May 15:  Song of the Day.  The Band–The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 

With all this talk of Newman’s soon to be created rock movie/tv series (in case you haven’t been following along, you can jump into the conversation here) and then Dolly’s mention of The Band’s magnificent Last Waltz (another thread you can follow here) I thought we’d explore the finer points of music documentaries and music-related films and see if we could come up with a definitive list of “must sees”.

A couple of the first music films I remember watching back in high school were R.E.M.’s Tour Film, which followed the Athens, Georgia quartet through their Green World Tour in the late 80’s,  U2’s Rattle and Hum, filmed after the release of Joshua Tree and chronicled the band’s journey through America and its music, and of course who didn’t, at one time or another, pop Pink Floyd’s The Wall into the VCR? 

[On a somewhat related note:  Quick show of hands.  Who here, besides myself, has cued up the Dark Side of the Moon album and the film The Wizard of Oz with somewhat disappointing results?]

Depending on your tastes in music and your love of film, we could come up with quite a list.  Here are a few of my personal favorites: »Read More

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