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Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Cymro2011 — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:08:16 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 04/27/2013 14:08

Just wanted to resurrect this thread to see if anyone has anymore to add.

Has anyone watched the BBC documentaries of Punk Britannia and Prog Britannia? They're both great documentaries about the rise of Punk Rock and Prog Rock in Britain.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

AgainstMeAgainstYou — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:24:24 GMT

Author: AgainstMeAgainstYou

Posted: 03/25/2013 21:24

Meeting People is Easy is probably my favourite documentary of any kind.
The Foo Fighters doc that coincided with the release of Wasting Light was also really good.
And I'll join the masses when it comes to It Might Get Loud, I don't even like Jack White and I'm only a semi-fan of The Edge but it's a great documentary. Worth watching just to get to the scene where Page - a man now pushing 70 - is looking at either White or Edge's gear, something of their equipment, and is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT like a kid in a candy store about how cool it is.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

sheep21 — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:35:18 GMT

Author: sheep21

Posted: 03/25/2013 07:35

This Is Spinal Tap and Crossfire Hurricane would be in my top 5 for sure.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

AlexZangari — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:12:59 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 03/25/2013 03:12

Bananaz is great because you get to see Damon Albarn's bare ass.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:36:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2013 00:36

Mercurydylan89 wrote:

I need to buckle down and figure ou what's so friggin' great about The Flaming Lips!

Everything.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:30:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2013 00:30

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Pearl Jam Twenty

Along with the history of the early days of the band you get some good background on grunge and the scene in Seattle in those days. Particularly the whole connection between Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, and Pearl Jam.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Robert Anton Wilson — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:55:46 GMT

Author: Robert Anton Wilson

Posted: 03/24/2013 20:55

This is Spinal Tap

It Might Get Loud

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:02:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/24/2013 17:02

And I forgot these three amazing movies:

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Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Mercury — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:45:45 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/24/2013 16:45

I need to buckle down and figure ou what's so friggin' great about The Flaming Lips! I shall watch this DVD that Jhereko and Mr. Nezzlethis seem to think so highly of.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:44:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/24/2013 16:44

lethalnezzle wrote:

The Devil and Daniel Johnston]

This, also Dig! (The Brian-Jonestown Massacre & The Dandy Warhols).

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:43:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/24/2013 16:43

Some recent ones:

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Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

ButterThumbz — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:24:32 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 03/24/2013 16:24

Oil City Confidential & Dig! are surely both worth a mention.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Jasonconfused — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:48:12 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 03/24/2013 15:48

Some great ones have already been mentioned. Also, this:

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It's about the lead singer of the band Pentagram.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Mercury — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:32:24 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/24/2013 15:32

I've never seen any pitchfork documentaries. But in interested to check em out.

Had anyone else here seen the Martin Scorsese film on Bob Dylan "No Direction Home"? I thought it was great personally.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:19:47 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/24/2013 15:19

The Def Leppard's Hysteria episode of Classic Albums.

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Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Romanelli — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:55:40 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/24/2013 14:55

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Festival Express was a drunken, drug soaked train ride across Canada in 1970. It was a tour with several stops for concerts along the way, and was seen as an absolute disaster...so bad that the footage was placed by the wayside and lost for years. It was finally found, put together, and turned out to be an amazing document.

The passengers on the train included:

The Grateful Dead
The Band
Buddy Guy
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Janis Joplin (3 months before she died)

And several more.

Worth checking out!

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GeevyDallas — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:53:22 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 03/24/2013 14:53

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Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:01:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/24/2013 14:01

Jhereko wrote:

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These.

Also:

Beats, Rhymes & Life
1959: The Year That Changed Jazz
Don't Look Back / No Direction Home
The Hip-Hop Years
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Rock The Bells
The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Heartworn Highways
End of the Century
Straight, No Chaser
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Cymro2011 — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:25:10 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 03/24/2013 10:25

dividesbyzero wrote:

It has to be It Might Get Loud. Having Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge all in a room together... just the concept is amazing

This. Fantastic Documentary.

Re: Greatest/favorite musician/band documentary?

Norman Bates — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:57:17 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/24/2013 09:57

This Is Spinal Tap.