A video sampler

1920s-1940s

Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues (Wesleyan access only)
Bessie Smith (short film), St. Louis Blues (daily motion) (youtube)
John Lee Hooker, “Boogie Chillen” (with Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, 1989)
BB King, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck (Apollo Theater, 1993) (“Let the Good Times Roll,” 8:08)
Jimmie Rodgers
- - “Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)“
The Carter Family
- - “Wildwood Flower“
Hank Williams
- - “Hey Good Lookin’”

1964

The T.A.M.I. Show: Wikipedia set list; on YouTube

1965

Bob Dylan

Don’t Look Back (documentary about his 1965 tour of England)
- Opening scene, “Subterranean Homesick Blues“
- Parody by Weird Al” Yankovic: “Bob” (2003)
- excerpts of performances from Dont Look Back (23:20–“It’s Alright Ma”)

1967

Monterey Pop Festival

Jimi Hendrix
- “Wild Thing” (watch all the way through! opening monologue not included in the film)
  - fragment of Hendrix’s guitar saved from the performance
- “Hey Joe” (1:35–2:10)

1969

Woodstock

Jimi Hendrix, “Star Spangled Banner”
- on the Dick Cavett show talking about the Star Spangled Banner (2:09–)
Santana, “Soul Sacrifice“

Helicopter view of traffic jam to Hells Angels up to stage on bikes (47:10–1:09:00)
Mick: “Who’s fighting, what for”? to Hell’s Angel’s push apeman off stage, “Under My Thumb”: “I pray that it’s alright” (1:17:00–1:22:40)

1970

Joni Mitchell

BBC In Concert (orig. broadcast October 9, 1970)
- “Big Yellow Taxi“
- “Both Sides Now“
“Coyote” (Last Waltz, 1976)

1972

Wattstax: Rufus Thomas, “Funky Chicken” (1:09:50 to 1:19:20) (Wikipedia page)
Soul Train Dance Off (O’Jays’ “Love Train” released 1972)

1973

David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973, released 1983, DA Pennebaker)

1974

Grand Funk Railroad

1976

1977

1979

1980s

Heavy Metal
- Guy gets owned at talent show; 8 years later
- Metallica “Enter Sandman” (Monsters of Rock tour, Moscow, 1991)
- Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986); Where are They Now (2006)
PMRC, Senate Commerce Committee testimony (1985)
- Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), opening statement, part 2; Dee Snider on censorship and his testimony
USA for Africa, “We Are the World” (Jan. 1985); with vocalist identifications and lyric subtitles; Lyrics (along with personnel); Wikipedia page; Bob Dylan rehearsing with Stevie Wonder
Live Aid (1985)/Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) scene comparisons
Whitney Houston
- “How Will I Know
- Whitney Houston singing in church as a young girl
Pixies
- “Gigantic” live (1988); lyrics and interview explaining them
- David Bowie on the Pixies (3 things about them, 0:25)
Nirvana
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991);
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (1984), “Life During Wartime“
“Like a Prayer,” Madonna (1989)
Hip Hop
- Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1982)
- Nile Rodgers on “Rapper’s Delight” (Good Times 1:05; Fab 5 Freddy, Blondie, The Clash 1:50); w/Pharrell and Daft Punk, “Get Lucky“
- Blondie, “Rapture” (1980)
- Brian Williams, Lester Holt (Jimmy Fallon Show)
- 1993 NBC Gangsta Rap report, part 2 (Mark Gunn, KACE-FM, Jesse Jackson 2:40)
- Beyond Beats and Rhymes: online video, PBS website (issues and timeline)

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