The best Guy Garvey’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Guy Garvey’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Guy Garvey.
9 Songs
4.7/10
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
7.8/10
This documentary explores Kate Bush's career and music, from January 1978's Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow, through the testimony of some of her key collaborators and those she has inspired.
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
7.1/10
Tom Waits is one of the most original musicians of the last five decades. Renowned for his gravelly voice and dazzling mix of musical styles, he's also one of modern music's most enigmatic and influential artists. Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews, this film is a bewitching after-hours trip through the surreal, moonlit world of Waits' music - a portrait of a pioneering musician and his unique, alternative American songbook.
When Albums Ruled the World
7.5/10
A BBC4 Documentary on the rise and fall and resurgence of the venerable LP record, and the dynamics of marketing and consumption of music as told through artists and musicians of the classic album eras of the 60s and 70s.
Elbow - Isle of Wight 2012
Set List: Starlings
The Birds
The Bones of You
Mirrorball
Leaders of the Free World
Grounds for Divorce
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
Lippy Kids
Weather to Fly
Open Arms
One Day Like This
Elbow - Asleep in the Back
The film was compiled by long time collaborators Soup Collective who documented the entire album campaign, bringing together videos for the singles, with home movies from the band’s time on tour. The movie features exclusive live footage, including Guy’s memorable stalling during a technical breakdown at a show in Glasgow.
