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The Sparks Brothers

Sparks-- how didthis glam rock anomaly become a band with a careerspanning five decades?

[crew laughing] WRIGHT: Sparks-- how did
this glam rock anomaly become a band with a career
spanning five decades?

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WRIGHT: Sparks-- how did this glam rock anomaly
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become a band with a career spanning five decades?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:09
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
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Movie Summary

A musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.
How can Ron and Russell Mael be successful, underrated, - The Sparks Brothers 00:09
How can Ron and Russell Mael be successful, underrated,
How do two brothers survive in a rock and roll world - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
How do two brothers survive in a rock and roll world
And where does one even start - The Sparks Brothers 00:07
And where does one even start
Join us as we pull back the curtain - The Sparks Brothers 00:22
Join us as we pull back the curtain
Our story begins not in gloomy old England - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
Our story begins not in gloomy old England
♪ Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John ♪ - The Sparks Brothers 00:12
♪ Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John ♪
To a kid seeing them on TV, - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
To a kid seeing them on TV,
JOHN CONGLETON: I always sort of thought of them as like - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
JOHN CONGLETON: I always sort of thought of them as like
RON: We're kind of the rare breed - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
RON: We're kind of the rare breed
RUSSELL: I was born in Santa Monica, California. - The Sparks Brothers 00:04
RUSSELL: I was born in Santa Monica, California.
Our father was an artist, a painter - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
Our father was an artist, a painter
RON: Some of the images that he painted were - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
RON: Some of the images that he painted were
We would spend days fishing for perch. - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
We would spend days fishing for perch.
And kind of-- the pier, to me, - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
And kind of-- the pier, to me,
RUSSELL: He always had these records from Elvis - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
RUSSELL: He always had these records from Elvis
Him introducing us to cool music - The Sparks Brothers 00:07
Him introducing us to cool music
♪ One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock... ♪ - The Sparks Brothers 00:10
♪ One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock... ♪...
I remember the first time I went to see - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
I remember the first time I went to see
One instance of hearing the title music - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
One instance of hearing the title music
This kind of music was really overturning - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
This kind of music was really overturning