Do you know the astonishing number of hits songs by Darlene Love?
Do you know what it is like to spend your career 20 feet from stardom?
Well this movie answers all of those questions for you. This is an in depth look at back up singers. Some of these ladies dreams of making it big as a solo artist and some of them are comfortable just where they are in the background.
This is a fascinating and very well done documentary. I truly enjoyed every minute and got the chills several times. One of the times I got the chills was when Merry Clayton (Rape Murder! lady) tells the story of recording that epic song. They then strip away the Stones music and isolate just her singing those lines. Her voice is so powerful and raw and full of EVERYTHING it is breathtaking.
I know we are tick tick ticking down, but if you get the chance to rent this on demand, please do. Great film!
Like 35,257,183,259,143 times better than Her :-)
Ok-- that is my favorite Stones song and like you, Lady Elizabeth, I LOVE a good documentary!!!! Thanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteThis is also on Netflix I think too for those that have it, that's where I started to watch but then for some reason didn't get more than 5 minutes in...something came up I think, like a sleeping pill probably.
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