Kurt always looked super-hot on stage!

Not a bad list, but fairly predictable. I’d also throw Pink Floyd’s “Live at Pompeii” on there along with Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same.”

Oh, and maybe the “Grateful Dead Movie”

Actually, this list is more just like the top rock ‘n roll movies…how is this any different than a list of DVDs?

For a nice DVD package I’d suggest taking a look at the Jam anthology.

That is all.

I know that A Hard Days Night was groundbreaking, etc. and maybe should easily make a top 25 rock movies ever made, but come on this is best DVD’s ever made…..A Hard Days Night DVD has absolutely nothing on infinitely better Beatles releases (Beatles Anthology is easily the standard for informative rock docs, and is perfect, a remarkable feat given it’s 9-10 hour running time (not counting bonus features).

Other more notable Beatles DVD’s are John Lennon’s imagine (a bit too syrupy at times sure, but it’s still much more riveting on DVD in the modern age than A Hard Day’s night–a movie that while groundbreaking, isn’t really as informative/memorable as MANY MANY MANY other docs, let alone beatles info). Gimme Some Truth (The making of the Imagine record) is also infinitly better in the DVD age.

Other awesome docs that were missed and should be on here would be in no real order

-Fly Jefferson Airplane–Jefferson Airplane. This is an absolutely fantastic DVD and has helped me become a big fan of this almost forgotten group (people only know White Rabbit and Somebody to Love, but the Airplane were far more revolutionary and experimental throughout their career. Had Grace died in the 60s or had they not flamed out with Jefferson Starship and Starship, their legacy would be stronger, but that shouldn’t count against their music. This is a must-have DVD.

-Pink Floyd’s Live at Pompeii. I actually wish they’d release these live tracks on CD. I had a copy of it once on a burned cd (I was able to transfer the tracks from my old VHS tape onto my old CD Burner, but somehow I lost that and haven’t been able to do so again. Still this is the early Pink FLoyd at their peak and is actually as good if not better than Piper in my book. It might be one of their greatest moments.

Finally, I think no music movie collection is complete without 24 hour party people….not really a band DVD, but a crazy movie pseudo doc that might as well be a documentary. It features snippets of the bands and the actors that play their parts. It’s a strange, sad, but ultimately great portrait of the “Madchester” scene of the 80’s/early 90’s, and features actors playing Joy Division and Happy Mondays, but it’s shot almost as if to make you think it really was taped live. Very different, but well worth watching.

yes, a hard day’s night is actually a brilliant comedy. it’s still cutting edge stuff, even today ’cause no one else has figured out how to make something comparable!

what about the led zeppelin desert DVD, kicked ass