(TV) Television: The Movie

[Graham Urquhart <gurquhart@madasafish.com>]

Looks like the Ramones may get there first:

http://www.movieline.com/2009/10/5-ways-to-make-the-proposed-ramones-biopic-work.php

3. Showcase their early ineptitude. Clinton Heylins punk/new-wave 
chronicle From the Velvets to the Voidoids features a funny anecdote 
from Richard Hell, the legendary wild-man poet/songwriter who, with Tom 
Verlaine, once auditioned Dee Dee Ramone to play bass in their band the 
Neon Boys: Tom would say, Well play a C, and [Dee Dee] went from 
fret to fret, he would look up with these questioning eyes. Hed look up 
and wed shake our heads. Hed advanced to rudimentary songwriting by 
the time he met up with Johnny  a garage-band alum  and Joey, who gave 
up drumming because he couldnt sing and play at 180 beats per minute. 
Then Tommy Ramone went from manager to drummer because he kept having to 
show Joeys replacements how to play the songs anyway. If you cast 
non-musicians and capture the real feel (particularly the exhilaration) 
of getting tighter over months and years of rehearsal and live 
performance, you cant go wrong.
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