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Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The decade that began with peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and a war that wouldn't end. The Rolling Stones became the voice of this new era, which came to a horrific end at the Altamont ...

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[Narrator] In February 1964 - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] In February 1964

Only four months later The
Rolling Stones arrived. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Only four months later The Rolling Stones arrived.

They made themselves
an antithesis, really, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

They made themselves an antithesis, really,

The Beatles may want
to hold your hand, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The Beatles may want to hold your hand,

Rebellious, dangerous, druggy, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Rebellious, dangerous, druggy,

[Narrator] But as peace and
love spread from California, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] But as peace and love spread from California,

They never fully bit on all
the idealism of the '60s. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

They never fully bit on all the idealism of the '60s.

"We can transform
things by smoking pot." - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

"We can transform things by smoking pot."

In a sense, The Stones'
vision was truer. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

In a sense, The Stones' vision was truer.

[Narrator] And then,
within months of - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] And then, within months of

By '68 the darkness that was
associated with The Stones - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

By '68 the darkness that was associated with The Stones

The temperatures were
rising, rising really fast. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The temperatures were rising, rising really fast.

[Narrator] This film traces
The Stones through this - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] This film traces The Stones through this

Much as there was an
element of The Stones - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Much as there was an element of The Stones

You'd see real ugliness, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

You'd see real ugliness,

Things just went
from bad to worse, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Things just went from bad to worse,

It was probably, one of the
worst days of my life, ever. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

It was probably, one of the worst days of my life, ever.

After a prolonged break
from live performance, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

After a prolonged break from live performance,

Due to play at 16 arenas
across the country, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Due to play at 16 arenas across the country,

It was looked forward
to as a huge event, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

It was looked forward to as a huge event,

Things had changed radically
in that three years. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Things had changed radically in that three years.

When The Rolling Stones
before were playing, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

When The Rolling Stones before were playing,

So The Rolling Stones were
confronted with something which, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

So The Rolling Stones were confronted with something which,

Which was audiences that sat
there and wanted to listen. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Which was audiences that sat there and wanted to listen.

[Narrator] Announced as the
greatest rock and roll band - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] Announced as the greatest rock and roll band

Everybody was on fire, you'd
get the energy from a group, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Everybody was on fire, you'd get the energy from a grou...

I'd love the fact that I
could go and watch them - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

I'd love the fact that I could go and watch them

But it was great, the
shows were spectacular. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

But it was great, the shows were spectacular.

* Everywhere I hear the sound - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

* Everywhere I hear the sound

The Stones were the biggest
rock and roll band on the road. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The Stones were the biggest rock and roll band on the road.

The Beatles had pulled
back, Dylan had pulled back. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The Beatles had pulled back, Dylan had pulled back.

And coming to America
in 1969 was no joke. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And coming to America in 1969 was no joke.

The Stones were in the
thick of whatever was - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The Stones were in the thick of whatever was

America in '69 is in a
state of some turmoil. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

America in '69 is in a state of some turmoil.

We'd moved on from The
Summer of Love in '67. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

We'd moved on from The Summer of Love in '67.

Obviously things have
got a lot darker, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Obviously things have got a lot darker,

We've had the assassination
of Martin Luther King, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

We've had the assassination of Martin Luther King,

There's still that air
of hippy optimism. '69 is, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

There's still that air of hippy optimism. '69 is,

[Narrator] Held in August 1969, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] Held in August 1969,

In November, late in their
tour, The Stones announced - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

In November, late in their tour, The Stones announced

Originally to be held at San
Francisco's Golden Gate Park, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Originally to be held at San Francisco's Golden Gate Pa...

Altamont was intended to be
an expression of optimism, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Altamont was intended to be an expression of optimism,

So, on the surface, when
it's first announced, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

So, on the surface, when it's first announced,

The mythology of
free concerts were - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The mythology of free concerts were

The whole phrase free
concert was just redolent - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The whole phrase free concert was just redolent

It could have been
fantastic, everybody assumed - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

It could have been fantastic, everybody assumed

[somber music] - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And the violence and
chaos that The Stones - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And the violence and chaos that The Stones

And the band's own
development across this decade - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And the band's own development across this decade

America, 1962, a nation
energized by a period - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

America, 1962, a nation energized by a period

Advances in technology were
transforming everyday life. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Advances in technology were transforming everyday life.

And many felt that this was
the dawn of a new golden age. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And many felt that this was the dawn of a new golden age.

Yet an ever present
threat of war - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Yet an ever present threat of war

And beneath
the confident surface, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And beneath the confident surface,

America in the early '60s is
a strange place in many ways. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

America in the early '60s is a strange place in many wa...

In terms of popular culture,
it's rather bland and anodyne. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

In terms of popular culture, it's rather bland and anod...

At the same time,
politically you've got - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

At the same time, politically you've got

And there's a certain
optimism there that - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And there's a certain optimism there that

Almost half of the population in - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Almost half of the population in

And there was this
sense of an inherited - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And there was this sense of an inherited

For the younger generation,
growing up with the Cold War - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

For the younger generation, growing up with the Cold War

Things like community, or
things like social justice, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Things like community, or things like social justice,

[Narrator] And in November 1963, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] And in November 1963,

President John F.
Kennedy, for many a symbol - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

President John F. Kennedy, for many a symbol

The event stunned America, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The event stunned America,

But early the following year,
a voice of hope emerged. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

But early the following year, a voice of hope emerged.

The Beatles arrived
within a couple of months - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

The Beatles arrived within a couple of months

And immediately they put
smiles on people's faces. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And immediately they put smiles on people's faces.

You can't stress enough - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

You can't stress enough

[Narrator] And the
sudden stateside success - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] And the sudden stateside success

Following in the footsteps
of Liverpudlians, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Following in the footsteps of Liverpudlians,

Unlike their fellow countrymen, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Unlike their fellow countrymen,

There wasn't a sense of "the
latest band from England." - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

There wasn't a sense of "the latest band from Engl...

And every week it
was The Searchers, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And every week it was The Searchers,

* Sitting in my bedroom
late last night * - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

* Sitting in my bedroom late last night *

They were into black music,
and they imitated it. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

They were into black music, and they imitated it.

But they imitated it very well, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

But they imitated it very well,

[Narrator] But The Stones',
singer Mick Jagger, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] But The Stones', singer Mick Jagger,

When The Rolling
Stones first came to - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

When The Rolling Stones first came to

Their records hadn't
hit the radio yet, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Their records hadn't hit the radio yet,

And the host was Dean Martin
and he said, these guys - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And the host was Dean Martin and he said, these guys

They were costarring
with two elephants, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

They were costarring with two elephants,

You know these signing
groups today are under - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

You know these signing groups today are under

[audience laughing] - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[audience laughing]

[Narrator] In contrast,
their rise - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

[Narrator] In contrast, their rise

Having only formed in the
summer of 1962, they quickly - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Having only formed in the summer of 1962, they quickly

And where America was
looking for another Beatles, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

And where America was looking for another Beatles,

Their manager,
Andrew Loog Oldham, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

Their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham,

They wouldn't smile in photos, - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

They wouldn't smile in photos,

From the very start, The Stones
were presented as rebels. - Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

From the very start, The Stones were presented as rebels.

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The decade that began with peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and a war that wouldn't end. The Rolling Stones became the voice of this new era, which came to a horrific end at the Altamont ...

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Director: Tom O'Dell

Writer: Tom O'Dell

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Genre: documentary, history, music

Year: 2020

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Released: 07 Jan 2020

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