Documentaries

[OrangeEnergy]

I don't really have a problem with them having affairs, that kind of thing happens when you marry the wrong person. It's human. I actually prefer Charles to the others. He had a go at Boris about the Rwanda policy and apparently wanted to make reparations for slavery in the past, but i suppose he'll have to keep his beak out, now he's king.

He was shagging Camilla before he got married. Diana knew this, and Charles refused to stop even after they tied the knot. The queen's sons clearly believe they can do as they please.

 

[Mitakuye Oyasin]

While not a documentary, the FX limited series "Pistol" was a fun watch. It was about the birth of the Sex Pistols and the various people involved. It was taken from the source materials of Steve Jones (Jonesy) from the book he wrote about the formation of the Sex Pistols and his life in rock & roll. Fun series, great music. I never realized how much Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) was at the middle of the Sex Pistols formation. Well worth watching.

 

[hug454]

The british monarchy did us all a huge favor though.
Because without it we may have never heard of the sex pistols.

I think Bill Grundy had more of a contribution to the Pistols getting (in)famous, that and the fact that they were a pretty shit hot rock band.

He was shagging Camilla before he got married. Diana knew this, and Charles refused to stop even after they tied the knot.

Again i am not fussed about their personal interactions with each other. Personal relationships are always more complex than what they seem to onlookers. Now Andrew on the other hand....

I watched the Pistol series, i started out thinking it was a bit cheesy but i got into it. Glen Matlock was disappointed with it and i understand why. Lydon slagged it but i wouldn't expect anything else from him.
The Pistols were good but from that time and place The Damned were (and still are) my favourites.

 

[Mitakuye Oyasin]

The Bill Grundy interview is amazing. Nice how they wove it into the Pistol series.

For anyone interested to learn more about Motörhead and/or Lemmy, I highly suggest finding and watching the 2010 Documentary, "LEMMY: 49% Motherf*cker 51% Son of a Bitch". It does a really good job showing who and what this man was and his enormous influence on rock & roll and heavy metal.

A few fun factoids about Lemmy and Motörhead that are not covered in any documentary that I know of is that the Muppets character "Animal" was based off of Motörhead's original drummer Philthy Phil "the Animal" Taylor. The Henson company will often tell the media that this character was based off of Keith Moon, but there is little to no resemblance in look or drumming style to Moon, who died inn the 1980's can never confirm or refute the claim. Lemmy knew the truth though, as do many Motörhead and rock & roll fans.

Also the Derek Smalls character played by Harry Shearer in "This Is Spinal Tap" Mockumentary was modeled after Lemmy. Shearer wore the signature Lemmy mutton chops beard throughout the film. Lemmy had custom Marshall Amplifiers made in the mid 1970's to his specifications. The Marshall Superbass Amp that Lemmy used was named MURDER ONE and the other Marshall Amps were named KILLER and NO REMORSE. All these custom Marshall Amps had volume knobs that went to 11, because 11 is more than 10. Another 'joke' that Rob Reiner lifted from Lemmy and Motörhead and put into his film.

 

[hug454]

A few fun factoids about Lemmy and Motörhead that are not covered in any documentary that I know of is that the Muppets character "Animal" was based off of Motörhead's original drummer Philthy Phil "the Animal" Taylor. The Henson company will often tell the media that this character was based off of Keith Moon, but there is little to no resemblance in look or drumming style to Moon, who died inn the 1980's can never confirm or refute the claim. Lemmy knew the truth though, as do many Motörhead and rock & roll fans.

Hmm , that animal story sounds like a Motorhead myth. Animal appeared in the muppets in the mid 70s. Lucas Fox was Motorhead's original drummer, Phil Taylor joined round about 1976 and no one in America had hardly heard of Motorhead til at least 1980. They only started playing the states in 1981.