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Post by jhar26 on Jul 6, 2006 12:39:58 GMT -5
I've probably forgotten some important ones, but they are sufficient to have an interesting poll and discussion.
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Post by erik on Jul 6, 2006 13:23:32 GMT -5
I voted for WOODSTOCK because of its epic quality, the innovative camerawork, editing, and multi-split-screen work here, and, last but not least, the festival and the music.
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 6, 2006 14:02:42 GMT -5
I had to go with Monterey Pop.. set the standard for Woodstock and so many others... the performances were UNFORGETTABLE.. Jimi's Wild Thing, Janis with Ball and Chain. Otis Redding, so many others..
Robert
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Post by arjan on Jul 6, 2006 14:09:40 GMT -5
Easy question, "Stop Making Sense" has got it all. Of course it helps if you like the Talking Heads a bit  but when thinking of a perfect concert, this one has it all. It starts with David, alone with a guitar and a casette recorder on an empty stage singing "Psycho Killer", from the 2nd song on there is more stage and more musicians every song, until it climaxes in "Life during Wartime" and "Making Flippy Floppy". Absoultely a must have for every one, really... |
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Post by bluesron on Jul 6, 2006 15:18:45 GMT -5
in order...
1. Hail Hail Rock and Roll
2. The Last Waltz
3. the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert
4. Monterrey Pop
5. American Hot Wax, crappy movie but you get Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Screamin Jay Hawkins and some other pretty good songs
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Post by jhar26 on Jul 6, 2006 16:15:50 GMT -5
I like most of these (or alot of them anyway), but I voted for Gimme Shelter. It's a great concert movie, but it's more than that. It's almost a thriller, showing the ugly side of the counter culture many were in love with.
I also agree with Arjan about Stop Making Sense, an essential concert movie that everyone should see at least once, although you'd probably would want to see it again as soon as possible.
Sign Of The Times with Prince at the peak of his powers is also amazing. The spins of this little guy are so fast that they would make Michael Jackson dizzy, his splits so effortless that they would send the young James Brown to the gym in an attempt to catch up.
Gaston
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Post by arjan on Jul 6, 2006 16:23:59 GMT -5
Yeah, Sign of the Times would be my #2...
or maybe #3 if you also would count "1991: The Year Punk Broke" a concert movie... it's a 'on and behind the scenes' of the 1991 Sonic Youth tour. Nirvana was opening for them at the time. It's got a lot of music by Sonic Youth and Nirvana, but also Babes in Toyland, Dinosaur jr and even a few seconds of Ramones. That, plus a lot of nonsense going on between the concerts, Thurston in an interview, Kim doing Kurt's make-up, fooling around in the dressing room, an ode to festival food, things like that...
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Post by walt on Jul 6, 2006 17:26:49 GMT -5
gimmie shelter for sure.
only because you didn't list a hard days night.
or the big tnt show.
or the tami show.
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Post by jhar26 on Jul 6, 2006 18:47:21 GMT -5
gimmie shelter for sure. only because you didn't list a hard days night. or the big tnt show. or the tami show. Well, A Hard Days Night is not really a concert movie, it's more a musical comedy, and a great one at that. And the TNT and Tami shows were fantastic, but they aren't movies. No way you could go and see those in the cinema. Gaston |
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Post by walt on Jul 6, 2006 19:11:53 GMT -5
well i saw both in theaters in pittsbugh when i was in college
and i own both now on dvd.
they sure seem like concert movies to me
rave on lesley!
"...you didn't look 'round
but i knew it was you...."
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Post by jhar26 on Jul 6, 2006 19:26:06 GMT -5
well i saw both in theaters in pittsbugh when i was in college and i own both now on dvd. they sure seem like concert movies to me rave on lesley! "...you didn't look 'round but i knew it was you...." I have them on video also. If they indeed qualify as movies they are among the very best, I agree. Gaston |
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Post by Kathy ~ on Jul 6, 2006 20:36:34 GMT -5
gimmie shelter for sure. only because you didn't list a hard days night. or the big tnt show. or the tami show. 
OF COURSE, I AM A U2 FAN & OWN THIS PARTICULAR CONCERT.. WHAT CAN I SAY, THE BOYS SING TO ME. HOWEVER, I NOTICED THE U2 CONCERT FROM CHICAGO 2005 IS NOW ON CD .. WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMPARISON.. ME THINKS I NEED A TREAT..
GOOD CHOICES GANG. I MAY HAVE THROWN A PTICH FOR "THE WALL".. STILL VERY PARANOID  AND OF COURSE, I WOULD CAST A VOTE FOR "LIVE 8"... |
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 6, 2006 20:36:56 GMT -5
This is actually a tough one for me. I too voted for Gimme Shelter for the 'drama' of the whole situation. But I also really like "Monterey Pop," if it's a little clumsily filmed (part of the charm though) & I like a lot too "The Last Waltz"-- on a different day I could vote for that just for the music. Like too esp. for it's unflinching portrait of Chuck Berry (& most of the music), "Hail Hail Rock and Roll." "Stop Making Sense" is also well done-- but I'm not such a TH fan. "Woodstock" has always bored me for some reason. Several of the others I haven't seen.Ed
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Post by walt on Jul 6, 2006 21:07:22 GMT -5
woodstock is boring for me too
because my favorite people that were there weren't in the movie
no airplane, no janis, no band. (no melanie even!)
ok i could have done without melanie....but still....
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Post by joemackfr on Jul 23, 2006 12:49:09 GMT -5
I voted for WOODSTOCK because of its epic quality, the innovative camera work, editing, and multi-split-screen work here, and, last but not least, the festival and the music. Yes, well said..! I chose that one... or may be I'm just becoming a sad old man, living on lost memories... snif, snif...  Nan, I'm just kiddin' ;D |
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Post by Andrew on Aug 4, 2006 12:14:20 GMT -5
As it was the only one I've seen on this list, I voted for Woodstock, but I'm not regretting it. What a film, especially the newest release with all those extra songs added to it, and a sense of history and culture. It's in my collection here at home.
A few I'd love to see added:
Decline of Western Civilization, Volume I (out of print for what cannot be a legitimate reason, documentary, tons of concert footage of early American punk bands)
That Newport Jazz Festival concert that featured EVERYBODY, including Anita O'Day, Thelonius Monk...I really enjoyed that film.
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Post by Andrew on Aug 4, 2006 12:16:06 GMT -5
Oh, I'd add that Song Remains the Same was painful to watch, but I did see that as well. I have also seen Stop Making Sense and Rattle and Hum...good videos, not sure why I forgot to mention them, but Woodstock is more my style of entertainment in terms of how they put the film together. U2 and Talking Heads and Led Zeppelin are certainly deserving of their success and praise.
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but when thinking of a perfect concert, this one has it all.
AND OF COURSE, I WOULD CAST A VOTE FOR "LIVE 8"...
