A while ago I left a request via my status update on Facebook for friends to post their thoughts on the best music films they had ever seen.
What was a spur of the moment idea on my part ended up bearing quite a diverse and interesting selection of fruits. If I'd have made up the list on my own, a number of films wouldn't be here, and the list would be nowhere near as diverse (read: I think U2 suck balls, but Rattle and Hum gets a look in).
Clicking on the titles will take you to each films IMDB listing. I would've posted the torrents up, but such activity is of course illegal. Besides, some of you wouldn't even know where to ye-arrrr matey start...
What was a spur of the moment idea on my part ended up bearing quite a diverse and interesting selection of fruits. If I'd have made up the list on my own, a number of films wouldn't be here, and the list would be nowhere near as diverse (read: I think U2 suck balls, but Rattle and Hum gets a look in).
Clicking on the titles will take you to each films IMDB listing. I would've posted the torrents up, but such activity is of course illegal. Besides, some of you wouldn't even know where to ye-arrrr matey start...
Locked down in the pocket Funk music, Wattstax style...
YOUNG AT HEART
DIG
CONTROL
JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN
VELVET GOLDMINE
THE FILTH AND THE FURY
THE CLASH: WESTWAY TO THE WORLD
RATTLE AND HUM
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
END OF THE CENTURY
PUNK ATTITUDE
STANDIN IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
NEW YORK DOLL
WHAT UP FATLIP?
WATTSTAX
SOME KIND OF MONSTER
BLOCK PARTY
HIGH FIDELITY
BIRD
SCRATCH
BIGGIE AND TUPAC
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON
GIMME SHELTER
RAY
RHCP: FUNKY MONKS
QUADROPHENIA
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
ALMOST FAMOUS
YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME
I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
RESPECT YOURSELF: THE STAX RECORDS STORY
GLOBAL METAL
METAL: A HEADBANGERS JOURNEY
'Pump up the Volume: The History of House Music' TV Series
'Dancing In the Streets' TV Series
BTW (that's the closest I get to SMS abbreviations, LOL) somehow 'music films' seemed to get lost in translation, and aside from High Fidelity we ended up with a list of 'music documentaries'. Semantics really, but I thought I'd point that out in case you feel like a huge hole was left by not including The Sound of Music or Fame or whatever. On that note feel free to add to the list via the comments thingamee.
YOUNG AT HEART
DIG
CONTROL
JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN
VELVET GOLDMINE
THE FILTH AND THE FURY
THE CLASH: WESTWAY TO THE WORLD
RATTLE AND HUM
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
END OF THE CENTURY
PUNK ATTITUDE
STANDIN IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
NEW YORK DOLL
WHAT UP FATLIP?
WATTSTAX
SOME KIND OF MONSTER
BLOCK PARTY
HIGH FIDELITY
BIRD
SCRATCH
BIGGIE AND TUPAC
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON
GIMME SHELTER
RAY
RHCP: FUNKY MONKS
QUADROPHENIA
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
ALMOST FAMOUS
YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME
I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
RESPECT YOURSELF: THE STAX RECORDS STORY
GLOBAL METAL
METAL: A HEADBANGERS JOURNEY
Special mention for being quality gear, but not quite being 'documentary films':
'Pump up the Volume: The History of House Music' TV Series
'Dancing In the Streets' TV Series
2 comments:
Maestro, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368851/, good looks at the Loft, Paradise Garage et al,
New York nightlife in the 70's & 80's on to the Warehouse & Music Box in Chicago.
Same subject matter as the first part of that "Pump up the volume" series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZqFEARxASk
I watched the U.K club culture in the 80's clip above the other night, really good.
Dan
also a few recent veiws:
Anvil, the story of anvil:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157605/
Soul Power:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277736/
It might get loud
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229360/
and looking forward to this,
http://www.stillbillthemovie.com/
Dan.
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