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captain america and billy
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Posted - 10/04/2012 : 16:07:35
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Two interesting rock and roll artifacts I've been into recently-Country Joe and the Fish's Greatest Hits on the probably now defunct Vanguard Label and the Rolling Stones "Gimme Me Shelter" documentary which gives us a glance at the band's 1969 U.S. tour which ended in the infamous tragedy at Altamont.I'm in the market to find the Monkees' "Head" movie on DVD.Does anyone here know whether or not there are any good DVD special features on this one?Sometimes the special features are as enjoyable as the featured presentation. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 10/04/2012 : 17:39:27
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quote: Originally posted by captain america and billy
Two interesting rock and roll artifacts I've been into recently-Country Joe and the Fish's Greatest Hits on the probably now defunct Vanguard Label and the Rolling Stones "Gimme Me Shelter" documentary which gives us a glance at the band's 1969 U.S. tour which ended in the infamous tragedy at Altamont.I'm in the market to find the Monkees' "Head" movie on DVD.Does anyone here know whether or not there are any good DVD special features on this one?Sometimes the special features are as enjoyable as the featured presentation.
I have both FIsh on Vanguard vinyl--Electric Music & Fixin' Die...both essential!
HEAD--there are extras/trailers that show how it was marketed that are very cool...and rather risque for the time.
The movie is the only REAL reason to own it!! Brilliant anti-masterpiece so to speak. Did it destroy their career? NAH! It was already going away and this just gave them credence as a REAL musical act for the ages. If the Monees were JUST a TV act as reputed, why have they endured so long?!
They must have had that something special only true musicians have!!
TALENT!
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 10/04/2012 17:41:24 |
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captain america and billy
Old Love
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Posted - 11/04/2012 : 16:52:11
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OOPS! I think I left this Rolling Stone post on the wrong thread.
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 11/04/2012 : 18:26:26
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quote: Originally posted by captain america and billy
OOPS! I think I left this Rolling Stone post on the wrong thread.
As a film--DVD, GIMME SHELTER works just fine HERE, though it can go here or "there".
And HEAD also works here. Well...it works ANYWHERE!
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“He created his own Kool Aid reality and was able to illuminate himself by it.” --Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America |
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2012 : 02:53:27
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well, aside from the mainstream movie documentary of the Altamont event,I haven't seen any other videos or movies of it. I was there, and still know that the Flying Burrito Brothers were great. We all were tossing around little Frisbees during their set, and most of the day is a big blur.....there was a big fat crazy naked man that pushed me ....I heard he was killed ....I hitched a ride home with my girl-friend....I read the news...it was a bummer it said in the paper....but it wasn't all black and white , I was there, amidst the good the bad and the ugly, and it was a whole trip....
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captain america and billy
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2012 : 20:00:18
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Well I certainly envy you for your Altamont experience.I was just a little over three months old when it happened.Did you also attend Woodstock or any of those hippy dippy trippy liquid light shows? |
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