Sunday, January 27, 2013

Documentary and eyewitness

Before they all get taken down for copyright infringement, an at-a-glance list of music documentaries currently on YouTube in full:

Synth Britannia
Prog Britannia
Reggae Britannia
Heavy Metal Britannia
Punk Britannia (part two; part three)
Pump Up the Volume - The History Of House Music
Krautrock - The Rebirth of Germany
When Albums Ruled The World
The Joy Of Disco
The Compleat Beatles - 1982 doc that was pre-Anthology (not all of which is online) the most complete film about the band
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Nationwide: Kate Bush On Tour
Ramones: End Of The Century
Sex Pistols: The Filth And The Fury
The Clash: Westway To The World
2-Tone Britain
Pixies - Gouge
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Dig!
Meeting People Is Easy
Johnny Cash - The Last Great American
Joni Mitchell - Woman Of Heart And Mind
A Skin Too Few: The Days Of Nick Drake
Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You
Live Forever: The Rise And Fall Of Britpop
Blur: No Distance Left To Run
Blur: Starshaped
Can
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of Mark E Smith
The Artist Formerly Known as Captain Beefheart
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Fela Kuti: Music Is The Weapon
Hawkwind: Do Not Panic
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Pavement: Slow Century
Fugazi: Instrument
Minutemen: We Jam Econo
Mission Of Burma - Not a Photograph
Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
The Strange Story of Joe Meek
Moog: A Film
BBC Radiophonic Workshop: The Alchemists Of Sound
Scratch (a history of hip-hop DJing)

Any more good links, leave them in the comments.

3 comments:

Chris Brown said...

Part One of the sort of sad Kenickie's Last Tour (the other half shows up as related):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFqzOXFEhkM

Chris Brown said...

And although it's not exactly STN music, I did enjoy this Scottish doc about Gerry Rafferty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55pNVKQLhiU&playnext=1&list=PLEDE585CF278C8996&feature=results_main

Simon said...

Jim Sangster via Twitter points to the Music From The Mersey BBC collection, including the great Beatles interview on Grandstand.