Something Going On – The Pastels
I watched Upside Down: The Creation Records Story last night and of course it wasn’t good enough for me. It wasn’t made for me. It should have been called “Breezy excerpts from the Creation Records story: Catalogue numbers 12, 15, 55, 57, 70, 73, 87, 96… blah, etc. with whatever drug stories interesting enough.” Primal Scream, Oasis. You get it. It was bound to be this way. I think i would need a 12 part mini-series dedicated to archival thoroughness and not box-office and DVD sales/ratings to be anywhere nearly satisfied. Who wants to hear the story of the Jasmine Minks, Biff Bang Pow!, The Bodines, or the Pastels’ Creation excursions? Oasis, that’s the cheese.
There were flyers and background audio of most of the bands i naively came for, and one line interviews from people who would pop up once only to be never heard from again, so i didn’t leave completely disappointed. Even the parts on Teenage Fanclub, Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine seemed to skim through. There just wasn’t enough time, and things might not have been compelling enough for the feature length. The perils of making by the numbers documentaries. I worry about the upcoming Sarah Records one.
