March 31, 20187 yr Miguelito's Van Morrison thread started with a clip from one of the greatest concert movies ever made, The Last Waltz. It's too bad that more bands didn't/don't commission recordings of their shows with this level of quality. What are some favorites of my fellow former shagsters/current Surlies?
April 3, 20187 yr The Song Remains the Same It might the be the first concert movie I saw and is certainly the first that stood out and still seems to be epic.
April 3, 20187 yr I'm a Stop Making Sense guy. The Last Waltz and Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii come next. I've seen the latter at least 25 times. Some of my other favorites: Rattle and Hum, A Poem is a Naked Person, Woodstock (though they definitely needed to cut that movie down in time), Alice in Chains Unplugged, The Song Remains the Same, Heartworn Highways (not quite a concert movie though).
April 3, 20187 yr The Band and Talking Heads are 1 and 2 for me. I also had the VHS of SRV's Austin City Limits and wore that shit out. I'm also partial to this one:
April 3, 20187 yr 11 hours ago, Grandioso said: Some of my other favorites: Rattle and Hum . . . This one is right up there for me. I loved U2 when I was younger, and this movie captures them at what was arguably their peak.
April 3, 20187 yr Author 12 hours ago, Grandioso said: I'm a Stop Making Sense guy. The Last Waltz and Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii come next. I've seen the latter at least 25 times. Some of my other favorites: Rattle and Hum, A Poem is a Naked Person, Woodstock (though they definitely needed to cut that movie down in time), Alice in Chains Unplugged, The Song Remains the Same, Heartworn Highways (not quite a concert movie though). Loved the AiC unplugged show, but watching Layne sing Nutshell while clearly circling the drain is still a gut punch to this day. Such a waste.
April 3, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, Laga4 said: Monterey Pop. I know the most famous thing about that festival/movie is Jimi setting his guitar on fire, but Otis Redding and Booker T and the MGs stole that show.
April 3, 20187 yr 17 hours ago, CTC2 said: Gimmie Shelter. I’d go with this, right after the Last Waltz. Madison Square shows, Muscle Shoals, Altamont. Pretty good time capsule, on top of the music
April 3, 20187 yr Stop Making Sense is the gold standard, IMO. I also love Wilco's "Ashes of American Flags" because the opening portion was at Cain's, and I was present for my first Wilco show ever. And the opening credits sound check version of "Ashes of American Flags" inter-cutting between them playing in an empty Cain's and the bus driving toward Tulsa is fantastic: Edited April 3, 20187 yr by oSuJeff97
April 3, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Grandioso said: I know the most famous thing about that festival/movie is Jimi setting his guitar on fire, but Otis Redding and Booker T and the MGs stole that show. Probably right about Otis, but Janis put on a pretty good act herself.
April 3, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said: The Grateful Dead Movie The animation sequence in the opening is awesome!
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