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by (Writer: Wim Wenders) (Editor: Brian Johnson) (Producer: Deepak Nayar) (Producer: Rosa Bosch) (Producer: Ulrich Felsberg)
Director: Wim Wenders
ISBN: B00004S5NP
VHS Tape
Actor(s): Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. This VHS tape is an EX LIBRARY copy in a very good condition. Original case and artwork.
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Giants in Havana
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-24
The perfect story for the most amazing performers in Latin America and the Caribbean. A must have.
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Bittersweet Symphony
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-02
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Wim Wenders' "Buena Vista Social Club" is a masterpiece. American blues guitarist Ry Cooder goes to Cuba,in search of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club. He comes to an impoverished, aging country. The clubs are long gone, living only in memories. Miraculously, Cooder finds living remnants of Cuba's musical scene-Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzales, Compay Segundo, and the singer Omara Portuoundo. Their music is bittersweet. They sing of joys long vanished, of a freer time. Ry Cooder doesn't glamorize Cuba's squalor,nor the repression that drove its musicians underground.
"Buena Vista Social Club" shows musicians who are young at heart. Quite a few have since passed away since this film's release nearly a decade ago. The opening,the haunting "Chan Chan",sends chills down the spine. "Veinte Anos" is an amazing ballad of unrequited love (when I saw this movie in college,I sang along-it's that powerful) The conclusion is powerful when the musicians come to the US and perform at Carnegie Hall. Ironically, and sadly,the "Buena Vista Social Club" was barred from entry to the US after 9/11 since they were branded as "propagandists" for the Castro regime. Anyone who has heard their music knows that they sing about love and loss, joy and sorrow... not politics. They are musicians whose golden years are truly golden.
"Buena Vista Social Club" is a soothing bittersweet symphony for the eyes and the soul. It's impossible to watch this documentary without being moved. It's music that speaks to the heart. The musicians are elderly,their song is timeless.
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What an experience!
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-05-04
Thank you, Ry Cooder for tracking done these hidden legends and documenting them before some of them disappeared.
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Cuban Legacy Music !
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-09-21
I have several copies of this wonderful Cuban Music, one for the car, one for the house, etc. I have also purchased the DVD on the making of the CD by Ry Cooder. This is a lasting memory of what was a beautiful era in Cuban Music. You don't need to understand Spanish to appreciate the glory of the sounds that come out of this band of legends. A must have for any music collection !
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great for the classroom!
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-09-19
I show this movie in my High School Spanish class! Kids love it and have often downloaded the music onto their ipods!
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by (Producer: Andrew Solt) (Producer: Bob Meyrowitz) (Producer: Jeffrey Peisch) (Producer: Quincy Jones)
ISBN: 6303394167
VHS Tape
Actor(s): Gregg Allman, Jeffrey Baxter, David Bowie, Lindsey Buckingham, Gary Busey
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. VHS tape and original case in very good condition. EX LIBRARY COPY with library markings present.
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A scattered look at a scattered musical decade
Rating (4)
Date: 2004-12-17
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This video is the eighth in a 10-video set documenting Rock `n' Roll in America. It's very entertaining and informative, although more on the entertainment side. I think it says a lot about rock that the first SEVEN videos are used to document rock BEFORE the `70s.
This video is also very good, covering the many styles of music in the `70s. There are some great clips of Led Zeppelin and Steely Dan, as well as a great section on Pink Floyd. George Clinton and Funkadelic are also covered, as well as Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust," Peter Frampton, Queen, and Bruce Springsteen.
Disco is only mentioned briefly, and is dismissed by the rock stars in the video as commercial noise. This video seriously ignores the social conflict which led both to disco's popularity and demise, but that's been the pattern of the video series so far.
There are great interview clips and descriptions. Among my favorites are Pete Townshend's surprising comment that he's never liked Zeppelin's music (never would have thought that), as well as members of Fleetwood Mac describing "Go Your Own Way" as a song between two members who were breaking up. I also enjoyed Alice Cooper's account of how the "biting the head off a chicken"-myth was created. Great stuff. And of course any interview with Ozzy Osbourne is pure unintentional comedy.
This video was pretty clean except for one gratuitous topless shot near the end. Clearly this video series, while informative, seems much more concerned with entertainment than rock substance. But what else is new?
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I enjoyed it.
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-02-13
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Not what I expected (I'm not sure what I expected) but it was pretty good. It was a bit heavy on bashing and bad-mouthing one style or another that, in retrospect, were a lot of fun, but overall it's not bad.
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Great video, great commentary
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-11-08
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
this video is a great summary of the music of the seventies. They cover the excesses, the great bands, and disco. I would reccomend this video to anyone who wants to know what the music of the seventies is like.
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