Honestly it's not amazing, but given that it's the only documentary I've been able to find focusing on women in electronic music, it's the best one by default. One of the things that's nice about it is that it pretty much concentrates on each artist in historical sequence, so it will be very easy to cut up and put on YouTube. It's mostly about the effect of the island of Montserrat on all the musicians who recorded there, and vice versa. It would pair very well with the 2011 documentary Produced By George Martin, which was done by the he was still alive.
It was one of the saddest documentaries I've ever seen, ending with elderly Bingenheimer still with a Beatles haircut refusing to kick his ex-girlfriend out of his house because he was sure they'd make up when she obviously hated him.
This one was unauthorized, but went into Springsteen's early days, even in high school. But not live clips like the one above:
My favorite music documentary is the 2001 documentary This Is Where I Came In about the Bee Gees. I've seen several of their documentaries (The Story of the Bee Gees, Behind the Music, Keppel Road, In Our Own Time, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, etc.), but for me TIWICI is by far the best and most informative. 2020's How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is the most recent, and while it's an okay documentary, it's just missing too much information imho. Here's what I said in another thread once I got done watching it:
I'm watching it right now. About 13 minutes in, there's this montage of kids getting drums as Christmas presents, and it's just one of the purest distillations of joy I've ever seen in my life. And of course, incredibly loving and tolerant parents - you have to be to give your kid a drum kit.
I watched the Rammstein doc the other night. I'm a casual fan and this goes a long way in explaining what the band is all about and how they came to be. Pretty much a stadium(!) act at this point....incredible.
a-ha - The Movie is a really good portrait of the band. I think it will be interesting , even for non-fans or especially for those of you that only know them for Take On Me and think that they made a zillion and retired in the late 80's Mostly released at the Tribeca festival, in Scandinavia, Germany and a few more countries, but I think they are aiming for a deal with one of the streaming giants.
There is a companion book to the Rock & Roll PBS series by one of my favorite writers on music... Rock & Roll: An Unruly History by Robert Palmer. He was a consultant for the doc. Everyone here knows he is the author of Deep Blues and not that other Robert Palmer. Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads is another documentary worth watching. Robert Palmer worked on it with Dave Stewart and Robert Mugge. The focus is Delta blues and North Mississippi hill country blues. Robert Palmer also worked on The World According to John Coltrane I think someone mentioned it. Great thread. I still need to finish it and the other someone linked to. Rock & Roll Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads - Wikipedia Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta by Robert Palmer The World According to John Coltrane - Wikipedia
Little Richard: I Am Everything It will be on CNN Labor Day at 9 pm. It might also be shown other times. I haven't seen it. I believe it had a run in theaters. Did anyone see it? I'll be watching and recording it on CNN.
Ken Burns' Country Music Ken Burns is mentioned several times in this thread. I don't think anyone mentioned his doc on country music.
Just recently watched the new documentary on Elvis Presley’s ‘68 Comeback Special on Paramount+. Really well done with rare footage, photos and a detailed, insightful look at the chemistry between Elvis, producer Steve Binder and Col. Parker. Definitely worth watching.
"Say Amen,Somebody" is a 1982 documentary about gospel music and easily one of the best I've ever seen.
