Originally Posted By: tfabris
You can't go wrong with Peter Gabriel. My all time favorite concert film is the Peter Gabriel "Secret World" tour. The DVD pressing of it (even the recent remaster) is a bit grainy, but it's awesome to watch. Absolutely captivating. Having actually *attended* that concert tour, I can say that the film accurately captures what it was like to be there.

Yup, I have Secret World and agree. You get Manu Katche (sp?) too.

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Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense. Among the best concert films of all time, but not quite as high on my personal fave list as the Peter Gabriel one.

I neglected to remember that I have SMS. On VHS smile

Maybe time to update this part of my collection.

But you have caused me to Google and that is good. Even better that the entire movie Stop Making Sense is the theatrical trailer for Stop Making Sense and now thanks to the magic of Google and Youtube I was able to find the original trailer. I forget what movie we were going to see that night, but whatever it was it was totally eclipsed by that trailer.

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Pink Floyd: The Delicate Sound of Thunder. I only ever owned this on VHS but it's really good (better than later ones IMHO). A completely different take on the concert film style than the Peter Gabriel one, this does *NOT* make you feel like you were there (I saw that tour, too). Something about the way it's shot, though fascinating and captivating, doesn't give you the feeling of being there. (Damn, just looked, doesn't appear to be available on DVD.)

Not a concert film, but equally captivating to watch, is VH1 Classic Albums: Dark Side of the Moon. A documentary about the album's creation with modern interviews with everyone involved. The best bits are watching Alan Parsons and David Gilmour sitting at the mixing desks in their studios going over the tracks and showing you how each one was layered together.


I have never considered myself a Pink Floyd fan exactly, but I am not a hostile audience either. I'll have to goive that some thought.

One little fun side note was a few weeks ago watching some Woodstock footage on cable TV. Santana nailing soul sacrifice with their drummer who was all of like 18 years old. Man.
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