Another great BBC Radio 4 reco' from Ali of Furniture Farm ...
BBC - Radio 4 - Factual - Rockumentary Rollercoaster said:
Andrew Collins explores the world of the rockumentary. With its outlandish characters, bizarre situations and concert footage, the rock world is fertile ground to the documentary film maker.

Contributors include D A Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, Susan Steinberg, Julien Temple, Ondi Timoner, Bob Smeaton and Joe Berlinger.
In brief, starting in 1965 London - with Subterranean Homesick Blues - this charts the history of the direct cinema style of rockumentary, featuring: Bob Dylan/Dont Look Back, The Rutles/Eric Idle (and some copycat outfit called The Beatles), Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Monterey Pop Festival 1967, Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Spinal Tap/This Is Spinal Tap, The Rolling Stones/Gimme Shelter/Cocksucker Blues/Charlie Is My Darling, David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, Woodstock, Talking Heads/David Byrne/Stop Making Sense, Sex Pistols/Malcolm McLaren/The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle/The Filth and The Fury, The Dandy Warhols/The Brian Jonestown Massacre/DiG!, Metallica/Some Kind of Monster and others.

All very interesting, in this age of YouTube and mobile phone video! Dave Clark Five and Madonna/Truth or Dare (aka In Bed with Madonna) are cited, in antithesis of the style, also Lily Allen, which seems odd (considering her MySpace history).

I plan to flesh this out later. I'm slapping this up quickly so y'all have a chance to catch the show, on-line (streamable for only a week, 'til 20 Nov 07, I think). Have fun! :) Ian _{BBC Radio 4}