I have just watched Hitsville - The Story Of Motown. Of course, I absolutely loved it! I had a smile on my face from beginning to end, with the odd tear rolling down my cheek. Oh to be 14 again and dancing round my friend's bedroom to Reach Out. 😍
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Still on my Marley binge, I remembered that I have the Deluxe Edition of Legend which includes a second CD of (somewhat dubious) remixes and a DVD which includes an old Marley documentary as well as some live footage. Not the best quality, but I first saw the doccie on pirate VHS so I reckon I'll give the DVD a bash this weekend. 😊
Watched The Band documentary this evening (£4.49, but we have Amazon Prime free for a month). I really enjoyed it, loved all that early footage around Woodstock and Big Pink. Think I might read Levon Helm's book for balance.
Its still worth watching, I reckon.
I knew the Band documentary was on its way, but didn't know it had landed. Worth tracking down?
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I can thoughrly recomend Clivd Davis the soundtrack of our lives on netflex
https://www.netflix.com/title/80190588?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp
Love well made music documentaries. Recently watched the movie Marley again, as well as the Robertson produced movie about The Band, Once Were Brothers. I also used to love the series Classic Albums... Some of those were like crack to me...
I saw the Tom Petty doco Running Down A Dream while it was on Netflix, I thought it was tremendous.
I'd love to see a similar expansive doco on Bruce, including band member interviews, especially if the band members were told that nothing is off limits
Dave Grohl's Sound City is a good one. I do love rock history.
Growing up a rock fan in the 70s/80s in New England, it was hard to avoid Rush. And while they had a handful of songs I really liked, I'd say I was more "not a fan" than even neutral; I'm not entirely sure why, but despite loving Led Zeppelin and Yes and even Genesis, I kinda looked down upon Rush. (I think it may have been the Ayn Rand thing, as well as just how insanely passionate their fanbase is--along with the Dead and maybe Phish or DMB, the only fanbase that can put Springsteen's to shame, and I found that a bit offputting.)
But I'd heard this was great even if you weren't a fan and having now seen it three times I couldn't agree more:
Not only was it absolutely engrossing but, yeah, I guess I'd consider myself a fan now--in large part because I'm now such a fan of Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and that translates into liking their music a lot more than I had.
This is another very good one:
Excellent Documentary...I stop and watch it again whenever I come across it cable.