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- So in honor of Peter Jackson’s Get Back — a new six-episode look back at the Beatles putting together the album Let It Be even as they were beginning to fall apart — we’ve compiled a list of the 70 greatest music documentaries of all time: the concert films, fly-on-the-wall tour chronicles, punk and hip-hop and jazz time capsules, and career assessments of everyone from Amy Winehouse to the Who that have set the standard and stood the test of time.
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- Stop Making Sense (1984) Film. Documentaries. And you may ask yourself, Why has nobody even come close to making a concert movie as invigorating as this?
- Dont Look Back (1967) Film. Documentaries. It’s hard to say which is more riveting: scenes of Bob Dylan performing such classics as “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” or scenes in which Dylan unleashes his acid tongue on hapless reporters who just want a few good quotes.
- Gimme Shelter (1970) Film. Documentaries. It’s the Stones in their prime, singing hits like “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Under My Thumb,” but it’s the way the directors captured the collapse of ’60s idealism—and a murder—that make this one of the best rock docs ever.
- Monterey Pop (1968) Film. Documentaries. Woodstock, schmoodstock! Jimi Hendrix was in much better form at the first great ’60s rock festival, an event well captured by doc legend D.A.
- 20 Feet From Stardom (2013) Those backing singers often have just as rollercoaster lives as the star they’re harmonising with, as Morgan Neville’s acclaimed film explores.
- 20,000 Days On Earth (2014) Picking up two awards at 2014’s Sundance festival, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days On Earth depicted a fictitious day in the life of Nick Cave as he worked on 2013’s ‘Push The Sky Away’.
- A Band Called Death (2012) Punk could have come around a little sooner if David Hackney, prime mover of a trio of Detroit rock brothers credited with being one of the first bands of the genre, had given in to label pressures to change the name of his band to something more commercial than Death.
- Amazing Grace (2018) Filmed by Sydney Pollack in 1972 but gathering dust on the shelf until three months after her death in 2018, Aretha Franklin’s live recordings for her gospel album ‘Amazing Grace’ – shot over two nights in a church in LA – caught a heaven-sent voice at its most powerful and impassioned.
Apr 27, 2023 · It’s a marvelous time to be a music buff. The list of 50 documentaries below features old classics, new favorites, and a few films that deserve a wider audience. It touches on pop, hip-hop,...
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Nov 25, 2021 · From meeting the Beatles to Hendrix burning guitars, here are the 40 greatest rock documentaries of all time.
Mar 18, 2024 · Music documentaries are as varied as music itself, weaving between introspective behind-the-scenes ‘human beneath the superstar’ stories and bombastic shows of artistic spectacle.
May 3, 2021 · Rotten Tomatoes ranks the best music industry-focused documentary films, including Gimme Shelter, It Might Get Loud, and many other inspiring films.
May 26, 2024 · 20 best music documentaries. 1. Stop Making Sense. Rent now at Amazon. Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense is a hugely influential concert film for a hugely influential band.
