PUT BLOOD IN THE MUSIC (JOHN ZORN, SONIC YOUTH, etc) 1989 documentary film directed by CHARLES ATLAS
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2020
- Aired UK TV 'The South Bank Show' March 12th 1989
Put Blood in the Music is a unique documentary on the downtown New York music scene. In a collage of music, performance and commentary, Atlas captures the energy and pluralism that characterize this urban milieu. Reflecting the eclecticism of his subject, Atlas re-structures the conventional "talking head" format to allow a fragmented, fast-paced compendium of voices and sounds, ranging from music critic John Rockwell of The New York Times to street musicians. Focusing on such influential downtown figures as John Zorn, and featuring performances by Zorn, Sonic Youth, Hugo Largo and others, this is less a documentary than a cultural document, a vivid time capsule of the contemporary New York music scene.
Director/Editor: Charles Atlas. Producer: James Morris. Sound: Judy Carp. Director of Photography: Paul Gibson. Performers: John Zorn, Sonic Youth, Spy vs. Spy, The Ambitious Lovers, Hugo Largo. Special Thanks: Blast First, Ann Lehman, Pat Naylor, Effanel Sound, Enchantments, The Knitting Factory, Michael Dorf, Lunch For Your Ears, Emmanuel Mauib, N.Y.C. Mayor's Office of Film and Television, NYC Public Development Fund, Brooklyn Army Terminal Building, Pier Platters/Tom Prendergast, The Pyramid Club, Skyline Studios, Steven's Institute of Technology, Summer Stage at Central Park, Woo Lae Oak of Seoul (NYC), Josh Brickman, Melanie Ciccone, Barry Devlin, Bob Donnelly, Lin Geller, Geoff Gottesfeld, Caroline Kennedy, Bronwen La Grue, John Lowe, Eamon McElwee, Lucy Sexton, Pete Shore, Mary Ellen Strom, Pierce Turner, The Kitchen, Declan Quinn.
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Most of Charles Atlas’ movies cover the world of dance, but in the late 1980s he put together a diverting documentary about the New York sound of the moment, with special focus on two budding stars from that scene, John Zorn and Sonic Youth. The movie is called Put Blood in the Music; the title derives from a comment made by Glenn Branca.
Atlas’ playful methods involve some minor video trickery-his illustrious list of talking heads, about which more later, are always superimposed over footage of NYC street scenes. Atlas’ thesis, one voiced by most of his guests who discuss the matter in the movie, is that the special conditions only New York City can provide are responsible for the particular qualities of the music produced by its citizens-bracing, dissonant, heterogeneous.
Put Blood in the Music has a very impressive roster of participants, including Branca, Lydia Lunch, John Cale, Kramer, Christian Marclay, Vernon Reid, Arto Lindsay, Hal Willner, Richard Edson, Karen Finley, and Lenny Kaye. Obviously we see a lot of Zorn and the SY people as well.
Zorn is a more engaging presence than Sonic Youth, who at a distance of about three decades, are also far more familiar these days. Zorn was about 25 when this was filmed, but he seems even younger than that. He’s the kind of music nerd who has distinct, serious phases of getting “obsessed” with hardcore or obscure Japanese pop; can converse insightfully about the music of Carl Stalling, composer for the old Warner Bros. cartoon shorts; and as a teen was quite taken by the music of Argentinian experimental composer Mauricio Kagel.
The Sonic Youth section is no less impressive-the high point may be the glimpse we get of Ciccone Youth covering Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love,” a subject already discussed at length here. Sonic Youth are arguably at the peak of their powers-they had just recorded Daydream Nation.
Actually, I just realized that I saw Zorn and Sonic Youth play the same show-the WFMU benefit of 1991 that also featured the Dim Stars, which was a kind of no-wave supergroup with Thurston, Steve Shelley, Richard Hell, and Don Fleming from Gumball. That was a good show, for sure (IMO Zorn was by far the best thing in it).
I don’t know if this is a truncated version of a longer movie. Some sources list Put Blood in the Music at 75 minutes-in any case this cut is a bit shorter than an hour, just the right length for an episode of The South Bank Show, which cheerfully presents it for your delectation.
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Thurston Moore full 1988 interview used in the film :
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Here's the recording John Zorn is talking about during the interview section beginning 15m 40s - Mauricio Kagel 'Improvisation Ajoutée' from David Tudor 'A Second Wind For Organ' LP • 1/3 DAVID TUDOR A Seco...
Here's the recording John Zorn is talking about during the interview section beginning 15m 40s - Mauricio Kagel 'Improvisation Ajoutée' from David Tudor 'A Second Wind For Organ' LP ua-cam.com/video/wmv2cW6hrYc/v-deo.html
oh THANK YOU!
Man,I miss this version on NYC.
Those days are long gone,the city fully charged around 2011 but had already started to change before that.No longer an urban noir now it's a giant corporate shopping mall.sad as hell.
The live version of Silver Rocket by Sonic Youth at the end is so incredible.
yes it is! the audio of ‘Silver Rocket (Take 6)’ was released on ‘Sounds Blasts! EP2’. check it out! link : ua-cam.com/video/PcdejYj1cHQ/v-deo.html
@@blackoperations13 thank you so much!
I've been waiting for the full episode since I lost the VHS in the 80s, thank you so much for the unpload!
Thurston and Kim have always had a great senses of humor. lol
This is so 80s
Yup....You are right. When did they make this?
Zorn's tshirts are great
They must be...
Sonic Youth - coolest rock band ever
30:30 The only thing that disappoints me is that I heard Sonic Youth being interviewed on WTUL in New Orleans before a show in 2002, and Thurston reacted in disgust when the DJ asked him how many CDs he owned, or some question along those lines. He claimed to be a vinyl purist who would never stoop to owning any CDs.
Have you seen their first Nardwuar interview? They were snotty little brats
I have a full cut of this doc on vhs. This one cut out some live performances of Arto Lindsey and another band with violin and an Asian singer whose name I can't remember. I don't have a vhs player. But I know where the video is.
thanks for commenting. yes the full length version is 75mins and i had no idea what the additional content was so thanks! i'd love to see it! so is your video an original commercial release copy? if so can you let me know the details please? the label/company, catalogue number, etc. i'll try to snag a copy on ebay. i've only seen bootlegs of this tv version and wasn't sure the full length version was ever released officially or not so any info would be appreciated. thanks in advance
woah that's so cool. I have a VHS digitization set up at my house
@@blackoperations13 Taped it from pbs
The other band is probably Hugo Largo- vocals, violin and two bass guitars. That's them at 3' 20".
The violinist was Asian-American- Hahn Rowe. The singer was American rather than Asian- Mimi Goese. Adam Peacock and Tim Sommer were the bassists.
It's great to see this edited version after so many years, but much of what made this such an amazing documentary was the more peripheral acts such as Lindsay and Hugo Largo. I've searched on and off for years for the full version.
@@scartissue2575 Yes, Hugo Largo! Thank you. I remember her putting a knife in her eye. Scary stuff.
Haha thanks for the follow! Are you the guys who put out that Hanatarashi cdr set? I just bought that from Art Into Life
love John and that whole generation of "Exhumers"
Does anyone know what's the background music at 19:00 ? Wish I could find a tracklist for this documentary
i can't groove when you play like this!
Y’KNOW BOB BERT WAS A GREAT DRUMMER BUT YOU…
4:36 Every Child's worst nightmare! 😂
Now keep hitting the 4:36... 😊
the guy at 6:41 is the parking attendant in Ferris Buellers Day off? Trust me, Im a professional
Richard Edson is the original Sonic Youth drummer, pretty wild and good eye
Love this vintage SY footage. read about this documentary in college and of course a quick youtube search later I find it. ha
What’s that album he talking about at 16 minutes ?
it's the version of Maurico Kagel 'Improvisation Ajoutée' on David Tudor 'A Second Wind For Organ' LP. i've already put it up exactly so folks like yourself can hear it! enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/wmv2cW6hrYc/v-deo.html
What is pop music?
Is this really Charlie Atlas?
Yes.
My searches should have unburied this treasure long ago. What? tha What? Beep Beep
This is great, can anyone upload a higher def transfer?
KRAMER!.......
I wish I could find this with a sharper image (if that even exists?)
5:12 - 5:33
Quintessential Liberal view on Minorities..."But She isn't Racist!" 😂😂😂
Projection at it's finest! ❤😂😂😂
Zorn's whole thing didn't age well, did it? Frat-boy Stockhausen in cheap sunglasses . . . and the bloody sound of that alto, like a house cat being crucified (and not in a good kind of Charles Gayle way). . . .
Zorn is one of the greatest composers of the 20th and 21st century. Still producing at an astonishing rate and quality.
Eat shit jazz snob