave a d*mn about a job like that... and
I can't imagine that I ever would. Which is kind of a sucky
place to be.
But I obviously couldn't help but think about the whole way the
thing fell apart, wondering how it could have gone differently.
First, I can't help but think "this is how ALL companies have to
end. I mean, what else can you do, wrap everything up, call it
a day and go home? No, these things just keep moving forward
until they pound themselves into dust" I know it wasn't a
documentary about the economics of it, but the fact that there
weren't any fresh faces from the 80s or 90s... that stuck out to
me. Where were the kids who grew up making mixtapes, scratching
records, the ones who didn't define their collections by a list
of records on a shelf but how they interacted with it? Of
course the internet took them all by surprise and they made some
bad business decisions, but didn't it seem strange that a
company whose big thing was youthful energy and pure adoration
for music just kept getting OLDER?
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Re: All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (20
15)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 17, 2018, 10:13 pm
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Glad to see you finally got around to checking out the flick. I
remember you mentioning on the Tower Records Thread how hard it
was to get to your location.
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Re: All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (20
15)
By: Neumatic Date: May 17, 2018, 10:18 pm
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(This is, incidentally, why i also have a picture with Colin
Hanks)
Yeah, I did Tower a few times (I remember seeing Michelle Branch
perform there because I'm ANCIENT) but it seems like I got into
it right at the tailwind of things, so I was never in attendance
in its' prime. I do remember a WALL of black-cased VHS tapes
that you could rent, which I obviously never could, and
wondering what was on those. Something about an
indistinguishable tape always stirs my imagination. To this
day, when I see there's a place that sells tapes or DVDs I want
to go in there, as if what they have won't be the same sh*t you
can get at any other store!
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