The music in EATC II is great, but the continuity between the two movies leave much to be desired. The second movie leaves out the vital Frank Ridgeway character entirely without so much as mentioning him - a case of revisionist history. In the second movie,in a flashback, Eddie utters the words "Words and music..." and it is Sal to whom he is speaking. But in the original movie, he was saying those words to Frank "Word Man" Ridgeway (played by Tom Barringer). Eddie's girlfriend Joanne Carlino is likewise left out. The flashback scene with Bo Diddly seems as if it could have been an outtake of the first movie (comments, anyone?). In summary, II is worth watching (and hearing) for its great, great music, but as a movie, it does serious violence to the marvelous first movie.
