Set in the homophobic 60s britain, where to be gay was still illegal. Meek was balance engineer, but not producer of the recording. Joe was born robert george meek in newent, gloucestershire, england 5. They offer some history on the man, his contributions to. He is most remembered by the number one hit telstar by the tornados but that was only the tip of the iceberg. The telstar man, meek s story inspired the 1994 bbc 4 radio play lonely joe and the 2005 stage play telstar, which was adapted into the 2008 film telstar. The turbulent life and times of tortured telstar producer joe meek make for a. Telstar is a 1962 instrumental written and produced by joe meek for the english band the tornados. Joe meeks story is that of a man who triumphed over obstacles.
Telstar is the true story of the legendary record producer and maverick musical genius joe meek, creator of a string of number one hits including telstarthe biggest selling record of its time and the first british single ever to top the us charts. I leave you with the best thing britain ever produced. The scene where joe tells clem how the drumbeat of telstar should sound like boomtittyboomtittyboomtittyboom. The joe meek story is a 2008 film adaptation of james hicks and nick morans play telstar, about record producer joe meek, which opened at the new ambassadors theatre in londons west end in june 2005. Despite being tonedeaf and not being able to play a musical instrument or write notation, meek displayed a remarkable facility for writing and producing successful commercial recordings. Joe meek and telstar s tragic tale joe meek was britains phil spector, and now his tormented life will be told on film. Joe meek and telstars tragic tale joe meek was britains phil spector, and now his tormented life will be told on film. Joes mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels, in particular his young lover heinz burt. The joe meek story, released in 2008 and directed by nick moran with peter wignall as cinematographer and editing by alex marsh. The joe meek story is a brilliant, ragged and jagged piece of cinema.
The joe meek story 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with telstar the biggest selling record of its time before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his. The film is directed by nick moran and stars con oneill, who also played joe meek in the original play, while kevin spacey plays meeks business partner, major wilfred banks. He was born april 5, 1929, newent, gloucestershire and died february 3, 1967 in london. The joe meek story 2008 fullhd movie dvd quality telstar. Do il mio consenso al loro trattamento in conformita al nuovo gdpr general data protection regulation regolamento ue 2016679 guarda i dettagli. Jun 20, 2009 now nick morans telstar unearths a gem of story that puts the gifted but volatile 1960s hitmaker joe meek in the spotlight. Possibly a case of getting crap past the radar as well. In the early 1960s selftaught electronics whizz joe meek amazingly produces a string of home made hit singles from his studio in his flat above a leather shop in london.
Jun 19, 2009 telstar is the satellite that inspired british music producer and his in house band the tornadoes to launch the instrumental record which became the first us number 1 hit by a british group. English record producer, recording engineer and songwriter. Ive been intrigued with the meek sounds since telstar was released in 1962. You can get much of this in better quality elsewhere. Set in the homophobic 60s britain, where to be gay was still illegal, the film delivers a power marker to how far the gay movement has come. Joe s life and lifestyle were different to undertate the case. Increasingly paranoid, believing he is being bugged by rival record companies and that everybody is out to get him, the last straw comes when landlady violet tells him she is selling the building in which he lives. The joe meek story is a 2008 british biopic about legendary record producer joe meek, based on james hicks and nick morans play telstar. A fascinating biography of joe meek who was widely recognised as britains first real independent pop music producer and hailed as britains answer to phil spector. The energy, craziness and often downright shabbiness of londons early 60s, prebeatles pop biz are vividly brought to life in telstar. But i have to admit to a certain fascination with much of his musical invention. Most tracks here qualify as interesting at least, and attentiongetting and haunting at the other end of the scale. Meek who operated out of the top of of a leather good shop was a maverick like phil spector, and just like spector with a fondness of guns.
Joe meek began in the mid 1950s bad penny blues etc. Nov 05, 2008 the energy, craziness and often downright shabbiness of londons early 60s, prebeatles pop biz are vividly brought to life in telstar. Ho letto linformativa privacy presente su a proposito delle modalita di raccolta dei miei dati tramite questo sito. The cases telstar, heinz, madras place, howardblaikley the telstar case. Telstar is the true story of the legendary record producer and maverick musical genius joe meek, creator of a string of number one hits including telstar the biggest selling record of its time and the first british single ever to top the us charts. Set against a backdrop of early 60s london, telstar is the story of the worlds first independent record producer, joe meek. Joes life and lifestyle were different to undertate the case. Robert george joe meek 5 april 1929 3 february 1967 was an english record producer, musician, sound engineer and songwriter who pioneered space age and experimental pop music. Meek created hits including johnny remember me with john leyton.
Joe meek s story is that of a man who triumphed over obstacles. He turned out millioncopy selling records such as telstar from his home recording studio and made the first recordings for stars like rod stewart, tom jones and david bowie. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal early success with telstar the biggest selling record of all time before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and. Some have pointed out that telstar spent too much time focusing on meek as a cloud cuckoolander on his best days and axcrazy on his worst, and not enough time stressing that he was not just a gifted producer, but also an allaround electronics whiz from a young age jerkass woobie. The joe meek story dvd 81530001052 movies set against the backdrop of early 60s london, telstar is the story of the worlds first independent record producer, joe meek.
Nick moran does a lot with a small budget in this eccentric and watchable story about the early60s. Whether these obstacles were the repressive, conformist record labels and studios of prebeatles britain, or not being able to sing in key, read music, or play an instrument, the producersongwriters apparent motto was never say never. Now nick morans telstar unearths a gem of story that puts the gifted but volatile 1960s hitmaker joe meek in the spotlight. He also assisted the development of recording practices like overdubbing, sampling and reverb. Telstar is the satellite that inspired british music producer and his in house band the tornadoes to launch the instrumental record which became the first us number 1 hit by a british group. A couple of months after telstar had become a smash hit, the french composer jean ledrut 19031982 supposed that meeks bestseller had four bars which were lifted from a film score he had written for the movie austerlitz, directed by abel gance 1960. Meeksville production, but no contribution of meek himself. Billboard hot 100 in december 1962 the second british recording to reach number 1 on that chart in the year, after stranger on the shore in may, and was also a number one hit in the uk singles chart. He stiffs his musicians and is extremely demanding toward them, shows no respect to. The following year, the music producers guild introduced the joe meek award for innovation in production as. All about the man named joe meek here are some links on joe meek you might find interesting. No one will even count this among a movement, like the new british wave so heres me celebrating this hidden gem. Nick morans excellent portrait of an often forgotten pop legend is as eccentric and chaotic as its subject.
He is considered the uks first independent pop record producer. Jan 16, 2012 set against the backdrop of hedonistic, swinging, early 60s london, telstar shares the strangerthanfiction true story of joe meek tony awardwinner con oneill, who originated the role on. On the one hand, repschs book is the most thoroughly researched and complete biography of joe meek. His biggest success is the instrumental telstar but accusations of plagiarism delay royalties. Now it is dangerously close at hand and about to end the joe meek story. The film tells of his successes producing songs such as worldwide hits telstar the tornados and have i the right the honeycombs and british hits such as john leytons johnny remember me. Joe s mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels, in particular his young lover heinz burt.
The joe meek story is a 2008 film adaptation of james hicks and nick morans play telstar, about record producer joe meek, which opened at the new ambassadors theatre in londons west. Original soundtrack to the 2009 motion picture containing 20 joe meek classics. Along with john repschs 2001 biography the legendary joe meek. Joe meek was a gay producer and songwriter, who wrote the hit telstar. Meek is considered one of the most influential sound engineers of. Joe meek 19291967 was an incredibly imaginative and progressive independent record producer and songwriter. Drama based on the life of joe meek, the songwriterproducer behind the 60s hits have i the right, just like eddie, johnny, remember me and the. Set against the backdrop of hedonistic, swinging, early 60s london, telstar shares the strangerthanfiction true story of joe meek tony awardwinner con oneill, who originated the role on. The life and death of influential 1960s record producer joe meek britains unsung answer to phil spector is brought efficiently to the screen in the directorial debut of actor nick moran lock. The film was seen as an affront to heinzs family, and even his exwife, who insisted that heinz was always straight. It was the second instrumental single to hit number 1.
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