Blimey, where does the time go? It seems like five minutes ago I was sitting in the sunshine on holiday sharing some thoughts on here and now it’s dark, cold and very very wet, and just four hours and forty-five minutes until it’s not this year any more. I can’t bring myself to click on that link, it would remind me too much of the all-nighter I went to in a seedy cinema in London after a Bob Dylan gig to see Doctor and the Medics live, “The Trip”, “Grateful Dead Live” and “Head” (I think there was another movie, but I don’t remember what it was). I took something to keep me awake for “Head”, as it was about the first time it had ever been shown in the UK, but spent the entirety of the “GDL” movie wishing I hadn’t. It was the first time I’d ever heard their music, and so far the last. Anyway, I ramble, but not as interminably as that lot…
Wow, the lack of interviews with the band and their music may help:)
Seriously, a 20-minute documentary on the Replacements would be more than enough for me, but what’s with a documentary featuring no actual accounts or music by the subject? Did they get Daniel Day-Lewis to sit for interviews as Paul Westerberg? I’d love to hear why the band can’t contribute to its own doc. Weird.
I actually threw in a few bucks through Kickstarter to help the director make the doc.
When I offered the guy an old 1987 TV interview I did with Westerberg during the “Pleases To Meet Me Tour” he didn’t want it. He told me via e-mail it was designed to be a doc about what The Replacements and their music meant to their hardcore fans — no music, no band interviews by design.
Of course getting music clearances from both Twin/Tone and Warners/Sire would have been very hard — and maybe impossible without big bucks.
Of course, I enjoyed it, but the doc has a “you had to be there” vibe. It will take a somebody with a lot of juice to do the definitive doc on The Replacements.
More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation’s library.
The Joe Smith Collection contains over 225 recordings of noted artists and executives and is a veritable who’s who in the music industry. They include Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Elton John, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Sting, Tony Bennett, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Dick Clark, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Quincy Jones, David Geffen, Mickey Hart, Harry Belafonte and many others. All types of popular music are represented—from rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, rhythm & blues and pop to big-band, heavy metal, folk and country-western.
My wife, who is a casual fan, enjoyed the stories but really needed a reminder of some of the songs. Considering the wealth of people they interviewed it’s a shame that there couldn’t have been enough dough to include some live footage and photos of the band. Also, I’ve always wanted to hear Chris Mars speak!
Blimey, where does the time go? It seems like five minutes ago I was sitting in the sunshine on holiday sharing some thoughts on here and now it’s dark, cold and very very wet, and just four hours and forty-five minutes until it’s not this year any more. I can’t bring myself to click on that link, it would remind me too much of the all-nighter I went to in a seedy cinema in London after a Bob Dylan gig to see Doctor and the Medics live, “The Trip”, “Grateful Dead Live” and “Head” (I think there was another movie, but I don’t remember what it was). I took something to keep me awake for “Head”, as it was about the first time it had ever been shown in the UK, but spent the entirety of the “GDL” movie wishing I hadn’t. It was the first time I’d ever heard their music, and so far the last. Anyway, I ramble, but not as interminably as that lot…
Have a great 2013 everybody!
Noisey has uploaded The Replacements fan documentary “Color Me Obsessed” for free at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY2q3mF5Tk0
Be warned that the 2 hour doc does not feature any interviews with the band nor is there any of their music.
Wow, the lack of interviews with the band and their music may help:)
Seriously, a 20-minute documentary on the Replacements would be more than enough for me, but what’s with a documentary featuring no actual accounts or music by the subject? Did they get Daniel Day-Lewis to sit for interviews as Paul Westerberg? I’d love to hear why the band can’t contribute to its own doc. Weird.
Stan! I was just calling you (see Saint Etienne comments in List-O-Mania post)!
Welcome back! BTW, I will be in your fair city in February. Another RTH reunion?
I actually threw in a few bucks through Kickstarter to help the director make the doc.
When I offered the guy an old 1987 TV interview I did with Westerberg during the “Pleases To Meet Me Tour” he didn’t want it. He told me via e-mail it was designed to be a doc about what The Replacements and their music meant to their hardcore fans — no music, no band interviews by design.
Of course getting music clearances from both Twin/Tone and Warners/Sire would have been very hard — and maybe impossible without big bucks.
Of course, I enjoyed it, but the doc has a “you had to be there” vibe. It will take a somebody with a lot of juice to do the definitive doc on The Replacements.
What, Northampton?
If Mr M could either let you have my email or me yours then we can happily talk tea towels and reunions and stuff:-)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/joesmith/
More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation’s library.
The Joe Smith Collection contains over 225 recordings of noted artists and executives and is a veritable who’s who in the music industry. They include Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Elton John, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Sting, Tony Bennett, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Dick Clark, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Quincy Jones, David Geffen, Mickey Hart, Harry Belafonte and many others. All types of popular music are represented—from rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, rhythm & blues and pop to big-band, heavy metal, folk and country-western.
My wife, who is a casual fan, enjoyed the stories but really needed a reminder of some of the songs. Considering the wealth of people they interviewed it’s a shame that there couldn’t have been enough dough to include some live footage and photos of the band. Also, I’ve always wanted to hear Chris Mars speak!