June 9, 2009
Concert for Kampuchea: Ian Dury & The Blockheads [Sweet Gene Vincent + Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 1979] Check out that solo! Uploaded by mrjyn
| The Concert for Kampuchea | |
 DVD cover of The Concert for Kampuchea | |
| Directed by | Keith McMillan |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Bob Mercer |
| Starring | Wings The Clash Elvis Costello The Pretenders Ian Dury Rockpile feat. Robert Plant Queen The Specials The Who |
| Cinematography | Anthony Richmond |
| Distributed by | Almi Cinema 5 |
| Release date(s) | August, 1980 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | English |
The Concert for Kampuchea (subtitled "Rock for Kampuchea") is a musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. The film was directed by Keith McMillan and was 4 nights of concerts in Hammersmith Odeon to raise money for the victims of Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia. The event was organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim (who was then Secretary-General of the U.N.), and it involved well-established artists such as McCartney, The Who and Queen as well as younger new wave acts like The Clash and the Pretenders.
The film finishes with the presentation of Wings' Rockestra (more of 25 musicians playing together). They get on stage, sing, and get off with intermissions.
Filmed in 1979, Concert for Kampuchea did not receive American theatrical distribution until it was picked up by Miramax in 1988.
- Opening commentary by Peter Ustinov
- Performed by Queen:
- Performed by Matumbi:
- Guide Us Jah (In Your Own Way)
- Performed by The Clash:
- Armagideon Time
- Performed by The Pretenders:
- Performed by Wings:
- Got To Get You Into My Life
- Getting Closer
- Every Night
- Arrow Through Me
- Coming Up
- Performed by The Specials:
- Monkey Man
- Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
- The Imposter
- Performed by Rockpile with Robert Plant
- Crawling From The Wreckage
- Little Sister
- Performed by Ian Dury & The Blockheads:
- Sweet Gene Vincent
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Performed by The Who:
- Sister Disco
- Behind Blue Eyes
- See Me, Feel Me
- Performed by Billy Connolly:
- Introduction to the Rockestra
- Performed by the Rockestra:
- Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, the concerts and set lists.
- Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, the album and the EP about the concerts.
Bob Dylan - Band of the Hand (It's Hell Time Man)
album: Band of the Hand Soundtrack
lyrics
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Band of The Hand
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Band of The Hand
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Band of The Hand
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Today in History for June 9th: JOEY MAC, CHUCKIE DICK, DICKY PRY, AMANEUENSIS NAG, LES HATCHED
Highlights of this day in history: Sen. Joseph McCarthy confronted over his anti-communist tactics; Author Charles Dickens dies; Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns; Secretariat wins Triple Crown; Electric guitar pioneer Les Paul born. (June 9)