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2529229, Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by denny, Thu Mar-24-11 02:07 AM So I was gonna write out a list of music docs available on youtube for wasting away the spare hours. Then I figured I might as well make a post with a big list that others can scan over as well. Some of these I've already seen and others I plan to. In other words, I cannot attest to the quality of those listed. Links are for 'part 1's' and you can find the followups your damn selves. Obviously not hard to find any of these but I thought it'd be convenient to have a comprehensive list for quick access and reference. Listed extremely randomly and whimsically. Please add on. the story of Sam Cooke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krb1e6mg5_Q&feature=related James Brown Soul Brother Number 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ss0hTfmsuA James Brown, A video documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkcHUnDAhSI The Night James Brown saved Boston: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5fBEVEQCzc&feature=related The Genuis of Lenny Breau (there's around 15 excerpts on there): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9SvTtaQLC4&feature=related Earth Wind and Fire...Shining Stars (around 23 parts there) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJkgvWBYuZY Hank Williams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGj3gETbnbU Classic Albums...SITKOL by Stevie Wonder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGj3gETbnbU The life and music of Wes Montgomery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfLtx8lcpbc Nick Drake...A skin to few: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ-SShaHYR8 John Cage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3hO7B80dWQ The smiths...Young guns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb_qiHg4eDk&feature=related Marvin Gaye (poor quality but rare): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs0pOGq-OA&feature=related Steve Reich (South Bank Show): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_pR1sHHeQU&feature=related Michael Jackson's influence on Black Culture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCxHTEx4CQ P Funk...Uncut Funk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1feJ89_c7I Sly Stone...Portrait of a Legend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cPuiiKt8rs&feature=related Donnie Hathaway...Unsung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehHt65RO-eI Zapp and Roger Unsung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXzDgJGQX8 Ella Fitzgerald....American Masters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8C67gnApLs Thelonious Monk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2z67tTQIvI Patsy Cline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ-ZAZqbnn8&feature=related The Beatles Anthology (there's 8 episodes, one hour each...all there): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGFpoWgR6A Harry Partch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKnTj2cyNQ&feature=related Fela Kuti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKnTj2cyNQ&feature=related The Pixies (oh god, bono's in it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Gn9TWY5HA Bob Marley....Prophecies and Messages: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8FYaglU_o4&feature=related Bob Marley biography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBOe89Kd4w8&feature=related Peter Tosh...Stepping Razor Red X: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJ0b98bI1o Making of....Horace Andy with Sly/Robbie...Livin it up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztGKLWdsgX8&feature=related Kraftwerk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYeuPWOQM44 Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqlx_8MtoSk&feature=related Deep Soul...The uprising of Motown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkd1c4T5HiE&feature=related Deep Soul...The uprising of Sam Cooke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofG4AzL58Pw&feature=related The Kinks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXfeTm82VVM ACDC the Bon Scott years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3cKnNckzC4 Django Reinhardt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Zk2gAJ0Kk John Coltrane (a little tough to find all the parts but they're there) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoWJC4BXxKw&feature=related Ray Charles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1HYjOx7w-w&feature=related History of Led Zeppelin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4yxmRgmkco&feature=related Hip hop History: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATSEv7tlR64&feature=related Motorhead....Live fast Die old: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7oVnCgUY2Q Jimi Hendrix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiqI03f_pU0 Bootsy collins Unsung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oeaeGmqL2M Deep Soul The uprising of Otis Redding (part 1 isn't there): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXGallmBcTA&feature=related I'll post some more later....getting bored now and I want to actually WATCH something instead of searching. Cheers.
2529238, Youtube is a blessing..... Posted by denny, Thu Mar-24-11 03:12 AM Roots Rock and Reggae: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txwk5LE1sN0 Doc on Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (part 1 missing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSBmpLkpn94 Krautrock: The rebirth of Germany: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMhkkgWpG4 Soul Deep (general soul music doc): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFKgZ6CbP7I Captain Beefheart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M5YE_a4B1U&feature=related Joy Division: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-QmXufJG0s&feature=related LTJ Bukem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdy_YE7P1sI Pete Rock...Making of Soul Survivor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVLvCe1dFoI Iron Maiden Flight 666: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yY4vrpb3rM&feature=related Teena Marie Unsung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RPMOMm5_A What Leonard Cohen Did for me (BBC): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0iptvcbuEA The story of Miles Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30uFM7GUzKk The O'jays...Unsung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx2RlcEuiMw
2529239, bookmarked Posted by CB_010, Thu Mar-24-11 03:26 AM Miles Davis - A Different kind of blue 1-7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXB2NJzBzMk i'm at work right now but more links WILL folow!
2529242, RE: bookmarked Posted by denny, Thu Mar-24-11 04:26 AM Clicked on that one....thirty seconds in and Crouch the grouch put it perfectly. I was about to roll my eyes cause of Santana.....now I'm hooked to the gills. hohoho.
2529454, RE: bookmarked Posted by Harlepolis, Thu Mar-24-11 01:39 PM > I was about to roll my eyes cause of >Santana.....now I'm hooked to the gills. hohoho. Why?
2529919, RE: bookmarked Posted by denny, Fri Mar-25-11 02:00 PM I don't dig that 'musical orgasm' kinda hippy dippy thing. I also never really liked Mile's foray into the rock and pop scenes.....so the Crouch comment that follows Santana gave some levity to the doc's intro. Indicates that it's not a puff piece and that different perspectives are gonna be considered.
2529451, ^^^ Posted by charlie bucket, Thu Mar-24-11 01:36 PM
2529462, RE: bookmarked Posted by Amritsar, Thu Mar-24-11 01:46 PM
2530622, i 'm glad this poast took off!! Posted by CB_010, Mon Mar-28-11 07:37 AM jungle documentary BBC (1994) part 1-3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkkk3Nbyqpc Frank Zappa documentary (1971)part 1-5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33F_AlVTBgY
2529250, Blur - No Distance Left To Run Posted by 4D, Thu Mar-24-11 06:46 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpELcZHpio
2529251, great idea! Posted by MISTA MONOTONE, Thu Mar-24-11 06:53 AM Phil Collins - Face Value documentary, Part 2 (supposedly part 1 has been taken off the internet or someshit) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4jDPdhAmUg a few different Sly Stone joints... http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sly+stone+documentary&aq=f
2529319, here's a good one Posted by scorpion, Thu Mar-24-11 10:02 AM didnt wanna put it in the subject line The Beatles - Let It Be (film) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMGL8ghPFaA ******* www.windimoto.com
2529365, Hope this gets archived excellent post. Posted by IceburgSmurf, Thu Mar-24-11 11:34 AM bookmark
2529460, RE: Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by Harlepolis, Thu Mar-24-11 01:44 PM Skin I'm In - Sly Stone & Jimi Hendrix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVgb0pDE-DY Dinah Washington's BBC Profile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbMQhXvx0hg
2529470, thanks Posted by Shonuff, Thu Mar-24-11 01:55 PM hopefully i make it through some of these
2529503, RE: Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by DixonHand, Thu Mar-24-11 03:09 PM Couple of good ones Nas - VH1 Driven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piwELZZVn-U Gil Scott Heron Godfather of Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdevhUCn7o The Real John Lennon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0uQlxCx89U Not a full length documentary.but it tells the story of illmatic. Nas - illmatic EPK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MEp-VaI1-k Stevie Wonder - Documentary 1980 Hotter than July http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnccZm4uw_M Not Youtube but oh well One of the best hip hop doc's i've ever seen. Scratch Documentary (2001) http://dai.ly/bbpK8Y Scratch is a documentary film, directed and edited by Doug Pray. The film explores the world of the hip-hop DJ. From the birth of hip-hop, when pioneering DJ�s began extending breaks on their party records (which helped inspire break dancing and rap), to the invention of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to its more recent explosion as a musical movement called turntablism, it�s a story of unknown underdogs and serious virtuosos who have radically changed the way we hear, play and create music. The documentary opens with Grand Wizard Theodore (New York) telling the story of how he first introduced scratching. Throughout the documentary, several artists (like Afrika Bambaataa, Mix Master Mike, QBert, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and many others) explain how they were introduced to the field of hip-hop and scratch while providing stories and anecdotes of their personal experiences.
2529844, UP Posted by cbk, Fri Mar-25-11 11:42 AM
2533446, Scratch is really good Posted by NJMedStudent, Sat Apr-02-11 11:29 AM I watched it over this past week. It is nice to put a face to a lot of those guys. That basement with all the records was insane!
2529906, DAMN that Zapp Unsung is the shit. Great post, by the way. Posted by third_i_vision, Fri Mar-25-11 01:30 PM
2529923, Fantastic post! Posted by Jakob Hellberg, Fri Mar-25-11 02:05 PM I just wish I had the time to check those out. An archive might not help because youtube has a tendency to remove stuff (of course, it will appear again but with different links)...
2529925, Wondering if you've seen that Iron Maiden doc...... Posted by denny, Fri Mar-25-11 02:10 PM What do you think about them? I've got to say....when I revisit some of the heavy metal of my youth I find that Iron Maiden hold up a lot better than most other bands. The bass player and drummer are phenomenal....even though Bruce Dickinson is a douchebag. The doc made me realize that the bass player is the driving force behind the band....principle songwriter and all that. Pretty rare for heavy metal or rocknroll for that matter.
2529936, I never liked Maiden too much... Posted by Jakob Hellberg, Fri Mar-25-11 02:34 PM My favourite Maiden is actually the two albums with Paul DiAnno on vocals-Killers in particular is textbook NWOBHM and awesome. "Number of the beast" is great too of course but it's the last Maiden-album I really like; after that, they got a bit too overblown and bombastic for my tastes, the almost punk-rock/Mot�rhead-inspired stuff disappeared completely and Steve Harris lived out his prog-rock fantasies. That being said, they were definitely the definitive pure/true traditional (as opposed to thrash) metal band of the 80's-they never sold out or compromised and yes, Harris is a killer bassist (one who use the same descending chordprogressions in like every song but still)... I always felt that Judas Priest was the gods of true traditional metal but unfortunately, their music became SO watered-down in the 80's. However, when Priest decided to play straight up metal (usually on 2-3 songs on every 80's album), they crushed Maiden... Maiden made better albums though, no doubt. BTW, my favourite trad-metal of the 80's is actually Mercyful Fate/King Diamond but Diamonds falsetto-vocals and the satanic imagery means that it's a "you had to be there"-type of music; I cant imagine a regular young kid hearing that stuff without going "This is CHEESE"!
2530119, Disagreed. Posted by denny, Sat Mar-26-11 05:15 AM Iron Maiden is WAY better than Judas Priest. I'll concede that Rob Halford is better than Dickenson....but when I say this I really mean 'less annoying'. But the bass and drums in Maiden bury Judas Priest in a fiery hellhole of molten lava.
2529952, one of the better post ideas in a minute, a few (really I'm just in here for the mark) Posted by Bombastic, Fri Mar-25-11 03:17 PM Wu-Tang Clan in Amsterdam '97 (five parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H783_6WbWH0
2529956, RE: Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by Dirty Dansk, Fri Mar-25-11 03:24 PM Thanks :-) gotta bookmark this..
2530132, RE: Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by HIM, Sat Mar-26-11 08:22 AM The Land of Look Behind-Doc about Jamaica.Focuses on music and Marley Funeral http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9EontNcmmA Dela Soul 3ft High and Rising Press Kit(not a doc but cool to see) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh2_GOPGKBs Open Transport-Extra Dope mid-late 90s underground hip hop doc http://vimeo.com/3519552
2530144, Thanks a lot! Been trying to watch "Straight No Chaser" for awhile Posted by zuma1986, Sat Mar-26-11 10:00 AM
2530168, RE: Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by Freedom Girl, Sat Mar-26-11 11:42 AM Fantastic post, my contribution below...will add from time to time.. x Metallica 'Some Kind of Monster' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx9WuGGb9h8 This is good! 'Jazz on a Summers Day'The whole thing! Not spilt into parts! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L36AhSocVlc 'When Disco Ruled the World' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cp-uSgpBpo "Studio 54 (The Story) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNrjZUSjcyI&feature=related 'Shut Up and Sing' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Z6FgWM-og _____________________________________________________ http://b-girldocument.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/RawBlueCheeseTV?feature=mhum
2530380, oh, that's the Dixie Chicks joint. thanks! Posted by MISTA MONOTONE, Sun Mar-27-11 03:31 PM >'Shut Up and Sing' > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Z6FgWM-og it's on TV right now, but i don't have time to sit there and watch it now. thanks for this. has anyone seen this before? thoughts?
2530382, RE: oh, that's the Dixie Chicks joint. thanks! Posted by howisya, Sun Mar-27-11 03:35 PM >has anyone seen this before? thoughts? i gave it 4 stars on netflix. i remember really enjoying it even without being a fan of theirs.
2530422, \i'd recommed it. Posted by denny, Sun Mar-27-11 04:26 PM It was interesting. I like some of their music but the doc is more interesting in terms of the industry...how radio play relates to record sales....how promotion works....the politics and all that. How decisions get made... that stuff interests me. That Metallica doc has a bit of that too. The band gets forced to do a promotion for a major media conglomerate and it's implied that if they don't do it....a whole whack of radio stations won't play their next single. I remember reading somewhere that Nirvana was basically forced to play at the MTv awards one year. In addition, they were forced to play a specific song. The threat was that if they didn't do it...not only would mtv not play their videos but would also stop playing other acts with their same managament (sonic youth, beastie boys, a couple others). Kinda fucked up that Nirvana was held hostage by threatening their friends in Sonic Youth. Makes you realize how artists lose control of their own careers.
2533375, RE: oh, that's the Dixie Chicks joint. thanks! Posted by Freedom Girl, Sat Apr-02-11 03:55 AM no problem, I knew nothing about their music but it's a great doc and shows the industries politics and control. It is quite scary... > >>'Shut Up and Sing' >> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Z6FgWM-og > >it's on TV right now, but i don't have time to sit there and >watch it now. thanks for this. has anyone seen this before? >thoughts? _____________________________________________________ http://b-girldocument.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/RawBlueCheeseTV?feature=mhum
2530374, Nice! Posted by Triber, Sun Mar-27-11 03:04 PM .
2530383, placeholder Posted by rdhull, Sun Mar-27-11 03:35 PM
2530568, RE: Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by Getyohandouttamypocket, Sun Mar-27-11 11:37 PM Very good... BBC Four presents "Reggae Britannia" Documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdfvUohzY3g&feature=player_embedded
2530629, bookmarked Posted by belkski, Mon Mar-28-11 07:59 AM
2533376, Dig! Posted by Freedom Girl, Sat Apr-02-11 03:57 AM I'm gutted that 'Dig!' isn't on Youtube, love that doc...anyone have any link for it? _____________________________________________________ http://b-girldocument.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/RawBlueCheeseTV?feature=mhum
2533378, 80 Blocks from Tiffanys Posted by Freedom Girl, Sat Apr-02-11 04:09 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFeqKAIHAYw "I seen dynamite on the streets man...' Quote of the doc..ha! :) _____________________________________________________ http://b-girldocument.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/RawBlueCheeseTV?feature=mhum
2533387, Wu Tang... Posted by Freedom Girl, Sat Apr-02-11 04:49 AM live in Amsterdamn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H783_6WbWH0 _____________________________________________________ http://b-girldocument.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/RawBlueCheeseTV?feature=mhum
2533447, Excellent post Posted by Vector, Sat Apr-02-11 11:31 AM
2533459, Folk America and Prog Rock Britanna Posted by dmind, Sat Apr-02-11 11:57 AM Prog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6uWZpIiMY Folk http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8149409454709069026# Love BBC's stuff some of my favorite.
2533460, A Great Day In Harlem Posted by rdhull, Sat Apr-02-11 11:57 AM parts 1-7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvvjIuAdGqw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtlZ7bF2hOQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqu_XC0E2jg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSfDa0Vx0VE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNsNZkxDa8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LfZP7XBNDs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-935yTjF8
2533482, Did The Bill Withers Documentry ever come out? Posted by Soletaker, Sat Apr-02-11 12:46 PM Great post idea btw.
2534256, any know where to find the Springsteen doc.... Posted by Triber, Mon Apr-04-11 07:21 PM The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
2534316, American Hardcore Posted by AZ, Mon Apr-04-11 10:21 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV4XvQkToj4
2534364, this is a dope thread.... Posted by Apostle, Tue Apr-05-11 02:16 AM i'm to lazy to research anything to help, but i may watch these all thank you!!!!!!!
2540837, epic Posted by fire, Fri Apr-22-11 04:20 PM
2540924, This post should be deleted. It's the best possible way to get Posted by FireBrand, Fri Apr-22-11 10:03 PM ALL of those titles ganked. Do you know who comes here to read OKP? What are you thinking?
2548946, All those links live this evening. Posted by denny, Sun May-15-11 06:54 AM hooray>
2548984, RE: Let's make a BIG LIST of Music docs on youtube..... Posted by murph71, Sun May-15-11 10:09 AM Dope shit...thanks for the work on this....
2565497, FELA KUTI LIVE @GLASTONBURY '84 Posted by Freedom Girl, Mon Jun-27-11 04:41 PM Someone just hipped me to this today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-kMzxA-Ovw _____________________________________________________ http://b-girldocument.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/RawBlueCheeseTV?feature=mhum
2565536, bm Posted by kevb, Mon Jun-27-11 06:50 PM kev
2565560, marvelous post! Posted by Nekaybaaw, Mon Jun-27-11 08:54 PM hopefully i can add on to the list. ..:::inner-planetary knowledge:::.. www.Nekaybaaw.com www.soundcloud.com/nekaybaaw www.facebook.com/nekaybaawspace www.reverbnation.com/nekaybaaw
2565827, The Godmother of Rock & roll Posted by Freedom Girl, Tue Jun-28-11 11:46 AM This one is outstanding http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00xf8k7/The_Godmother_of_Rock_and_Roll_Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe/ slight problem that this is the bbc website so viewing may not be worldwide, however make your self aware of the details so you can maybe find another way of viewing it. I personally had never heard of Sister Rosetta...she was amazing! _____________________________________________________ http://b-girldocument.tumblr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/RawBlueCheeseTV?feature=mhum