I may have siad this before, but I am watchin Rust Never Sleeps at the moment, and I think it qualifies as the best ever concert on film. Not only does Neil rock, but you have the announcements from Woodstock, and the Roadeyes throughout the concert,and just the whole experience in the Cow Palacae. Best film ever. Tell me a better concert, I dare you.
I'm a Neil Young fan and fully agree that Rust Never Sleeps is one of the best concert movies ever,there's only one comercially available concert dvd that I watched/listened to as often and that's My Morning Jacket's "Okonokos" there's a great unreleased professionaly shot Rolling Stones film from the 1972 Exile On Mainstreet tour with the title "Ladies and Gents" or "Ladies And Gentleman;The Rolling Stones" circulating ion the web which is better than anything you can buy on dvd from them awesome performance by Mick Taylor,especially his solo's on Gimme Shelter,All Down The Line, Tumbling Dice and You Can't Always Get What You Want.
I loved "Heart Of Gold," the Neil Young concert film that just came out about a year or two ago. I am also a huge fan of Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Stop Making Sense, The Last Waltz, Toward The Within (Dead Can Dance), Yes - Live at Montreaux, Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii, Storefront Hitchcock, and of course, The Song Remains The Same.
I have Rust Never Sleeps on vinyl and love it, but have never seen the concert. I seem to be missing out.
my favorite two are both stones-related, but neither are fully concert films as such 'gimme shelter' - sixties gotterdammerung 'hail, hail, rock and roll' - the ugly truth about the genius that is chuck berry, among other things, keef's revelation regarding johnnie johnson [i would like to see that 'ladies and gents' film referenced above some day] but i admit that i am not a huge fan of the genre, and imho 'song remains the same' was one of the WORST movies of ANY kind i have ever seen...
Can't beat The Last Waltz in my opinion. I think the "Ladies and Gentlemen" concert film actually was released in theaters back in the day. The Stones did that with a couple of their early 70's tours. Sadly, they've never been oficially released on video or disc. The Stones are kinda shitty about these things. I mean, there's got to be LOADS of unreleased stuff they could put out.
Probably the reason I like it so much.....I have extremely lame taste in movies. I love Sgt. Peppers, Tommy, and haven't seen Xanadu but I bet I'd like that too....Song Remains the Same is classic campy fun.
Ok, watchin it again, fucked up, I will try to explain, or splain as Rickey Ricardo would say. Lets open with the Beatles. And the roadeyes seting up the stage. I f you aint familiar with the roadeys, the are people dressed in cloakes and hoods with glowing eyes, and they are the roadies, setting everything up. Ok, Neil opens acoustic with Sugar Mountain. Neil plays acoustic and harmonica here. Such a killer opening song. Neil now plays I am a Child, another killer song, as he walks down the steps of the massive Fender amps that are near. Keep in mind, this is the Cow Palace in SF, and the stage is large. Keeping in the acoustic, Neil now does Comes a Time, another killer song.Neil is playin acoustic with the harmonica around his neck. He is the master of both. Next, a little bit of the roadeyes runnin around, gettin things straight. Now Neil sits at the piano, and plays After the Gold Rush, along with harmonica. Now Neil plays one of my favs, still acoustic, he plays Thrashers, where he fucks up the lyrics in the middle, but still a great song.Neil playing acoustic and the harmonica, too cool. Neil switches acoustic guitars, and goes into My My, Hey Hey. Gotta love it. Neil now falls asleep in a s;eeping bag, and he is dragged off stage by the roadeyese. Now we have all the Woodstock announcementes while the roadeyes(guys in hoods with glowing eyes) set up the stage for Neil to come out with Crazy Horse and electric. Neil is now electric, with Frank Sampedro on rythym, Billy Talbot on bass, and Ralph Molina on drums. That is Neil and Crazy Horse. Neil's first song with Crazy Horse is When I can Really Love. Great opening electric song. Neil shows his prowess right away when eletric. He is the king of grundge rock. Next is Loner, another killer grundge rock song Ok, the tuning fork comes out now, held by one of the roadeyes, he slams it against the stage, and Neil goes into Welfare Mothers, another killer grundge song. They just made it rain in the Cow Palace. With announcements from Woodstock of Stop The Rain and NO RAIN,NO RAIN. Now Neil goes acoustic again with the Needle and the Damage Done. Now Neil plays another acoustic, with Crazy Horse backing him, the old Whole Lotta Love, originally done by Nicolette Larson. Ok, now is where we start with the shit. Doctor Rust comes out and promotes Rust O Vision, where the band will rust in front of you. Now Neil and Crazy Horse start rockin. They start with Sedan Delivery. Ok, we have been either acoustic or grundge rock, which Neil is credited for inventing. But, now to get away from the grundge for a moment, and mix it up with some epics. First being Powderfinger, a great melodic rock song Next is Cortez the Killer, another epic, which has been covered now by a couple of bands, but nothing beats Neil, he is the man.Roadeyes came out with a large tuning fork again and slammed it on the stage just before the song, just another funny to the whole movie experience, with the roadeyes constantly running around Neil next complains his foot pedal aint workin He then goes into Cinammon Girl, a great grundge song from Neil Still complaining about the foot pedal that doesnt work, Neil moves into Like A Hurricane, another epic, while someone gets arrested(staged) for trying to get in the middle of the act Ok, now after the annoucements for the staff that helped out, our first encore is hey Hey My My(Electric) Of course, in between this all, the roadeyes are running around doing chit, and Neil now claims that he has been hit on the head with the large 20 foot microphone Here we go, electric Hey Hey My My Ok, after all the roadeyes running around, and the credits being shown while Chuck Berry's Ring Ring plays, Neil comes out for another encore, Tonight's the Night. This is a basic summary of the 2 hour movie, and not everything has been presented. There is more involved with the roadeyes(men in cloakes and glowing eyes) throughout the concert, and other events as well. If you have never seen this concert, YOU MUST. It is nothing like any other concert, and it has a mix of acoustic, grundge, epic, and just plain ole rock, Neil Young Style, and believe me, Neil knows how to do it all.
okay, i can relate to that... you might like 'phantom of the paradise', a glam rock-era movie with paul williams, horrid fun stuff if i recall correctly [not seen in many years]
dude. no competition... LED ZEPPELIN - SONG REMAINS THE SAME sticky and lock up this thread, nothing is beating TSRTS.
watched 'gimme shelter' again the other night the best thing in the whole movie is ike and tina turner a concert film of them at their peak would be something to see or, more of otis [or ravi shankar!] at monterey . . .
I like Joe Cocker singing 'With a Little Help From My Friends' in 1969 at Woodstock. I once saw Zeppelin singing 'Over the Hills and Far Away' on video i don't know when or where it was. The Who singing 'Baba O'riley' is also a great vid. those are definitely my top three picks.
Short but good: Beatles' "Rooftop Concert" (we've just remembered 40 years since then) in Apple Corps. I love it!
