1968 was a time of soul searching for the band - with three badly performing singles behind them they needed a big new idea to put them back at the top and crucially to hold them together as a band. Inspired by Indian spiritual master Meher Baba, Pete Townshend created the character of Tommy, the 'deaf, dumb and blind boy'. Broke and fragmenting when they started recording, the album went on to sell over 20 million copies. In this film, the Who speak for the first time about the making of the iconic album and how its success changed their lives.
Live performance by English indie band Foals. Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the band perform a selection of tracks from throughout their career including 'Spanish Sahara', 'Inhaler', 'My Number' and 'Late Night'.
In the slums of Cairo, youth dancing to electro chaabi, new music that blends folk song, electro beats and freestyles chanted in the style of rap. The idea is to merge the sounds and styles so chaotic. One slogan mangling! Victim of corruption and social segregation, youth in neighborhoods exorcise partying. Release of body and a speech repressed transgression religious taboos: more than just a musical phenomenon, Electro Chaabi is a healthy outlet for youth oppressed by the prohibitions imposed.
The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization. Newley stars as Littlechap, whose allegorical rise to success is countered by the instability of his private life. Like the play, the film is staged impressionistically, with Newley decked out in mime makeup and periodically stopping the action to address the audience, and with all the women in his life -- German, American and "Typically English" -- played by a single actress (Millicent Martin, taking over from the stage version's Anna Quayle). In Wizard of Oz fashion, the play itself is lensed in color, while the brief prologue, showing the actors preparing for their performance, is in black-and-white. The production includes such standards (and perennial audition pieces) as What Kind of Fool Am I? and Gonna Build a Mountain.
Pollstar's Top Female Country Touring Artist of 2012, six-time Grammy-winner Carrie Underwood brings her sold-out Blown Away Tour to DVD. Filmed in concert this past March, The Blown Away Tour: Live includes a dozen of Carrie's #1 singles, with such favorites as 'Before He Cheats,' 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' 'Two Black Cadillacs,' and the album title track that inspired her tour name, 'Blown Away.'
This Is Mariah Carey, filmed at the legendary Proctors Theatre in upstate New York, showcases Mariah's incredible gifts as a world-class and riveting performer. Interwoven with charming home footage, the film includes ten of Carey's greatest hits,such as "Vision Of Love," "Emotions," "Dreamlover" and her first ever live performance of "Hero."
Singer, songwriter, business man, family man, civil rights activist: Sam Cooke transcends all barriers of race, faith and talent. This first-ever biography of the definitive soul singer looks at his extraordinary career and personal life - from his gospel-singing roots through his R&B and pop music career.
With four incredible performances at the legendary Montreux Music Festival to his name to date, legendary bluesman Otis Rush offers a memorable look at just how it all began in this release of the 1986 performance that started it all. In addition to memorable appearances by Eric Clapton and Luther Allison, Rush and company offer thirteen rousing blues hits including "Gambler's Blues", "Lonely Man", "Mean Old World", and "Right Place, Wrong Time". Tracklist: Tops [6:22] I Wonder Why (Will My Man Be Home Tonight) [7:15] Lonely Man [4:48] Gambler's Blues [9:40] Natural Ball [5:33] Right Place, Wrong Time [6:35] Mean Old World [5:52] You Don't Love Me [3:52] Crosscut Saw [8:25] Double Trouble [5:32] All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [7:53] Every Day I Have the Blues [10:00] If I Had Any Sense, I'd Go Back Home [6:51] INFO: DVD 9 ENG PAL Region 0 4:3 Screen Format DTS + Dolby Surround 5.1 + PCM Stereo
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is a documentary about the life of Brian Wilson, the musical mastermind and songwriter for the Beach Boys. The film examines the ups and downs of Wilson's life, including the early years of the Beach Boys, his years of substance abuse, and his long road to recovery.
Legendary Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher played the renowned Montreux Festival on five occasions spanning his breakthrough years in the mid seventies right up to the year before his tragic early death at the age of 47 in 1995
Prolific and popular since the 1970s, the band members of the Chieftains -- Derek Bell, Kevin Conneff, Martin Fay, Sean Keane, Matt Molloy, and Paddy Moloney -- talk about what Irish music means to them, what inspired them in the past, and what continues to motivate them.
On February 9 in the City of Angels, a few hours after the long awaited addition of Paul McCartney’s star to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, McCartney and an all-star entourage performed a one-time-only magical concert event.