Review of Monterey Pop (1968) by Simon D — 26 Apr 2016
This is the film of a one off festival with some excellent artists. I had heard of the Monterey festival, probably because of Jimi Hendrix's guitar tricks on stage, and I had it in my head that this was a legedary gig, which music-wise I expect it was.
The setting, however is what surprised me the most. It was held in a sports stadium and the audience were all sat on individual chairs throughout, like they were watching a colliery band playing the park bandstand on a sunday afternoon.
My only criticism of the film is that they could have fitted several more bands on if they hadn't have shown a very long Ravi Shankar song at the end. At only 78 minutes there was a lot of room for more actually.
Still it's good to see the likes of the Mama's and the Papa's, Simon and Garfunkel, Jefferson AIrplane and the Who playing My Generation to a crowd seated very still - bizarre.
This review of Monterey Pop (1968) was written by Simon D on 26 Apr 2016.
Monterey Pop has generally received very positive reviews.
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