The 25 best rockumentaries/concert footage

[asr]

My Favorites Are:

1. U23D -U2
2. Under A Blood Red Sky-U2
3. Led Zeppelin -Led Zeppelin
4. Live At Pompei-Pink Floyd
5. First U.S. Visit-The Beatles
6. Stop Making Sense-The Talking Heads
7. The Kids Are Alright-The Who
8. Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones
9. The Monterey Pop Festival
10. Woodstock
11. Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture-David Bowie
12. Don't Look Back-Bob Dylan
13. No Direction Home-Bob Dylan
14. Truth Or Dare - Madonna
15. Imagine-John Lennon
16. Anthology-The Beatles
17. Born To Boogie - T. Rex
18. The Filth and The Fury - The Sex Pistols
19. On Fire - Queen
20. The Last Waltz - The Band
21. In Concert -The Police
22. Everyone Stares:Inside Out - The Police
23. Bring On the Night - Sting
24. Westway to the World- The Clash
25. Raw-The Ramones

What are yours folks?

 

[LemonMelon]

Is this for fact?




Led Zeppelin - DVD for me. The Flaming Lips movie Fearless Freaks is also brilliant.

 

[intedomine]

Travis - More Than Us (Live At Glasgow)

Gin Blossoms - Just South Of Nowhere (Live in Chicago)

 

[Nate Dogg]

The Tom Petty documentary Runnin' Down A Dream was amazing....

 

[If you shout...]

This conversation begins and ends with Stop Making Sense. There's simply nowhere to go but down, once you've seen it.

 

[maro_chik]

I haven't seen a whole lot of these, but Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii probably tops my list. Awesome songs and environment, topped with great interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff.

 

[u2popmofo]

couple more

1. Heima - Sigur Ros

One that hasn't been mentioned:
Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten

 

[Bug]

This conversation begins and ends with Stop Making Sense. There's simply nowhere to go but down, once you've seen it.

Definitely. My copy gets the most use out of all my DVDs. So good.

 

[Zoots]

U23D at #1? Really???

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

oMfG u2 iZ #S 1 tHRu 12!$!

 

[GibsonGirl]

My Favorites Are:

4. Live At Pompei-Pink Floyd

"I like to think that oysters transcend national barriers."

 

[theFly51]

Rolling Stones-Gimme Shelter doc was brilliant

 

[powerhour24]

The Who: The Amazing Journey is excellent as well.

 

[Zoots]

Seriously if we're talking about U2, Rattle & Hum and the One documentary on the 90s dvd were far more interesting to me than U23D. Also, Popmart Sarajevo.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Rolling Stones - Cocksucker Blues

 

[Salome]

for some reasons AC/DC dvd's are by far my favourites to pop into the dvd player

live albums = Frank Zappa

 

[LMP]

Gin Blossoms - Just South Of Nowhere (Live in Chicago)

Seconded.

I need to see more live DVDs.

 

[Zoots]

Seconded.

Are you being serious? I thought you only liked making fun of the Blossoms.

 

[corianderstem]

Rolling Stones - Cocksucker Blues

I've heard a lot about this. Was it ever officially released, or is it just out of print? An ex-boyfriend of mine had a bootleg copy.

Can I toss out there Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the Hammersmith whatchamacallit, the '75 show that was included in the Born to Run reissue?

Damn, wotta concert.

 

[LMP]

Are you being serious? I thought you only liked making fun of the Blossoms.

You are correct, I do only like making fun of the Gin Blossoms. How long is a 2-song concert? Or do they repeat them Vertigo-style?

These kinds of questions keep me up at night.

 

[Zoots]

You are correct, I do only like making fun of the Gin Blossoms. How long is a 2-song concert? Or do they repeat them Vertigo-style?

These kinds of questions keep me up at night.

To be fair, that's a cracking dvd though... you gotta give it a chance!

 

[LMP]

To be fair, that's a cracking dvd though... you gotta give it a chance!

You could be right, but I'm far more content being an asshole.

 

[Zoots]

Oh c'mon who can resist this little ditty...

Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
Found out about you

 

[LMP]

6th grade suburban white girl lyrics?

I didn't know the Gin Blossoms worked with Scott Stapp.

 

[U2One]

Lord Don't Slow Me Down - Oasis

 

[Bono's shades]

How about "This Is Spinal Tap" - or do fake rockumentaries not count?

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I've heard a lot about this. Was it ever officially released, or is it just out of print? An ex-boyfriend of mine had a bootleg copy.

Can I toss out there Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the Hammersmith whatchamacallit, the '75 show that was included in the Born to Run reissue?

Damn, wotta concert.

It was never officially released, no.

My crazy Aunt out in San Jose, Ca owns a bootleg of it, though. Wild stuff.

And the Springsteen Hammersmith concert is the best and most kickass document of the Boss in his prime.

 

[LMP]

Has anyone seen The Beastie Boys' 'Awesome, I Fucking Shot That!'?

 

[intedomine]

Oh c'mon who can resist this little ditty...

Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
Found out about you

Top tune.....how about this lyric from 2006's comeback Major Lodge Victory:

I heard about your father,
And it was sad to hear,
I would have made the service,
But I thought it might be weird,
My family sent some flowers,
He was such a kind old man,
That time he caught us kissing,
Behind the old bandstand.


Fuck yeah!