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I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T. Rex

by DougJ|  December 4, 20133:27 pm| 185 Comments

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I watched the movie “Velvet Goldmine” over Thanksgiving. It’s about a Marc Bolan/David Bowie character and an Iggy Pop/Lou Reed character. I enjoyed it, though I didn’t understand it.

It got me thinking: what are the best movies about music? Let’s throw out the Chris Guest ones (though I love them) as well as actual musicals. I loved “The Commitments” (you probably couldn’t make a movie about Irish people singing soul music that I wouldn’t love) and “School of Rock”. Documentaries could be a separate part of the genre — I love me some “Behind the Music” and liked “Only the Strong Survive”.

Update. Forgot “The Harder They Come”. Jimmy Cliff isn’t so convincing as a gangster, but this studio scene is great.

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  1. 1.

    joel hanes

    December 4, 2013 at 3:28 pm

    I very much enjoyed “That Thing You Do”

  2. 2.

    Matt Q

    December 4, 2013 at 3:29 pm

    I’m gonna recommend East Side Story – a documentary about Communist musicals.

  3. 3.

    MadamZorba

    December 4, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    Almost Famous.

  4. 4.

    Marc

    December 4, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    This is Spinal Tap!

  5. 5.

    the Conster

    December 4, 2013 at 3:32 pm

    Almost Famous. That one scene where the kid fondles the Cream cover is so.great.

  6. 6.

    jayboat

    December 4, 2013 at 3:32 pm

    The Last Waltz- or is that not enough ‘about’ music.
    Agree on The Commitments… fabulous flick.

  7. 7.

    Ben Grimm

    December 4, 2013 at 3:33 pm

    High Fidelity?

  8. 8.

    Amir Khalid

    December 4, 2013 at 3:33 pm

    A Hard Day’s Night? Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story? Lizstomania? Ray? The Weird Al biopic trailered on Funny Or Die that isn’t actually being made? (I’d pay to see that one.)

  9. 9.

    Marcelo

    December 4, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    “Amadeus” comes to mind, as does Bakshi’s “American Pop” which has moments of greatness and moments of awful.

    I also really like “Shine,” the Australian movie about David Helfgott. I don’t know if that’s ABOUT music per se, but music plays a huge role in it, and I don’t think any other film communicates the greatness of piano composers like Rachmaninoff and Lidzdzszdszt.

  10. 10.

    Marcelo

    December 4, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    I’m so happy someone else mentioned Lizstomania. That movie is so amazingly weird.

  11. 11.

    BretH

    December 4, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    +1 for High Fidelity

    I also really enjoyed “Once”

  12. 12.

    Mullah DougJ

    December 4, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    @Ben Grimm:

    I was disappointed in the movie. I love the book to an unhealthy level and could quote most of it at one time. I just don’t the music culture translates that well from English to American.

    John Cusack didn’t seem like the kind of person who understood that “Al Green Explores Your Mind” is as serious as life gets.

  13. 13.

    Bill Murray

    December 4, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    Documentaries — We Jam Econo about The Minutemen, Color Me Impressed A Film about the Replacements and Teenage Kicks— the story of the Undertones

    Movies — Bandwagon by John Schultz — A rollicking rock and roll road trip that will take you to the starving edge of the independent music scene. Charlie, Eric, Tony, and Wynn hardly know each other, but here they are in the most ridiculous, volatile and tenuous of unions: a band. Four young men find themselves hurtling through an exhilarating, sometimes painful adventure that puts them on a collision course with self discovery, or self destruction.

    Control by Anton Corbijn about Ian Curtis and Joy Division

  14. 14.

    Elizabelle

    December 4, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    @MadamZorba:
    @Marc:

    Yes and yes. Almost Famous and Spinal Tap. Would be a great double bill.

  15. 15.

    Bob

    December 4, 2013 at 3:41 pm

    The Sapphires

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ljho1cyEfg

  16. 16.

    Lurking Buffoon

    December 4, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    I’m not seeing any documentaries (or at least, I’m not recognizing any documentary titles) so I’ll get that part of the genre rolling with “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey.” It’s surprisingly good.

    EDIT: Of course while I was writing this Bill Murray beat me to it with documentaries.

  17. 17.

    Knight of Nothing

    December 4, 2013 at 3:43 pm

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch is kind of a musical, but it’s awesome. Also, I love the fact that there are three documentaries about Joe Strummer – Westway to the World, Let’s Rock Again, and The Future is Unwritten – and they are all great.

  18. 18.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    December 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    @Elizabelle: Though This Is Spinal Tap violates the No Chris Guest rule promulgated in the original post.

  19. 19.

    The Frito Pundito

    December 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Actually, I think one of the films that best captured being a musician was the much-maligned “Ishtar”. The scenes where Dustin Hoffman is playing in a restaurant singing “I’m Leaving Some Love for You in My Will” made me spit up my highball.

  20. 20.

    Haydnseek

    December 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    I loved Velvet Goldmine. The Brian Eno pieces throughout were perfect. Eddie Izzard was superb.

  21. 21.

    Groucho48

    December 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Plenty of good movies about music. The cheesiest is probably The Great Waltz, about Richard Strauss the Younger. One of those movies that is so bad it is fun to watch.

  22. 22.

    Comrade Mary

    December 4, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    @Knight of Nothing: Oh, God, yes — Hedwig! Hedwig! Hedwig!

  23. 23.

    chopper

    December 4, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    o brother where art thou?

  24. 24.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    @Marc:

    Yup. I don’t care if it DOES violate the “no Chris Guest” rule. It’s the DEFINITIVE heavy metal takedown movie…so good that actual heavy metal bands don’t get the jokes…it’s too close to reality.

    I’d also like to toss in a vote for Walk Hard.

  25. 25.

    Knight of Nothing

    December 4, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    Also, I’d add Oh Brother Where Art Thou? to this list.

  26. 26.

    debg

    December 4, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    @Lurking Buffoon: also in the documentary class, but less about music: Air Guitar Nation. Side-splittingly funny and wonderful.

  27. 27.

    geg6

    December 4, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    The orginal “The Producers.” I’d also endorse the nomination of “(This Is) Spinal Tap.”

    There are no other musicals I can think of off the top of my head that I can sit through without wanting to poke out both my eyeballs and eardrums with knitting needles. But then, I’m not a fan of musicals or musical theater.

  28. 28.

    Knight of Nothing

    December 4, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    @chopper: beat me to it!

  29. 29.

    MikeJ

    December 4, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    Athens Inside Out
    That Big Star documentary.

  30. 30.

    ranchandsyrup

    December 4, 2013 at 3:48 pm

    Love the documentaries. Meeting People is Easy (Radiohead). Dig! (Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dandy Warhols). Gouge and loudQUIETloud (Pixies).

  31. 31.

    Knight of Nothing

    December 4, 2013 at 3:48 pm

    @Comrade Mary: I know, right?! I got a chance to see a live production of it as well – sat in the front row. The guy who played Hedwig was amazing.

  32. 32.

    geg6

    December 4, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):

    He only acted in it. It was directed by Rob Reiner. So I think it counts.

    If Chris Guest was allowed, “A Mighty Wind” is fucking awesome.

    I watched an hour or so of one of the worst musical films I’ve ever clapped my eyes on over the holiday. It was about the Prairie Home Companion and Lake Woebegon. I never listened to that show and now I’m absolutely thrilled that I never did. Awful doesn’t even begin to describe it.

  33. 33.

    Lee

    December 4, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    Funny you should mention The Commitments. I just watched it for the first time this past weekend and loved it.

  34. 34.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    December 4, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    Six String Samurai

    Imagine Ingmar Bergman making a wuxia style remake of The Road Warrior shot in slow motion and with all of the symbolic icons being 50s Americana and early rock-and-roll and a soundtrack by the Red Elvises.

    “If I were you, I’d run.”
    “If you were me, you’d be good looking.”

  35. 35.

    Bjacques

    December 4, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    The Decline Of Western Civilization
    X: The Unheard Music
    The Boat That Rocked

  36. 36.

    geg6

    December 4, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Okay, you mentioned one more that I can stand. “Hard Day’s Night” is a masterpiece.

  37. 37.

    Certified Mutant Enemy

    December 4, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    ‘Round Midnight

  38. 38.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    December 4, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    Two that go back a way (and were sort of, uh, propaganda): Stormy Weather and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

  39. 39.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    December 4, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    @geg6:

    There are no other musicals I can think of off the top of my head that I can sit through without wanting to poke out both my eyeballs and eardrums with knitting needles.

    I’m not much of a musicals fan, but The Blues Brothers and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum are both great.

  40. 40.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    I might add that the DVD edition has an in character commentary by the band that is absolutely hilarious.

  41. 41.

    ranchandsyrup

    December 4, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    I am trying to break your heart (Wilco documentary).

  42. 42.

    Jack Canuck

    December 4, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    No contest for me: Hard Core Logo. A fairly low-budget Canadian film about an old punk band taking one last road trip across the country, and it’s awesome. If you haven’t seen it, go out and find a copy. It’s directed by Bruce McDonald (who also did Roadkill and Highway 61), and has cameos from punk personalities like Joey Ramone, Joey Shithead, and Art Bergmann. Probably the only recognizable actor in it to most people is Callum Keith Rennie (aka the cylon Leoben Conoy in Battlestar Galactica). Love it love it love it. Got to get a copy on DVD – maybe I can add it to my Christmas list.

  43. 43.

    Bill Murray

    December 4, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    @Knight of Nothing: I’d second the Joe Strummer docs, and add another The Story of The Alarm

  44. 44.

    geg6

    December 4, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    OT, but I thought this story would be of vital importance to the BJtariat:

    http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/12/cats-recognize-their-owners-voice-but-chose-to-ignore-it/#ixzz2mTfei9ZG

  45. 45.

    geg6

    December 4, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):

    I thought the Blues Brothers film cheapened soul music. YMMV.

    ETA: And “A Funny Thing…” is exactly everything I hate about musicals. Ugh.

  46. 46.

    ranchandsyrup

    December 4, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    Instrument (Fugazi)

  47. 47.

    Trollhattan

    December 4, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    Even though it’s a performance movie, “Stop Making Sense” is great. “Rude Boy” was flawed and overly long, but captures the era well. the “Quadrophenia” film is good, if never shown. Can’t begin to adequetly express my hatred for the film adaptations of “Tommy” and “Seargent Pepper” other than Ann Margaret in beans.

  48. 48.

    shelly

    December 4, 2013 at 3:58 pm

    It was about the Prairie Home Companion and Lake Woebegon. I never listened to that show and now I’m absolutely thrilled that I never did

    The show is great, the movie was awful.

  49. 49.

    Trollhattan

    December 4, 2013 at 3:58 pm

    “Tender Mercies” is a favorite and I have a lot of respect for “Cash.”

  50. 50.

    Trollhattan

    December 4, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    @shelly:

    Agreed, the movie was a shambles.

  51. 51.

    John

    December 4, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    I recently watched “A Band Called Death” on Netflix. It’s about three African-American brothers in Detroit who started what could arguably be the world’s first punk band in the early 1970’s. It was very cool. A little melancholy, a little uplifting, as Death never got much attention until after the brother who provided most of the creative drive passed away. I enjoyed it a lot.

  52. 52.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    A lot of people say “Once” is a great movie about music, we saw the musical they made out of it on Broadway. I don’t really like that kind of music though so I thought it was kinda boring. But other people like it.

    It’s kinda hard to beat The Blues Brothers, I can’t believe no one mentioned it. Maybe it’s considered a musical?

    I did like “Walk The Line,” being a Nashville person. And for that matter, “Nashville” is pretty brilliant. Altman isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, though. The most hilarious Nashville movie ever is “The Thing Called Love,” a couple friends of mine worked on that film. It’s so horrifically bad it’s good, in a super campy cheesy sort of way. Funny to see Sandra Bullock when she was just starting out and Trisha Yearwood with her horrible acting.

  53. 53.

    ranchandsyrup

    December 4, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    @shelly: That movie seemed like just an excuse to have Lindsay Lohan on screen.

  54. 54.

    Certified Mutant Enemy

    December 4, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    @Trollhattan:

    Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (the movie) is an unholy abomination straight from the deepest pit of hell.

  55. 55.

    smintheus

    December 4, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Irish Tour ’74, the Rory Gallagher documentary, is as phenomenal as the album from that tour.

  56. 56.

    Corydon

    December 4, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Spinal Tap deserves its own category, doesn’t it? Not just the best movie about rock and/or roll, but arguably the best comedy ever. Lots of good documentaries about music: Gimme Shelter gives me the chills. As to musicals, anybody who doesn’t like Singin’ in the Rain hates joy, period.

  57. 57.

    low-tech cyclist

    December 4, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    Starstruck (the 1982 movie set in Australia, not any of the other movies by the same title).

  58. 58.

    Trollhattan

    December 4, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    @Trollhattan:

    Whoops, should have typed “Walk the Line” without which “Walk Hard” wouldn’t have worked.

    (Think I conflated Walk the Line and Ray to get Cash.)

  59. 59.

    Marcin

    December 4, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    24 Hour Party People, about brit pop.

  60. 60.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” was also good, a kind of obscure documentary. And we saw “Searching For Sugar Man” when it came out, I just couldn’t believe it. I kept waiting for the hoax to be revealed. Knowing how the music business works I couldn’t believe anyone would sell that many records and no bean counter in the U.S. would step forward to claim their share. But there ya go, guess I was wrong.

  61. 61.

    MikeJ

    December 4, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    @Trollhattan: I liked the movie. I can easily see how if anybody but Altman had directed they could have made a straightforward little movie that nobody hated.

    I think being a shambles was part of its charm.

  62. 62.

    Tokyokie

    December 4, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. Because Joey is the cutest.

    But on a more serious note, I’ll throw in with Certified Mutant Enemy about ‘Round Midnight.

  63. 63.

    Petorado

    December 4, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    “The Harder They Come.” The Jamaican patois can be almost impossible to decipher, but it really captures the mood of the time and place and desperation of the lead character. One of the greatest soundtracks ever.

  64. 64.

    Groucho48

    December 4, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    Lady Sings the Blues is great.

    For a documentary Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll! is about as good as it gets. Especially if you get the bonus disks that show just what an experience it was making the film with Chuck Berry.

    American Graffiti isn’t about making music but it shows how music shapes our lives.

  65. 65.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    @low-tech cyclist:

    Oh I remember that movie!! Went to see it in college with a good friend. We loved that movie. Thanks for reminding me of it!

    Of that same era, and not necessarily a music film though music played a big part in it, was the French film “Diva.” God I loved that movie.

  66. 66.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    @Certified Mutant Enemy:

    While people got tired of Saturday Night Fever‘s soundtrack, I think that movie had much more to do with the wave of anti-BeeGee revulsion that swept the planet in the late 70’s.

  67. 67.

    Jack Canuck

    December 4, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    @Marcin: +1. 24 Hour Party People was really well done (and had a lot of great little cameos too).

  68. 68.

    Soul On Ice

    December 4, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    Documentary: Woodstock

    Drama: The Harder They Come

  69. 69.

    Grover's Bathtub

    December 4, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    24 Hour Party People (about the Manchester music scene from the late 70s to early 90s) was a lot of fun.

    Edited to add: as at least a couple of others have now noted!

  70. 70.

    lgerard

    December 4, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    We Jam Econo, the Minutemen doc

    Don’t knock the Twist, if only for the awesome closing number

  71. 71.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    Anyone remember the ’80s film “Ladies And Gentlemen … The Fabulous Stains”? With Diane Lane as a punk rocker? Not a great film by any means.

  72. 72.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    @geg6:

    Just confirms what we already know.

    Dogs have owners.

    Cats have staff.

  73. 73.

    low-tech cyclist

    December 4, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    @Southern Beale: I hadn’t thought about it in years, but yeah, Diva was a gem! And glad I’m not the only one who has fond memories of Starstruck. Such a fun movie.

  74. 74.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    December 4, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    Two films in which the music is an indispensable part of the films themseleves, but isn’t important in moving the plots forward: Goodfellas and Boogie Nights.

  75. 75.

    Summer

    December 4, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    I second the vote for the Big Star documentary. It was wonderful. I also loved “Searching for Sugarman” and “Twenty Feet from Stardom.”

  76. 76.

    srv

    December 4, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    No lurv for Purple Rain?

    Harder They Come +1. Help! was the top Beatles movie.

  77. 77.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:13 pm

    @geg6:

    I’d discount The Producers because a) it’s a musical and b) it’s a musical about making a musical, not about music.

    Just my .02.

  78. 78.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 4:13 pm

    OK, I just remembered something else.

    All You Need Is Cash

  79. 79.

    heartlesshackle

    December 4, 2013 at 4:13 pm

    Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgwFGfKENk8

  80. 80.

    R-Jud

    December 4, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    I quite liked “End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones”, even though I really didn’t care much about the Ramones.

  81. 81.

    Citizen_X

    December 4, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Gimme Shelter.

    And I nominate The Decline of Western Civilization as the most influential music documentary ever. Discuss.

  82. 82.

    Pharniel

    December 4, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Suck! with damn near everybody and their brother (Including Moby, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Alex Lifeson, Henry Rollins and Malcolm fucking McDowell is about a small time bad trying to break it into the bigs.

    Also why no love fore Josie and the Pussycats(2001 vintage). The takedown on boybands was just amazing.

    Bluesbrothers may have ‘cheapned’ soul to some but to me it just braught it to a wider audience. 12 Year old me had never heard much Aretha, Cab Calloway or hell most of the people in the movie.

  83. 83.

    FlipYrWhig

    December 4, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Wait, seriously, did no one else mention Sid and Nancy?

  84. 84.

    Highway Rob

    December 4, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    It’s not the best, but I’d hate to see the thread die without Pink Floyd: The Wall being thrown out there. Yes it’s a musical, but it’s a musical about music, so it ought to count.

  85. 85.

    Certified Mutant Enemy

    December 4, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    @Southern Beale:

    The original version of The Producers (1968) was not a musical (unless you count the musical numbers in Springtime for Hitler).

  86. 86.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    @Southern Beale:

    We loved that movie so much, we loved the girls’ style. I think Madonna co-opted it. That was around the time that everything Australian was so hot. We were huge David Bowie fans and his Let’s Dance video was filmed in Australia.

  87. 87.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    @Southern Beale:

    We loved that movie so much, we loved the girls’ style. I think Madonna co-opted it. That was around the time that everything Australian was so hot. We were huge David Bowie fans and his Let’s Dance video was filmed in Australia.

  88. 88.

    Summer

    December 4, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    @Southern Beale: Diva. Oh my, me too.

  89. 89.

    MikeJ

    December 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    The Runaways biopic wasn’t nearly as awful as I expected it to be.

  90. 90.

    Napoleon

    December 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    I will throw in a movie I saw in the last year, 20 Feet From Stardom. It may not be the best about music ever but it was well worth seeing.

  91. 91.

    dexwood

    December 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    A documentary – Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Give it up for the Funk Brothers.

  92. 92.

    lgerard

    December 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    @Citizen_X:

    It would be nice to actually see it again

  93. 93.

    Ripley

    December 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    “Rock My World” w/ Alicia Silverstone. Great music that inexplicably never made it to a soundtrack.

    “The Other F Word” – Nice doc about older punk musicians, family and touring.

  94. 94.

    Ripley

    December 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    @Marcin: Cosign this one. More than Britpop though, lest we incur the (mostly toothless) wrath of Mark E. Smith.

  95. 95.

    BGinCHI

    December 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    I highly, highly recommend the doc “Sound City” about the old LA area (the valley) studio at which so many great records were made.

    It has been playing on that Palladium channel.

  96. 96.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    Completely OT: The cretinous swine of Noisemax are at it again:

    Obama Not Yet Enrolled in Obamacare

    This might be because he’s covered by a government health care plan already? Do ya think?

  97. 97.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    @Certified Mutant Enemy:

    But it wasn’t about music it was about Broadway show producers.

  98. 98.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Hilarious.

  99. 99.

    the Conster

    December 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    This Must Be The Place was a quirky but fun ride – Sean Penn plays a reclusive and retired Robert Smith-like musician who lives in an Irish castle, and whose music is responsible for a suicide decades before. Frances McDormand is his wife. His father, a Nazi hunter, is dying in America and he goes “home”. It’s a collaboration with David Byrne, so you know it’s going to have fun with stagecraft.

  100. 100.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    I didn’t mean to reply to myself above. I’m still having troubles controlling my new Magic Mouse. It has a mind of its own.

  101. 101.

    bg

    December 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    A little different, but Songcatcher, with Janet McTeer, Emmy Rossum and Aidan Quinn
    About a music professor who visits Appalachia to study the incredible Scots-Irish folk songs still sung there.

    the a capella singing by Emmy Rossum is just breathtaking

  102. 102.

    srv

    December 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    Martin Bashir resigns from MSNBC after Sarah Palin flap
    Host exits after he suggests on-air that someone should defecate in the former GOP VP candidate’s mouth. It comes just weeks after Alec Baldwin’s dismissal from the network over a gay slur hurled at a photographer.

  103. 103.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    December 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    @Summer:

    I’ll jump on this bandwagon, too. Wanna see my Nagra?

  104. 104.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Paul Simon’s One Trick Pony…how his own career might have turned out.

  105. 105.

    Ken J.

    December 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    @Bob: I loved “The Sapphires.” Dissolute Irish music manager molds an Australian Aboriginal country act into a Motown cover girl group and takes them on a tour of South Vietnam. VERY loosely based on real people — the Dave character is a complete invention.

    Though I am still annoyed that the scene where the girl group encounters the Viet Cong on the back roads was deleted from the USA theatrical release. (The scene was in the original Aussie trailer and lots of events are pointing toward it, but in the USA screening, nope, it never happens.) Maybe it’ll appear on a home video release.

    But still: I love big sappy sentimental music movies.

  106. 106.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    @FlipYrWhig:

    I was thinking Sid And Nancy, it’s been ages but I remember it did make the characters seem a lot more sympathetic than I thought it would.

  107. 107.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    @srv:

    Oh, please. Bashir just wanted someone to improve Grifterella’s breath.

  108. 108.

    minstrel hussain boy

    December 4, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    i actually am a professional musician. it’s my main, and often only source of income.

    spike lee’s “mo better blues” is one of the best inside looks into my world. the stupid and petty jealousies, the nagging little indignities, the self absorbtion and obsessive focus on the sounds, all of it, along with some really great music.

  109. 109.

    Trollhattan

    December 4, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    @Certified Mutant Enemy:

    Maybe not intended as such, but I can “sing” the tunes on command, which is more than I can say for most musicals. Come to think of it, I can also, too dredge up “The French Mistake.” Mel loves him some show tunes. “Puttin’ on the Ritz” anybody?

  110. 110.

    dexwood

    December 4, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: I had forgotten about that one. It’s pretty good. Loved the dead rock stars game.

  111. 111.

    Ken J.

    December 4, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    @bg: Ooh, “Songcatcher,” another fine one, especially for folkies.

    It’s a musical and doesn’t count, but I still love “Phantom of the Paradise,” Brian DePalma’s mashup of “Phantom of the Opera” with “The Picture of Dorian Grey” and setting it in the dissolute rock world of the early 1970s.

  112. 112.

    Southern Beale

    December 4, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    Alrighty I’ve got to get back to work. Thanks for the diversion, folks.

  113. 113.

    Citizen_X

    December 4, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    @lgerard: Amen.

    @MikeJ: IMO, the price of admission/watching was justified by one shot: the one where Joan Jett blows pot smoke into Cherie Currie’s mouth and starts making out with her as the lights go red and I Wanna Be Your Dog starts. Talk about smoking hot.

  114. 114.

    Suffern ACE

    December 4, 2013 at 4:29 pm

    On the foreign front, There is a Chinese movie called “Father” about a violin prodigy and his poor father moving to Beijing to move him into the classical musician production system. It is a weeper, but it did make me feel the need the call my father and thank him for everything he did for me.

    There is also an interesting movie from Japan called “Linda Linda” about a bunch of girls who are forming a band for a spring festival at their school. Its one of those movies where nothing much happens, because it is high school, but there is a dream sequence where the lead guitar player ends up with Johnny Ramone’s hand that I remember well.

    Then, for those inclined to sit through ten part Japanese TV Dramas, there is a romantic comedy “Nodame Cantabile”, a story about kids at a classical music college that I thought was goofey fun to watch without subtitles. Enough so that I tracked down a DVD that had subtitles so I could understand what was going on. The follow on series, specials and movies to the story haven’t been as good as the first ten episodes.

  115. 115.

    Bob

    December 4, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    @Ken J.: I’m a Vietnam vet so I saw a lot of those touring groups while I was there. Brought back some fond/not so fond memories.

  116. 116.

    MikeJ

    December 4, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    Respect Yourself, The STAX Records Story

    Wattstax

    And of course James Brown on the TAMI show, same tape I’ve had for years.

  117. 117.

    lamh36

    December 4, 2013 at 4:34 pm

    Jeez,

    Jeez, this may be the whitest list of comments I’ve ever seen…lol.

    No love for “The Five Heartbeats”, people actually thought is was based on the true life Temptations, but it wasn’t really.

    How about Cadillac Records?

    And yeah Dreamgirls was a musical, but it was also really about the music industry.

    How’s about Krush Groove?

  118. 118.

    Comrade Mary

    December 4, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    @Southern Beale: Not great, but lovable nonetheless.

  119. 119.

    wr

    December 4, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    No love here for Nashville?

  120. 120.

    Roberto

    December 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    “Rude Boy”, overlook the wooden acting & bask in Joe Strummer’s charisma as he washes a Red Brigades t-shirt in a hotel sink.

    Also, for anyone who has ever played in a really bad band, there are some true-to-life cringe-worthy moments in “Georgia”, with the band Jennifer Jason Leigh’s involved with, not the sort-of-boring parts about her more successful older sister. It’s like a love poem to anyone who has ever failed in public.

    And finally, even though it often makes it onto the list of all-time worst movies ever, there is “Ishtar”, especially the scene where Warren Beatty is driving an ice cream truck and is in the middle of composing what sounds like a truly horrible pop song, and is so caught up in it that he’s oblivious to the kids running alongside the truck waving their ice cream money and yelling at him to slow down.

  121. 121.

    Bob

    December 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    @FlipYrWhig: I finally saw “S and N” about two months back. It was mentioned as one of the Ten Best by either Siskel or Ebert the year of its release. No doubt it, great movie.

  122. 122.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    @Mullah DougJ: In the movie, they do switch from soul to alternative for the obsession. I know enough of music obsessives (I dabble on the fringes of it) here in the US that I found it realistic.

    @Marcin: Great one.

    @FlipYrWhig: Along with Sid and Nancy, there are Alex Cox’s other great works Repo Man and Straight to Hell. Not about music per se but lot’s of good music in ’em.

  123. 123.

    Honus

    December 4, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    At the risk of being tragically square, I really like Jailhouse Rock. Also, The Legend of 1900, especially when he lights Jelly Roll Morton’s cigarette on the piano strings.

  124. 124.

    steve

    December 4, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    The Competition is the only movie I’ve seen that accurately depicts the way classical music people think and behave.

    Hangover Square is more of a thriller than a music movie, but it’s amazing. It’s about a British composer who becomes a serial killer during his occasional blackouts. Incredible music by Bernard Herrmann, including a justifiably famous piano concerto heard in the final scene.

  125. 125.

    Chat Noir

    December 4, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    I Wanna Hold Your Hand (about a group of NJ teenagers trying to see the Beatles on Ed Sullivan)

  126. 126.

    FlipYrWhig

    December 4, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Re: Cox, I always meant to watch _Walker_ but never got around to it.

  127. 127.

    kevinthehen

    December 4, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    Festival Express – documentary about the Woodstock-like festival that traveled across Canada by train. Best Janis Joplin footage ever, fun footage for the musicians hanging out on the train including members of the Grateful Dead and The Band among many others. Sha Na Na!

  128. 128.

    eldorado

    December 4, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    documentary: heavy metal parking lot – exactly what it says on the tin

    performances: urgh! a music war and songs for cassavetes, which give a great taste of the ’80’s punk/new wave, and ’90’s indie scene respectively

  129. 129.

    Turner Hedenkoff

    December 4, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    I watched “The Decline of Western Civilization” and “Repo Man” back-to-back in high school and was warped for life. Not that I’m complaining … I’d put “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” and “The Filth and the Fury” right up there with “Decline.”

  130. 130.

    Citizen_X

    December 4, 2013 at 5:13 pm

    @FlipYrWhig: The movie’s pretty meh. Watch it for the “making of…” stuff that includes a bearded Strummer screwing around and telling stories.

  131. 131.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    @Turner Hedenkoff: I like Westway to the World better than The Filth…

  132. 132.

    catclub

    December 4, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    There was a performance movie made by Tom Waits. I would at least like to see the whole thing – it
    was on cable when I was traveling somewhere. It seemed pretty interesting.

    Now I have to find the title: Big Time

  133. 133.

    Origuy

    December 4, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    Coal Miner’s Daughter is a really good biopic, and Sissy Spacek nailed Loretta Lynn. Tommy Lee Jones was good, too.

    Nobody mentioned La Bamba?

  134. 134.

    kindness

    December 4, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    I’m gonna say Rocky Horror Picture Show even though it isn’t the best musical. It’s the best movie that ever killed Meatloaf which is worthy in it’s own.

    Does Heavy Metal count? Fine animation with lots of substance abuse.

  135. 135.

    catclub

    December 4, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): I think there was a Nagra in the movie “Diva”.

  136. 136.

    Mullah DougJ

    December 4, 2013 at 5:24 pm

    @lamh36:

    I liked Dreamgirls.

  137. 137.

    JoyceH

    December 4, 2013 at 5:42 pm

    @Origuy:

    Coal Miner’s Daughter is a really good biopic, and Sissy Spacek nailed Loretta Lynn. Tommy Lee Jones was good, too.

    Was just gonna say.

    Oh, and how about Trick? It’s actually a sweet little romance about a couple young gay guys who meet and roam around NYC looking for a place to have sex, but can’t find a place but wander around all night and fall in love – but the naive young hero wants to write musicals and the scenes from his musical class are pretty hilarious.

  138. 138.

    Richard Fox

    December 4, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    I loved “Topsy Turvy” –think it came out 10 years or so ago, about the genesis and first production of the Mikado. Truly beautiful to look at and listen to.

  139. 139.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, anyone?

  140. 140.

    Captain Goto

    December 4, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    “All Dolled Up”, about Arthur “Killer” Kane and the reunion of the New York Dolls for a gig after 30 years. Enlightening, entertaining and surprisingly poignant.

  141. 141.

    Captain Goto

    December 4, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Oops. That shoulda been “New York Doll”… Who’d a think there would be two docs about them in the same year (2005)?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436629/

  142. 142.

    Teddy Salad

    December 4, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Yep. Still funnier than hell. How about “The Kids Are Alright?” Your headline came from a Who song after all.

  143. 143.

    Pharniel

    December 4, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    OH hey. “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” anyone? Depressing as hell.

    There was that biopic of Ray Charles a few years back as well.

    If I’m allowed to go a little…weebawoo there’s the Miyazaki tearjerker Whisper of the Heart. Also Too, K-ON for the sillyness.

  144. 144.

    Sebastian Dangerfield

    December 4, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    Tony Gatlif’s Latcho Drom. Tells the story of the Roma people’s journey from Rajastan through the Middle East and North Africa and into Europe, using no dialog, no voice-over, no titles. Just music and great mise en scene.

  145. 145.

    Montysano

    December 4, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    Already mentioned, but yes to Hard Day’s Night, Searching for Sugarman, A Band Called Death and Almost Famous.

    How about The House That Ahmet Built, a documentary about Ahmet Ertegun. The guy had an amazing life, made a huge impact on modern music, and died after falling and hitting his head…. backstage at a Stones show….. at age 83. Making a proper exit: that’s how it’s done.

    I enjoyed The Devil and Daniel Johnston, as well as You’re Gonna Miss Me (about Texas psych rocker Roky Erickson), although both bordered on voyeuristic/exploitative, as they were focused on the mental illness of both musicians.

  146. 146.

    Downpuppy

    December 4, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    Roadie is the greatest movie ever made, period.

    The Thing Called Love, Baja Oklahoma and Songwriter are good, but not Roadie.

    The Boys & Girl from County Clare is also pretty good.

  147. 147.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 4, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    @kindness:

    “What’s for dinner?”

    “NOT MEATLOAF AGAIN!”

  148. 148.

    Eric k

    December 4, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    Lots of great ones already named, one I don’t think anyone has brought up: Bird

  149. 149.

    Mike E

    December 4, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    I always bookmark these threads. Got some catching up to do!

    Searching for Sugarman is the epitome of a great docu, because it astonishes. That’s all you ever need to look for in the pursuit of art, and life, really.

  150. 150.

    LT

    December 4, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    His singing makes me weep. God almighty.

  151. 151.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 7:10 pm

    loudQUIETloud

  152. 152.

    MikeJ

    December 4, 2013 at 7:32 pm

    How about Gus van Sant’s Last Days, a thinly veiled Cobain pic?

  153. 153.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    @MikeJ: Does it blame Courtney?

  154. 154.

    Marina

    December 4, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    Robert Frank’s documentary (never authorized for release by the Stones), Cocksucker Blues, the T.A.M.I. Show in its entirety, except for Leslie Gore, Les Blank’s documentary about Lightnin’ Hopkins, and, I know this sounds tacky, but the first song in Grease. Also the opening chords to Fever Pitch. And West Side Story.

  155. 155.

    SFAW

    December 4, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    @MikeJ:

    And of course James Brown on the TAMI show, same tape I’ve had for years.

    If DougJ were policing the comments, he might issue a stinging retort for that one.

  156. 156.

    SFAW

    December 4, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    And with everyone gettin’ all misty for Sid and Nancy, wot wiv it bein’ a biopic and all, no love for Immortal Beloved? I think the main character might have had maybe a touch greater impact on music. Plus, it has some British guy in the lead, but I can’t remember his name ’cause I’m an old man.

  157. 157.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 8:53 pm

    @SFAW: And Valeria Golino.

    While Ludwig van had more influence on music than Sid V., IB didn’t have the romantic kissing while garbage falls scene that S&N did.

  158. 158.

    Kbeagle

    December 4, 2013 at 9:10 pm

    Tape heads. John cusack and Tim Robbins making crazy music videos. I loved the dancing to the swanky modes.

  159. 159.

    Downpuppy

    December 4, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    In the event anyone is starting to think it’s impossible to make a really bad music movie : Eddie & the Cruisers: Eddie Lives , Streets of Fire, White Christmas…

  160. 160.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    @Downpuppy: Grease II.

  161. 161.

    SFAW

    December 4, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    IB didn’t have the romantic kissing while garbage falls scene that S&N did.

    Good point. Nor did it have Ludwig shooting that verdammt mynah, so there’s that.

  162. 162.

    SFAW

    December 4, 2013 at 9:22 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Grease II.

    FSM will smite you for that one.

  163. 163.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    @SFAW: Downpuppy mentioned bad. I provided bad.

  164. 164.

    SFAW

    December 4, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Yes, but there are certain lines one does not cross.

  165. 165.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    @SFAW: Sorry.

  166. 166.

    JerryN

    December 4, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    While The Buddy Holly Story was a pretty standard biopic, Gary Busey was just amazing in it. Also, I have a soft spot for Light Of Day since it was (very loosely) based on my favorite bar band, The Generators, and at least some of it was filmed in the Euclid Tavern, home of The Mister Stress Blues Band as well as a frequent gig for The Generators. The Numbers Band, and iTal.

  167. 167.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    @JerryN: Light of Day? Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox as brother and sister? I was unable to suspend disbelief.

  168. 168.

    JerryN

    December 4, 2013 at 10:29 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: The movie’s a guilty pleasure of mine because of the time and place that it came from. For a $2 cover you got a band like this playing in a biker bar that needed to be fumigated before it would qualify as a dive. I miss those days :-)

  169. 169.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    @JerryN: As long as we are doing Ohio memories, this was my place in Columbus while I was in law school – early to mid 90s.

  170. 170.

    Steeplejack

    December 4, 2013 at 11:23 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Link fail. And when it’s unsnarled it goes to that Emotions video you linked earlier.

  171. 171.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 4, 2013 at 11:25 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: @Steeplejack: Retry.

    ETA: Hipster music snob stuff, but you knew that. Horrible smelly venue with an iffy sound system, but it booked great bands.

  172. 172.

    KS in MA

    December 4, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    “Amadeus”

    “Meeting Venus”

  173. 173.

    neoconstantine

    December 4, 2013 at 11:56 pm

    “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains” about a girl punk band with Diane Lane, Laura Dern, Fee Waybill, Paul Simonon written by Nancy Dowd who wrote Slapshot, photographed by Bruce Surtees about whom. you know, directed by Lou Adler who produced Rocky Horror. The tour bus driver was a black guy called Lawnboy.

    Ahead of its time

  174. 174.

    Steeplejack

    December 5, 2013 at 12:10 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Interesting.

  175. 175.

    handsmile

    December 5, 2013 at 12:21 am

    When you show up this late to a party, you gotta expect that most of the good ones – be it potables, pharmaceuticals, potential partners – or in this case movies about music – will have already been taken.

    Let me just add a +1 to: Cocksucker Blues; The Death of Western Civilization; Mo’ Better Blues; Nashville; Round Midnight; Topsy Turvy; and 20 Feet from Stardom.

    But here are a few more that have caught my eyes and ears over the years (some, admittedly, a little or a lot obscure):

    Aria (opera at its cheesiest)
    Carmen Jones
    The Fabulous Baker Boys
    Fitzcarraldo
    Leningrad Cowboys Go America
    Orchestra Rehearsal
    The Piano Teacher
    (also The Piano)
    Quartet
    Straight No Chaser
    Three Colors: Blue
    32 Short Films About Glenn Gould

    And I’m so eager to see the Coen Brothers latest film, Inside Llewyn Davis, about the folk music scene in 1960s New York City. Early reviews have been rhapsodic, with claims it might be their best one yet.

  176. 176.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 5, 2013 at 12:24 am

    @handsmile:

    Three Colors: Blue

    That trilogy may well be my favorite set of movies. Oddly, I never thought of Bleu as a music movie, yet it is – when viewed on its own.

  177. 177.

    handsmile

    December 5, 2013 at 12:41 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I’m pleased to know that. Whatever Kieslowski intended with the trilogy – its thematic connection to liberte, egalite, fraternite – I’ve always viewed/appreciated each one as a separate film. And Blue is my favorite. Or it is until I see Red. (and oh yes, there’s Julie Delpy in White – but as she’s a French blonde, perhaps not your tasse de the).

  178. 178.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 5, 2013 at 12:45 am

    @handsmile: Irene Jacob in Red is gorgeous. Blue is probably the the best stand alone movie of the three. Although The Double Life of Veronique, also starring Mlle Jacob is damn good.

  179. 179.

    handsmile

    December 5, 2013 at 12:52 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    On the matter of la belle Irene and on French brunettes in general, I can but defer to your expertise and sophistication, mon ami.

  180. 180.

    Turner Hedenkoff

    December 5, 2013 at 1:33 am

    @Omnes Omnebus: You know, it’s one of the great lapses in my cinematic education that I never saw “Westway to the World.” I’ll have to fix that.

  181. 181.

    Nancy B

    December 5, 2013 at 7:35 am

    Smithereens, about a punk scene hanger-on exploiting whoever she can, is worth a viewing. Richard Hell has a prominent role, and music by the Feelies is used to great effect.

  182. 182.

    scottinnj

    December 5, 2013 at 9:08 am

    It’s about Music involving lip syncing in drag but I would give a big shout out to “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”. Hugo Weaving is great in this film and you won’t look at Mr Smith or Elrond the same way again.

  183. 183.

    Porco Rosso

    December 5, 2013 at 10:00 am

    I made the mistake of showing a Bowie/Roxy fan Velvet Goldmine. He didn’t like it.

    Todd Haynes later made the Dylan bio pick I’m not there which gave us this lovely number by Mira Billotte:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIYlAdxlIzI

    There are a couple of fun musical anime shows out there I can recommend (Though I’d almost count FLCL for the soundtrack alone–go Pillows). Beck: Mogolian Chop Squad — a series about a kid who wants to play his telecaster in a band, and The Kids On the Slope — a bittersweet look at teens obsessed with Jazz in the ’60s.

  184. 184.

    Graham

    December 5, 2013 at 10:54 am

    Tom Dowd and The Language of Music

  185. 185.

    Ron Thompson

    December 5, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    The Ramones in “Rock And Roll High School”, and of course an early rock and roll all-star cast in “The Girl Can’t He’p It”

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