I've seen the Sly footage before but this looks like another must see.


https://www.youtube.com/w...-siC9cugqA

Damn!!...I want to see this.

jjhunsecker said:

It’s on Hulu I plan to watch it this weekend

Great news, thought I was going to have to wait! Thanks for the heads up.

Ugh, just give us the raw concert footage please.

You know, it really peeved me when I heard about the Summer of Soul. White American continues to erased Black culture. Never, in 53 years of life, have I ever heard about Summer of Soul. When I saw a report on CBS Sunday Morning about it last week, I was just stupified. How did we never hear about this?!?! This was huge!

Of course, no one ever heard about the city of Philadelphia dropping a bomb in a predominately Black neighborhood either. So... there's that.

TrivialPursuit said:

You know, it really peeved me when I heard about the Summer of Soul. White American continues to erased Black culture. Never, in 53 years of life, have I ever heard about Summer of Soul. When I saw a report on CBS Sunday Morning about it last week, I was just stupified. How did we never hear about this?!?! This was huge!

Of course, no one ever heard about the city of Philadelphia dropping a bomb in a predominately Black neighborhood either. So... there's that.

What a ridiculous claim. Blaming White America on you never hearing of this. When it was a jew that filmed this and (poorly) tried to make use of the footage for all these years. When you heard about it through CBS Sunday Morning, a national TV problem.

The Bombing Of West Philly was a documentary made in 1987 for PBS. Where were you in 1987?

Let the Fire Burn, the one you probably seen, was directed by Jason Osder, a white man.

And let's not forget.

"Maxwell House Coffee sponsored the event, and 300,000 people showed up. Walter Cronkite even announced the festival during a broadcast that also covered the Apollo 11 moon landing."

Damn you white people.

I wanna see this.I'll definitely buy the blu-ray when it comes out.

Strive said:

When it was a jew ....

Racist. Bye.

TrivialPursuit said:

Strive said:

When it was a jew ....

Racist. Bye.

lol pointing out that a jew filmed this and sat on the footage is racist but blaming white people for erasing black culture isn't. Mine's actually based in facts.

"Harold Monroe Tulchin was born to Jewish immigrants from Ukraine in Elizabeth, N.J., on Dec. 23, 1926. His father, Leo, was a machinist and a supermarket manager, and his mother, the former Clara Fisher, was a homemaker. He graduated from the University of Iowa with bachelor’s and master’s degrees and studied acting and directing at the Dramatic Workshop in Manhattan.

From a job in programming with Sterling Television, a syndicator, he went to the advertising agency Young & Rubicam, where he worked for President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1956 re-election campaign, his daughter said. He then began directing live commercials for shows like “The $64,000 Question” and “The Philco Television Playhouse.” He became an expert in the use of videotape, especially in commercials.

In the years after the Harlem festival, Mr. Tulchin directed TV specials with Wayne Newton, Noel Harrison and Lesley Gore, and a rock ’n’ roll revival special starring Chubby Checker and Little Richard. He also formed a commercial production firm."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/arts/television/hal-tulchin-90-dies-documented-a-little-seen-black-woodstock.html

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So I was able to start this on yesterday and get through the 1st 15 minutes before my kids killed the vibe. I've never seen Stevie get down on drums like that. This looks to be really good and I can't wait to finish.

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On a side note, I saw the entire Sly concert on YouTube a few years ago. Really interesting and great set but was the 1st time I realized that Freddie would sing Sly's parts from time to time...

Looks great, Stevie really is a wonder

Strive said:

Ugh, just give us the raw concert footage please.

I to want the entire show uncut. i only have some old VHS tapes with some of the concerts of this festival (Sly and Stevie's sets).

I watched it yesterday, Stevie getting down on the drums and the keys, the Mahalia & Mavis moment and the Sly and the Family Stone segments were the highlight for me.

TrivialPursuit said:

This was GREAT stuff, some of it had me in tears.

Their is actually some 48 hours of concert material so I guess that will make a DVD at some point.

The one performance that actually surprised me was the Pips.

I've never seen them get down like that. Damn......that was nice.

Mahalia & Mavis was tear jerker as well.

Very nice.....

A great mix of history & music.

A Must see in my opinion.

I think Questlove should try to find these and get them re-released like Disney+ is doing with the new 6 hour version of The Beatles Let It Be called Get Back. He probably has the clout to do so. There is also a 1979 special made for German TV by a guy named Manfred Durniok.

MickyDolenz said:

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TrivialPursuit said:

RJOrion said:

jjhunsecker said:

It was a time when singing abilities, musicianship, and song craft were valued over spectacle and hype and hysteria

There was only 3 major TV networks back then (+PBS) and no internet. There was no 24 hour MTV cable channel. There was the National Enquirer though, which was the TMZ/Wendy Williams of that era. Other than a few shows like American Bandstand, Ed Sullivan, Lawrence Welk, & Shindig, music wasn't even on TV much during the 1960s. Then some of that was taped over by the networks at the time, because they saw no future value in music programs.

RJOrion said:

Amazing documentary...the film's commentary about the politics and movements of that era were compelling...the clothes and styles were fascinating...our beautiful black women with their natural hair, no outlandish weaves and wigs and over-sexualized clothes...amazing musical icons in their youth, like Stevie, Gladys & The Pips, BBKing, and The 5th Dimension...i definitely shed tears during The Staples Singers segment...i had forgotten how much i loved Mavis Staples as a little boy...

Everything here is what I came back to this thread to say, except I didn't know who Mavis was as a little boy

So beautiful, so powerful and a history lesson that needs to be taught today. Questlove put this together so beautifully, it was just an awesome time capsule.

Can't wait for the release to see some of these artists full sets. Mahalia Jackson blew my mind and made me cry.

Need to watch it again...

S2DG said: