My favs so far are,
The Fearless Freaks - Flaming Lips
Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Some Kind of Monster - Metallica
What am I missing?
The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir
20 Ft. From Stardom
Searching for Sugarman
I always love a good music doc. Here are some of my faves:
Searching for Sugar Man
Cure for Pain- The Mark Sandman Story (lead singer/songwriter of Morphine)
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways
Anvil- The Story of Anvil
Big Star- Nothing Can Hurt Me
Runnin' Down a Dream- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart- A Film About Wilco
The Future is Unwritten- Joe Strummer
Gimme Shelter
Pearl Jam Twenty
R.E.M. By MTV
We're the Weakerthans- We're From Winnipeg
The Secret to a Happy Ending- A Film About the Drive-By Truckers
Sound City
U2- From the Sky Down
It Might Get Loud
We Are Twisted Fucking Sister
We Jam Econo- The Story of the Minutemen
The Clash- Westway to the World
No Direction Home- Bob Dylan (one of the best music docs ever, directed by Martin Scorsese)
Sunset Strip
When You're Strange- A Film About the Doors
direwolf74 Wrote:I always love a good music doc. Here are some of my faves:
Searching for Sugar Man
Cure for Pain- The Mark Sandman Story (lead singer/songwriter of Morphine)
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways
Anvil- The Story of Anvil
Big Star- Nothing Can Hurt Me
Runnin' Down a Dream- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart- A Film About Wilco
The Future is Unwritten- Joe Strummer
Gimme Shelter
Pearl Jam Twenty
R.E.M. By MTV
We're the Weakerthans- We're From Winnipeg
The Secret to a Happy Ending- A Film About the Drive-By Truckers
Sound City
U2- From the Sky Down
It Might Get Loud
We Are Twisted Fucking Sister
We Jam Econo- The Story of the Minutemen
The Clash- Westway to the World
No Direction Home- Bob Dylan (one of the best music docs ever, directed by Martin Scorsese)
Sunset Strip
When You're Strange- A Film About the Doors
That's a great list. I've seen almost all of those but there are a handful there I'll have to check out. For me a great rockumentary can stand on it's own, even if you aren't a fan of the band. Anvil is a great example. I'm no fan, and I would have a hard time naming more than three Anvil songs, but I thoroughly enjoyed that documentary. Searching for Sugar Man is one of the best I've ever seen.
Others that I would add to the list are:
1. Dig! (about the rivalry between the Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre)
2. Muscle Shoals (about the famed Northern Alabama recording studio)
3. Beware Mr. Baker (story of Ginger Baker which, at times, paints a very unflattering portrait of the drummer for Cream)
4. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (if you are over 35 and 80's metal once graced the tape deck of your ghetto blaster, you will enjoy this one)
5. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
6. Meeting People is Easy (a sometimes uncomfortable look at Radiohead in the OK Computer era).
A couple that I haven't seen yet but am looking forward to are Spirit Unforgettable (story of Spirit of the West's last tour) which played on HBO Canada this summer and Supersonic (the story of the rise of Oasis) which comes out in a few weeks. And finally one disappointment, Mistaken for Strangers. I was really looking forward to this one because I'm a big fan of the National and the documentary is critically acclaimed but I found it focused too much on the personal issues and self-loathing of the brother of the band's lead singer. A let down for me.
Also gotta say...
Heksenketel!
Bobcaygeon!
That Night In Toronto!
potsie Wrote:That's a great list. I've seen almost all of those but there are a handful there I'll have to check out. For me a great rockumentary can stand on it's own, even if you aren't a fan of the band. Anvil is a great example. I'm no fan, and I would have a hard time naming more than three Anvil songs, but I thoroughly enjoyed that documentary. Searching for Sugar Man is one of the best I've ever seen.
Others that I would add to the list are:
1. Dig! (about the rivalry between the Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre)
2. Muscle Shoals (about the famed Northern Alabama recording studio)
3. Beware Mr. Baker (story of Ginger Baker which, at times, paints a very unflattering portrait of the drummer for Cream)
4. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (if you are over 35 and 80's metal once graced the tape deck of your ghetto blaster, you will enjoy this one)
5. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
6. Meeting People is Easy (a sometimes uncomfortable look at Radiohead in the OK Computer era).
A couple that I haven't seen yet but am looking forward to are Spirit Unforgettable (story of Spirit of the West's last tour) which played on HBO Canada this summer and Supersonic (the story of the rise of Oasis) which comes out in a few weeks. And finally one disappointment, Mistaken for Strangers. I was really looking forward to this one because I'm a big fan of the National and the documentary is critically acclaimed but I found it focused too much on the personal issues and self-loathing of the brother of the band's lead singer. A let down for me.
I've been meaning to watch Muscle Shoals since I first saw the trailer. Thanks for the reminder!
Speaking of metal, I forgot to add one of my favorites: "Metal- A Headbanger's journey". I'm not even a big metal guy, but it's a fascinating film. I also just watched a documentary about the punk band Killing Joke called The Death & Resurrection Show which was very interesting.
Spirit Unforgettable is screening at the Vancouver Film Festival next week, and I'm planning on checking it out. I'm really looking forward to that one.
Re potsie's post. How could I forget Meeting People is Easy? The most depressing music doc I've ever seen. Being famous and touring is not something to aspire to according to RH in the 90s. Anyone know if there's a doc on Alanis Morisettes's Jagged Little Pull tour? I think it would be much the same. From what ive heard she had a bit of a breakdown after the gruesome schedule of touring.
And how in the fuck did I miss that u2 doc? I bloody well own every peice of media they've ever released! Maybe I saw it and have forgotten.
hock: Hmmmmm yeah I must have seen it. Clearly needs a rewatch.
Another informative one is the Paul Simon Graceland one. It's one of a series of docs done that focus on specific albums. There a few production tricks and lyric analysis' that really provide some neat bits of background to have in your mind while listening to the album.
sonichka11 Wrote:And how in the f**k did I miss that u2 doc? I bloody well own every peice of media they've ever released! Maybe I saw it and have forgotten. hock: Hmmmmm yeah I must have seen it. Clearly needs a rewatch.
If you're a hardcore U2 fan, I'm sure you've probably seen it. It's all about the making of Achtung Baby and how it almost destroyed the band. Excellent film.
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Im as hardcore as they come, with a bad memory. Does Edge do a stunning acoustic version of Love Is Blindness? I might be getting clips from this and It Might Get Loud mixed up.
sonichka11 Wrote:Im as hardcore as they come, with a bad memory. Does Edge do a stunning acoustic version of Love Is Blindness?
Yup, that's the same film.
Way too many posts without a mention of The Last Waltz, Stop Making Sense or Festival Express.
The Last Waltz is overrated. Any Canadian worth their salt ( is that even a saying) will prefer The Last Polka!! <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://youtu.be/5TfhlJqWv7w">https://youtu.be/5TfhlJqWv7w</a><!-- m --> The best Mockumentary ever.
Swan Wrote:Way too many posts without a mention of The Last Waltz, Stop Making Sense or Festival Express.
Good call on The Last Waltz. I own that movie too, so I can't believe I forgot to include it in my list. Festival Express is pretty good as well. I've never seen Stop Making Sense. I'll have to check it out one of these days.
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Think all my favs have been covered except for...
Life After Death From Above 1979
Anyone else seen it?