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The Song Remains The Same for Vh1


08/15/2008
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(PR) VH1 Classic is celebrating the 39th anniversary of the 'summer of love' with a weekend of classic rock documentaries and concerts celebrating Woodstock. In tribute VH1 Classic will air Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same, The Last Waltz, Woodstock: The Movie, Lets Spend the Night Together, and U2's Rattle and Hum.

[A few factual problems here. The "Summer Of Love" was in 1967 not 1969 as Vh1 thinks. So that being the case, Led Zeppelin didn't form until a year later and the hippies hated them when they came out! Just go back and read the hippy press like Rolling Stone of the day. Zeppelin helped kill the hippy music trend. The Last Waltz kind of fits since The Band was part of the hippy Frisco scene but this concert didn't happen until well after the "Summer of Love". Woodstock took place two years after the "Summer of Love" and The Stones tour covered in "Let's Spend the Night Together" was almost 15 years after the media glamorized "Summer of Love". Finally, we still have no fricken idea how U2 fits anywhere in the mix, unless the folks at Vh1 writing this stuff are under 25 and think anything before Nirvana somehow fit in with hippies. Now back to the press release]

Air-times: The Song Remains The Same Airs on Friday, August 15 at 8PM ET/PT Led Zeppelin's seminal documentary, The Song Remains The Same, goes behind the scenes of the group's three night run at Madison Square Garden in 1973. The documentary includes concert footage, exclusive behind-the-scenes moments of the band, and the 23 minute-long version of the song 'Dazed And Confused'.

The Last Waltz Airs on Friday, August 15 at 11PM ET/PT The Last Waltz, hailed as one the greatest concert films ever, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Canadian-American rock group, The Band's farewell performance after touring for 16 years. Filmed at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on November 25, 1976, Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese captures an electrifying night of rock and roll with The Band along with special guests performances by Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Star, and Neil Young.

Woodstock: The Movie Airs on Saturday, August 16 at 8PM ET/PT Michael Wadleigh's Academy Award-winning 1970's documentary of one of rock and roll's most historic event features The Who, Jimmy Hendrix, Sly And The Family Stone, and Santana among others. Notable scenes include Jimi Hendrix ripping through an acoustic guitar arrangement of 'The Star Spangled Banner', Joe Cocker leading the crowd through the anti-Vietnam 'I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" and The Who enticing the 400,000 plus crowd with 'See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You'.

Let's Spend the Night Together Airs Sunday, August 17 at 6PM ET/PT One of the most pivotal rock groups of the century the Rolling Stone's 1983 film Lets Spend the Night Together captures footage of several outdoor and in door concerts during the groups 1981 North American Tour. Concert film is interspersed with behind- the-scenes footage along with some of the Stones' classics including, '(Can't Get No) Satisfaction', 'Honky Tonk Woman', 'T&A' and 'Jumping Jack Flash'.

Rattle And Hum Airs on Sunday, August 17 at 8PM ET/PT Rattle And Hum is the 1988 rockumentary featuring word-renowned Irish rock band, U2. The film is a tribute to the roots of American music and documents the band's Joshua Tree tour of the United States and incorporates live footage with studio outtakes and band interviews. Among the film's highlights are U2 playing Bob Dylan covers, hanging out at Memphis' Sun Studios, and rehearsing and performing with the legendary B.B. King.



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