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Barry Jive and the Uptown Five
As one half of the “musical moron twins”, Barry (Jack Black) took musical elitism to a new level. He worked at Championship Vinyl, and if you were to try to purchase the wrong record in his presence, you best beware!
Barry finally gets his band going when finally someone answers his flyer in the store and is slated to open for the Kinky Wizards at an event run by his boss (John Cusack). It appeared that we would never see Black’s band play as despite the efforts of Cusack to stop it.
Initially billed as the Sonic Death Monkey, though on the “verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive”, Black introduced his group as “Barry Jive and the Uptown Five” and shocked everyone with a wonderful performance of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it on”.
We do wonder aloud if Barry would have a top five for who should get into the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! (…and how many times Jack Black would be in it!)
The Bullet Points:
Movies Appeared:
High Fidelity (2000)
Actors:
Jack Black (Barry)
And……?????
Songs you might remember:
Let’s Get it On
Why you should vote for them:
Jack Black nailed the role.
Why you should not vote for them:
One soulful cover, does not a band make.
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