Dancing in the Streets little documentary film about the birth of Punk Rock music in the late 1970s. Featuring music and Interviews from Jonathan Richmond, Deborah Harry, The Ramones, The Talking heads, amongst others.
Dancing in the Streets – No Fun – Punk Documentary
Dancing in the Streets
Dancing in the Streets was a Punk Rock documentary on side by the BBC in the mid 1990s. The film follows Punk Rock from New York’s underground punk scene in CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City in New York City to the UK where the movement adopted it’s own spiky style. It features music from The Sex Pistols, Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, The Buzzcocks and more.
I used to have this documentary on VHS tape back in 1990s. But I hadn’t seen it for years until I stumbled upon it this evening. So it was good to watch it again. When you look online today, there are hundreds of Punk Rock documentaries, many just regurgitating each other. But this one I remember being pretty good.
Malcolm McLaren, John Lydon and Steve Jones talk about The Sex Pistols and their Tour of the United States. This was the tour which was ultimately the groups undoing. They each recall their own account of events and what led to the demise of the group after their short lived success. The Docu-movie is Narrated by Sean Barret and each of interviewees reflect on the whole punk phenomenon and where music’s at today.
What did you think?
So, I thought that was quite a good little documentary film to watch even though it’s quite an old one. Although I guess I would say that as I’ve always been a lover of the Pogues and Shane’s music. How about you? What did you think of the film? Did you enjoy it? Or was it not for you? Whatever your thoughts or opinions on the video are, we’d love too read them in the comments below.
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