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April 11, 2021 8:10 PM - Subscribe

First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones documents the recording of Wilco's album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." - IMDB
posted by The corpse in the library (2 comments total)
 
Hoo boy. This one's for the fans and nobody else.

I vaguely liked Wilco but knew very little about them before I watched this; by the end I liked their music less and knew only a tiny bit more.

Fails the "talks to a woman who isn't related to any band members about music" test. Possibly is entirely white men in their 30s through 50s. Give no context to the band's music. I have no idea who these men are or where they came from. Leaves me asking "Why so glum, chum?" and doesn't attempt to answer it.

Other rockumentaries have made me a fan of the band (Rush) or at least respect them more (Twisted Sister). This left me irritated.
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:18 PM on April 11, 2021


Want to know how a band is going to crash and burn? When the singer watches this documentary before every show.
posted by stet at 3:05 PM on April 12, 2021


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