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Didn't see a thread for this anywhere. Watching it now. Janis Joplin's "Cry Baby" is otherworldly good.

So, basically, did Sha Na Na serve the same function for 60s/early 70s audiences that the Polyphonic Spree serves now? The crowd reaction for them in the movie is really strongly positive (and the "band" is also quite a bit grungier than they appeared later on their television show).

― chris herrington (chris herrington), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I would have liked to have seen more footage from the train.

Also, I think Sha Na Na have more in common with The Darkness than The Polyphonic Spree.

― Talent Explosion (Talent Explosion), Monday, 13 September 2004 05:02 (twenty-one years ago)

the joplin performances make the film. the rest is great, but those few live songs from her... i admit that i hadn't really realized her powers until seeing those...

― agw, Monday, 13 September 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Buddy Guy steals the show. Watched this twice while it was in town at the independent theater. There must be hours of entertaining footage from the train party, though. This film exceeded my expectations.

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Monday, 13 September 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

What about the first footage in the film with The Band. I think that was pretty incredible.

Most of the audience here in Seattle was laughing during Cry Baby cause Joplin was so great. Gave her a round of applause when she finished up! I also like the inebriated Rick Danko, Janis and Jerry Garcia footage.

The movie helped welcome back my childhood fondness for Joplin and the Dead. Of course I'll never turn on the The Band no matter how uncool people may percieve them to be.

Is there any footage of the full Flying Burrito Brother's with Gram Parsons around?

― Trever Booth (xjzico), Friday, 17 September 2004 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

Just saw this last night. My favorite moment is on the train, with a higher-than-a-kite Danko, Joplin and Garcia murdering (or liberating, depending on how you look at it) "Ain't No More Cane." Danko looks like he dropped 30 hits of acid.

I'm assuming this was filmed after Parsons had left the Burritos, because he's nowhere to be found.

Joplin had awesome energy and stage presense but I still don't think much of her singing. She's woefully flat on "Cry Baby" and she can't hold a candle to any major soul singer of her day.

― Jim M (jmcgaw), Thursday, 7 September 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

That was a classic scene on the train. I love the way that Joplin and Danko are so far out that they can barely go on singing and Garcia, obviously used to playing while heavily dosed, just reels them back into the song with a solo. The look on their faces is priceless.

― BrianB (BrianB), Thursday, 7 September 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

The dvd extra performances are pretty great too.

― BrianB (BrianB), Thursday, 7 September 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

holy shit I just saw the last 15 minutes or so of this on some random Peruvian TV channel... both "I Shall Be Released" and "Tell Mama" brought me to tears. What amazing performances.

Definitely gonna cue this up on Netflix when I get home.

― sleeve, Sunday, 3 April 2011 02:13 (fifteen years ago)

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