"Hype!" is a documentary about the grunge explosion in early 90's Seattle. It's very interesting to see what the music scene was like there in the 80's before it took off.
Back And Forth the new Foo Fighters documentary is really well done.
And Single Video Theory is a great one that followed Pearl Jam while they recorded Yield. Also talks about how dysfunctional they had become for Vitalogy and how they were going through a sort of rebirth at the time.
First, the obvious: This is Spinal Tap. We've all seen it, right? If not, respond to this post so I can shoot you.
Then, The Rutles, a great documentary on the best band of the sixties.
On a serious note, I saw an amazing documentary on hip-hop sampling last night called Copyright Criminals. It's really messed up how people can do a note-for-note cover of a song without any trouble, but getting criminally evicted when you take 3 seconds of it to create something brand new!
The Classic Albums documentary for Plastic Ono Band also is incredible. I almost cried at the end. Most of the other ones suck, though.
With Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Buddy Guy, Delaney And Bonnie.
Filmed in 1970 on a train tour across Canada, Festival Express was a disaster. They lost a ton of money, as the shows made no money as fans demanded free shows. The film project was shelved, and the footage was lost until 1999. It was salvaged and released in 2003. There are some great liver performances, but the best are the party scenes from the train. One of the best scenes is Rick Danko and Janis Joplin singing "Ain't No More Cain" in a drunken stupor.
The tour was supposed to have had 5 stops. Montreal and Vancouver were cancelled, and the second stop, in Winnipeg, drew only 4600 people because of a warning from the Prime Minister about potential violence.
Janis Joplin died 3 months after the final show. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
Of her mystery
And crashing through the walls
Of dying history
With Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Buddy Guy, Delaney And Bonnie.
Filmed in 1970 on a train tour across Canada, Festival Express was a disaster. They lost a ton of money, as the shows made no money as fans demanded free shows. The film project was shelved, and the footage was lost until 1999. It was salvaged and released in 2003. There are some great liver performances, but the best are the party scenes from the train. One of the best scenes is Rick Danko and Janis Joplin singing "Ain't No More Cain" in a drunken stupor.
The tour was supposed to have had 5 stops. Montreal and Vancouver were cancelled, and the second stop, in Winnipeg, drew only 4600 people because of a warning from the Prime Minister about potential violence.
Janis Joplin died 3 months after the final show.
I know many Calgarians of the appropriate generation who saw this show when it pulled into Calgary. Apparently it was the highlight of the tour - huge crowd, great vibe, lots of drugs, no problems. There are recordings of Janis' performance - apparently she was on form that show.
It's weird - Calgary in 1970 wasn't exactly a music or culture hub... The kids at this show were probably starving for something like this, and it likely blew their minds.
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