A list of movies about music / musicians - some are concert films, some are straight documentaries and others are fiction. These are only the ones I've seen so far. If you can think of any other cool ones you've got to see, add 'em!
Eish, Some kind of monster got painful, those guys had massive opinions about themselves. Not a Metalica fan at all, so I did not expect much and lost what little respect I could have had for them as people. And showing Dave Mustaine crying like that was pretty lame.
I generally enjoy the added bonus parts of live dvds as much as the show. The on tour behind the scenes stuff of bands ludicrous drunken antics, my favourite being = the dvd has crudloads of live bootleg live videos.
How could you forget Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny? ?
There was also that one that recently won a couple of Oscars (I think) about that country singer... cant think of the name, Jeff Bridges was the main actor, oh, Crazy Heart - enjoyed that more than I thought I would.
Downloaded the Kings of Leon documentary but have yet to watch it. And the Glastonbury doc a few years ago was pretty good.
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin The Last Waltz - The Band and a bunch of guests. For me this one is a curate's egg, but that means that parts of it are excellent.
Martin Scorcese's Dylan documentary is pretty good, and includes some great archival footage.
At home I have a doccie on DVD about the "Voelvry" tour in SA in the 80s. It came inside a book about the tour. Some great interviews - recent and "at the time".
IMO the best documentary about Hendrix is the one simply titled "Jimi Hendrix".
It's not exactly Rock 'n Roll, but I enjoyed "Immortal Beloved", the Beethoven biopic. Some of the biographical content is questionable or disputed (which, I think, is generally a problem with this sort of movie, be the subject Jim Morrison or Ludwig van Beethoven), but the film does make a very good introduction to Beethoven's music (which is well worth exploring).
Watched that Joan Jett one earlier in the year on DSTV which was also pretty good. And although not really about muscians but more about music and music stores, Empire Records and High Fidelity are classics
+1 - Not a Maiden fan, but this was damn fine viewing!
These all have a slight documentary feel - which I think helps enjoy the music/performances in context.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439806/ - Eric Clapton : Sessions for Robert J(ohnson). Super sweet peek into the recording of the album. Awesome to see Mr Clapton at work directing the session.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157338/ - BB King live in Africa 1974. The concert before the rumble in the jungle (Ali vs Foreman). BB is rocking the house!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810095/ - SRV live at Montreux (1982 & 1985). You'll have to sit through SRV being boo'ed in 1982 (heish), but the comeback in 1985 is something Rocky couldn't dream up.
Averatu wrote:
Eish, Some kind of monster got painful, those guys had massive opinions about themselves. Not a Metalica fan at all, so I did not expect much and lost what little respect I could have had for them as people. And showing Dave Mustaine crying like that was pretty lame.
I generally enjoy the added bonus parts of live dvds as much as the show. The on tour behind the scenes stuff of bands ludicrous drunken antics, my favourite being = the dvd has crudloads of live bootleg live videos.
That Mastodon clip is hilarious!! ?
And very informative!
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