Brian Eno

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Audience Member Good stuff here in general. The Roxy bits were disappointing as there was really nothing new or fresh added to what is already pretty well known to the average Eno fan. Funny to hear that old crank gasbag Christgau rave about anyone's music. The commentary on Warm Jets, Tiger Mountain, & Another Green World (his best albums easily, imo) is insightful and on the money. It's great to hear all the appreciation for what Eno, Manzanera and the others were doing on that trio of albums. But they say some ridiculous things when it gets to the Berlin trilogy with Bowie. No, 'most people' would not say those are Bowie's best albums, cuz most people are not into such song stylings, those avant garde sound effects, and esp. those instrumentals. People in general want songs they can sing along with, dance to, that have riffs and hooks that many of the songs on Low and 'Heroes' esp. do not have. Also, to leave out his incredible work with Talking Heads is lame. I could give a flip about Cluster. Plus, Bowie is still the man who fell to Earth, so don't get it twisted 3.4 stars Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member The documentary is not itself perfect. Eno was not interviewed for the film, and even archived footage is used only two or three times. I'm not really surprised Eno didn't cooperate with the making of the film, but he has led a fairly public life, even if you limit yourself to the time since he for the most part quit making vocal based rock and roll. </p><p> It's surprising to me that more footage could not be dredged up. The film instead relies on still photos, and really, the ones you've already seen, that bounced around the screen while critics of more or less considerable credentials talked over them. <p>They interviewed the gal who wrote the 33-1/3 book, name of Geeta Dayal, and they interviewed David Shepherd, who wrote <i>The Life and Times of Brian Eno</i>, and they interviewed Eric Tamm, who wrote <i>Brian Eno and the Vertical Color of Sound</i>. And they interviewed Johnny Rogan, who wrote a bio of Roxy. These four plus this other annoying bloke whose name I didn't bother to notice were the meat of the movie, although I loved it the couple times they showed Christgau and Simon Reynolds, rock critics ftw!</p><p>Brian Turrington of The Winkies--and three of the four vocal albums--told the best stories (and the ones I didn't already know) while Jon Hassell was gone so fast you weren't sure he was there.</p><p>So lots of observations, lots of theorizing, and lots of headshaking at the oblique methods from observers and theorists and method actors. But not that much from the man himself, and that's what would have really capped off this properly-directed tribute most effectively. </p></p> Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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