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'Klassentreffen' - German TV movie includes cover of 'Ask', other references

posted by davidt on Thursday February 12 2004, @11:00AM
Mozzamaniac writes:

There was a TV movie called 'Klassentreffen' on German ARD channel yesterday. The story was about a class reunion 15 years after their final exam (1987/88) with the typical breaking up of old wounds, conflicts and tensions, may be a little bit too apparent.

However in the center of the story there was a school band playing a cover version of 'Ask' on this special evening, there were also 'Bigmouth' and 'There is a Light' played as background music in two scenes. The two band leaders seemed to be big Smiths fans, especially the one who was left behind in that small town saying that he didn't want to listen to 'Strangeways' when it was released (he didn't even listen to it before the Viva Hate album) to protract the moment where he would have to realize that it was The Smiths' final album and they had broke up forever.

Here's a link to a sound snippet of the cover version of 'Ask' played in the movie ("Ask - Phonodrive", RealAudio format, 1:32).

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  • i`ve watched it but didn`t really like it.
    the story was rather lame and the actors didn`t impress me much but i liked the idea that a lot of german people got to hear the Smiths on that night!
    malina -- Thursday February 12 2004, @12:21PM (#86390)
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