Films

Oil City Confidential. The Dr Feelgood documentary

been a good few years since i last mentioned this on here but apologies if you were already aware but my dad was in the childhood band with Lee Brilleaux that they formed from and is one of the talking heads in this documentary (rico). met Wilko at the premiere at BFI southbank but only for a few seconds as he was in great demand as you'd expect.

Spinal Tap? :)

Has anyone got an opinion on the Wu-Tang Netflix series?

I seem to remember @Stonehedge (possibly) really recommending it. Somebody did and I've been meaning to watch it since.

Amazing! I need to re-watch it

I thought the Wu Tang series was good!

There's a good modest mouse doc as well I think, plus slow century, the Pavement doc.

The best one I watched recently was the PJ Harvey one about the making of Hope Six Demolition Project.

I think @HatBeard is the resident gangsta Wu Tang fan, sure he will be able to tell you it's worth your time.

Ah yeah, hatbeard not stonehedge.

Ah yeah, hatbeard not stonehedge.

We are very similar people. Its an easy mistake to make.

The only thing I have to say about Wu Tang is that after a gig in Northampton some time in the early 00s they invited Jana to a "private foam party" with the strict instruction of "no dudes". She didn't go. Can't imagine why.

@HatHedge @Stonebeard

Yeah this is good as is About the Young Idea, The Jam documentary

Thanks, Excellent, watched it last night.

Brilliant! Glad you enjoyed it!

@EB has covered a lot of them. If you've not seen them I'd add:

Don't Look Back (Bob Dylan)
The Last Waltz (The Band)
Sex & Drugs & RocknRoll (Ian Dury)
The Godmother of Rock and Roll (Sister Rosetta)

and as someone else suggested as band adjacent:
This is Spinal Tap (my favourite film full stop)

and I'd add
The Rutles
Head (the Monkees)
808 (history of the 808 drum machine doc)

If we're going electronic...
"God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines"

Head is brilliant, ages since I saw that (on acid obvs).

D.O.A (A rite of passage) is brilliant too, forgot about that one

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O.A.:_A_Rite_of_Passage

Thanks. Not seen this so will add to watch list. Looks good.

Yeah. Should probably add the Decline of Western Civilisation films to this list.

And We Were There To Be There - recent (ish) short doc about The Cramps / Mutants gig at the Napa State psychiatric hospital.
https://youtu.be/KwwRQVgW-0g

And a few more I've just remembered:

Finding Fela (Fela Kuti)
This Lee Perry doc on YouTube: https://youtu.be/njmTYnS3Z8M

When Nirvana Came to Britain
Dennis & Louis
The Grape Tapes (Black Grape)

it's excellent.

Timely Kermode article for this discussion:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/27/the-top-20-music-documentaries-chosen-by-mark-kermode-summer-of-soul-beatles-get-back-peter-jackson-bowie?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@inchpincher is Mark Kermode AICMFP

Head was a real surprise. My parents took the piss out of it at the time, but it’s definitely a snapshot of a time and they definitely pinned their colours to the mast as part of the counterculture

Hands down the best music Documentary is

In Bed with Chris Needham

https://youtu.be/sUKvV42ouKA

On acid it seemed extremely important and had me questioning the nature of reality for a good few days (the whole inside/outside of the box thing).

In hindsight, that was just the acid!

Ha! Agreed. 'Chart Music?'. This is a nice short follow up:

https://youtu.be/wS2QX5s4j1I