Good Music Documentaries
 

I want some good music dvds to watch, any suggestions? Which ones did you enjoy the most?

Ive got:
Hendrix- band fo gypsys
Hendrix- live at monterey
Hype
that one on punk on ifc a summer or 2 ago....
SY- Kool Things/Silver Rockets:20 yrs
SY- 1991:TYPB
Dylan- No Direction Home
Minutemen- We Jam Econo


I recently ordered that daniel johnston one and am waiting for it to arrive, what did you all think of it?

to name but 4 awesome eye candies

dig! is great too. i hate the dandy warhols and the brianjonestownmassacre but together they make an entertaining watch!

oh and the metallica one, some kind of monster.... amazing if u dislike metallica with a vengence!!!

The Devil and Daniel Johnston is an obvious must-see.

TYPB and the other SY ones are interesting too.

Aww nice, is this the one that features the Paperrad cartoon with the animated tower?

Kill Yr Idols.

Fugazi-Instrument

the devil and daniel johnston, don't look back, and eat the document (though the picture is shitty it still has some golden moments).

I've never been a huge fan of The Who, but this is a cracking film:

 

teh year punk broke, liek duhh!

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anyways,

heart of gold-neil young
new york doll
hendrix- that film that they made, not the new one but the older one.

i have some that i dont remember right now

I just got the new Mission of Burma one, called "Not a Photograph". It documents their reunion and first shows together. I enjoyed it a lot.

Really? I thought this was pretty dissapointing. I was expecting much better.

Agreed, and excellent choice. Though the film itself was okay, the bonus materials and footage included were awesome.

Refused: Refused Are Fucking Dead
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Road to God Knows Where
Dig!
Dylan: No Direction Home
Dylan: Don't Look Back
Silverchair: Inside Diorama
John Lennon: Imagine
You Am I: The Cream and the Crock
The Hendrix ones mentioned plus a few others.
Couple of Doors one sI have are great too.

There's a couple of cool Jeff Buckley docos, I found this one that shall be great: http://www.amazinggracejeffbuckley.com/

This is Spinal Tap.
Hilarious!

I love the part where they're describing if you need that extra "1 volume" on the amp, that their album goes up to 11.

I want to see the Refused are fucking dead DVD! Dennis really disagrees with it because it takes the whole point out of "Forgetting Refused" away. I love Dennis though, I hugged him at a show one time. Not the biggest fan of T(I)NC, but I love the Lost Patrol and Refused.

Not strictly a music documentary but Saint Etienne's 'Finisterre' is one that i've really enjoyed.

Another State of Mind

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

He can't disagree with it too much considering he played a major role in it. Plus he got to get his side of things across where he never had the oppertunity to do with all the fabricated stories that accompany Refused' break-up.

It was made by Kristofer Steen (one of the Refused guitarist), and he did a fantastic job.

Edit: And How could I have forgotten Spinal Tap!

I saw this recently and I highly recommend it. Brilliant!


Searching for The Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005)
Directed by Andrew Douglas

Searching for The Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the the South of the USA. Director Andrew Douglas's film follows "Alt" Country singer through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truckstops, biker bars and coalmines. This journey takes you through a very real contemporary Southern America, a world of marginalised white people and their unique and homemade culture. Along the way are roadside encounters with present-day musical mavericks including The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; oldtime banjo player Lee sexton; ockabilly and mountain Gospel churches - and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track.

Official website

I've seen that and it's fucking excellent and well filmed.

The soundtrack CD is a must have.



1. Stories - Harry Crews
2. Still Waters - Jim White
3. My Sister's Tiny Hands - Handsome Family
4. Crossbone Styles - Cat Power
5. Last Kind Deal - David Johansen
6. The Wound That Never Heals - Jim White
7. Wayfaring Stranger - David Eugene Edwards *
8. Small Town - Mayor
9. Black Soul Choir - Sixteen Horsepower **
10. Little Maggie - Lee Sexton
11. First There Was - Johnny Dowd With Maggie Brown
12. Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley And Doc Watson
13. Amazing Grace - Melissa Swingle
14. Christmas Day - Jim White
15. Essential Truth - Jim White

REGARDING THE LIGHTNING BOLT ONE. YEAH THERE IS A PAPER RAD VID ON IT (damn caps lock) i think paper rad are releasing theior own as well as the barkleys barnyard critters one....

exactly!!!

Barkleys Barnyard critters

Paper Rad - Trash Talking

Tokolosh

thx for the link to Wrong-eyed jesus. I'm picking up this babie soon, looks beautifull!!!

scratch
style wars
the don letts sun ra documentary (i forget what it's called)

Nice! I definately have to check out Trash Talking. They're really shy guys if you ever get the chance to meet them, but have the best sense of humor. I have one of their 7'' albums

 

& those 'Classic Albums' VH1 Classic plays every once in a while are actually really good, especially the Electric Ladyland one.

It's amazing. You won't regret it.

Brother From Another Planet. I though that one was pretty good...

I really want to see the Ya Ho Wha documentary although I have a feeling, for some reason, that it won't be very interesting from a documentary filmmaking point but the subject matter should make up for that.

Here are some of my favorites for you to check out.

GIGANTIC - the story of They Might Be Giants. great fucking documentary!!!
SLOW CENTURY - Pavement. has a great docu about the history of the band
GHENGIS BLUES - a down and out blind bluesman hears Tuvan thrroat singing on the shortwave radio (his main hobby) and learns to imitate it and ends up traveling to Tuva with a PBS crew to meet the throat singers. Great and sad.
BLIND EYE SEES ALL - Butthole Surfers, concert footage from detroit back in the day intersperced with the funniest interviews, I LOVE the BUTTHOLE SURFERS!
WOODSTOCK - the movie. amazing performances by a wide variety of acts. it would ahve been an INSANE show to see.
HAIL HAIL ROCK N ROLL!- chuck berry docu, talks about his life and documents a concert that Keith richards set up with an all star band for chuck berry's birthday. great stuff
STRAIGHT NO CHASER - documetary about the great great, disturbed Thelonious Monk. very good movie, very good insight into a man who was very hard to get to know.

Do bootleg gigs footage count?Someone gave me a Black Flag tape a while ago that it is very good quality but i'm not that fond of them.I only really like a few Black Flag songs but this seems a fitting document.

I still need to see that.

in addition to those already mentioned, dig can be very entertaining. anton newcombe's meltdowns are hm oh you gotta see them and learn whan NOT to do if you ever form a band.

also, i enjoyed theremin.

ok, this movie does have kick ass live footage and it even has the occasional insightful comment but this movie is such a caricature of hardcore. this was not a movie made by someone who understood and appreciated the music, it was made by an outsider attempting to understand it which is a dumb ass idea.