Coachella movie roll call
i'll be at gallery place (and i might have 3 extras)
Originally posted by P.J.:I want to see the Police documentary. :D
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/movies/24scre.html?_r=1&8hpib
interesting…
Anyhow, don't think I'm heading out tonight.
wish i could but still working… :(
Originally posted by bearman:
I still have a ticket (possibly 2) for anyone interested in Gallery Place. Lily?
just got home from seeing this.
i know it shouldn't annoy me, but some of the editing of the performances really annoyed me… like showing bits from other songs in the middle of the songs that were being performed, etc.
i appreciated the 'not morrissey' thing coming up, because i really thought it was morrissey.
there were probably MAYBE 50 people at the theater down here in richmond.
i know it shouldn't annoy me, but some of the editing of the performances really annoyed me… like showing bits from other songs in the middle of the songs that were being performed, etc.
i appreciated the 'not morrissey' thing coming up, because i really thought it was morrissey.
there were probably MAYBE 50 people at the theater down here in richmond.
There was a good crowd at the Gallery Place viewing. Bearman, I'm guessing you were part of the bear contingent in the audience. My friend/Coachella travel buddy was like, "Um, are we in the right theatre?" :D
I liked the film and honestly, I was happy that I didn't have to hear a Bright Eyes song in its entirety. :p Not sure if people who haven't attended the festival would enjoy it, though.
I liked the film and honestly, I was happy that I didn't have to hear a Bright Eyes song in its entirety. :p Not sure if people who haven't attended the festival would enjoy it, though.
My thoughts:
1. Why did the director seem to take the last song of each performer's set?
2. Highlight was Noel Gallagher vs. Saul Williams being interviewed about musicians and politics – "People don't come to gigs to listen to artists sing the news" said Noel. Great stuff!
3. There was a moment when Thom Yorke smiled with his horrible teeth, his lazy eye and I thought Thom was a science project gone bad.
4. Bjork's performance was the best on film
5. I just don't get Conor Oberst and the Arcade Fire. Sorry.
1. Why did the director seem to take the last song of each performer's set?
2. Highlight was Noel Gallagher vs. Saul Williams being interviewed about musicians and politics – "People don't come to gigs to listen to artists sing the news" said Noel. Great stuff!
3. There was a moment when Thom Yorke smiled with his horrible teeth, his lazy eye and I thought Thom was a science project gone bad.
4. Bjork's performance was the best on film
5. I just don't get Conor Oberst and the Arcade Fire. Sorry.
Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:I enjoyed that as well. Great editing.
2. Highlight was Noel Gallagher vs. Saul Williams being interviewed about musicians and politics – "People don't come to gigs to listen to artists sing the news" said Noel. Great stuff!
Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:i don't necessarily think they did.
1. Why did the director seem to take the last song of each performer's set?
neither the radiohead songs nor the pixies songs were the last songs of the set. they were edited to make it look like that. the very end of the radiohead set was actually 'everything in its right place' with 'forever' scrolling across the screen. planet telex (which was actually in the film) was earlier in the set.
i thought they made him out to be quite the jackass (noel). not only that but also with the 'bands that really play instruments' stuff.
2. Highlight was Noel Gallagher vs. Saul Williams being interviewed about musicians and politics – "People don't come to gigs to listen to artists sing the news" said Noel. Great stuff!
i thought there were a lot of unflattering shots in the film of a lot of people?
3. There was a moment when Thom Yorke smiled with his horrible teeth, his lazy eye and I thought Thom was a science project gone bad.
sorry, i thought someone was flogging a cat.
4. Bjork's performance was the best on film
i don't understand the hype surrounding bjork.
what's there to get? they're just bad.
5. I just don't get Conor Oberst and the Arcade Fire. Sorry.
HA! Yep, that sure was me with that big old group. But I did bring along 2 lady friends as well. But yeah, there was a pretty big gathering of us. I figure it's my job to help educate, and boy were folks tearing out of there to go on iTunes and look up bands.
Overall I thought the movie was absolutely fantastic and did a nice job of recreating what it is like to be there. A lot of my friends had never really heard of Coachella or didn't quite understand the whole thing, but now a few of them are ready to book plane tickets and go this year. I think it's a nice way to focus on the music, the fact that people go there as a community to appreciate music. Sure, there are some folks who might go to see and be seen or be cool/hip. Last year the OC cast was there, but for the most part it's people who love music and are there because they truly want to be there and experience what a unique and special place it is. I think the movie captured that nicely.
Overall I thought the movie was absolutely fantastic and did a nice job of recreating what it is like to be there. A lot of my friends had never really heard of Coachella or didn't quite understand the whole thing, but now a few of them are ready to book plane tickets and go this year. I think it's a nice way to focus on the music, the fact that people go there as a community to appreciate music. Sure, there are some folks who might go to see and be seen or be cool/hip. Last year the OC cast was there, but for the most part it's people who love music and are there because they truly want to be there and experience what a unique and special place it is. I think the movie captured that nicely.
I agree w/ you, bearman. The movie really captured the excitement of being there. Even if it is in 106 degree heat. It made me sad that I can't go this year b/c of weddings…..
Couldn't make it last night. Is the movie going to regular release or straight-to-video? Anybody know of a release date?
Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:yep. and i'm not even that into her music. but i won't miss her next she comes around.
4. Bjork's performance was the best on film
I just don't get Bjork…I like a few of her singles and appreciate the fact that she's got a very unique voice, but at the end of the day she's like arsenic to me.
I appreciate the Arcade Fire a little more now. They're a decent band, I really like some of their songs, but I think they're overhyped big time. The Mars Volta rocked out, but ultimately they didn't do much for me. And I REALLY REALLY don't get Bright Eyes. Someone tried to compare him to Elliott Smith, but I can't hear it. Elliott may have worn his heart on his sleeve and written some pretty and sad tunes, but thankfully I never saw anyone walk away from his show in tears. Icky.
I loved Fischerspooner and promptly got "Emerge" off of iTunes. I need to see that show next time they come around. A lot of the other stuff in the movie I loved…Pixies (of course), Belle and Sebastian was hilarious, Iggy, Flaming Lips. I wish they had shown more of Squarepusher. And it would have been excellent to see something from Queens of the Stone Age too. I think I would have swapped them with the Mars Volta. And it's a shame they didn't show Kraftwerk, who were fantastic and one of the best things I've ever seen. Still, I love the movie…I think it will get a DVD release a bit later this year, no date that I'm aware of though.
I appreciate the Arcade Fire a little more now. They're a decent band, I really like some of their songs, but I think they're overhyped big time. The Mars Volta rocked out, but ultimately they didn't do much for me. And I REALLY REALLY don't get Bright Eyes. Someone tried to compare him to Elliott Smith, but I can't hear it. Elliott may have worn his heart on his sleeve and written some pretty and sad tunes, but thankfully I never saw anyone walk away from his show in tears. Icky.
I loved Fischerspooner and promptly got "Emerge" off of iTunes. I need to see that show next time they come around. A lot of the other stuff in the movie I loved…Pixies (of course), Belle and Sebastian was hilarious, Iggy, Flaming Lips. I wish they had shown more of Squarepusher. And it would have been excellent to see something from Queens of the Stone Age too. I think I would have swapped them with the Mars Volta. And it's a shame they didn't show Kraftwerk, who were fantastic and one of the best things I've ever seen. Still, I love the movie…I think it will get a DVD release a bit later this year, no date that I'm aware of though.
Originally posted by eros:i don't know of the date, but you can pre-order the dvd with your order of tickets in the pre-sale for the festival that started this morning.
Couldn't make it last night. Is the movie going to regular release or straight-to-video? Anybody know of a release date?
Originally posted by bearman:I learned that Conor Oberst's lyrics are painfully stupid.
And I REALLY REALLY don't get Bright Eyes. Someone tried to compare him to Elliott Smith, but I can't hear it. Elliott may have worn his heart on his sleeve and written some pretty and sad tunes, but thankfully I never saw anyone walk away from his show in tears. Icky.
Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:i had a good laugh at the girl crying at the end of his set.
I learned that Conor Oberst's lyrics are
painfully stupid.
it made me think of the people crying and screaming during the michael jackson concert footage you see on tv.
I would have been crying too…over the fact that I wasted 40 minutes of my life (that I could never get back) listening to that caterwauling. A better name for Bright Eyes would probably be Pity Party. Not that some performances haven't affected me before, but that was just ridiculous.
Originally posted by bearman:yeah. i'd never seen him live before.
I would have been crying too…over the fact that I wasted 40 minutes of my life (that I could never get back) listening to that caterwauling. A better name for Bright Eyes would probably be Pity Party. Not that some performances haven't affected me before, but that was just ridiculous.
fortunately i missed out on that at the 04 one.
but i've felt that 'i just wasted X amount of my life watching this band' on a good number of occasions. it's easier to deal with at a festival when you can just walk away.. .but when they're an opener at a show and you showed up early…
Originally posted by distance:i laughed too. but then i thought "maybe that girl had a good friend that died from a drug overdose? and hearing him sing that triggered memories?" so i quickly shut myself up… (but continued laughing on the inside).
Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:i had a good laugh at the girl crying at the end of his set.
I learned that Conor Oberst's lyrics are
painfully stupid.
it made me think of the people crying and screaming during the michael jackson concert footage you see on tv.