Keith Richards: Under Review
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Actor: Keith RichardsBrand: MUSIC VIDEO DIST
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Chrome Dreams
DVD Reviews of Keith Richards: Under Review
DVD Review: It's really 3 & 1/2 stars...!!
Summary: 3 Stars
Well, this is tough because I'm a huge fan (over 35 years now...). The problem folks, is that there just aren't any film biographies or documentaries out about Keith (while there are many on the Stones)- this is about the only one I know of! Anyone attempting such a job would have an enormous task in selecting from years of history, interviews and video clips. So, until someone comes along to do the ultimate bio....this is a start!
Yeah, I agree the quality of many of these clips is not so great. But, the interviews with some of the rock critics (Greenfield, Christgau, DeCurtis and Loder) give worthwhile perspective and depth. And yes, if you've followed Keith's career and read a bio or two, there are very few "new" facts, etc. revealed here.
But the best thing this bio does is convey the uniqueness or "feel" (as Keith would say) of this man's contribution to rock n roll. His "sound" IMO is pretty much the essence of rock and roll guitar. Yes, a sound first begun by Chuck Berry, but taken to a whole different place by ol' Keith. His "lead-rhythm, rhythm-lead" guitar sound is the distinction and this bio does a real good job in describing this. It is the unmistakable sound of the Stones. Lord knows, he's inspired just about everybody who's picked up a guitar (like Chuck inspired him)....he has indeed, as he says, "passed it on." Beautiful!
But my favorite thing in this film is...the chugging killer guitar riff which plays both during the intro and credits. Vintage Keith!
Still awaiting the ultimate Keith bio....!!
DVD Review: A DVD where somebody "discusses" Keef? Gimme a break!
Summary: 1 Stars
Although the Stones are, indeed, my favorite Rock and Roll...well, "act" of all time (the other 2 being Procol Harum & Fanny), they thankfully don't entertain a "website" where geriatric old ex-hippies waste internet space "discussing" themselves, like PH does. Like Keef himself once said, "Rock and Roll is not meant to be analyzed from the neck up." I mean, I can't believe that Keef would have no more control over his filmed output than to let some"one" lash together some"thing" like this..."discussion." This is embarrassing, some old dweeb making an entire DVD, where he "discusses" Keef. Well, call the neighbors to the TV or something! Truth is, I'm just surprised that "the great rock critic" Cameron Crowe didn't have his childish hands in this. Again: just view the Criterion "Gimme Shelter," view Keef at Muscle Shoals and at Altamont, and that is all that you would need to "know." "Under Review," huh? Who the @#$% is this guy to "review" Keef?DVD Review: Soulful Thru & Thru
Summary: 5 Stars
There is a wealth of biographical information & enlightening critical commentary (from Robert Christagau, Rolling Stone magazine music critic Anthony DeCurtis, Stones biographer Robert Greenfield, and other respectable critics & music journalists) that the music lover will greatly appreciate. However, the video footage is extremely grainy and dull. I own Stones bootlegs that show this same footage (of the '71 English tour, the '72 Texas shows, as well as the early & mid-seventies L.A. Forum & Paris shows) and it looks exactly the same on the bootlegs as it does here (I guess this makes me feel better about the quality of my bootleg collection). So, just so long as you keep in mind that Under Review is a budget series with low production values (no time or money was spent trying to clean up old master tapes), I think you just might find that this disc has just what you need. This disc will prove invaluable to those who want to know more about Keith's unique rhythm/lead style. Much time is spent discussing the magic riff formula discovered on Satisfaction and used to great effect on hits from Jumpin' Jack Flash & Brown Sugar to Start Me Up & Take it So Hard. Along with most of you Keith fans out there, these critics think that post-Exile Stones albums are not particularly good & that from Emotional Rescue ("All About You") onward the Keith songs are the only ones that matter.
A handful of random facts I picked up from this disc:
1)Most people know that the band was initially formed & led by blues purist Brian Jones. But what I didn't know was that Keith & Brian never really got along very well.
2) Beginning with Satisfaction (which critics describe as raw & dirty; a far cry from what other white kids were doing with rhythm & blues), Keith began asserting himself as the real musical director of the band.
3)From Beggars Banquet through Exile, Keith was very close to Gram Parsons. This relationship fascinates me and needs to be explored further but its clear that each had a profound impact on the other.
4)At least one critic called Exile Keith's first solo album. Keith made it in a studio set up in the basement of his French chateau (where he was living in tax exile) while Mick was busy with his newlywed Bianca & his high society life. Keith apparently never trusted Bianca. Many critics say the personal & creative rift between Keith & Mick really began during this period.
5) During the Exile recording sessions the band rarely all played together, instead they recorded their parts separately or in pairs, and Keith later mixed the tracks. Apparently over 200 versions of Tumbling Dice were recorded and Keith was still unhappy with the one that they went with.
6) Happy was written on-the-spot, right after Keith found out Anita was pregnant (again).
7)After Exile, with Keith out of commision from escalating drug use, Mick took over creative control.
8)Ronnie & Keith were friends & played together before Ronnie joined the band.
9)Apparently Chuck Berry was ... well let him rest in peace. But Keith respected him as a musician and made Hail Hail Rock n Roll not because he liked the guy but because he liked the music.
10) Because he never wanted to be put in the position of having to choose whether to save his best work for Stones albums or his own solo albums, Keith swore he would never make a solo album. But after Mick released She's the Boss, Keith, reluctantly, retaliated with a solo career of his own. When Mick contemplated putting together a band to support his solo work, Keith issued violent threats.
I could go on and on.
So, despite poor picture quality, I still am going to give this five stars because even though I have been a Stones fans for many many years, I learned that there was plenty that I didn't know.
Additional note: This Under Review mentions Keiths acting debut in the Pirates of the Caribbean film, but was made before the release of the incredible SHINE A LIGHT. So no mention of that Stones/Scorcese masterpiece.
DVD Review: A GREAT find!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have hundreds of DVDs and books on the Stones, and this is right up there as one of the very best on Keef. Very informative and interesting. The only confusing thing about it is that the jacket says there are interviews with Anita Pallenberg and Pattie Hanson, and there are not. I'm not sure if there were legal issues involved or what, but it would have been interesting to hear their take on the Human Riff. If you're a fan, this one's for you.DVD Review: Not the best kind of documentary...just okay
Summary: 2 Stars
I only got it cause I'm a Keith fanatic. The interviews were sub-par. Nothing very insightful from other's perspective of Mr. Richards. Could have been better with interviews from people who Keith still gets along with, not old enemies or bitter celebrities.
Description of Keith Richards: Under Review
Hes the baddest of them all, the man with at least nine lives and the most Rock N Roll performer since the dawn of time and we love him for all of it. This DVD features a 2 hour documentary film which details the life and career of the one man who made iGeneral DVDs
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