Dude I saw this on PBS the other night. Great show. James Brown kills his set.

rotsky: Urgh a music war?

Apparently, that's already out: http://www.wbshop.com/Urgh-A-Music-War/1000112990,default,pd.html.

I got a shiatty bootleg copy of it about 3 or 4 years ago, I might have to get this one, now.

but why would Demme have cut out the Beach Boys?

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus has been out for a while now.

I've never been able to watch this all the way through but it's my understanding that James Brown makes it worth while.

There's James Brown and then there's everyone else. I'm sure every artist named in this thread would agree that they can't compete.

It really is difficult to even listen to The Beach Boys knowing what a piece of dirt Love is, and how much he screwed Brian Wilson over.

douchebag/hater: I've never been able to watch this all the way through but it's my understanding that James Brown makes it worth while.

if only there was some kind of way to watch only the parts we wanted and to skip over the rest

Seconding Urgh! A Music War.

I'll watch it, but only because Leon Russell's in it.

Turn on my V.C.R.
Same one I've had for years
James Brown on the T. A. M. I. show
Same tape I've had for years

maxx2112: Turn on my V.C.R.
Same one I've had for years
James Brown on the T. A. M. I. show
Same tape I've had for years

Came for the Police reference, leaving satisfied!

/"World" is one of my favorite Police songs

So Big Time is finally coming to dvd?

/huge tom waits fan
//can you tell
///getting impatient
//slashes

Chuck Berry? Check.
The Rolling Stones? Check.


I'm sold.

anything that deletes the Beach Boys gets a big thumbs up from me.

puckhead: anything that deletes the Beach Boys gets a big thumbs up from me.

THIS.

The Beach Boys were to rock music what the clap is to sex.

pope183 2010-03-11 09:17:00 PM
douchebag/hater: I've never been able to watch this all the way through but it's my understanding that James Brown makes it worth while.

if only there was some kind of way to watch only the parts we wanted and to skip over the rest

Does this pass for wit where you live?

Actually, each time I just couldn't get into it and decided to turn it off instead of wasting time - as I'm doing here - skipping around, trying to find something good.

Wait. Live After Death is already on DVD. Your a little late subby.

ZeroCorpse: puckhead: anything that deletes the Beach Boys gets a big thumbs up from me.

THIS.

The Beach Boys were to rock music what the clap is to sex.

How DARE you insult gonorrhea that way? Have you no sense of decency?

So "Dire Straits: Alchemy Live" is finally coming to DVD?

/huge D.S. fan
// already has a copy on vhs

I heard that the bad-looking guys with the moppy long hair,
The Rolling Stones from Liverpool were there.

FTFA:



Toni Baker ... Himself (keyboardist, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Florence Ballard ... Herself (as The Supremes)
The Barbarians ... Themselves
The Beach Boys ... Themselves
Chuck Berry ... Himself
Jan Berry ... Himself (as Jan and Dean)
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas ... Themselves
The Blossoms ... Themselves
James Brown ... Himself
Glen Campbell ... Himself (guitarist in house band)
Les Chadwick ... Himself
Marvin Gaye ... Himself
Gerry and the Pacemakers ... Themselves
Lesley Gore ... Herself
Pete Hilton ... Himself (drummer, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Mick Jagger ... Himself (as The Rolling Stones)
Al Jardine ... Himself (as The Beach Boys)
Brian Jones ... Himself (as The Rolling Stones)
Raymond Jones ... Himself (bass guitar, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Billy J. Kramer ... Himself (as Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas)
Mike Love ... Himself (as The Beach Boys)
Leslie Maguire ... Himself (as Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Freddie Marsden ... Himself (as Gerry & The Pacemakers)
Gerry Marsden ... Himself (as Gerry & The Pacemakers)
Martha & The Vandellas ... Themselves (backing Marvin Gaye)
Mike Maxfield ... Himself (guitarist, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
The Miracles ... Themselves
Eddie Mooney ... Himself (guitarist, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
Moulty ... Himself (as The Barbarians)
Keith Richards ... Himself (as The Rolling Stones)
Claudette Robinson ... Herself (as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)

Smokey Robinson ... Himself (as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
Bobby Rogers ... Himself (as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
The Rolling Stones ... Themselves

Diana Ross ... Herself (as The Supremes)
Leon Russell ... Himself - pianist in house band
Phil Spector ... Himself
The Supremes ... Themselves
Dean Torrence ... Himself (as Jan and Dean)
Charlie Watts ... Himself (as The Rolling Stones)
Ronnie White ... Himself (as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
Brian Wilson ... Himself (as The Beach Boys)
Dennis Wilson ... Himself (as The Beach Boys)
Mary Wilson ... Herself (as The Supremes)
Bill Wyman ... Himself (as The Rolling Stones)
Toni Basil ... Herself (go-go dancer) (uncredited)
Teri Garr ... Herself (go-go dancer) (uncredited)

rotsky: Urgh Ugh a music war?

SPP
/you know it was coming

I'm reading this lying in bed

/just like Brian Wilson did
//would watch for the hawdest working man in show business

ZeroCorpse: puckhead: anything that deletes the Beach Boys gets a big thumbs up from me.

THIS.

The Beach Boys were to rock music what the clap is to sex.

Ok so they weren't the toughest rockers on the block, and a lot of their songs sound the same, but come on man, Pet Sounds. That is a top notch album on par with anything else in the 60's.

stickmangrit: but why would Demme have cut out the Beach Boys?

wow, I came here to opst this exact movie. what on earth makes anyone think that any concert film is better than Stop Making Sense? close 2nd would be Live at Pompeii, but it's a far 2nd.

Passive Aggressive Larry: ZeroCorpse: puckhead: anything that deletes the Beach Boys gets a big thumbs up from me.

THIS.

The Beach Boys were to rock music what the clap is to sex.

Ok so they weren't the toughest rockers on the block, and a lot of their songs sound the same, but come on man, Pet Sounds. That is a top notch album on par with anything else in the 60's.

Hey, If we didn't have surf rock we might not have skate punk.
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/kokomo makes me want to stab a hobo though.

AgentOrangeDrink: There's James Brown and then there's everyone else. I'm sure every artist named in this thread would agree that they can't compete.

The Rolling Stones followed James Brown and they looked and sounded like crap. Their guitar sound was tinny, Jagger couldn't sing or dance, and even Charlie was over-matched by Brown's great drummer.

PYROY: If it has young Teri Garr, it's worth my time.

It does and she's unbelievably cute in it.

Sorry, The Big TNT show is better. Wake me when that comes out on DVD. The Bo Diddley part is phenomenal in that show.

James Brown is the best but there are TONS of great performances. Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, the supremes, smoky robinson and the miracles, the ronnettes, the rolling stones. it really is probably the best single rock show on tape.

The T.A.M.I. Show was fimed in Electronovision, a shiatty-looking semi-HD TV-to-film process also used for a movie about Jean Harlow that came out around that time. I think there was a Hamlet with Richard Burton, too. Then Electronovision was gone, thank goodness.

Still, The T.A.M.I. Show is a great 60s artifact and at the time of its release I can truly say it changed my life as I saw what posers the Stones were and how authentic and super-boss James Brown was. I did feel good.

The Beach Boys material was cut many years ago - good to see it back. I always found it amusing to see the Boys at the end of the film waving good-bye and thinking about some young kid who never saw the film in a theater wondering why the Beach Boys were on the stage if they weren't in the movie.

I still have the Jan & Dean partial-soundtrack album of this show. They're coming from all over the world!

Another part to add about the Big TNT Show is watch for the row of black girls. I remember seeing the show for the first time about ten years ago and they would regularly catch these 5 or 6 black girls in the rafters dancing in their seats. They were pretty much the only black audience members shown the entire show while many of the performers on the show were black. Real WTF once I noticed it. Then I remembered it was 1966.

Entity79: Without Brian Wilson hearing Rubber Soul and deciding that he had to top that because it wasn't the usual 3 singles + filler formula, there wouldn't have been a Pet Sounds. that record there wouldn't be any Sgt. Pepper's or Dark Side Of The Moon, or who knows how many other albums

FTFY.

As to Subby's claim, Eddie would like a word with him/her:


/Hallowed Be Thy Name FTW

stickmangrit: but why would Demme have cut out the Beach Boys?

Done in 4

DrBenway:

James Brown is freakin' awesome. The Rolling Stones are right after him, I think -- tough break there, kids.

A story I heard long ago was that James Brown felt he should close the show. The Rolling Stones felt James Brown should close the show. The promoter disagreed and the Stones went on last. So James Brown said fine, fark you, I'll blow them off the stage. The Stones knew they were doomed.

I wish Mike Love was a deleted Beach Boy.