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The Sparks Brothers

How can Ron and Russell Maelbe successful, underrated, hugely influentialand overlooked...

How can Ron and Russell Mael
be successful, underrated, hugely influential
and overlooked all at the same time?

Full Transcript

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How can Ron and Russell Mael be successful, underrated,
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hugely influential and overlooked
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all at the same time?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
68
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:17
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
N/A

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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 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
This was wrong but in all the kind of right ways. - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
This was wrong but in all the kind of right ways.