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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Taster on October 20, 2004, 03:32:00 pm

Title: Music Documentaries
Post by: Taster on October 20, 2004, 03:32:00 pm: What are everyone's favorite music documentaries? Having just seen Dig, I am in the mood to rent a few I might have missed.
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Post by: thirsty moore on October 20, 2004, 03:33:00 pm: 1991 The Year Punk Broke. Excellent doc of a European tour involving Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., and Babes in Toyland. Cameo with The Ramones.
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Post by: Venerable Bede on October 20, 2004, 03:38:00 pm: the decline of western civilization parts 1 and 2.

of course, you can't miss spinal tap. :)
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Post by: thatguy on October 20, 2004, 04:11:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by econo:
Cameo with The Ramones.
i hope their verison of "word up" is better than the korn version. i had to hear that song every day for 5 weeks. i don't think i'll ever get it out of my head.
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Post by: thirsty moore on October 20, 2004, 04:14:00 pm: That sounds awful. I'm sorry. Perhaps I should rephrase my sentence. The Ramones make an appearance in the doc.

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Originally posted by thatguy:
i hope their verison of "word up" is better than the korn version. i had to hear that song every day for 5 weeks. i don't think i'll ever get it out of my head.
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Post by: ggw on October 20, 2004, 04:23:00 pm: Anyone remember this classic (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082226/)?
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Post by: bellenseb on October 20, 2004, 04:31:00 pm: My candidates are:

Benjamin Smoke (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233315/)

Jandek on Corwood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381287/)

For all you eccentric songwriter fetishists.
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Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 20, 2004, 04:32:00 pm: Another State of Mind, featuring Social Distortion
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Post by: godsshoeshine on October 20, 2004, 04:40:00 pm: instrument, songs for cassevettes
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Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 20, 2004, 04:49:00 pm: Didn't they make a movie about Wilco? How about GBV?
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Post by: brennser on October 20, 2004, 04:56:00 pm: I saw good documentaries on Shaun Ryder and Shane McGowan recently - they aired on Brit tv

also a good Undertones one avail at amazon
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 20, 2004, 04:56:00 pm: Unprecedented, Uncovered, Outfoxed, and Unconstitutional. Oh music docs wanted :D

The Unconstitutional DVD arrived in a plain brown wrapper today, I should be sufficiently indignant later tonight.
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Post by: Taster on October 20, 2004, 05:00:00 pm: Anyone seen Live Forever?
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Post by: booradley17 on October 20, 2004, 05:03:00 pm: here are a few:

The Clash:Westway To The World
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321711/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321711/)

Gigantic(They Might Be Giants)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304081/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304081/)

The Who:The Kids Are Alright
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079400/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079400/)

Bob Dylan:Don't Look Back
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061589/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061589/)

Hated:GG Allin And The Murder Junkies
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107086/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107086/)

Another State Of Mind(Social D,Minor Threat,Youth Brigade)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198307/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198307/)

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart(Wilco)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327920/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327920/)

Mettalica:Some Kind Of Monster
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387412/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387412/)

End Of The Century(The Ramones)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368711/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368711/)

The Filth And The Fury(Sex Pistols)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236216/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236216/)

Urgh!A Music War(loads of early 80's new wave and punk bands)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138902/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138902/)

Year Of The Horse(Neil Young)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120539/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120539/)

Obviously when it comes to rockumentaries ones enjoyment of them is typically in proportion to how much one likes the band that is featured.
I heard there is a Ted Leo documentary out,has anybody seen it?
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Post by: Chip Chanko on October 20, 2004, 05:03:00 pm: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart -Wilco
Gigantic - They Might Be Giants
Don't Look Back - Dylan
Meeting People is Easy - Radiohead
Watch Me Jumpstart - Guided by Voices
Moog

Good concert movies...

Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
Dirty Old Town - Ted Leo
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
A Hard Day's Night - Beatles (kind of a concert)
The Beatles First U.S. Visit is fun to watch

Also...all the Beatles anthologies are out now on DVD
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Post by: Chip Chanko on October 20, 2004, 05:06:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by booradley17:
I heard there is a Ted Leo documentary out,has anybody seen it? [/QB]
It's ok...much better to see him live. It would have been better if it had him playing in a club instead of at Siren Fest and it's a little on the short side. More of a concert movie than a doc.
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 21, 2004, 07:20:00 pm: <~~~~~~~~ indignant.

Watching Unconstitutional really makes me wonder what road the Bush Administration has lead us down. The Patriot Act tramples all over the Constitution. And hearing the Bush machine do thier message buzzword repeat bs, just riles me.

I'm glad to see the Librarians and others stand up to the Patroit Act.
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Post by: edbert on October 22, 2004, 12:14:00 pm: "Vinyl" by Alan Zweig, about obsessive record collectors
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Post by: Dandy01 on October 22, 2004, 01:44:00 pm: YYY's "Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow" - there's a blurb on it in Express. It includes 16 tracks from a performance at the Fillmore in SanFran, 6 bonus songs, an artsy Japanese tour documentary and a collection of music videos.
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Post by: saco on October 22, 2004, 01:52:00 pm: Spinal Tap??
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Post by: Sir HC on October 22, 2004, 02:08:00 pm: Scratch. It is a great history of Hip Hop.

Urgh A Music War is quite good too. How about the Clash Rude Boy? Sure it is a movie, but it works better as a documentary about the Clash at that time.

For movies with faux bands that read like documentaries, of course there is "This is Spinal Tap", but also "Breaking Glass".
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Post by: on October 22, 2004, 06:46:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sir HC:

Urgh A Music War is quite good too.
What a phreakin' excellent film. When are they gonna DVD it?
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Post by: Barcelona on October 22, 2004, 06:53:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads

A classic of the 20th century