The Last Waltz

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edited November 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Only saw this for the first time a couple of weeks ago in Norway and just can't believe how absolutely feckin amazing it is. Need to buy it now!

Never knew how important The Band were :o yep it's shameful considering The Weight is one of my favourite songs ever... but I never knew any of their other stuff.
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
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  • Deep South Philly Posts: 17,507
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Only saw this for the first time a couple of weeks ago in Norway and just can't believe how absolutely feckin amazing it is. Need to buy it now!

    Never knew how important The Band were :o yep it's shameful considering The Weight is one of my favourite songs ever... but I never knew any of their other stuff.

    Yeah, The Band is a top-5 for me. I love when people finally see this - it's like making a pilgrimage. Everything they've written is awesome - it's a shame half of them are dead. Levon looks ooooold as shit now.
  • Posts: 25,109
    My dad took me to see it in NY when it opened in the 70's. I still remember the audience and the size of the theater. They were huge back then. A lot of funny smells an 11 year old should not know :D.

    My wife's favorite rock album. Play it all the time.
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  • Posts: 19,646
    its a fucking awesome DVD... and its only about £5.

    is this you hinting for your Secret Santa hells ;):p
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Deep South Philly Posts: 17,507
    Levon still does this cool thing up in the sticks of New York I think called "Levon's Midnight Ramble." Actually I think it's in Woodstock. It's at his actual house and it's either in his studio or outside and it's pretty much a show for any and everyone. Big names sometimes pop up like I know Tom Petty and Elvis Costello have played it before. It's a pretty cool concept. I know he used to let people camp outside his place, but I don't know if he has recently.
  • Posts: 7,170
    It's fucking brilliant. You need to hear Music from Big Pink and their self-titled. Also, this is my favourite song, written by Richard Manuel (RIP) and Dylan. If I recall correctly, they didn't play it on The Last Waltz.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdU9Wyj5O0I&feature=related

    I prefer the version with Dylan on vocals from the Dylan and the Band Basement tapes album.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4C_p6cWeIs&feature=related
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Posts: 7,839
    dunkman wrote:
    its a fucking awesome DVD... and its only about £5.

    is this you hinting for your Secret Santa hells ;):p

    I watched it at the same time as Hells :) ... ordered it from Play last week and it's in their 2 dvds for £10 so I grabbed a Bill Hicks one at the same time :D ... now I just have to wait for them to arrive :o
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • Posts: 7,170
    Chime wrote:
    I watched it at the same time as Hells :) ... ordered it from Play last week and it's in their 2 dvds for £10 so I grabbed a Bill Hicks one at the same time :D ... now I just have to wait for them to arrive :o
    Bill and the Band together? :eek: That'll be a fun night of viewing :D

    Hicks is my hero.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Posts: 7,839
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Bill and the Band together? :eek: That'll be a fun night of viewing :D

    Hicks is my hero.

    I think I may have invented the perfect night in. I was in need of a quiet weekend so maybe I should go shopping for supplies and just veg in front of the TV.

    *hopes the dvds arrive before the weekend*
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • Posts: 7,170
    Chime wrote:
    I think I may have invented the perfect night in. I was in need of a quiet weekend so maybe I should go shopping for supplies and just veg in front of the TV.

    *hopes the dvds arrive before the weekend*
    They should do. Play is usually pretty quick, although two items arrived for me today from an order I placed last week, even though another item in the order arrived the next day :confused:

    Anyway, it does sound like the perfect night in :) I dunno about a quiet weekend though, not watching Bill :o
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Posts: 18,095
    dunkman wrote:
    its a fucking awesome DVD... and its only about £5.

    is this you hinting for your Secret Santa hells ;):p
    :D Nope! I'm hoping to have it before then... so whoever's my secret santa please don't take note of this. Can't go much longer without it :eek: :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Posts: 18,095
    Chime wrote:
    I watched it at the same time as Hells :) ... ordered it from Play last week and it's in their 2 dvds for £10 so I grabbed a Bill Hicks one at the same time :D ... now I just have to wait for them to arrive :o
    Thanks for pointing the way... I just ordered it for 5.99 off play. Didn't see anything else on the 2 for 10 that I wanted so left it at that :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Posts: 8,834
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Only saw this for the first time a couple of weeks ago in Norway and just can't believe how absolutely feckin amazing it is. Need to buy it now!

    Never knew how important The Band were :o yep it's shameful considering The Weight is one of my favourite songs ever... but I never knew any of their other stuff.


    More people should watch this movie/concert.


    It's one of the all-time best.

    Glad you discovered it. :D
  • Posts: 256
    Garth, Rick, Richard and Robbie were all born in Southwestern Ontario my stomping grounds....glad to see The Band still turning on new fans after all these years........
    Peace,
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    Too many shows but never enough!
    These guys are the fruit of the earth...
  • Posts: 1,431
    Great movie!!
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • Posts: 7,249
    Love this and have it on DVD.

    I always thought the story Scorsasee tells about how they had to image edit the large chunk of powder on Neil Young's nose was funny as he was backstage partying before he came out to play helpless.
    Charlotte 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2
  • Deep South Philly Posts: 17,507
    intodeep wrote:
    Love this and have it on DVD.

    I always thought the story Scorsasee tells about how they had to image edit the large chunk of powder on Neil Young's nose was funny as he was backstage partying before he came out to play helpless.

    Just remembered that - pretty ridiculous.
  • Posts: 7,170
    Not sure why they bothered. Scorcese himself was a major coke addict at the time so I doubt he was insistent on it :o
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Posts: 8,066
    Don't forget too get up real close to Neil when he is on stage and check out the blow up his nose.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Deep South Philly Posts: 17,507
    Nothin wrong with a little "Coke nose" now and again.
  • Posts: 1,122
    The Diamond song, the Van Morrison strut off stage, 'Evangeline', Scorcese's direction, the interviews, the last waltz itself for the credits... it's all genius and quite simply the best rock DVD of all time.

    They were the guys playing with Dylan when he went electric.
    Elton John wrote a song about Levon Holm.
    Robbie Robertson did the music for The Colour Of Money and other stuff.
    You mentioned their influence and I think that very few people realise how much this band meant. They were at the epicentre of 60 and 70's rock.
    we're all going to the same place...

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