Good music documentaries

[Speed 3]

Grrbang said:

Scala is one of my favourite recent documentaries - it's about a seedy 24 hour cinema in Kings Cross, which became a huge melting pot for subcultures and misfits. The film had loads of musicians and creative types reminiscing about the fun, debauchery, and weird characters.

Not watched the doc but that brings back memories of starting Uni in London in 1986 and hanging out with a bunch of American exchange students who decided watching a Grateful Dead rockumentary in the early hours there would be fun. It was anything but.......

[AnhBanhBao]

Kurt & Courtney is still something I can dip back into every now and then. Nick Broomfield does ‘Louis Theroux’ his way through it all, probably pre-Theroux, but he chats to some fascinating people, whatever your thoughts on what happened.

[daphantom]

I watched The greatest night in pop on netflix a few weeks ago. Some great footage and interviews. All about the USA for Africa song in the 80s. A lot more to it, logistically, than youd imagine.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

AnhBanhBao said:

Kurt & Courtney is still something I can dip back into every now and then. Nick Broomfield does ‘Louis Theroux’ his way through it all, probably pre-Theroux, but he chats to some fascinating people, whatever your thoughts on what happened.

On a slightly different note if you are into grunge, I can recommend the audio book "Sing Backwards & Weep" narrated & written by the late Mark Lanegan. It covers much of the early Seattle scene, Nirvana's early days, his friendship with Kurt and a lot of detail on Kurt's final day (he called Mark numerous times).

[richwain24]

Agree with Kurt and Courtney.

[InitialDave]

Professor Of Rock on YouTube may have some stuff that fits the bill.

[P5BNij]

I've just ordered this dvd from Amazon, looking forward to watching it...

[Yetski]

Lemmy is worth a watch

[daphantom]

Yetski said:

Lemmy is worth a watch

Brilliant! And the ZZ top one on netflix

[Hammersia]

President Merkin said:

Anvil, Dig, Searching for Sugarman, Summer of soul. My own top four & pretty diverse.

Searching for Sugarman was a cracker, though struggle to believe all of it.

[P5BNij]

Might as well post this in here as anywhere else - a tour of the Rickenbacker factory from twelve years ago, beautiful instruments and well made...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEuqgZzKxC4

[suthol]

daphantom said:

I watched The greatest night in pop on netflix a few weeks ago. Some great footage and interviews. All about the USA for Africa song in the 80s. A lot more to it, logistically, than youd imagine.

Absolutely brilliant, about the inspiration, writing and recording of the song "We Are The World"

[marcosgt]

I'm currently enjoying the Classic Albums series that seems on a continuous loop on Sky Arts.

I'm not watching every one, but I have made a point of watching some episodes that include acts I don't like (Queen, for example) and it's been quite illuminating.

M

[Scotter]

P5BNij said:

I've just ordered this dvd from Amazon, looking forward to watching it...

Watched this again this evening.
Great film and sad to see some of the faces are now inevitably gone.
I’d like to see the concert in full too that Jakob Dylan and others did,I’m not sure If it’s available.

[droopsnoot]

There's one on Sky Mix or Sky Arts tonight about Lynyrd Skynyrd that, if it's the one I've seen, is pretty good even though I'm not really interested in that band. If it's not this one, then there's another one that is worth watching.

[vetrof]

suthol said:

daphantom said:

I watched The greatest night in pop on netflix a few weeks ago. Some great footage and interviews. All about the USA for Africa song in the 80s. A lot more to it, logistically, than youd imagine.

Absolutely brilliant, about the inspiration, writing and recording of the song "We Are The World"

Always made me laugh that Band Aid had "Feed The World" and the American copy was "We Are The World". Were they hungry at the time?

[W124]

There’s a documentary about Ronnie Lane called ‘The Passing show’ - you can find bits of it on YouTube. It’s worth buying the DVD. It’s the best rock documentary of the lot. Gets a bit dusty in the room toward the end. It’s all too beautiful.

Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend often don’t come across that well, as talking heads. But they are like excited children, talking about Ronnie Lane. A hero to both of them.

Makes you realise what a genius the guy was.