OT: Best music documentary

[wbcbus]

Been watching quite a few of these lately. Give me some recommendations. So far, hard to imagine beating the Woodstock doc from the 70s, but obviously it's very different from modern docs.

Others I've recently enjoyed:

Eagles doc
Montage of Heck
Amy
The HBO Music Box doc on Alanis Morisette
Gimme Shelter

 

[rudedude]

The Sparks Brothers
Once We’re Brothers: The Band
Songs For While I’m Away: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
Who Is Harry Nilsson?
Echo In The Canyon (Laurel Canyon music scene)
Beware of Mr Baker (Ginger Baker)
Now More Than Ever: Chicago
Allman Brothers: After The Crash

 

[Connorpozlee]

Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart

 

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Get back

 

[Zenophile]

More of a retrospective than a true documentary, this series was nonetheless a fascinating watch.

 

[91Joe95]

 

[Connorpozlee]

I am Trying to Break Your Heart about the making of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album is very good. If you should happen to be a fan of the Replacements/Paul Westerberg, Come Feel Me Tremble was an interesting peak into his creative process. I love the line he throws out about once sharing an elevator with Curt Cobain: “I was dying to be anywhere else and he was dying to die”. Or something along those lines.

 

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The Sparks Brothers
Once We’re Brothers: The Band
Songs For While I’m Away: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
Who Is Harry Nilsson?
Echo In The Canyon (Laurel Canyon music scene)
Beware of Mr Baker (Ginger Baker)
Now More Than Ever: Chicago
Allman Brothers: After The Crash

+1. on Echo in the Canyon.

 

[bbrown]

Been watching quite a few of these lately. Give me some recommendations. So far, hard to imagine beating the Woodstock doc from the 70s, but obviously it's very different from modern docs.

Others I've recently enjoyed:

Eagles doc
Montage of Heck
Amy
The HBO Music Box doc on Alanis Morisette
Gimme Shelter

Get Back was awesome.

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

Tricky Dick & the Man in Black - (currently on Netflix) not outstanding, but an interesting story about the crossroads of politics and entertainment.

 

[AvgUser]

There is/was a Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary done a few years ago that’s o really enjoyed

 

[massimoManca II]

Five Years - David Bowie

 

[Limestoner]

The Bee Gees doc on HBO

 

[PSU73]

"Echo In The Canyon" is fantastic. Jakob Dylan does a great job. I've watched this 4-5 times. I'm still in love with Michelle Phillips. (stay away @fairgambit )

Others not yet mentioned:
"Janis-Little Girl Blue" - doc on Janis Joplin by PBS American Masters
"Hear My Train A Comin'" - doc on Jimi Hendrix by PBS American Masters
"Searching For Sugarman" - doc on "Rodriguez" won Oscar for Best Documentary in 2013 - remarkable story of a Detroit artist that never got traction here but was 'discovered' by some South Africans and was a legend there thought dead and when he was found alive went there and had sold out concerts.

Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) - IMDb
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) - IMDb

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

 

[LionsAndBears]

Really enjoyed the Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary on Netflix. A lot of different insights around the lineup changes and how their lives influenced their lyrics.

 

[republion]

Sound City. Absolutely phenomenal! Directed and narrated by Dave Grohl.

 

[Shendojo]

The Last Waltz

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Been watching quite a few of these lately. Give me some recommendations. So far, hard to imagine beating the Woodstock doc from the 70s, but obviously it's very different from modern docs.

Others I've recently enjoyed:

Eagles doc
Montage of Heck
Amy
The HBO Music Box doc on Alanis Morisette
Gimme Shelter

Brilliant thread, can’t wait to dig into this list. Where can I send my $5?

 

[Bertrand]

Gordon Lightfoot documentary is great

 

[Midnighter]

Been watching quite a few of these lately. Give me some recommendations. So far, hard to imagine beating the Woodstock doc from the 70s, but obviously it's very different from modern docs.

Others I've recently enjoyed:

Eagles doc
Montage of Heck
Amy
The HBO Music Box doc on Alanis Morisette
Gimme Shelter

Not sure if your taste in music, but DIG! is pretty great. It’s about the rivalry/relationship of two bands (The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre) and their successes/failures with trying to make it big in the post-grunge indie music big label signing bonanza. It’s a cautionary tale about artistic compromise and what it takes to make it big in music (back when you couldn’t just make a TikTok).

The whole thing is on YouTube.

 

[berklion]

Muscle Shoals was interesting

 

[Nohow]

Woodstock. By a mile.

 

[NewEra 2014]

There are some great suggestions here. The Behind the Music series that ran on VH1 many years ago had some really good episodes as well--maybe those are available on YouTube.

 

[Woodpecker]

20 Feet from Stardom

 

[Midnighter]

Also, maybe less of a documentary (though does have a lot of archival footage) and more of a retrospective, is 'The Defiant Ones' on HBO. It's about Jimmy Iovine and how he built Interscope Records in the 90s mostly on the back of Dr. Dre and acts like Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Tupac, etc.

 

[Erial_Lion]

 

[Midnighter]

There have been two recent documentaries about Oasis; I've only seen 'Supersonic', which is sort of a 'rise and fall' of Oasis; 'Definitely Maybe' is about the making of their first album, 'Definitely Maybe'.

 

[PSUAVLNC]

Been watching quite a few of these lately. Give me some recommendations. So far, hard to imagine beating the Woodstock doc from the 70s, but obviously it's very different from modern docs.

Others I've recently enjoyed:

Eagles doc
Montage of Heck
Amy
The HBO Music Box doc on Alanis Morisette
Gimme Shelter

History or the Eagles Pt1 and 2 was excellent
Two more;

“If I leave here tomorrow” Lynard Skynard story. Really well done.

“20’ from stardom”. Another good one.

 

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History or the Eagles Pt1 and 2 was excellent
Two more;

“If I leave here tomorrow” Lynard Skynard story. Really well done.

“20’ from stardom”. Another good one.

+1. on 20' from Stardom.

 

[bbrown]

There have been two recent documentaries about Oasis; I've only seen 'Supersonic', which is sort of a 'rise and fall' of Oasis; 'Definitely Maybe' is about the making of their first album, 'Definitely Maybe'.

This is also a very good one...

 

[Still in State Colllege]

A lot of good ones listed. I really enjoyed the one about the Eagles. Really showed that Henley and especially Frey weren't really great people to work with. The Skynyrd one on Netflix "If I leave here tomorrow" was good. Netflix also has one on ZZ Top, "That little ol' band from Texas was great.

The last I would add is of course Ken Burns' Country Music. Even if you don't think you like country it is fantastic.

 

[rudedude]

I have touted this one prior and will do so again. A really entertaining documentary

 

[republion]

Not sure if your taste in music, but DIG! is pretty great. It’s about the rivalry/relationship of two bands (The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre) and their successes/failures with trying to make it big in the post-grunge indie music big label signing bonanza. It’s a cautionary tale about artistic compromise and what it takes to make it big in music (back when you couldn’t just make a TikTok).

The whole thing is on YouTube.

Absolutely genius! Joel “wasting his life” playing the tambourine is one of my all time favorite scenes. Lol

 

[ApexLion]

Been watching quite a few of these lately. Give me some recommendations. So far, hard to imagine beating the Woodstock doc from the 70s, but obviously it's very different from modern docs.

Others I've recently enjoyed:

Eagles doc
Montage of Heck
Amy
The HBO Music Box doc on Alanis Morisette
Gimme Shelter

My favorites:

Don't Look Back - Dylan

Rolling Thunder Revue - Dylan

Long Hot Summers - The Style Council

Shine a Light - Rolling Stones

Quincy - Quincy Jones

It Might Get Loud - a who's who of guitarists

The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin

Hitsville - Motown artists

Respect Yourself: The Stax Story: Stax Records artists

 

[NitfanUarkgrad]

I watched ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas recently on Netflix and really enjoyed it.

 

[Tgar]

Festival Express. Tune in, Turn on, Drop out.

 

[wbcbus]

Thanks for all the great responses everyone, looking forward to digging into a lot of these.

 

[barry j fenchak]

You definitely want to check out "Fear of a Black Hat". It discusses the career of NWH, the trio of Ice Cold, Tasty Taste and Tone Def. Some really deep stuff there.

 

[WestSideLion]

There have been two recent documentaries about Oasis; I've only seen 'Supersonic', which is sort of a 'rise and fall' of Oasis; 'Definitely Maybe' is about the making of their first album, 'Definitely Maybe'.

I’ll watch both. Thank you.