Bruno from Fame: Prog keyboard god

[Frumious B]

http://youtu.be/hFSMLdmkdTM

What do you cats think?

[trurl]

Wasn't he in Survivor later??

[nosebone]

Thanks for sharing!

Danny Partridge on bass!

My sister and I used to watch this when there was nothing else on the tube.

I guess Glee would be considered the modern update of Fame.

[JKL2000]

"It's not the machine."
"Uh, yes it is."

[Rogue Mail]

My god...one of the worst songs ever. It's a cliché to say you cringe at stuff, but I actually do when I hear that.

I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting.

I have a friend who actually preferred the tv show Fame to the film(!!!), and loves this song.

We don't speak much...

[Yves]

That's almost as bad as King Arthur On Ice... almost....

[JKL2000]

I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting.

This should be the slogan for the Internet.

[trurl]

This should be the slogan for the Internet.

Wow. I'm already making a t-shirt!

[flytomars]

Wow. I'm already making a t-shirt!

Seriously, I would buy one.

[Sean]

Chris, I think you just identify with his hair.

[The Fantastic Progo Rican]

That was the most idiotic, moronic clip of TV I've ever seen

[timmy]

that clip was cooler than EVERYTHING on TV these days.

[Frankie]

Oh god, I remember that!

[Interstellar]

Why did I click on that link ? Why ?

[Rogue Mail]

Wow. I'm already making a t-shirt!

[Jacob Holm-Lupo]

You guys are such snobs. That's a fun little tune, and that clip is absolutely no worse than the auto-tuned tween musical tv-series Disney is churning out these days. A lot better, actually, because it's neither auto-tuned nor quantized, it's actual people playing music. I grew up with Fame and I thought it was a fun show.

[trurl]

You guys are such snobs. That's a fun little tune, and that clip is absolutely no worse than the auto-tuned tween musical tv-series Disney is churning out these days. A lot better, actually, because it's neither auto-tuned nor quantized, it's actual people playing music. I grew up with Fame and I thought it was a fun show.

I have to respectfully disagree... tuning and quantizing a good song leaves a good song with questionable production, and this is a lousy song. The dry TV style mix does it no favors but it's just something someone crapped out because, hey, TV, who cares! Yeah, maybe Disney Channel stuff is crap too but that doesn't change this. Meanwhile a kids show like Friendship is Magic is doing weekly songs that are cheesy but well crafted and other shows should aspire to. And no I'm not a Brony so don't go there *lol*

[Rogue Mail]

You guys are such snobs. That's a fun little tune, and that clip is absolutely no worse than the auto-tuned tween musical tv-series Disney is churning out these days. A lot better, actually, because it's neither auto-tuned nor quantized, it's actual people playing music. I grew up with Fame and I thought it was a fun show.

Yes. It is.

[No Pride]

Oh god, I remember that!

I don't. I never even knew Fame became a television series.

It's true, ignorance IS bliss.

[HONDO]

WTF that was BRUTAL! "It's not the machine", that is the funniest thing I have heard in awhile, that clown should be shot.

[HONDO]

And yes JKL that should be the slogan for the net, too funny!

[GuitarGeek]

The actor who played Bruno, I forget his name, but he was actually is a keyboardist. I believe I read he went on to do scores for television and movies.

As for the song, it sure isn't anything that's going to make Elvis Costello, Robert Hunter, or Dr. Brian May lose any sleep, but it's about par for the course as far as second rate TV "musicals" based on feature films go.

I always liked the scene in the movie where Bruno sets all of his synths up at the school, plugs everything in and blows a fuse.

[Gruno]

The actor who played Bruno, I forget his name, but he was actually is a keyboardist. I believe I read he went on to do scores for television and movies.

Correct. Lee Curreri is his name. He is often seen at NAMM. He's a very nice guy.

He was also in the 1986 movie Crystal Heart. It was a type of boy-in-the-plastic-bubble movie. In the movie. He has this really intense sex scene with Tawny Kitaen… through the glass!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088952/

A 22 year old man who has lived inside a crystal room because of a rare illness, meets an up and coming rock star, and the two fall in love.

[rael74]

What's frightening is how much of this song I remembered.

What's more frightening is that the OP stumbled upon the clip.

Even more frightening is what could come next...

Kids From Degrassi Street release triple gatefold live concept album?

[Dodie]

Oh, I'm secretly fond of the Kids from Fame songs. With retrospect, I can see now that "Desdemona" was definitely my gateway into Prog (I was about nine years old), and from a certain twisted point of view it stacks up better than anything than some certain venerated bands have done in recent years:

Musically, I think there's some stuff in there that's fairly snazzy. Not so sure about their handling of Shakespeare though - right up there with the spoof Am-Dram production of Romeo & Juliet in Hot Fuzz :-)