अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंBackup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what live... सभी पढ़ेंBackup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
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- Self
- (as Stevvi Alexander)
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क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाThe film was a financial success, grossing over $5 million internationally on a $1 million budget.
- गूफ़Error in important explanatory on-screen caption at around 10 minutes: "The Blossoms were on of the most prolific session groups of the 1960s."
- भाव
Bruce Springsteen: The Spector records and, it's funny, that was the sound we tried to capture ourselves for many, many years and did not - because we didn't realize it was the sound of youth - of very young people. And, there, Darlene not only had the incredible personality, but, she was a vocal powerhouse. She captures, whatever it is, she captures that particular sound.
- कनेक्शनFeatured in The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014)
It centres on a selection of classy African American female backup singers who recorded vocal accompaniments for a series of stars from the 60's to the present day. While they were essentially voices for hire, often it was their vocals that made the songs so good – listen to David Bowie's 'Young Americans' and tell me that it's the backing vocals that aren't the best part. But the story has a sadness, as these incredible singers rarely got beyond the backup part of the act. Sometimes they tried and their career stalled. This was because being a successful solo artist requires so many variables such as songs, charisma and determination. While it also needs the marketing powers of the record label. All these ingredients are not necessarily a given for someone with a beautiful voice. However, in some cases actual exploitation seems to have occurred as in the case of Darlene Love, who was used by producer Phil Spector as the voice that the girl group The Crystals claimed as their own but even more unforgivably, Spector got Love to record a track promising it was going to go out under her name only to surreptitiously give it to The Crystals again.
The film uses a talking heads format, with contributions from a variety of stars that used backup singers such as Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and Sting. There is also priceless archive footage of the likes of Ray Charles and, best of all, Ike and Tina Turner. Sometimes we even get to deconstruct a famous song to hone in on the backup vocals, such as in the case of the track 'Gimme Shelter' which is very possibly the best song the Rolling Stones ever recorded. We hear the backup vocal in all its isolated glory and it becomes very obvious that without it, this song would simply be nowhere near as powerful. So, let's hear it for those unheralded women who have filled our heads with such beautiful sounds all these years. This is their moment of recognition and they deserve it.
- Red-Barracuda
- 16 जन॰ 2014
- परमालिंक
टॉप पसंद
- How long is 20 Feet from Stardom?Alexa द्वारा संचालित
विवरण
बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- बजट
- $10,00,000(अनुमानित)
- US और कनाडा में सकल
- $49,46,445
- US और कनाडा में पहले सप्ताह में कुल कमाई
- $54,596
- 16 जून 2013
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $58,39,368
- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 31 मिनट
- रंग
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.78 : 1