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Originally Posted by Bill
THIS is the kind of stuff I'd love him to do now...debrief us...as with the concept of the "Storytellers" tv show (although that never seemed to pan out to be a real backstory themed show)
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i was usually let down by every episode... well, relative to my excitement and anticipation beforehand, anyhow - the writing, the narrator, the repetitive panning of images, over-sensationalizing of any personal clashes, breakups, deaths...if they did one on Gord I wonder if they'd ever get to the music
as I've posted and dreamt several times, I always wanted to see a Classic Albums: The Making of __________ (you fill in the blank...Sundown, ODR, anything!)
dialogue and images of Gord and producer revisiting the master tapes at the mixing board isolating tracks and having fun with the mixes that might have been or tracks that were disregarded (such as some of the other Cathy Smith backing vox on Sundown)... and hopefully Gord chatting about how some of the songs came about...or other tidbits
(eg.)
http://www.videodetective.com/movies...-trailer/22013
i have many fave segments from various Classic Albums episodes...I've not seen all of them but have seen these (below)...do any have any other episode or clip recommendations?
The Band - The Band (1969)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)
Rush - 2112 and Moving Pictures (1976/1981)
Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)
Steely Dan - Aja (1977)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)
The Who - Who's Next (1971)