What are the best music DVD's?

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:24 pm

The only ones I have are:

jeff buckley - live in chicago
lightning bolt - the power of salad
radiohead - meeting people is easy
scratch
slayer - still reigning
wu-tang clan - legend of wu-tang: the videos

The Mayor of Simpleton · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:50 am

Melissa Wrote:

The Slayer of Pimpletown Wrote:

PopTodd (scary enough?) Wrote:

If documentary is allowed:
Guided By Voices: Watch Me Jumpstart is pretty cool, too.

Don't forget The Electrifying Conclusion. It's grueling at something like 4 hours long, but it's a friggin' amazing concert set nonetheless.

Do you mean their last concert ever? That was a terrible show in my opinion...they were a shadow of their Isolation Drills days...

Isolation Drills? That was only like 3 years before. Had you said UtBUtS, I might agree, but tEC was a pretty damned impressive event. Sloppy, but impressive. I mean, come on - 63 songs? And Bob manages to stay just sober enough to continue performing? That's got to be worth something.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

I have a bunch of them that I don't watch often. I think the ones I watch the most are:
Live: Shadow slightly edges out the Springsteen disc of the London show followed by the Black Keys in Austin
Docs: X's Unhead Music, the Ramones one, Cocksucker Blues
Videos: I dunno, Pavement? Spile Jonze? Booty Classic Throwbacks?

Mick · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:27 am

my favourites, in terms of cramming a lot of different and good shit onto a dvd:

Pixies
Go Betweens - That Striped Sunlight Sound

Sketch · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:04 am

The only ones I own:
The Last Waltz
Woodstock
DJ Shadow - In Tune and On Time
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (Wilco doc)

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:26 am

If you're a fan:
The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Depressing, but excellent.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:12 pm

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live In New York City(2001)

puma · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:08 pm

i own:
radiohead - astoria live
radiohead - meeting people is easy
radiohead - 7 television commercials
iggy pop - live @ avenue b
gorillaz - demon days live @ manchester
kraftwerk - minimum maximum
and quite a few others i can't remember right now

and i just got that new r.e.m. dvd which i haven't watched yet: r.e.m. - when the light is mine ... the best of the i.r.s. years 1982-87 video collection

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:33 pm

Among the numerous ones already listed that are quality, I'll throw in:

Buena Vista Social Club
Ween-Live In Chicago
U2-Rattle & Hum
Prince-Live at the Aladdin
Steely Dan-Plush TV Jazz Rock Party
Festival Express
Grateful Dead Movie
Phish-Bittersweet Motel
Phish-Live In Brooklyn

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:08 am

Prince - The Sacrifice Of Victor

It's Prince JAMMING on a bunch of old rock n' roll and blues songs.
All guitar, all the time.
All amazing.

d · **Posted:** Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:55 pm

The Who - The Kids are Alright remastered version
Pretty interesting film in its own right, but the updated remastered version has put back in formerly deleted scenes, cleaned up the visuals as well as the audio, and have added some amazing features, like the process of restoring the film, interviews with band members, interview with the director (who is quite clearly a ex-druggie from the 60s), and some really interesting trivia.

R.E.M. Succumbs
I haven't watched this video in forever-- yes, I have it on VHS. But I believe it was the first video "album" R.E.M. ever put out, and it's mostly just random films set to music. It also reminds me of how far they've come, because the videos, while entertaining, are very amateur and art-schoolish, something I really miss about them.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:01 pm

FT · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2007 4:42 pm

PopTodd Wrote:

The Decline Of Western Civilization (1981) is essential.

I caught Part II: The Metal Years from 1988 recently on IFC, and that thing absolutely REEKED of hair metal. But it was funny, because even though it was released four years later than This is Spinal Tap, it almost seemed like the real thing. I'll give Spheeris credit for her angle on the shots of her interviews with Paul Stanley. Dude had GAME.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2007 4:53 pm

Big Squat Bob Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

The Decline Of Western Civilization (1981) is essential.

I caught Part II: The Metal Years from 1988 recently on IFC, and that thing absolutely REEKED of hair metal. But it was funny, because even though it was released four years later than This is Spinal Tap, it almost seemed like the real thing. I'll give Spheeris credit for her angle on the shots of her interviews with Paul Stanley. Dude had GAME.

The Metal Years is an absolute awesome train wreck.

The parade of meathead nobodies they interview is hysterical. Every last one of them say the same thing: "I am GOING to make it or I'll die trying".

The guy from WASP guzzling vodka in a pool, fully clothed, in front of his mom, and, the DOUCHEBAGS that the film tauts as the next big act in the jacuzzi are all hilarious and sad at the same time.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2007 4:59 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

Big Squat Bob Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

The Decline Of Western Civilization (1981) is essential.

I caught Part II: The Metal Years from 1988 recently on IFC, and that thing absolutely REEKED of hair metal. But it was funny, because even though it was released four years later than This is Spinal Tap, it almost seemed like the real thing. I'll give Spheeris credit for her angle on the shots of her interviews with Paul Stanley. Dude had GAME.

The Metal Years is an absolute awesome train wreck.

The parade of meathead nobodies they interview is hysterical. Every last one of them say the same thing: "I am GOING to make it or I'll die trying".

The guy from WASP guzzling vodka in a pool, fully clothed, in front of his mom, and, the DOUCHEBAGS that the film tauts as the next big act in the jacuzzi are all hilarious and sad at the same time.

Avoid Metal: A Headbanger's Journey at all costs. It starts out enjoyable and ventures into slam-your fingers-in-the-car-door territory.

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