Monterey Pop (1968)
3/10
Not a Very Good Concert Film
19 September 2019
For the most part, the "talent" is sub-par. And let's be honest: more than half these acts have been thankfully forgotten today.

Janis Joplin was great. The audience stares at her in amazement. It's before she left Big Brother.

Some of the performance from well known artists are sub-par.

The Who rock their signature song. Keith Moon was quite an erratic drummer. The direction, however, is so bad that when Entwhistle has his solo, the camera is on Pete! Maybe it was his full head of hair! Ugh.

Hendrix was good, but there was something wrong with the sound quality in the recording. The most amazing thing about Hendrix was he hit the notes without ever looking at the fret board. This while jumping and somersaulting all over the stage.

Then you have to sit through Ravi Shanker who -- let's face it -- is dated. In sum, not a particularly good concert film.
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