Best Concert Film

Bruce Springsteen - Live in NY.
Allison Krauss: Live.
U2: Live at Slane Castle.

Tommy

Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) - The Wall live in Berlin

I happened to be in Berlin for the first time just the week before the concert in 1990. It was a classroom trip to Berlin, months after the wall fell. By accident we were able to get on the concert stage the day before the show and enjoy the view of the "Potsdammer Platz", i.e. the former dead zone between east and west and at the time still a wasteland. I didn't get to see the concert since we left Berlin that day, but looking back it seemed like taking part in some kind of important history.

I was 16 and used to never listen to Pink Floyd before....

"Concert for George", "Last Waltz", and "Concert for Bangladesh"--each is an ensemble of great performances by great performers.
RW

Jazz On A Summers Day.Period.Monks bio fgilm is equalk to "The LKast Waltz" but it's a modd thing.New Dylan edidted by Scorcese isn't any slouch either.Oh and Spinal Tap If only for the amps that go up to 11.
Chazzbo

Gentlemen, Gentlemen ... what's going on here with these nominations? Are we getting soft in our old age? Quite frankly, Woodstock and Monterey Pop are historical documentaries.

"Stop Making Sense" and Meerp1's choices are closer to the mark. And there is the one that is missing ...

Metallica's "S&M" recorded live in concert with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. How many concerts give you both heavy metal and orchestral classical music at the same time? It is the equivalent of heavy metal opera. The sonics are incredible, especially the bass and strings ... there are alternate camera angles ... hearing Metallica's music (especially "No Leaf Clover" and "Hero") in this type of setting is revelatory.

I have often been accused by both the present Missus and the ex-Missus of having the lamest taste in music ... opera; most 60's & 70's rock; folk; country; and an inexplicable fondness for Spandau Ballet and Fine Young Cannibals. With this handicap, even I recognize Metallica's accomplishment with "S&M."

Marco, I rest my case and a Happy New Year to all.

Regards, Rich