Decent music film ideas please?

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BlackjackBlackjack Frets: 227
Just wondering whether anybody could suggest or recommend any good guitar/music films please? I have just broken my ankle so kinda stuck on the settee in a sodding great cast and going crazy!

If I have to watch one more episode of Homes Under The Hammer or Escape to The Country I will not be responsible for my actions! Haha

i have plenty of good music to listen to, books to read, guitars to play and my first ever pedal board to build but sometimes it's nice just to do nothing and watch something on telly (especially when the industrial strength cocodamol I am taking for the pain are making me rather trippy! Lol). 

Thanks folks ! 
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7730
    Once
    The Piano :)
    Music for two (Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer, no guitar but great)

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  • Watch the Rodriguez documentary. I think it's called the search for Sugar man. Absolutely amazing story! Then listen to all his albums :)

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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9549
    edited August 2017
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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  • Searching For Sugarman is one of the greatest documentaries you'll ever see in any genre, not just music. I'd recommend just watching it without reading about it first. 

    Dig! is a good watch---all about The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols.

    Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets is not your standard music documentary. But then again Pulp were never your standard band. Worth seeing. 

    Standing On The Shoulders of Motown is a great documentary about the house band at Motown. Essential viewing. 

    There was a documentary a few years back called "Fuzz: The Sound That Revolutionised the World". Not the greatest film but interesting to guitarists in particular. Last time I looked you could watch the whole thing on YouTube. 
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  • darthed1981darthed1981 Frets: 11669
    Blackjack said:
    Just wondering whether anybody could suggest or recommend any good guitar/music films please? I have just broken my ankle so kinda stuck on the settee in a sodding great cast and going crazy!

    If I have to watch one more episode of Homes Under The Hammer or Escape to The Country I will not be responsible for my actions! Haha

    i have plenty of good music to listen to, books to read, guitars to play and my first ever pedal board to build but sometimes it's nice just to do nothing and watch something on telly (especially when the industrial strength cocodamol I am taking for the pain are making me rather trippy! Lol). 

    Thanks folks ! 
    Amy and Supersonic are both on Amazon Prime and both are must sees, IMHO.

    Amadeus is a quirky choice, superb movie.

    Walk The Line is excellent.

    Whiplash is excellent.
    We have to be so very careful, what we believe in...
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 27568
    Josie And The Pussycats.

    Unquestionably the best rockumentary ever made - or ever likely to be.
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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9549
    Amadeus is a quirky choice, superb movie.

     Brilliant film. Great suggestion.
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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  • ZoolooterZoolooter Frets: 886
    Rudderless- nice movie and good twist.
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    If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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  • BlackjackBlackjack Frets: 227
    HAL9000 said:
    See this thread...

    http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/109964/music-films/p1

    Thanks HAL9000, that's great! I will go through it and see what's there.
    Some good stuff to occupy me!  =)



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  • BlackjackBlackjack Frets: 227
    Wow guys, thank you so much! There are some really great suggestions there.  I will enjoy working my way through them and furthering my education of 'must watch's'
    I really appreciate your help loads! 
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  • LodiousLodious Frets: 1942
    Not guitar related, but the Ginger Baker movie (Beware of Mr Baker) is entertaining. Wilco's Ashes of American Flags is good...watching Nels Cline should make you want to get back to practicing ;-)

    Roxy the Movie is great if you have any interest in Zappa. Lemmy movie is a decent watch.

    Loads of the Classic Albums documentaries are worth a watch....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Albums. ;
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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9549
    Oh, and the Julien Temple punk trilogy...

    The Filth and the Fury (Sex Pistols)
    The Future is Unwritten (Joe Strummer)
    Oil City Confidential (Dr Feelgood)
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  • LodiousLodious Frets: 1942
    Austin to Boston was also a really good watch.
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  • I Saw The Light
    Miles Ahead
    Whiplash
    The Wrecking Crew
    Montage of Heck
    The Last Waltz
    All Is By My Side
    Ricki and the Flash
    Once and maybe the sequel Begin Again

    Oh yeah...and Coyote Ugly ;)

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  • neilgneilg Frets: 94
    If you've got Amazon Prime there's the six part documentary series Long Strange Trip about the Grateful Dead, each episode is an hour long.
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  • darthed1981darthed1981 Frets: 11669
    neilg said:
    If you've got Amazon Prime there's the six part documentary series Long Strange Trip about the Grateful Dead, each episode is an hour long.
    Each episode is one jam...?
    We have to be so very careful, what we believe in...
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  • If you want to see musicians pretending to be actors, Slade In Flame is a lot better than it might sound. Ditto the Monkees movie, Head which makes a complete mockery of their TV show and their stage-managed origins. 

    As for music documentaries, Hello Quo is pretty decent. If you can find it (probably via Torrent sites), The Beatles Let It Be is worth seeking out. As suggested, Beware Of Mr Baker is well worth seeking out, the man is a total lunatic!
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  • neilgneilg Frets: 94
    neilg said:
    If you've got Amazon Prime there's the six part documentary series Long Strange Trip about the Grateful Dead, each episode is an hour long.
    Each episode is one jam...?
    No, it's the normal music documentary type thing but each time period gets it's own episode.
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