{"id":16001,"date":"2014-06-04T12:14:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=16001"},"modified":"2015-07-24T12:17:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T16:17:50","slug":"go-go-mania-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/04\/go-go-mania-1965\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Go Mania (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b70-3162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b70-3162.jpg\" alt=\"b70-3162\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b70-3162.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b70-3162-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It all started with the Beatles. From there it was a slew of really interesting British Invasion groups, and singers, many of whom ranged from absolutely abysmal, to quite unique. It\u2019s a shame many of these bands never quite garnered the legacy that the Beatles did, but \u201cGo Go Mania!\u201d has value, if anything, in showing how many bands climbed out of the woodwork to claim their own fame once the Beatles stormed America.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mainly just a compilation of over produced performances than an actual film, \u201cGo Go Mania!\u201d markets on the fame of the Beatles, by using the film as a platform to promote other bands of their ilk. It\u2019s also one of the many films that would jump on the fame \u201cA Hard Day\u2019s Night\u201d wrought as a look behind stardom. \u201cGo Go Mania!\u201d is hosted by Jimmy Savile, who spends much of the film boasting about the bands that are just as exciting and dynamic as the Beatles. And we\u2019re supposed to agree with him, since the film opens with the Beatles performing \u201cShe Loves You\u201d live, which then jumps in to the parade of British invasion groups that generally lip synch to songs of varying degrees of quality.<\/p>\n<p>There is a hand full of solid performances, including the Animals, as led by the amazing Eric Bourdon. They perform \u201cHouse of the Rising Sun,\u201d and the great \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Be Misunderstood.\u201d There\u2019s also Peter and Gordon singing \u201cA World without Love,\u201d and Herman\u2019s Hermit\u2019s who sing \u201cI\u2019m Into Something Good.\u201d You kind of have to enjoy host Savile\u2019s declaration that they\u2019ll be around \u201cforever.\u201d The entertainment value of \u201cGo Go Mania!\u201d depends on your interest in British Invasion groups and their fluffy soulful music. Surely enough, while the film itself is just a glorified Press Kit, it\u2019s still a worthwhile musical gem for folks that love the sixties and the slew of groups that attempted to stand beside the Beatles in pop rock royalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all started with the Beatles. From there it was a slew of really interesting British Invasion groups, and singers, many of whom ranged from absolutely abysmal, to quite unique. It\u2019s a shame many of these bands never quite garnered the legacy that the Beatles did, but \u201cGo Go Mania!\u201d has value, if anything, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[228,292,385,698,766,866,956],"class_list":["post-16001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grindhouse-review-fest","category-movie-reviews","tag-concert","tag-documentary","tag-g","tag-music","tag-performance","tag-rock","tag-soul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16003,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions\/16003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}