Concert and Music Movies I've Reviewed on IMDb
This is a list of films I've watched and reviewed on the IMDb with music as a theme. They include biographical films and concert movies, arranged in IMDb ranking order.
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- In January 1969, The Beatles set out to write and record new songs for their first live show in more than two years, culminating in an impromptu concert atop their Savile Row studio."The worst we have is a documentary of us making an LP if we don't get into a show." - John Lennon
- DirectorAndrew SoltStarsThe Four TopsMarvin GayeJackson 5The Best from the Motown era
- DirectorStephen Nomura SchibleChris HilsonStarsEric ClaptonDoyle Bramhall IINathan EastLive, intimate and raw, ERIC CLAPTON - SESSIONS FOR ROBERT J is Eric Clapton's tribute to blues legend Robert Johnson. The project was filmed during tour rehearsals in London and Dallas, and features a recording session at 508 Park Avenue, the Dallas warehouse where Johnson made some of his final recordings. Clapton performs classic Johnson songs including "Kind Hearted Woman," "Terraplane Blues," "Me and the Devil Blues" and "Love in Vain" and discusses Johnson's influence on his career. A final session, where Clapton performs Johnson material solo, was filmed in Santa Monica, California."...mistakes were strictly forbidden..."
- 1985– 3h 28mNot Rated8.4 (12K)TV EpisodeDirectorMartin ScorseseStarsBob DylanB.J. RolfzenDick KangasA chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star."He was in his way, a dynamic performer" - Harold Leventhal, Folk Manager/Concert Promoter
- StarsCharles Malik WhitfieldD.B. WoodsideTerron BrooksBiography of the singers who formed the hit Motown musical act, The Temptations."But I'm a singer now. That's just the way it is."
- 20241h 28m8.3 (108)TV SpecialDirectorPaul DugdaleStarsBilly JoelJerry SeinfeldStingA concert celebrating Billy Joel's record-breaking 100th consecutive performance at Madison Square Garden."This is the best venue we've ever played." - Billy Joel on Madison Square Garden
- DirectorWilly SmaxStarsBob DylanGeorge HarrisonJim KeltnerSpring, 1988: George Harrison asks Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty to spend a day in the studio at Bob Dylan's L.A. house. The result is "Handle With Care." He liked the process so much that the five of them, plus Jim Keltner, spend a week in May at Dave Stewart's house, where they write and record a song a day to produce an album. We watch the creative process: group efforts ("Dirty World" is a found poem) and individual ones (Dylan's lyrics for "Congratulations'). Petty calls them "a bunch of friends who happened to be really good at making music." The album, released in October, goes platinum. The rock video for "End of the Line" is a eulogy for Orbison (1936-1988)."The thing happened, completely, as if by magic..." - George Harrison
- DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis CoffeyTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez."Thanks for keeping me alive." - Sixto Rodriguez
- StarsBonoBruce SpringsteenTom PettyThe history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars."Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock 'n' Roll!"
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobbie RobertsonMuddy WatersNeil YoungA film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band."It's where the music would take you."
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger DaltreyOscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.It's a free concert from now on."
- DirectorChris HegedusD.A. PennebakerStarsJimi HendrixNoel ReddingMitch MitchellJimi Hendrix's landmark concert in Monterey County Fairgrounds in California in which he plays signature songs like "Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady," and "Wild Thing."Definitely a Wild Thing...
- DirectorGavin TaylorStarsBob DylanThe BandMary Chapin CarpenterOn October 16, 1992, an impressive and eclectic group of artists gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the purpose of celebrating the music of Bob Dylan on occasion of his 30th anniversary of recording. Bringing together musical greats as far-flung as Johnny Cash and Eddie Vedder, The Clancy Brothers and Lou Reed, the four hour show celebrated a truly remarkable lifetime of songs in front of a sold-out audience of over 18,000. Warmly dubbed the Bobfest by participant Neil Young, the show was broadcast around the world and featured a cast of musical notables performing carefully chosen and often surprising selections from the incomparable Dylan songbook. At evening's end, the man of honor himself appeared on stage and gracefully brought it all back home again. In a world where all-star celebrity gatherings have become commonplace, the Bob Dylan celebration stood out as, first and foremost, a legitimately memorable musical event. Available for the first time in High Definition."I'm just a guitar player. That's all." - Bob Dylan
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBob GeldofChristine HargreavesJames LaurensonA confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone."Thought ya might like to, might like to, go to the show..."
- DirectorD.A. PennebakerStarsOtis ReddingJimi HendrixRavi ShankarA film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival."This is the love crowd, right?" - Otis Redding
- DirectorLynn Leneau CalmesStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsCharlie WattsThe Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year's "Some Girls" album is considered by some fans to be one of their very best. The tour took a back to basics' approach, with the band and their music very much at the forefront and little or no staging. This is undeniably the Rolling Stones at the peak of their form."Look at me, I'm shattered!"
- DirectorJames KeachStarsGlen CampbellKim CampbellRonald PetersenAs he struggles with Alzheimer's disease, country-music legend Glen Campbell embarks on his farewell tour in the U.S., Australia, and Europe."I have cried and I have laughed, and laughing is a hell of a lot better" - Glen Campbell
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsElvis PresleyJames BurtonGlen D. HardinAfter years of making movies, the King made a triumphant return to the stage in 1970. Now, see the backstage footage from rehearsals to relaxing at the hotel and the performances in one of the most intimate looks at Elvis captured on film."If the songs don't go over, we can do a medley of costumes."
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsRami MalekLucy BoyntonGwilym LeeThe story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985)."We're four misfits who don't belong together playing for the other misfits."
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsRob ReinerMichael McKeanChristopher GuestSpinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour."What do you say? Let's boogie."
- DirectorDavid DawkinsChris HegedusD.A. PennebakerStarsOtis ReddingBooker T. & the M.G.sSteve CropperDocumentary on Otis Redding's performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.Shake and Respect give you Satisfaction
- DirectorKirby WarnockStarsJimmie VaughanEric ClaptonJackson BrowneThe story of Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, as told by those who knew them best: brother Jimmie, Eric Clapton, Nile Rodgers, Jackson Browne, Billy Gibbons and their early band mates."For two boys who came from nowhere, they both wound up somewhere."
- DirectorStephen KijakStarsLynyrd SkynyrdRonnie Van ZantGary RossingtonThis authorized documentary will explore the music and backstory of the legendary American band. With the songs from the first six Skynyrd albums driving the narration, the film focuses on the story of frontman Ronnie Van Zant - his upbringing, his roots, his work ethic and his contradictory persona as both as a mythic Southern rock poet and notorious boozed-up brawler, as well as the relationships between his friends and fellow founding members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, along with later bandmates Ed King and Artimus Pyle.
"For me, there's nothin' freer than a free bird." - Ronnie Van Zant - DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsO'Shea Jackson Jr.Corey HawkinsJason MitchellThe rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood."Even a great talent can crash and burn."
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsJoaquin PhoenixReese WitherspoonGinnifer GoodwinA chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins."We're all going to hell for the songs we sing."