-seven Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Have any of you seen it yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Hasn't come anywhere close to me yet... so no, I haven't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I saw it at the Madison film festival earlier this year. I liked it a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-seven Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Would love to hear more. I've heard there is no Replacements music, no video footage or images or anything of them.I'm curious how that goes over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 FWIW - pretty much every review I've read, from both critics & viewers alike, has been very, very positive. I'm also curious about it because it doesn't sound like the kind of documentary about a band that I would enjoy, but if it ever comes around here I'll definitely be there. The director, Gorman Bechard, said in one of the interviews I read about it that even though people don't see / hear God that doesn't stop them from telling wonderful, compelling stories about him... so he figured the same would work with the 'mats (he's apparently a HUGE fan). He set out to do something no one has ever done before in this genre - that no one would ever think of doing - and apparently, he succeeded. edit: here's the quote... in the imdb description, not an actual interview Director Gorman Bechard brings an extraordinary vision to a unique filmmaking challenge with COLOR ME OBSESSED, the first documentary on the influential '80s indie-rock band, The Replacements. "I wanted to give the band god-like treatment," he explains, "but I didn't want to make a VH-1 where-are-they-now style documentary." Combining the band's mystique with the passion of their fans, Bechard made a music documentary with no music and not one single image of the band. "People believe in god without ever seeing or hearing him or her," the director says. "I'd like viewers to believe in the band that way." Rockers (Colin Meloy, Craig Finn, Tommy Ramone, Grant Hart, Goo Goo Dolls), journalists (Robert Christgau, Legs McNeil, Ira Robbins), fans both famous (Tom Arnold, Dave Foley, George Wendt) and not, Bechard interviews over 135 believers, delivering the potentially true story of The Replacements, America's last best band. The most influential band you've probably never heard of. Despite containing not one note of music, COLOR ME OBSESSED is a doc that really rocks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The film is told entirely through interviews with fans and people who were involved with the band. I didn't know much about the 'mats at all before the film, but I really liked it. I recognized a lot of the interviewees. The director was present at the screening, and he said afterward that one of the surprising people who wanted to be interviewed but the timing didn't work out was Pat Sajak! Anyway, there were so many great stories people told. My favorite may have been the one about Bob Stinson playing pinball with a guy in the bar and missing the first two and a half songs of the set. There were also various quotes on the screen throughout the movie, with some audio explanation from other people, and one quote was from Jeff Tweedy - that anecdote from 1997 at the Fillmore where he said "Everything we do is based on the Replacements" before they played a cover of "Color Me Impressed." There kind of is one image of the band - at the end of the film you see the cover of "Let it Be." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 My first reaction to the idea of a documentary where the band does not appear and their music is not played was disappointment. How can you have a movie about a great, great band and not have their music in it? And the irony: so many people do not know the Replacements and their music, and now they get the documentary treatment.......and you don't see the the band members or hear any of their music. Now that I think about it, it sounds like a movie I want to see! The perfect documentary for The Replacements. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-seven Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 And the irony: so many people do not know the Replacements and their music, and now they get the documentary treatment.......and you don't see the the band members or hear any of their music. That's a very good point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 My first reaction to the idea of a documentary where the band does not appear and their music is not played was disappointment. How can you have a movie about a great, great band and not have their music in it? And the irony: so many people do not know the Replacements and their music, and now they get the documentary treatment.......and you don't see the the band members or hear any of their music. Now that I think about it, it sounds like a movie I want to see! The perfect documentary for The Replacements. That's a shame. I figure it comes down to licensing the songs. I guess that guy could not afford to pay for them. There a lot of documentaries like that out there. It's usually a bunch of critics talking about a band, with some questionable footage, and sound alike music playing in the background. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 No matter what the treatment, I am going to have to see this.Sounds really interesting anyway. Is it on Netflix yet? Will it be?That's pretty much the only way I'll be able to see this thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Color Me Obsessed I would think there will be a dvd release at some point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That's a shame. I figure it comes down to licensing the songs. I guess that guy could not afford to pay for them. There a lot of documentaries like that out there. It's usually a bunch of critics talking about a band, with some questionable footage, and sound alike music playing in the background.That's what a lot of people thought when the doc was getting made, but the director has been pretty adamant that licensing and $$$ were never the reason for taking this approach. Read this thread over at the Westerberg forum for more info... Gorman was posting as he was conceiving/creating the doc: http://paulwesterber...lay&thread=6395 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 You are right. I recalled that once I looked at the description on the site. I use to look at the website, but I had not looked at it in a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-seven Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 No matter what the treatment, I am going to have to see this. Yeah, me too. Pretty much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Well, I finally got to see this last night... and I must say I was not disappointed in the least. I was reminded of what made them special for me; why, despite how much I might like band X or Y, there will never be another Replacements for me. I did not miss the music at all, although I would imagine that someone not familiar with the songs might get lost without being able to reference the soundtrack in their heads. But my wife, who's heard a lot of these songs by osmosis but couldn't name a single one of them, loved it also. The stories are so entertaining and richly interwoven that it's enjoyable to watch just for what it is, even if what it is about isn't as important to you. Definitely worth catching if it makes it out to a theater near you. Hopefully he'll get a distro deal so it'll be even more widespread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 So this leaves, what, The Fabulous Poodles as the only band not given documentary treatment? At least this sounds a little original, if only by omission. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 This is pretty cool. Download of the Shit, Shower and shave CD. Downloading now so not sure of the quality. Shit, Shower & Shave, recorded in 1989, is the sound of the band while on tour with Tom Petty who, later, infamously, ripped off Westerberg’s “rebel without a clue” line from the Mats “I’ll Be You.” When asked about Petty’s nicking of the lyric, Westerberg, in character, responded “I’d steal something back from him, if I could find something I liked.” Touché. http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2011/01/06/the-replacements-shit-shower-shave-1989-2/ 1 Talent Show2 ‘Round And ‘Round (Chuck Berry)3 The Ledge4 Can’t Hardly Wait5 September Gurls (Big Star)6 Another Girl, Another Planet (The Only Ones)7 Within Your Reach8 Left Of The Dial9 Alex Chilton10 Nightclub Jitters11 I’ll Be You12 Bastards Of Young13 Talent Show14 Answering Machine15 Anywhere’s Better Than Here16 Another Girl, Another Planet (The Only Ones)17 Here Comes A Regular18 Achin’ To Be19 Waitress In The Sky20 Don’t Ask Why21 Unsatisfied22 I’ll Be You23 I Will Dare Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Color me Obsessed available on DVD November 20: http://www.spin.com/#articles/the-replacements-documentary-color-me-obsessed-dvd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 New Westerberg:http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs/170690516.html http://www.paulwesterberg.com/sounds/myroadnow.mp3 Fucking great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-seven Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 Color me Obsessed available on DVD November 20: http://www.spin.com/...me-obsessed-dvd Cool. Thanks for the heads up. I never did see it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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