Five To Ones: Music Movies

To celebrate the fact that it's Friday, we've decided that we're going to post up one of the 'Five To One' pieces from the magazine. We'll probably do this every Friday too. For those people out there who are new to the concept, it's basically a count down from five to one on anything from 'crap animals' to 'terrible football songs'. We're gonna kick it off with 'Music Movies'.

FIVE TO ONE: MUSIC MOVIES

5. Singles
Gruuuunge, duuuuuuude. How very Quaint it all seems now, but back in the day this movie was the shizzle. Cameos from Chris Cornell, Alice In Chains and Eddie Vedder only added to this uber cool Gen X celluloid classic.

4. Detroit Rock City
It's got KISS playing live, a cameo from porn queen Shannon Tweed, a kid losing his virginity in a confessional booth... really, you'd need to be smoking 'the dope' to think this wasn't one of the coolest music movies ever.

3. Empire Records
Fight the Power! Good looking indie record store employees fight the impending take-over from evil corporate whores to the tune of some kickass alt.tuneage - huzzah!

2. High Fidelity
Yes, the book is better but as far as adaptations go this one is pretty damn decent, despite the Americanisation of everything. And any movie that can boast a cameo from Bruce Springsteen in which The Boss doles out romantic advice to the protagonist is cool with us.

1. Almost Famous
Classic scenes, quotable lines, great cast (including the purrrfect Ms. Hudson) brilliant beards, trip-tastic threads and a cracking soundtrack - really, what more could you wish for? Altogether, 'Hold me closer, tiny dancer!"

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