24 Hour Party People (the movie)

[vernarial]

Last night I watched this film and I must say I was quite impressed by this docu-drama. I have been a big fan of some of the bands portrayed, so that made it even more interesting.

The whole movie takes place in Manchester, and that got me thinking. How many of our members from the UK have seen this movie? How acurate is it? How many of you were into this scene? How many of our UK members ever went to the Hacienda club? I was just interested in your experiences in Manchester and the whole music scene.

Here is a link to the movie site.

http://www.partypeoplemovie.com/

[DudeAsInCool]

What bands were portrayed? Tell us something about them, and which ones you like and recommend

[slum_goddess]

never saw it but my friends in Manc told me about it and intro'd me to Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, BLACK GRAPE) who i love.

on the other hand, i spoke to an amer about it who dint like it caused it portrayed brits as all cursing, all chain-smoking &c (which i see absolutely nothing wrong w/).

[DudeAsInCool]

on the other hand, i spoke to an amer about it who dint like it caused it portrayed brits as all cursing, all chain-smoking &c (which i see absolutely nothing wrong w/).

[jipper]

hellah decent movie. A must see, its bands like new order and the happy mondays....basically the whole music scene in manc at the time

[vernarial]

The main bands in they focused on in the movie were Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays. My favorite of the 3 would be New Order. I like all 3 bands really, but I really got into New Order in the early 90's when I was going to the dance clubs alot. New Order and the Happy Mondays are pretty good to dance to while Joy Division is a little slower and more dark sounding.

I would definitely recommend New Order. They got into the techno scene really early and I think they did alot in helping shape the techno sound you might think of today. As they mention in the movie, Blue Monday was at the time the biggest selling 12 inch single.

I liked how in the movie you really could see the progression of music from a post-punk scene to a DJ driven dance club scene. Also Wilson didn't keep contracts with his artists, so they kept all rights to their own music. I thought that was just awesome.