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Post by opus on Jan 18, 2013 10:30:43 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Jan 18, 2013 10:34:44 GMT -5
It only seems right that she's in that Eagles documentary (hoping it's a more recent interview, but anything would suffice). You can't talk about that crazy bunch of desperados and not talk about how Linda got them together in the first place.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 18, 2013 12:01:31 GMT -5
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!
Eagles, Grohl to take flight in Sundance docs
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY9:25p.m. EST January 17, 2013Other notable documentaries focus on legendary studios, beloved backup singers and persecuted Russian punk rockers Pussy Riot.
Dave Grohl's new documentary 'Sound City' details the legendary musicians and producers who recorded at Sound City in Van Nuys, Calif.(Photo: Sami Ansari)
Story Highlights
'History of the Eagles Part One' and 'Dave Grohl's Sound City' are two anticipated Sundance docs
The Alabama town that produced some of the music of a generation is featured in 'Muscle Shoals'
The backup singers take the spotlight in '20 Feet From Stardom'
The Sundance Film Festival has always been known for its documentaries, but the lineup for the 11-day run that kicked off Thursday rocks especially hard.
The Eagles get their own documentary treatment; Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl directs and produces a tribute to a legendary recording studio; heavyweights such as Mick Jagger, Bono, Bette Midler and Bruce Springsteen appear in works about backup singers and the spiritual home of classic rock and soul music; and music mixes with politics in a film about feminist punk rockers Pussy Riot.
Saturday features the world premiere of History of the Eagles, Part One by director Alison Ellwood, the first half of a two-disc DVD package (no release date yet). The four current members of the band, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, are expected to attend.
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Part One follows the group from its beginnings in the early-'70s Los Angeles music scene, when Henley and Frey left as backup singers to Linda Ronstadt to start their own band, and ends with their 1980 breakup. Part Two follows the various members' solo careers and the re-formation of the band in 1994, and brings viewers to the present, where the band reigns as a successful touring act.
The films feature interviews with current members (and past ones such as Don Felder), plus Ronstadt and California governor Jerry Brown. They're accompanied by a treasure-trove of home movies and unseen footage from early interviews and concerts.
"The myth about the Eagles is that they were constantly squabbling, and there is some of that," says Ellwood. "But there was a lot of camaraderie, love for one another and the music. And that comes across in the footage."
Friday sees the premiere of Sound City, which features Grohl directing, producing and appearing in a look at the fabled Van Nuys, Calif., recording studio Sound City Studio, whose 41-year run as a commercial recording center ended in 2011 — a victim to the digital music age. Among the notable albums recorded there: Neil Young's After the Gold Rush,1975's Fleetwood Mac and Nirvana's Nevermind.
For the film, Grohl pulls together musicians such as Stevie Nicks, Young, Tom Petty, Trent Reznor, Rick Springfield and Paul McCartney to create a new album at the studio.
Among the other musical documentaries scheduled for later in the festival:
•Muscle Shoals, a portrait of the small Alabama town that was home to recording studios that produced hits by the Rolling Stones, Lynryd Skynyrd, Wilson Pickett and many others. Director/screenwriter Greg Camalier solicits reminiscences from a number of stars, including Jagger, Bono, Gregg Allman, Percy Sledge and Aretha Franklin.
•Twenty Feet From Stardom, which explores the personal stories of some of pop music's best backup singers. Springsteen, Darlene Love and Midler are among those who share stories with director Morgan Neville.
•Pussy Riot — A Punk Prayer, in which British filmmaker Mike Lerner and Russian filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin examine the feminist punk band that was jailed after sparking a protest against Russian president Vladmir Putin in 2011.
"It's a very good year for music," says festival director John Cooper. "It really shows that documentary filmmaking is really turning to that area of interest."
Contributing: Jerry Shriver
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 12:03:25 GMT -5
Linda's exclusion would have been a MAJOR omission on the part of the filmmaker.. not that it hasn't happened before...  |
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Post by erik on Jan 18, 2013 18:37:36 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel re. Linda in Eagles doc:
I'd surmise that Alex Gibney, who directed it, was advised by the band that they wouldn't have been what they were to begin with if Linda hadn't been there, and as such it wouldn't have been so much a major omission as it would have been a historical distortion not to have had here included (IMHO).
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Post by Partridge on Apr 25, 2013 18:15:22 GMT -5
Don Henley addressed Linda's presence, or lack of presence, in the Eagles documentary in this article: www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eagles-take-issue-american-idol-446478But Linda Ronstadt, who played a central role in the band's formation, declined to participate in the doc. Henley said Ronstadt was "retired" now and said it felt "peculiar" that she wasn't a part of it other than archive footage unearthed by the filmmakers. And I certainly agree with Glenn Frey's comments about American Idol: "The nature of these shows is such is that they make everybody want to be big and big for the camera and big for the audience and you know, for myself I would just as soon somebody just stood there and sing the damn song." |
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Post by erik on Apr 25, 2013 19:32:00 GMT -5
Quote by Partridge from Hollywood Reporter article:
I really wish that Linda had relented just a little bit from her retirement to add her thoughts and impressions on a band that she more or less helped put together back in 1971. It may seem like heresy to criticize her for not participating in this and being wrapped up in her patronage of her Mexican-American heritage, but this is one of the reasons why I think the public has either forgotten her or no longer knows about her.
He's right, of course; but given that America has gotten used to the bombast of shows like these, I'm afraid that subtlety went out the door. But there have been artists like Brooke White, Katharine McPhee, and Crystal Bowersox (ironically, like Linda, all womenfolk) who have done good stuff after having been on Idol (if she isn't careful, current Idol contestant Kree Harrison may be number four [IMHO]).
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Post by JasonKlose on Apr 25, 2013 20:12:37 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think Linda just doesn't want to be associated with that part of her life anymore. I'm sure she appreciates being thought of, but we all know of her modesty. And from some of the comments I read at the end of that article about the Eagles doc, I'm thinking maybe she isn't really friends with anyone in the band anymore. I have heard that Frey and Henley are very controlling and egotistical.......and Frey especially comes off as a total jerk. I recently saw Don Felder on the Jeff Probst Show, and he went in depth about his time in the band and how Frey and Henley treated him. There was a lot of bad blood there, and he talked about it in his book. Felder seems like a great guy, and I would believe him before I'd believe Frey and Henley.
So I just can't see Linda approving of that kind of behavior, of treating people that way. I really can't say what her reasons were exactly for declining to be interviewed, but it's just my assumption.
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Post by erik on Apr 25, 2013 20:17:05 GMT -5
Quote by jasonk73:
I think that would be just a touch too harsh. Linda said in the interview she gave at Grace Cathedral Church two months ago that she was still in touch with the guys, so she hasn't let go of that. And as for the turmoil in the Eagles, she probably passes it off as "boys will be boys." I don't think she's nearly as hard on them as we might be.
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