Film is forever.
In the year 1973, I was about two years away from the same rock and roll epiphany that William Miller has at the beginning of Cameron Crowe's almost perfect look at rock and roll. My musical education came, not at the hands of my sister, but an older brother who turned me on over the years to Bowie, Zappa, T. Rex, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Tom Waits, and many more in a continuing, ever-evolving musical education. Crowe uses this short, opening sequence to show us how powerful music is, and what a large part it can play in our lives. Who knows, with Crudup's anti-hero it may be a fear of success and failure rolled up into one insecure ball. It sure doesn't help that the record label is pushing the band toward bigger things while pushing Hammond as the frontman.