to air guitar, divine
Posted Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 12:45PM
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, then what’s the equivalent of making a feature film about air guitar? I’m kind of not sure, but I do know that Alexandra Lipsitz’s new documentary Air Guitar Nation is one of the most exhilarating, fantastically awesome movies I’ve seen in way too long.
Before my first viewing of Air Guitar Nation (I caught it for the second time last night, at the L.A. premiere), I had no doubt that the “art” of air guitar was nothing more than a joke - and quite possibly a bad joke, at that. Turns out the joke was on me and any other naysayers out there: The air guitarists featured in the film have more passion, energy, spirit, and rock-star attitude than most dudes in big bands today. I just might be in love with every last one of them.
No word yet on whether there’s going to be a soundtrack, so for now you’ll have to air along to some of the movie’s featured songs, such Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” (the title track off their 1980 classic), “Get Your Hands Off My Woman” by The Darkness, and “I Want You to Want Me” by Cheap Trick.
And when in doubt, just remember the words of Air Guitar Nation star Bjorn Turoque: “To err is human. To air guitar, divine.”
liz
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