Two versions of I Am One. First being some archival concert footage from The Who at Cow Palace in 1973. Most of this concert is available on youtube and is worth every second. The second clip is from Townshend’s solo career, and is notably missing the mid section rock.
Pete Townshend: Deep End Live (1986) –
This week’s theme is winners of the Grammy for Long form music video (in it’s various forms.) This first post is about “Bring on the Night” a film about Sting as he’s forming his band to start his solo career. This film beat out last week’s DVD Review of “Yes: 9012 live” for the Grammy.
Trailer:
This film is more of a documentary about the band than it is a concert film, but contains plenty of live performances.
I Burn for You:
Notably, this film was directed by Michael Apted, who may be best known for his “7 Up” series of documentaries which follow a group of children in England and have been checking in with them every 7 years, with the latest installment being “49 Up” in 2005.
Also tagged Bring on the Night, Grammy, Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video, Michael Apted, StingIronically, I can’t find an early live version of Jimmy Cliff performing his classic “Many Rivers to Cross.” To make up for it, here are three covers of it.
The Animals. 1976
Joe Cocker. 1982. This is the awkward inbetween Joe Cocker. Not quite what he was. Not quite what he turned into.
May 17, 1986 in Dublin, Ireland. Elvis Costello and The Attractions perform the Jimmy Cliff song, “Many Rivers to Cross” at the Self Aid concert.