Rolling Stone’s 40 Greatest Rock Documentaries
nicely illustrates just how much good video is out there to enjoy.
Dylan, Page, White, U2, Rush, Bowie, Neil Young, James Brown, The
Stones, Hendrix, The Who, Zep, Floyd, a little band out of Liverpool called The
Beatles - they’re all there.
Kinda like my desert island playlist, but without enough blues and folk.
Some masterpieces (Talking Heads), some silliness (Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus), some cultural chronicles (Monterey, Woodstock), and a lot
of great music.
The list has something for everyone, so I won’t complain, other than to
say I would have included:
The Concert For George – my favourite
concert video, period
AC/DC Live at Donnington – killer
performance, surpassed only by
Queen Live At Wembley – Freddie’s
control over the audience is simply mesmerizing.
Speaking of which, there’s a lot of rubbish (OK, music that didn’t age
too well) on the Live Aid video, but
some of it is great, so it deserves at least an honourable mention. Maybe?
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