Post by sjankis630 on Jul 10, 2019 1:05:57 GMT -4
I just saw this last weekend. It is a documentary about how music groups from the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles (The Byrds, Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, and Buffalo Springfield etc) helped to birth a new type of folk rock music in the mid 60s. Part of their inspiration came from some british bands especially the Beatles. This is presented by Jakob Dylan (Bob Dylan's son and frontman for the group The Wallflowers)
The idea for this is great and they have some interviews/settings which are very informative but there were a few things which kind of irked me and let me down.
1) Although they get some good interviews from some musicians old and current influenced by the music of the time (Michelle Phillips, Roger McGuin, Ringo Starr, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Brian Wilson and Tom Petty) they leave out several which were also part of the scene. There were no interviews/mention of The Doors, Joni Mitchell and Carole King. Let's be truthful, if of the remaining 2 Beatles left alive you can only get Ringo ...... well perhaps you leave it be.
2) This documentary all came about after The Wallflowers - Jakob Dylan's band - did a tribute with some other singer songwriters to these tunes in a live concert almost 4 years ago. Beck, Fiona Apple and Norah Jones (WEHT her?) were included in this but honestly I don't know if anyone else even remembers it. But you cannot forget here because they show extensive clips of that concert showing them playing the songs. (none of the original artists were invited apparently) Included in this concert is a horrendously out of tune lead singer named Jade Castrinos who is horrible and just as proud as she can be to be seen singing those old greats out of tune.
3) While they show the modern people playing the tunes you only get to see a few performances of the old stars who made the hits and they are from old fuzzy TV shows and movies. No one who had ever heard about these songs for the first time would have been impressed to see them displayed as so IMHO.
I feel they could have made this longer with inclusion of some more of the original artists and maybe have less of the actual Wallflowers because who would have gone to see a documentary about them?
Well my rant is over. You might want to wait until this is out on DVD/Bluray which will probably be sometime this fall.
The idea for this is great and they have some interviews/settings which are very informative but there were a few things which kind of irked me and let me down.
1) Although they get some good interviews from some musicians old and current influenced by the music of the time (Michelle Phillips, Roger McGuin, Ringo Starr, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Brian Wilson and Tom Petty) they leave out several which were also part of the scene. There were no interviews/mention of The Doors, Joni Mitchell and Carole King. Let's be truthful, if of the remaining 2 Beatles left alive you can only get Ringo ...... well perhaps you leave it be.
2) This documentary all came about after The Wallflowers - Jakob Dylan's band - did a tribute with some other singer songwriters to these tunes in a live concert almost 4 years ago. Beck, Fiona Apple and Norah Jones (WEHT her?) were included in this but honestly I don't know if anyone else even remembers it. But you cannot forget here because they show extensive clips of that concert showing them playing the songs. (none of the original artists were invited apparently) Included in this concert is a horrendously out of tune lead singer named Jade Castrinos who is horrible and just as proud as she can be to be seen singing those old greats out of tune.
3) While they show the modern people playing the tunes you only get to see a few performances of the old stars who made the hits and they are from old fuzzy TV shows and movies. No one who had ever heard about these songs for the first time would have been impressed to see them displayed as so IMHO.
I feel they could have made this longer with inclusion of some more of the original artists and maybe have less of the actual Wallflowers because who would have gone to see a documentary about them?
Well my rant is over. You might want to wait until this is out on DVD/Bluray which will probably be sometime this fall.
