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How come they never did one on Jimi Hendrix?

posted 17 years ago by strawberrymilkandgin
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Were they waiting for new information to surface or something?

What about Grateful Dead? Led Zeppelin? Talking Heads?

They even did K.C. and the Sunshine Band and the Partridge Family, but it always seemed to me like I was waiting around for many of these major acts that were omitted.

These are some of the acts that were never showcased on "Behind the Music" correct me if I'm wrong. (in some cases they must've thought "such documentaries on these people have been done already, already!")
The Who
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
David Bowie
Van Halen
The Clash
The Sex Pistols(?)

Marc Bolan/T.Rex
Fishbone
Hole
De La Soul
Rush
Sonic Youth
Jethro Tull
Beastie Boys
White Zombie
XTC
Foxxxy Brown
Godsmack
Carly Simon
Alice in Chains
Das Efx
Faith No More
Mos Def
Smashing Pumpkins
Jay Z
Chemical Brothers
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The Fugees
Slayer
P.J. Harvey
Bad Brains
Slick Rick
King Crimson
Iron Maiden
The Minutemen
The Cranberries
Danzig/Misfits
Black Sheep
Kim Carnes
Primus
House of Pain
Wu Tang Clan
Frank Zappa
Patty Smith
System of a Down
Cash Money Millionaires
Kris Kross
Eminem
The Pixies
The Cure
Iron Butterfly
Gipsy Kings
Tool
The Eagles
King Missile
Outkast

Also, what about Tom Waits and Manu Chao?

What about Serge Gainsbourg?

How come all my posts are so good and everyone elses' are like "Bluh, bluh bluh bluh?"

[–] TaylorTC 15 years ago

In some cases it would have been too expensive to get the rights to the music.

[–] noblefreak 15 years ago

Zeppelin and The Who got episodes of Legends (another show they need to bring back - like they are bringing this back to VH1 Classic). I think Jimi got an episode of Legends as well. Not really sure.

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[–] the_urban_prince 15 years ago

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[–] Tish-The-Scorpion 15 years ago

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agreed!! i'll also add

SWV

JODECI

heavy d

faith no more

king's-x

en vogue

311

stone temple pilots

Jody whatley

ice cube

Eazy-E

NaS

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[–] valro 14 years ago

It could be they couldn't get the rights to use his music or it wouldn't have made a particularly interesting episode because not enough of the people who knew him were willing to participate. Also, quite a few people who were close to him are now dead, including his father and both other members of his band The Experience.

[–] lordanakinvader 14 years ago

There was an episode of Legends done on him. so that's probably the biggest reason why.

[–] Benihanahasnofunflare 13 years ago

Because VH1 is white-collar conservatives flashing down the street?

[–] Noir-It-All 13 years ago

I remember a Legends about Jimi.

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[–] SmokyBrownEyes 13 years ago

Don't they have to get permission from the artist/band, their people, or family members (if they're dead)? And of course get the rights to their music and clips. They can't just run episodes on ANYBODY. I'd like the episodes on Sade, Prince, and Grace Jones but I know that's not gonna happen any time soon.

What the problem is?

[–] jefgg 8 years ago

I think some of those acts were featured on VH1 Legends. Please click on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1%27s_Legends