Join me next time for another exciting edition of Things Chris Noticed. "I remember it reached that point of like, 'I can't play this song one more time,'" he said. life there comes a time when that dream you dream becomes that thing you do. Despite the film's success, Embry told Entertainment Weekly he couldn't stand the title song. While the soundtrack was recorded by professional musicians, the quartet learned all of the Wonders' songs and performed them in the film, which made the fictitious band seem more realistic, according to a 2016 Entertainment Weekly oral history for the film's 20-year anniversary. Platinum-selling and GRAMMY-nominated singer & actor Chris Isaak has performed to sold-out. "We are going to raise money for MusicCares #COVIDrelief fund, in honor of #AdamSchlesinger, who wrote and recorded the title song and sadly, passed away last week due to COVID-19," Embry wrote in his Instagram post. "That Thing You Do" was a moderate success upon the film's release in 1996, with the song peaking at No. It was nominated for a best original song Oscar and Golden Globe in 1997. The film's title track was written by Schlesinger, who was the Emmy-winning songwriter and bassist in Fountains of Wayne. GET YOUR COPY OF THE MOVIE READY, and at 4pmEST/7pmPST, THIS FRIDAY sign on to the YouTube channel LINKED IN MY BIO! (Photo credit to this image goes to the awesome !)Ī post shared by Ethan Embry on at 10:02am PDT the Knack.įor more on-offs or songs with an interesting back-story see From the Vaults.OH MY GOODNESS!! This Friday, April 17th at 4pm PST/7pm EST THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER!! We are throwing a community watch party of #ThatThingYouDo and a live streamed YouTube commentary with myself and many more!! We are going to raise money for MusicCares #COVIDrelief fund, in honor of #AdamSchlesinger, who wrote and recorded the title song and sadly, passed away last week due to COVID-19. A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager. Verse 1 Having a good time, baby Wish you were here Thinking about you, baby It feels like you're near Chorus And you can't do a thing to stop me (Can't do a thing to stop me now). He is a music artist and actor, known for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Wild at Heart (1990) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). More weirdly - but also rather obvious when you think about it - the song was later covered by none other than a band which had aped Beatles-era pop to great if equally short success as the imaginary Wonders. That Thing You Do Director: Tom Hanks Producer(s):, Edward Saxon, Gary Goetzman, Jonathan Demme Cast: Rita Wilson, Chris Isaak, Peter Scolari, Ethan Embry. 46 Photos Chris Isaak was born on 26 June 1956 in Stockton, California, USA. Oddly enough the very catchy but retro title song charted in the US and was nominated for both a Golden Globe and a Grammy. That's about it.īut the film does capture some of the excitement and innocence of the Beatles-era pop scene in the US - and had an interesting soundtrack.Īdam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne wrote the catchy Beatles-like title track (sung by Mike Viola of the Candy Butchers and later the lead singer in the parody film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), Hanks wrote four others, and there are gentle parodies of the adult MOR of the period (cf Ray Conniff and Mitch Mitchell). It isn't much of a story: the drummer in a local pop group breaks his arm, they recruit a new guy who much prefers jazz but who adds a Mersey-style backbeat to their ballad, it becomes a hit, the singer/writer is jealous of the drummer's cool look (Hanks puts him Roy Orbison shades) and they break up. There are brief appearances by Chris Isaak and trumpeter Alphonse Mouzon. He wrote the story and directed the film, played the part of the group's manager, and convinced the likes of the young Liv Tyler and Charlize Theron to appear in it - alongside his wife Rita Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Steve Zahn and Tom Everett Scott. Where to watch That Thing You Do (1996) starring Tom Hanks, Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler and directed. In his Grammy-grabbing career - between Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13 and Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail and The Green Mile - Tom Hanks did a small, cute, mostly inconsequential and slight pop movie, That Thing You Do!Ĭlearly this story of an imaginary one-hit wonder pop group from Pennsylvania in '64 was something close to his heart.
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