From the Scorcese Forum:
We briefly debated whether The Last Waltz was "The Greatest Concert Film Ever."
Is it? What is?
Some others to chew on:
- Gimme Shelter
- Rattle & Hum
- Stop Making Sense
- Madonna's Truth or Dare? (but would that one count?)
Others I'm neglecting? Get contentious!
I would say Gimme Shelter, but it's just not a concert film. It stands on its own as something so much more.
So yes, Last Waltz is best of all time. Don't Show The Audience -- Scorsese's greatest idea. I hate when I get a music dvd and have to see audience members screaming. I bought it to see the band play, not look at kids yelling. Way to go, Marty.
i dunno if this counts...but Incubus: The Morning View Sessions was pretty good.
It was shot with the HD camera that George Lucas used for Star Wars Episode II, so the quality it great.
I heard the new Led Zeppelin set is killer.
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I think that's going to be the title of the posthumous Hole concert doc, right? :o
If
Truth or Dare counts, so should
The Filth and the Fury.
jeff buckley: live in chicago is fantastic.
Quote from: DirkI heard the new Led Zeppelin set is killer.
It has to be...it is sold out at my nearest Best Buy-which does not happen often there. :x
anyway not sure if all of these count but here goes{the wall, rust never sleeps, stop making sense}
Quote from: DirkI heard the new Led Zeppelin set is killer.
Read for yourself here. (http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/video/cl-et-matsumoto27may27.story)
I just got it today, but I'm not going to watch until tomorrow. Right now I'm listening to the 3CD set that also came out the same day
Quote from: tremoloslothI just got it today, but I'm not going to watch until tomorrow. Right now I'm listening to the 3CD set that also came out the same day
Can you let me know if they're "must buys" right away? I had my hands on both cd and dvd sets today, but remembered I was poor. I have everything Zep's ever put out (inc. Song Remains The Same and BBC sessions), as well as a few bootlegs. Do I need this new live set??
I'm only on track 7 of disc 1 (Stairway...a song I'm so fucking burned out on, but this version makes me like it all over again)
I would say definitely buy it, you might as well since you're so big on LZ. I had never heard any bootlegs before, so I don't know it this will be anything new for you. My one piece of advice is to get this at Best Buy this week (the DVD set and CD set cost less than $40 together)
Are you in Canada or the US? 'cause I went to A&B Sound today, and they had each for $28 canadian. But we just got a Best Buy here, so maybe I'll check it out.
BTW, if you're a Zep fan you gotta get the Forum concert where Keith Moon guest-stars. Classic.
I'm in US
Keith Moon guest starring? That sounds awesome
there are some Forum songs on the CD set, I wonder...
Okay, I finished the CD set, and I'm about an hour into the DVDs...you NEED to get these to survive get them now
I think we can all agree The Return of Spinal Tap is the worst.
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If Truth or Dare counts, so should The Filth and the Fury.
Barely counts as much as
Truth or Dare, but, yeah,
The Filth and the Fury was fascinating.
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If Truth or Dare counts, so should The Filth and the Fury.
Barely counts as much as Truth or Dare, but, yeah, The Filth and the Fury was fascinating.
The concert segments of
Truth or Dare were much prettier, but weren't they a very similar format? Documentary footage interspersed with a handful of selected concert performances?
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If Truth or Dare counts, so should The Filth and the Fury.
Barely counts as much as Truth or Dare, but, yeah, The Filth and the Fury was fascinating.
The concert segments of Truth or Dare were much prettier, but weren't they a very similar format? Documentary footage interspersed with a handful of selected concert performances?
I guess so.
Truth or Dare just feels more concert to me, I guess. Let's rank
The Filth and the Fury higher on the list, just to because when Johnny Rotten says "cunt" he really seems to be saying something....Madonna never quite did.
.I would like to add the Wall live in Berlin(roger waters) an dhis In the flesh live shows are cool......
And would like to add that live from the garden (pearl Jam)..is solid..I like it more than touring band 2000....
also the nad season live at the more..is swell..nice to hear layne's voice when ever i wish.....**also the screaming trees vocalist mark lanegan makes an appearence.....
and IMO the U2 POP-mart concert i got is bliss.....
I know that these are not the "greatest" in terms of concert films but , i like them......and better add them here than start a new thread......
Year of the Horse
Bittersweet Motel
Live at Pompeii
Depeche Mode's 101 is one of the greatest concert films of all time... and its the forerunner for reality tv, especially shows like road rules... check it out, it just came out on DVD.
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Live at Pompeii
..damn i forgot that one.....and i just bought it recently.... :oops: