I see imdb lacks this category.
so, i'm asking:
Wich is the top 5 best music dvd's ever written? (regardless of the genre's)
of what i heard, these have to be mentioned in any such list.
1. The Last Waltz
2. Stop Making Sence
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but wich are definitly the three other too?
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Just adding my two cents...
I feel that "The Dance" by Fleetwood Mac should be included. Granted, my bias stems from the fact that they are my favorite band. Even though "The Dance" is like a watered-down version of all of the band's previous live material(official and bootlegged), it's still an astounding film, as far as technical presentation and performance go.
Still, a large part of me wishes the band would have lost the backing musicians (e.g. vocalists, guitarists, and percussionist) and just stuck to the five-piece of Fleetwood, McVie, McVie, Buckingham, and Nicks, but I guess that would have been out of the question, considering MTV wanted this live recording to sound as immaculate as possible. It does come off as being a bit too polished next to their earlier, raw but extremely passionate live material, and sounds a little too close to the perfect studio recordings, but it's still a classic.
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LOL "Don't Stop" has always made me cringe! It's so cheesy and sugary. It's one of the few Fleetwood Mac songs that I really don't care for.
shareI loved and saw concerts (back in the 1970's) with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood (drummer) - before any of the females joined the band. For me, the women turned the band into a new sound that was not appealing (to me).
shareThey're my favorite band because I love pretty much every era. It's awesome that you got to see the original lineup live!
I'm not crazy about their vert first couple of albums with Green, even though I love his voice, and even though they have some great stand-out songs, because they're pretty much just them miming the blues greats. They were very technically gifted, but it just feels a little too safe and copy/paste or something. Once Danny Kirwan joined, though, the band started becoming more progressive and moving towards hard-rock and pop-rock. Then Play On, which was pretty much just Green and Kirwan backed by Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, is such a tremendous album. It's probably my favorite after Tusk.
I love the middle period between Green and Buckingham/Nicks too. Bob Welch and Christine McVie have some great songs from that era. The band fronted by Buckingham, Nicks and C. McVie is certainly different from the early stuff, but I love it just as much.
My IMDb lists: http://www.imdb.com/user/ur5570856/lists?ref_=nv_usr_lst_3
The Neil Young one that Scorcesi did is incredible.
Well at least there weren't any flipper babies!
Which one is that, from back in the 70s? Because as far as I know the one Young did just a few years ago was done by Jon Demme, the same guy who did this movie.
What, no love for "The Song Remains the Same?" How can you forget those scenes with Robert Plant eating the magic mushrooms, and then rescuing that groupie chick from the castle, fighting all those bad guys with his sword? LOL gotta be one of the most audacious concert films anyway.
Honestly I didn't like "The last Waltz." I kept watching the movie and thinking, "jesus, where is The Band"? It was all about the guest performers and you'd think that the Band wasn't even playing its last concert. Check out on youtube the version of "The Weight" from this show and then watch the same song from the film "Festival Express" which was shot in 1970 in Canada. The version in "The Last Waltz" is far, far inferior to the earlier version. They just did not do a very good job of capturing what The Band was all about, and I'm not even a huge fan necessarily but in the movie you'd think Robbie Robertson was the only guy in The Band, and they showed more of Eric Clapton than of the people who were actually in The Band.
Honestly it's hard to think of another concert film that compares to this one. The "Woodstock" film is pretty awesome, except I wish they spent more time showing the performers and less showing the crowd. But "Ten Years After" and "Canned Heat" and a number of fantastic psychedelic blues bands from the time really showed their stuff, as well as of course the great classic Hendrix set. The Monterey film is even better actually.
Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'
E.L.O-Out Of The Blue Tour.
Amazing ufo set-great music!
Rolling Stones--"Shine a Light"
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Woodstock
The Song Remains the Same
Message To Love
Monterey Pop
Shine a Light
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'Awesome; I *beep* Shot That!' is fantastic. You can almost smell MSG and the Beastie Boys performance is top notch.
IMO it's as close as you can get to being at a concert without being there, especially when projected.
SURRENDER DOROTHY
Soul Mates Never Die by Placebo
share1) Stop Making Sense
2) The Last Waltz
3) Jimi plays Berkeley
4) Head (Monkees movie)
Seems like most of the (excellent) responses have been re rock DVD's so far. However, the OP said "music" DVD's. So I'd like to nominate the greatest jazz DVD ever IMHO - "Jazz on a Summer's Day"
It was the only full-length movie directed by Bert Stern, a fashion photographer (he also shot Monroe in her final session), and is a fascinating blend of ultra-vivid jazz performances (almost exclusively in stunning close-up) at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. It covers a wide variety of jazz styles from West Coast cool (Chico Hamilton) to Louis Armstrong and Mahalia Jackson in full throttle. Even Chuck Berry appears in one of his earliest shows (with a clarinet solo on "Sweet Little Sixteen!").
Interspersed with the brilliant music are humorous and touching shots of the audience dancing, goofing around, and swooning to the vibes, plus whacky party shots, contemplative rehearsal shots (a shirtless man with a cello, his cigarette smoke making lurid shapes) and idyllic shots of a yacht race happening at the same time.
So yeah, it's not a straight concert video like SMS but in my book it is a great work of art and among the best music-related films ever. Lots of clips are on youtube!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052942/
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