https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsb1w-3iFa8
― Crackle Box, Monday, 10 March 2014 10:15 (ten years ago) link
I found a treasure trove of jazz docs - "1959 the year that changed jazz", was a good one. The one about Coltrane not so hot.
― inside out trousers (dog latin), Monday, 10 March 2014 10:23 (ten years ago) link
the Walk On By shows are my favourite BBC music docs ever. each one looks at popular songs from a specific era, there are 8 of them and they're all on YT starting with this one about the jazz era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV_igNnTk14
also search the mid 90s Dancing In The Street BBC docs which were pretty much mindblowing bitd.
― piscesx, Monday, 10 March 2014 12:26 (ten years ago) link
All You Need is Love - The Story of Popular Music
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Monday, 10 March 2014 12:35 (ten years ago) link
remember liking the Krautrock one a fair bit
The krautrock one was mostly good but ended very strangely. It was basically "and then David Bowie liked it and that's why it is important". ???!?!?
'Art of Sounds' looks interesting.
― emil.y, Monday, 10 March 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Wait is All You Need Is Love on line?
― In Walked Sho-Bud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 March 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
the wyatt one was part of the "Originals" strand which also had good docs on jake thackray & mose allison
― lames for AnCo (wins), Monday, 10 March 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
BBC's 'The Alchemists of Sound', a docu about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Monday, 10 March 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
'The New Sound of Music' from 1979, presented by Michael Rodd, mostly about electronic music, from music concreté, through the Radiophonic Workshop (there's a scene with him messing around with tape recorders and various bits, including the infamous lampshade), to more modern (for the time) synths.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Monday, 10 March 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Haven't watched this Beefheart doc yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBa8bS_vZkM
― dow, Monday, 10 March 2014 20:34 (ten years ago) link
― dow, Monday, 10 March 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
fuck--anyway, it looks promising
― dow, Monday, 10 March 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
That is an anawesome doc, watched when it was first broadcast. That was my intro to Beefheart, got a copy of TMR a few days after and never looked back..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 10 March 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
This doc on the Everly Brothers from '83 was broadcast again on TV here recently and really pissed on all of the cheap talking head bullshit that a BBC-made music doc passes for these days.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 10 March 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
you might know this mr x: any good docs on the classical music avant garde out there?
― eardrum buzz aldrin (NickB), Monday, 10 March 2014 21:17 (ten years ago) link
has anyone seen that modulations doc?
― lames for AnCo (wins), Monday, 10 March 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
Synth Brittania is pretty essential, and very exciting for us Yanks, especially since I haven't watched British television since 1982!!
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
Remember the PBS doc on John Cage? Good times...
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
Cool doc on William Onyeabor, sort of the opposite of Sugar Man.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
a couple dub/reggae docus worth watching
Studio One Storyhttp://youtu.be/OdARmTszGCU
Wackies: Bullwackie in New Yorkhttp://youtu.be/BxDO_31FqxQ
King at the Controls: The King Jammy Storyhttp://youtu.be/fVIHkmelZoo
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:05 (ten years ago) link
The one about Steely Dan making Aja was spectacular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8GwEX7nn6o
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jZ5L8vAH-Q
Rokk i Reykjavik, documentary from 1982 about the new wave scene in Iceland
― soref, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 07:53 (ten years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/57055620
there's a short clip here from Roxette, a student film from 1977 about teenage Roxy Music fans in Salford, they were showing the whole thing (about 15 minutes or so I think?) at the Glam exhibition the Tate Liverpool had last year. If anyone knows were it's possible to see the rest of this again please say, because it was fantastic!
― soref, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 08:05 (ten years ago) link
where
― soref, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 08:07 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5HRa9nEVVU
excellent documentary but contains trace elements of Rick Wakeman
― first rule of franco club (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 08:11 (ten years ago) link
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrxyxb_the-nomi-song-2004-documentary-the-klaus-nomi-odyssey-he-came-from-outer-space-to-save-the-human-rac_shortfilms
The Nomi Song, amazing documentary about Klaus Nomi
― soref, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 08:23 (ten years ago) link
There are at least two very good documentaries about Momus on youtube, possibly more
http://youtu.be/kuZf3YD1cYo'Amongst Women Only', 1991
http://youtu.be/MVzyCewxNZk'I Can See Japan', 1999
― soref, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 08:39 (ten years ago) link
Only Yesterday: The Carpenters' Story (2007)
http://youtu.be/SUMnajChiM4
there are lots of Carpenters documentaries on youtube, I like this one a lot, I don't know if anyone has recommendations for which other ones are worthwhile?
― soref, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:06 (ten years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/344856
― first rule of franco club (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:07 (ten years ago) link
I thought about that, I wasn't sure if it counted as a documentary, I agree it's a great film
― soref, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:14 (ten years ago) link
it's not a documentary really is it? but everybody shd see it
― first rule of franco club (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:16 (ten years ago) link
Sacred Music: Gorecki and Pärt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7C8c7oh1xc
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:19 (ten years ago) link
this is nothing but filth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh175GnxvL4
― first rule of franco club (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:25 (ten years ago) link
Yes, the Carpenters had a (hilariously) formulaic made-for-TV movie that is classic in it's own right. Not that I think anorexia is funny - it's just that it was so exploitative....I can't bear to watch the Jackson's biopic again...it's as long as "Roots", I think.
Anyway...for important moments in rock history - how about James Vance and Judas Priest?
It aired on POV, which to some is an example of "far left" public television programming:
http://youtu.be/eDsv_oG3KWY
Also, search UNSUNG on YouTube. It is a regular series on Af-Am channel "One" and features hour-long documentaries of the cool cats of soul music. I would think you need to see these.
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Thursday, 20 March 2014 00:47 (ten years ago) link
http://youtu.be/BXhfzkH_u14
Getting ready to watch this....
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Saturday, 12 April 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
Gosh, that xpost Wyatt is exemplary, re being suffused with coherent music excerpts, especially the concert, without skimping on backstory, other commentary, or visual interest. Would have liked to hear "At Last I Am Free" one more time, but hey.
― dow, Friday, 18 April 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
Not only are there loads of documentaries, but there are VINTAGE newscasts that make some second-hand sources look like fools:
http://youtu.be/QB74JaVoWLA
I really enjoyed this ancient Geraldo "exposé". If you ever wondered about late 70's America, here it is! It has stuff I haven't seen on TV in a million years, like REAL SOUTHERN PEOPLE!
I mean it's a "must do" if you're educating yourself about rock and roll music!
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Friday, 9 May 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
No idea if it's any good, but I was on YouTube trying to find something on album cover art, and found an hour-plus documentary called Under the Covers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9wJrqC7tXI
Phrase I love from upthread: "contains trace elements of Rick Wakeman."
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 May 2014 00:13 (ten years ago) link
That xpost Beefheart doc turned out to be really good, though mostly as an introduction; guess the same is true of this Hawkwind, but it's really got the visuals, the continuous sounds through the lightyears (listen on headphones),the succinct comments that don't intrude. Dave Brock refused to be in it because Nik Turner was, but he's got an interview, almost as long, on this same page (with a couple of Hawkwind concerts and albums too)Wonder if he's still keeping Hawkwind going, and if Nik & co. still are Space Ritual?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDJzAldD6t-ps&v=JzAldD6t-ps
― dow, Saturday, 14 June 2014 05:00 (nine years ago) link
― dow, Saturday, 14 June 2014 05:01 (nine years ago) link
A really fantastic Rush documentary. Once you get beyond the useless celebrity eulogies in the first couple of minutes, it is nothing like you expect. The rare music documentary that may even be more enjoyable for non-fans while still taking the musicians at the center of it very seriously throughout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAUtQhOFWFA
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 15 June 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Is that the one which has that famous argument with Alex and his dad? From your description I am exactly the audience for that.
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 June 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
That's the one!
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 15 June 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
Phrase I love from upthread: "contains trace elements of Rick Wakeman."Should be noted that this is cancelled out by the simultaneous presence of Bernie Worrell.
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 June 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
Taking a look at the Beefheart doc now, watching Switzerland-Ecuador out of the corner of my eye.
Wow, Zappa in a mellow tone.
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 June 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
And making a reference to young Don as the protagonist of "Institutionalized."
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 June 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
And Ry Cooder doing an excellent imitation of the good captain!
This documentary is bringing out the best in everybody.
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 June 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Zappa is mellow in the movie mostly because he's dying.
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 15 June 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Of course.
When "Hothead" started playing, could have sworn it was Television playing "Friction."
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 June 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
whither Fricke?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
oh i like fricke actually just because dammnit the years come and go but old david still looks that same sinewy vaguely-40ish and same damn ramones haircut
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 9 February 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
He cut a fine figure a few years ago at SXSW. Very pleasant dude.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
The world needs more 55 year old alt rock statesmen to be ubiquitous in documentaries
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
Someone should do supercut of Bono's incisive commentary in films about
The RamonesLeonard CohenPhyl LynottFrank SinatraMississippi juke jointsMorrisseyPaul RobesonAbbaThe PretendersJack ClementJoe StrummerNueve Cancion songsJohn LennonMuscle ShoalsThe BeatlesPaul McCartneyRonny DrewQuincy JonesWoody GuthrieArthur FogelLuciano PavorattiHorslipsMick JaggerTony BennettKirsty MacCollIvan KralRoy OrbisonB.B. KingEminemVictor JaraTina TurnerJohnny MercerKylie Minogue
that's not to mention Bill Clinton, Charles Bukowski, soccer, apartheid, Anton Corbijn, the evangelical movement, Michael Caine, AIDS, Cirque de Soleil, Billy Graham, George Clooney, competitive robotics, the 9/11 attacks, Island Records, Oscar Wilde, and Mississippi
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
"The great thing about The Ramones is they showed U2 that you could be four skinny kids from the city with a heart full of rock n roll"
"The thing about Leonard Cohen is he showed the world, and U2 especially, that you could express pain in a song and still remain manly. So manly."
"Phil Lynott was an inspiration to all Irish kids with stars in their eyes and rock n roll in their hearts."
"The thing about Frank Sinatra is that his appeal was timeless, and he could connect with decade after decade of new generations, as when he was good enough to re-record the classic I've Got You Under My Skin with me in 1993"
"As we in U2 got to discover on the Joshua Tree tour, the Mississippi juke joints are still out there, still hopping with the true spirit of rock n roll, that we'd been looking for since playing in the smelliest basement pubs in Dublin."
― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 01:27 (nine years ago) link
Lol at all of these posts
― Up the Junction Boulevard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
well this is one to be avoided (it would SEEM) since first minute and a half is communicating to extra terrestrials or something
http://youtu.be/Em4kpy1YuNQ
"You'd have to EXTRACT the record, y'know, from it's SLEEVE, and, y'know, place it on the turntable"
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/2-19-2015/85wFmQ.gif
― niels, Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
Pride and Joy: The Making of Alligator Records--watch Alligator Tales, a mini-doc about the doc, with much more info, here (Blu-Ray coming out 4/22, will have to check for reg DVD)http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102557630070&ca=1597b49b-3420-4de9-8f7f-57d204318919
― dow, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 22:42 (eight years ago) link
Oh, and Pride and Joy is directed by highly esteemed Robert Mugge, who also made the Sonny Rollins doc G Man and many others.
― dow, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
tbh, I have always found that guy kind of annoying. Finds interesting subjects but don't particularly dig the way he films them.
― SIGSALY Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
from Rolling Country
The milestone early 70s music doc Heartworn Highways* is streaming (for free) til 4 PM Eastern, March 19, on youtube, link and more info here (incl re National Record Store Day ltd. ed. monster box)http://pitchfork.com/news/64203-outlaw-country-documentary-heartworn-highways-to-stream-on-pitchfork/"> http://pitchfork.com/news/64203-outlaw-country-documentary-heartworn-highways-to-stream-on-pitchfork/*With Townes VZ, Guy Clark, Coe, Crowell, Earle, Charlie Daniels, Larry Jon Wilson, and several more, incl Steve Young (RIP just now)
― dow, Friday, March 18, 2016 8:16 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
89 minutes, the first 32 of which have mostly been immersive. Back to it.
― dow, Friday, March 18, 2016 8:18 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― dow, Saturday, 19 March 2016 01:52 (eight years ago) link
if this link doesn't appear, check YouTube: it's My Name Is Albert Ayler---so far mostly in English with German subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrmIWO6UFg
― dow, Sunday, 17 April 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
MC5: A True Testimonial
https://youtu.be/wNXFs6LEkvw
I watched this a few months ago, it's pretty great.
― nate woolls, Saturday, 7 May 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/2R0kcD-QaQc
You're Gonna Miss Me, the Roky Erickson doc.
― Duke, Saturday, 7 May 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Roky doc on DVD has rich bonus material; the update on his unlikely touring comeback seems crucial.Watching Poly Styrene doc on BBC Arena, '79:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3VfugdCTTU
― dow, Sunday, 24 July 2016 22:37 (seven years ago) link
Just now watch Gimme Danger, starring the Stooges, one of the best roc docs I've ever seen or heard (despite Behind The Music-type intro). If Ig mentions early inspiration by Harry Partch or Miles Davis (or of course Clarabell or the Three Stooges), Jarmusch has apt footage, ditto, when relevant, Pink Fairies (some of whom were proposed for backing Ig's solo debut, but he heard them as "an amalgamation" of the original Alice Cooper band and for inst MC5, so why not get real Stooges)(also has footage of MC5 live, despite their own excellent doc. linked above,still being in legal limbo, last I heard, because disputes over music royalties, although it sometimes shows up on YouTube), (also got relevant rockin clips of Destroy All Monsters and Sonic's Rendevous Band re Asheton involvement), but skips most of Ig and Bowie's post-Stooges work, and in fact all of Ig's solo career----jumping instead to how they got back together---also, the right (often surprising, though I thought I knew a lot of) details about tracks, albums, shows, people----if it's ever into the weeds, eyes are always on the ball, which is always rolling (not too speedy, but fleet). Streaming here, free for now, at least with free Prime membership, which can be cancelled any time:https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01LYRDGU4/moredarkthanshar?ref_=nav_custrec_signin&;
― dow, Thursday, 13 April 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Of course the talk/music ratio is always tricky in these things, but overall effect seemed pretty exhilarating.
― dow, Thursday, 13 April 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
I need to see that still. Recall reading criticism of it for being too conventional for a Jarmusch movie. Plus the James Booker "Bayou Maharaja" one.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 April 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
I thought it was just okay, redeemed largely by Iggy being such a great storyteller. A lot of the sillier animation and cut-in footage was goofy but what else could Jarmusch do - not a ton of archival footage he could rely on or anything.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
I got carried away at the beginning of that post, but it's solid, and "conventional" mostly via a just-the-facts-Ma'am momentum that's really a bit atypical for rock docs, given the way so many stick with Behind The Music soap opera and/or infomercial touches---no nostalgic endorsements from Bono and/or Dave Grohl in this one, just comments from the musos and close associates, mainly Danny Fields and Kathy Asheton (didn't know they had a sister, even a mention of her as original connection w MC5, being Sonic Smith's gf---she should write a book)(so should Ig, or maybe he has?). Also, I think it makes clear as excerpts can their strengths and limitations.
― dow, Friday, 14 April 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
The extra footage which is just Iggy making weird sounds is great.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 09:20 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/2_A9XJQ1UdY
― nate woolls, Monday, 21 August 2017 06:09 (six years ago) link
^ New Order documentary, ITV 1993.
― nate woolls, Monday, 21 August 2017 06:10 (six years ago) link
Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution is streaming for free on Amazon Prime and is also on Youtube and elsewhere. it's really good. milton parker described it a few years ago on the cluster thread:
there are late 60's film clips from the Zodiak Free Arts Club in the Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution DVD, which is actually a very interesting documentary on the origins of Krautrock -- the first hour is all about Tangerine Dream / Kluster / Ash Ra Tempel, with interviews with Schulze / Moebius / Roedelius / Schnitzler & lots of clips. Kraftwerk's first record isn't even mentioned until 60 minutes in, at which point the documentary switches over mostly to critics talking about the records and the archival footage becomes far less interesting, but if you like Krautrock 68-71 you definitely want to see that DVD
― Currently (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
Kraftwerk's first record isn't even mentioned until 60 minutes in, at which point the documentary switches over mostly to critics talking about the records and the archival footage becomes far less interesting
i will say, though, that i actually really liked the talking heads part of it because karl bartos is one of the heads (as well as moebius, roedelius, schniztler, schulze, and others) and he has lots of interesting tidbits about his role within the band when he first joined vs how he was let into the composition process more for man machine and computer world. i'm realizing more and more what an unsung hero bartos is. as far as the archival footage goes for the post radioactivity-era part of the film, i had seen a good deal of it before but there were also plenty of things that were new to me, so i enjoyed it. but yeah, the title is a bit of a misnomer because it's really only about 1/3 to 1/2 kraftwerk, all told, since they also spent a lot of time on early krautrock, new wave, eno and bowie, detroit and chicago techno, and other scenes
― Currently (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agUS6GnZr_U
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
oooh thx
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
^so goodAlso works as a long podcast if you don’t care about visuals
― calstars, Sunday, 25 April 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
yeah this was really great!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 April 2021 01:32 (three years ago) link
finished watching the jarmusch GIMME DANGER doc last night: tbed to agree with Οὖτις upthread, that ig as raconteur absolutely made it worth it but the fill-in visual material was all opportunities missed -- if you going to deploy the three stooges so often then at least talk to iggy abt the stooges!
(as it was we got the anecdote -- new to me but i bet not new to the world -- of ron asheton ringing moe to ask permission and iggy snicking muttley-style at the outcome) (which was basically yes)
also: why not did in a little against the entire cliche armature of what the stooges did and what they were against? for rock against hippies, ok -- get ig to talk abt this, push him on the problems. when he's being disobliging abt john sinclair and the white panthers push back and ask if maybe MC5 politics (which ig disdains) isn't the reason the mc5 were eager to help enable creative space for the stooges? he's a highly intelligent cultured man, he absolutely understands irony, th4e answer might be dull and self-serving but maybe it won't be!
if they "destroyed the 60s" what are they doing being inducted into the RnR hall of fame? when tony defries said ig shd play "peter pan" and he gurned back at him "manson or nothing!", i mean, look at where iggy is now: he is literally become the "world's forgotten boy who never grew up"! -- nudge him to comment (instead of replaying "they replaced elvis with fabian, oh my a-boo-hoo" for the trilliionth time, fabian is really not an issue these days
it ends with an anecdote abt the "cool kids" at his school come to harass him in his parents' trailer -- they were bullies and jerks and he hated them and wanted to impress them, well ok, why not expand on the complexities of this too, as an original story or a persona and an act and a stance
anyway the live stuff was good, it was nice to see dave alexender and the ashetons getting some belated human affection, and mr osterberg is always pleasant to spend company with
― mark s, Sunday, 6 March 2022 10:39 (two years ago) link
Think this is the one with sister Kathy or Cathy Asheton? More her please and a family doc, w the music of course.
― dow, Sunday, 6 March 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
Just missed a discussion author Ned Sublette had with director Robert Mugge re 2021 restored version of his 1991 Deep Blues doc in Mississippi
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 May 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link
Just got this from Jessica Hopper, offering screeners, but also, as it says at bottom, first three eps are already streaming, with a new one about to drop:
Hello music writer buds, strangers, ex-colleagues--I spent the better part of the last year directing and producing Women Who Rock, a four-part docuseries for EPIX/Amazon, spotlighting women's artistry and their innovations in music. It's four hours of delineating matrilineage, working through the last 70-ish years of popular recordings, from Bessie Smith on up to Syd. It stars Mavis Staples, Chaka Khan, Rickie Lee Jones, Nona Hendryx of LaBelle, Nancy Wilson of Heart, Pat Benetar, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Joan Jett and few dozen working artists including Tori Amos, Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, Kira from Black Flag, Jayne County, Merry Clayton, Syd, St. Vincent, Sarah McLachlan, Alice Bag, Yola, Susanna Hoffs, Kelis, Allison Wolfe of Bratmobile, Kathleen Hanna, Sheila E, Nite Jewel, Kate Pierson of B52s, FeFe Dobson, Debora Iyall from Romeo Void, Margo Price, Star Amerasu, Tegan & Sara, Bethany of Best Coast, Aimee Mann, Jody Watley... it's a real cavalcade.AND ALSO!? Some of your co-workers/mentors/critical faves: Ann Powers, Suzy Exposito, Ayana Contreras, Holly George-Warren, Danyel Smith, Andrea Warner, and Julianne Escobedo-Shepherd all weigh in with their deep expertise. PLUS! Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel outlines the history of women screaming in music! Sheila E talks about building her own studio! Nona talks about being mentored by Nina Simone! Chaka Khan talks about Joni pulling her back from the brink! Shania gets emotional talking about Taylor Swift! A lot happens!Gendered canons are weird, as we likely all agree, but I tried to make something that was really about what these women endowed to each other, their relationships to each other's work. To put the lie to competitive mythology. And to also have a discussion of punk that isn't centered on Henry Rollins memory of events. Modest and, perhaps, predictable goals.I hope you enjoy it. ...& the first 3 episodes are streaming on EPIX and Amazon now.They will hook you up with whatever you need.Episode 4 airs this Sunday. Best --Jessica H.
I spent the better part of the last year directing and producing Women Who Rock, a four-part docuseries for EPIX/Amazon, spotlighting women's artistry and their innovations in music. It's four hours of delineating matrilineage, working through the last 70-ish years of popular recordings, from Bessie Smith on up to Syd.
It stars Mavis Staples, Chaka Khan, Rickie Lee Jones, Nona Hendryx of LaBelle, Nancy Wilson of Heart, Pat Benetar, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Joan Jett and few dozen working artists including Tori Amos, Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, Kira from Black Flag, Jayne County, Merry Clayton, Syd, St. Vincent, Sarah McLachlan, Alice Bag, Yola, Susanna Hoffs, Kelis, Allison Wolfe of Bratmobile, Kathleen Hanna, Sheila E, Nite Jewel, Kate Pierson of B52s, FeFe Dobson, Debora Iyall from Romeo Void, Margo Price, Star Amerasu, Tegan & Sara, Bethany of Best Coast, Aimee Mann, Jody Watley... it's a real cavalcade.
AND ALSO!? Some of your co-workers/mentors/critical faves: Ann Powers, Suzy Exposito, Ayana Contreras, Holly George-Warren, Danyel Smith, Andrea Warner, and Julianne Escobedo-Shepherd all weigh in with their deep expertise. PLUS! Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel outlines the history of women screaming in music! Sheila E talks about building her own studio! Nona talks about being mentored by Nina Simone! Chaka Khan talks about Joni pulling her back from the brink! Shania gets emotional talking about Taylor Swift! A lot happens!
Gendered canons are weird, as we likely all agree, but I tried to make something that was really about what these women endowed to each other, their relationships to each other's work. To put the lie to competitive mythology. And to also have a discussion of punk that isn't centered on Henry Rollins memory of events. Modest and, perhaps, predictable goals.I hope you enjoy it.
...& the first 3 episodes are streaming on EPIX and Amazon now.They will hook you up with whatever you need.Episode 4 airs this Sunday.
Best --Jessica H.
― dow, Thursday, 28 July 2022 02:08 (one year ago) link
up to Syd whut?
possibly Syd tha Kyd?
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Thursday, 28 July 2022 02:15 (one year ago) link
Syd Straw?
You have to sign up for Night Flight to watch this, but they have some good stuff, might not be too bad (haven't checked for any prices)
Fugazi - Instrument (1999)Instrument is a collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and Fugazi, covering the period of 1987-1996. Far from a traditional documentary, this is a musical document; a portrait of musicians at work.The project mixes sync-sound, 16mm. Super-8 video and a wide range of archival formats, including concert footage, studio sessions practice, touring, interviews and portraits of audience members from around the country. (Special thanks to our friends at Dischord for tonight's new arrival)."...a beguiling, mesmerizing film, because it never settles on a straightforward path. It creates a portrait of the band without revealing the whole picture." — Kyle Ryan, The AV Club
The project mixes sync-sound, 16mm. Super-8 video and a wide range of archival formats, including concert footage, studio sessions practice, touring, interviews and portraits of audience members from around the country. (Special thanks to our friends at Dischord for tonight's new arrival).
"...a beguiling, mesmerizing film, because it never settles on a straightforward path. It creates a portrait of the band without revealing the whole picture." — Kyle Ryan, The AV Club
― dow, Saturday, 17 December 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
Sorry! Link to Night Flight is in here:https://mailchi.mp/nightflight/fugaziinstrument?e=42851f1305
― dow, Saturday, 17 December 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
Only tangentially music, but I watched this Milton Glaser (famous Dylan poster, various album covers) documentary off YouTube last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ1YHqgZzGQ
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 January 2023 00:52 (one year ago) link
This is so great -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO4N_wgbl-o
― MaresNest, Friday, 15 September 2023 21:06 (eight months ago) link
I have no idea who Miller miller miller and sloan are but watched the first 10 minutes and the music sounds fantastic and the documentary interesting.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 15 September 2023 21:15 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWP_fmRnDEc
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:46 (eight months ago) link
The Death (band) documentary^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLvCp7zqzxs
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:47 (eight months ago) link
I actually saw a bit of that - also didn't know who they were before, but one of those guys went on to build a pretty good career as an engineer. (He even worked on 3 Feet High and Rising.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 17:46 (eight months ago) link