Just sifted through this thread, and...it needs some Les Blank! The guy was a wizard of the music/ethnographic/art/food documentary. Check out that Criterion boxset, if that's your speed.
Re: Music Documentary Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:46 am
by rsmurphy
Music in Afghanistan
Re: Music Documentary Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 2:22 pm
by Curry Pervert
This is just the trailer, but it's a more interesting story than you might think.
Re: Music Documentary Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 4:36 pm
by Curry Pervert
tonyballzee wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:40 am
A great documentary on the late Don Joyce, host of the weekly Over The Edge radio show for 30+ years and member of Negativland.
Speaking as a non-US citizen that had never heard of the Over The Edge radio show, that was great.
tonyballzee wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:40 am
A great documentary on the late Don Joyce, host of the weekly Over The Edge radio show for 30+ years and member of Negativland.
Speaking as a non-US citizen that had never heard of the Over The Edge radio show, that was great.
That's OK, 99% of Americans have never heard of it either.
Curry Pervert wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 4:36 pm
Speaking as a non-US citizen that had never heard of the Over The Edge radio show, that was great.
That's OK, 99% of Americans have never heard of it either.
Yeah I guess it's what you might call 'niche'.
Yep, pretty much only anyone affiliated with college radio, or people that listened to a college radio station nearly exclusively as their only radio option. I always enjoyed it, when I caught it on.
Re: Music Documentary Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:22 pm
by Adam_I_III
tonyballzee wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:29 pm
I know Rush isn't real popular around here but the 2010 documentary Beyond The Lighted Stage is one of the best I've seen. It probably won't convert anyone but if you're already a fan you'll come away from it loving them more.
The first thing that becomes obvious is that Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart are hosers. Smart fellows but still goobers (Neil Peart of course is The Zen Hoser). It's a relief to find that the members of Rush are regular goofball Canucks with the ability to laugh at themselves and their position in popular culture.
The documentary itself is assembled and directed and edited extremely well. If you have any stomach (or intestinal fortitude) for Rush's music at all, this film should be highly entertaining and enlightening. Even professional douchebags Gene Simmons and Billy Corgan make insightful points.
This is great! Makes it very, very hard to hate Rush, which I thought I did. Really interesting, genuine band dynamic.
Thanks so much for posting!
Re: Music Documentary Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:39 am
by Wood Goblin
The ZZ Top documentary streaming on Netflix is really, really good. Everyone I know who has seen it has only one complaint: it’s not long enough.
Re: Music Documentary Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:10 am
by MoreSpaceEcho
That ZZ Top doc was like ".....so then we made Eliminator! After that...." *presses fast forward, skips next 35 years* "thanks for watching bye!"