dhmac

What are the best concert films you've seen?

By which I mean released movies of live music being performed in concert.

(Note that I put this in "Movie Talk" and not "Music Talk" because it's about released films, but not about live concert albums.)

dhmac

The Last Waltz starring The Band and directed by Martin Scorsese is a good concert film.

(I wish there was more concert footage in it, or available deleted scenes for a longer cut.)

Mike86

Not sure if you want documentaries or actual concert performances so I'll give a mix of both from some of my favorites.

Foo Fighters: Back and Forth- Documentary on the band from their beginnings up until their 2011 album Wasting Light
Foo Fighters: Live at Wembley- Awesome live show. All concert footage no documetary stuff (unless I'm remembering wrong but pretty sure it's just the show).
Eddie Vedder: Water on the Road- Mostly concert material from Eddie's solo shows mixed with documentary segments.
Pearl Jam: Twenty- Documentary on the band's first twenty years plus some footage from interviews and concerts and whatnot.
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage- Documentary on the band from their beginnings up until 2010.
Sound City- Documentary on the recording studio with various artists who recorded there and former employees interviewed.

inri222

The Song Remains the Same
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Sign O' The Times
Woodstock
Let It Be
The Kids Are Alright

Decker

Stop Making Sense

astrochimp

This Is Spinal Tap

Eddie W

Talking Heads Stop Making Sense - no bullshit backstage interviews, no quirky quick cuts, just a great performance filmed well.

Montery Pop - this is probably as close to what the vibe was in the 'summer of love' as anything that remains. Plus some really legendary performances.

davidlynchfan

I got: Def Leppard: Viva Hysteria and Duran Duran: Diamond in the Mind on Blu-ray and enjoyed it.

It's all about the band to me, if I don't like the band and their music, then I could care less how well the content was produced.

dugan

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Tabletopjoe

Tom Waits: Big Time

Mondo Kane

The T.A.M.I. Show
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
Woodstock
Public Enemy: The Enemy Strikes Live
Gimme Shelter
Wattstax
Pink Floyd: Pulse (I admit, this gets more replay from me than "Live at Pompeii")
Stop Making Sense
Let The Good Times Roll
Santana: Supernatural live
Paul McCartney and Wings: Rockshow (Surprised how much I loved this)

Still can't believe I haven't seen this yet.

Ash Ketchum

Agreed on four of Mondo Kane's choices (the only ones on his list I've seen!), esp. T.A.M.I., which I first saw last year after picking up a bargain-priced DVD of it at Barnes & Noble. I only wish I'd seen it when it first came out, when I was ten or eleven. That would have been a blast at that age.

I would add Madonna's TRUTH OR DARE, but only if that counts as a concert film. I tend to think of it as a backstage documentary with concert footage.

tommyp007

dhmac

Let It Be is hard to see anywhere these days. (I blame Paul McCartney for the lack of a DVD or Blu-ray release.)

rw2516

Mad Dogs And Englishmen
Yessongs
Concert for Bangladesh
Monterey Pop
Rust Never Sleeps

Coral

Criterion should try and get the rights and release this on BD.
They could use more concert films in their catalogue.

dhmac

Stop Making Sense is (IMO) the most idealized way to make a concert film: all music, no nonsense. Why its style is a rare exception instead of being more common is something I just don't understand.

Perkinsun Dzees

TomOpus

Having Jonathan Demme direct it sure helped, Plus the artistic vision of David Byrne pushed this one to turning out as something special.

superdeluxe

101

musick

Stop Making Sense is tops

The Last Waltz
This Is Spinal Tap (though not really a concert film)

islandclaws

Alice Cooper: Welcome to my Nightmare

Giles

dan30oly

Just watched this. I'm not really a fan of the Talking Heads, but that was an amazing performance.

davidh777

I haven't watched a concert film since the heyday of DVD and before BD, so:

The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over
Alison Kraus + Union Station Live
James Taylor Live at Beacon Theatre