Every music fan knows that a real rock show doesn't look anything like a concert movie. They never seem to include the guy sitting next to you who won't shut up, or the fact that the stars look like insects from the nosebleed seats, or that half the fun is just being there, hanging out with friends.
As odd as it seems, the Beastie Boys [pictured] are the first band to ever take this to heart. The proof arrives this Friday with "Awesome! I F - - - in' Shot That," a concert movie that turns the genre on its head.
Still, the simple brilliance of the fan footage and the success of the experiment - at Sundance, the film got a great reception - has already spawned an imitator. Coldplay recently had five fans film a Toronto show for a DVD.
But, as Blender's Kandell sagely points out, "forget about the fact that it's not their idea and it's already been done well. Do you really care what the crowd of a Coldplay show looks like?
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