Good music documentaries
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I watched Laurel Canyon recently - documents the mid-60's LA music scene that arose in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood (Mama's & Papa's, Byrds, Doors etc + some Stones).
Musically it wasn't my interest (The Doors aside), but as a documentary it was good & had some decent period footage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Canyon_(TV_se...
Edited to add: Dave Grohl's What Drives Us is also good - not really a documentary, but musicians vehicular touring experiences from an assortment of performers; bonus Ian Mackaye content as well.
Musically it wasn't my interest (The Doors aside), but as a documentary it was good & had some decent period footage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Canyon_(TV_se...
Edited to add: Dave Grohl's What Drives Us is also good - not really a documentary, but musicians vehicular touring experiences from an assortment of performers; bonus Ian Mackaye content as well.
Edited by TCEvo on Friday 19th January 15:31
I really enjoyed the Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson series on Apple TV+
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/watch-the-sound-with-...
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/watch-the-sound-with-...
SoundCity - a film made by Dave Grohl about the studio where many of the early 90s classic alternative rock albums were made
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_City_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_City_(film)
Here's a few with some IMBd linkies so you can see if they might be of interest...
It Might get Loud. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229360/
Woodstock. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/
Fight the Power. How Hip Hop changed the World. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21872984/?ref_=nv_sr_...
Marley. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183919/
Hype! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116589/
It Might get Loud. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229360/
Woodstock. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/
Fight the Power. How Hip Hop changed the World. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21872984/?ref_=nv_sr_...
Marley. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183919/
Hype! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116589/
I see the Hendrix documentary music,money,madness is still on iplayer and is very good.
“It might get loud”-a documentary on the electric guitar I enjoyed many moons ago.The edge,Page and Jack White are in it.
Supermench,the legend of Shep Gordon is a good watch.
If you can find Harvest time by Neil Young it’s a brilliant snapshot of an age fifty plus years gone and when he was churning the music out.
Stones in exile,documentary on the making of exile on Main Street is a cracker.
IMDb may be worth looking a film up to see what the recommendations are for similar films,it saves me boring you all..
“It might get loud”-a documentary on the electric guitar I enjoyed many moons ago.The edge,Page and Jack White are in it.
Supermench,the legend of Shep Gordon is a good watch.
If you can find Harvest time by Neil Young it’s a brilliant snapshot of an age fifty plus years gone and when he was churning the music out.
Stones in exile,documentary on the making of exile on Main Street is a cracker.
IMDb may be worth looking a film up to see what the recommendations are for similar films,it saves me boring you all..
jesusbuiltmycar said:
SoundCity - a film made by Dave Grohl about the studio where many of the early 90s classic alternative rock albums were made
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_City_(film)
Hadn't come across that one - thanks for mentioning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_City_(film)
A lot of good stuff to be found in Iplayer Music category
Admittedly not strictly music, but the Noel Coward documentary highlighted a long list of achievements.
Never knew that he was raised in poverty, left school at 10 and adopted the clipped accent to overcome a pronounced stutter.
Admittedly not strictly music, but the Noel Coward documentary highlighted a long list of achievements.
Never knew that he was raised in poverty, left school at 10 and adopted the clipped accent to overcome a pronounced stutter.
Maybe not what you were wanting but the documentary on Leonard Bernstein putting together West Side Story that the BBC re-screened in December was riveting. What a flawed but fascinating character he was.
It's not on the BBC at the minute but it is on YT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q5Chr9Ci1c
It's not on the BBC at the minute but it is on YT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q5Chr9Ci1c
This barely qualifies as a documentary (it's 7 shortish videos on YouTube) but I very much enjoyed this series of the making of Nothing but Thieves latest album, Dead Club City.
Part 1 https://youtu.be/DfFDldmq5_Q?si=C2iEhfHqGPzM46fs
Part 1 https://youtu.be/DfFDldmq5_Q?si=C2iEhfHqGPzM46fs
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