Best pop star performance in a film

[Major Tom]

Bowie in "Man Who Fell to Earth"?
Clare Grogan in "Gregory's Girl"?
Madonna in "Desperately Seeking Susan"?
Toyah in 'Quadrophenia'?
Keith Moon in 'tommy'?
Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard?

Nominate your favourite pop star performances.

poll to follow (maybe)

 

[butchersapron]

Will Oldham in umm..what was it called..Matewan!

 

[jugularvein]

johnny hallyday in 'l'homme du train'

 

[butchersapron]

johnny hallyday in 'l'homme du train'

Ooh yes, good choice - great little film that.

 

[butchersapron]

Is Gallo a pop star?

 

[poului]

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either Bowie in "Last Temptation of Christ" or Waits in "Short Cuts".

 

[belboid]

Iggy in Dead man.

gimme a mo, there will be more!

 

[poului]

Is Gallo a pop star?

no, just a star cock.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Bowie in Labyrinth.

I saw my baby, trying hard as babe could try
What could I do?
My baby's fun had gone
And left my baby blue
Nobody knew

Oh yeah!

 

[Bonfirelight]

sting in quadrophenia

 

[Belushi]

Nah, Sting in Dune

 

[Belushi]

Jagger in Ned Kelly, god that was shit.

 

[Sunspots]

Boy George in The A-Team.

 

[Bonfirelight]

Nah, Sting in Dune

how about sting in 'lock stock..'?

 

[belboid]

Adam Ant in Jubilee.

Tho Toyah & Jordan are both better.


(perfectly serious nomination there btw!)

 

[Major Tom]

I want the best not the worst - go to other thread --->

 

[Bonfirelight]

Jagger in Ned Kelly, god that was shit.

he was also piss poor in 'Freejack'

 

[butchersapron]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins in Mystery Train (aslo featuring Joe Strummer) - loads of Jarmusch films really

 

[shoddysolutions]

Brinsley Forde (sp?) in "Babylon"

 

[butchersapron]

Jimmy Cliff in um...what's it called...

 

[poului]

5yfertfty45er7

oh yeah Jack White in Cold Mountain wasn't bad either.

 

[DaveCinzano]

*ahem*

 

[DaveCinzano]

Jimmy Cliff in um...what's it called...

'the harder they come'?

 

[belboid]

*ahem*

'peculiar' be not the same thing as 'best' young man!

 

[DaveCinzano]

pat boone in 'journey to the centre of the earth'

 

[jugularvein]

bristle you're so threadtastic that come 2010 you'll be 'aheming' every bloody thread.
'find all threads started by bristle' has TWENTY pages

 

[R.I.C.O.]

...

Bob Geldof in The Wall

 

[butchersapron]

'the harder they come'?

That's the bugger - what a fucking thing to forget, i've only seen it about 50 times and played the soundtrack thousands...

 

[Major Tom]

*ahem*

It's not the same is it?

 

[DaveCinzano]

milla jovovich in 'the fifth element'