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Re: The Best Rock Concert Films Ever!
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2008, 01:01:41 AM »

Number 2 was my number one pick..........The Band, "The Last Waltz".............that is THE ultimate classic..........
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Re: The Best Rock Concert Films Ever!
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2008, 01:03:30 AM »

I am really surprised that Wings "Rockshow" wasn't on the list. That's the great rock concert to me.  :)
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Re: The Best Rock Concert Films Ever!
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2008, 01:08:22 AM »

Although I'm glad to see AHDN at #1  :)
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Re: The Best Rock Concert Films Ever!
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2008, 01:51:09 AM »

"Okay, so it's not really a concert movie"

The very first sentence under 'A Hard Days Night'. Well, that sentence is correct and its a poor choice. all the other listed are better concert films.

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Re: The Best Rock Concert Films Ever!
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2008, 02:03:36 AM »

Well, it's the story of a rock concert anyway, A Hard Day's Night is.  I would have liked to see Monterey Pop on that list.
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Re: The Best Rock Concert Films Ever!
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2008, 02:14:13 AM »

AHDN isn't a story of a rock concert if you want to get all technical about it. It's a "Day in the Life" story of the Fabs.  :P I agree HelloGoobye, I would have loved to see Monterey Pop on the list!
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Re: The Best Rock Concert Films Ever!
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2008, 06:22:32 AM »

Without having yet seen the list, the ones that come to my mind are....

the Led Zeppelin DVD. About 6 (or maybe more) hours of prime footage from throughout their career.  But it might not count because it's not a 'movie.'  (Does it even have an official title?  I've only heard it referred to as the Led Zeppelin DVD.)

The Kids Are Alright -- again, not one concert, but many Who performances over their career.

Woodstock
                      -- obvious choices.
Monterey Pop

Gimme Shelter -- the darkest and most disturbing of all concert films.  But a great document.

Queen -- I don't even know the name of this was, but PBS showed it about a month ago and it was Queen playing in Toronto, and it looked like mid-80s.  I wasn't aware it existed until I saw it, and it was great.

The Song Remains the Same -- for many years, this was the only video document of Led Zeppelin in concert, and it has a certain amount of magic.  But when I bought this VCR tape in 1988 and eagerly popped it in, it occurred to me early on that something wasn't right with Plant's voice.  By '73, his voice had already cracked, and he couldn't hit the high notes from the early albums.  But Page and the bow were awesome.  Thank god for the Zeppelin DVD.

I might be forgetting a few, and I'm sure there are a number I haven't seen, but those are the ones that come to mind.
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