Searching for Sugarman Once Were Brothers - The Band the Rush documentary gave me a greater appreciation for them
1996: Toronto 2003: St. Paul 2005: Thunder Bay 2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa 2009: Chicago I, Chicago II 2010: Boston 2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg 2012: Missoula 2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo 2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee 2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II 2022: Hamilton, Toronto 2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Blur - Starshaped Radiohead - Meeting People Is Easy Buena Vista Social Club Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Shout Out to the Summer of Soul. Questlove made it about a 196 Harlem Woodstock. Its badass. That new Velvet Underground doc is something to behold as well.
Chappelle did rock movie? I need to check that out. (I think he's funny as hell despite all the controversy).
Eh, you're right. Its more hip hop than rock. But its great. Try to find the Kanye performance. Its extraordinary. Shows his real talent before he became the clown that he is right now.
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Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Blur - Starshaped Radiohead - Meeting People Is Easy Buena Vista Social Club Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Shout Out to the Summer of Soul. Questlove made it about a 196 Harlem Woodstock. Its badass. That new Velvet Underground doc is something to behold as well.
Chappelle did rock movie? I need to check that out. (I think he's funny as hell despite all the controversy).
Eh, you're right. Its more hip hop than rock. But its great. Try to find the Kanye performance. Its extraordinary. Shows his real talent before he became the clown that he is right now.
Sound interesting, Tim.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I just watched Bob and the Monster. Awesome flick partially about music and drug and alcohol addiction. Very cool peak into the early-mid 80s LA alternative scene (RHCP, Jane’s Addiction, Circle Jerks, etc.). Bob Forrest was the lead singer of Thelonious Monster, also a part of that underground scene. Recency bias noted, but it would a minimum be an honourable mention if my list was compiled today.
Hard Core Logo. Hugh Dillon is the lead. Honestly, only acting job I thought he did that wasn't terrible (until 2017's Wind River). Probably because it was so close to his real life.
Quentin Tarantino loved it so much he brought the distribution rights to it years later.
The band Billy Talent takes their name from the guitarist character in the movie, Billy Tallent.
strangely, the Headstones followed the movie's plot nearly to a T. The movie is about this mid level Canadian band that broke up, but got back together to do a benefit show for a friend of theirs. The response was big enough, they decided to do one more tour.
fast forward a decade. the headstones break up. several years later, a friend of theirs was dying of cancer, so they get back together to do a benefit show. the response was so great they wrote a song after the show, released it for free, and have been back together ever since.
brianlux
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Another couple of runner ups for me are Clint Eastwood's "Bird" which though not a documentary gives a good picture of what Charlie Parker's musical career was all about, and the movie "Control", a film about the life and death of Joy Division's Ian Curtis. Both are quite excellent.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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Once Were Brothers - The Band
the Rush documentary gave me a greater appreciation for them
2003: St. Paul
2005: Thunder Bay
2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
2010: Boston
2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
2012: Missoula
2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
2022: Hamilton, Toronto
2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
even if I look and act really crazy.
Searching for Sugarman! I forgot about that one. Terrific story! Good call.
Two Trains Runnin'
Devil at the Crossroads
I think I prefer Immagine in Cornice as my favorite PJ documentary. At least I think that one is more of a doc then a straight-up concert film.
Echo in the Canyon is great. Loved it!
Sound interesting, Tim.
Bob Forrest was the lead singer of Thelonious Monster, also a part of that underground scene. Recency bias noted, but it would a minimum be an honourable mention if my list was compiled today.
Quentin Tarantino loved it so much he brought the distribution rights to it years later.
The band Billy Talent takes their name from the guitarist character in the movie, Billy Tallent.
strangely, the Headstones followed the movie's plot nearly to a T. The movie is about this mid level Canadian band that broke up, but got back together to do a benefit show for a friend of theirs. The response was big enough, they decided to do one more tour.
fast forward a decade. the headstones break up. several years later, a friend of theirs was dying of cancer, so they get back together to do a benefit show. the response was so great they wrote a song after the show, released it for free, and have been back together ever since.
www.headstonesband.com
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