Even though I was never a big fan of Blood, Sweat, And Tears (BST) this movie did capture my attention.
In the 1970s they went on a tour of what was then Yugoslavia, Romania, and Poland (Warsaw). They had different degrees of success in each country. And it was the first time a Rock band went on tour behind the Iron Curtain. They did cause a turmoil in some places. I can only imagine what the reception of the Stones would have been like!!! The audience and government found BST a little bit too much, what would they have thought of Mick and the gang!
BST was against the Vietnam War - and had similar "left-wing" positions. But after the tour, they had the effrontery to say that the West and U. S. were still far more liberal and tolerant than these Iron Curtain countries. This brought them criticism from the left (like "Rolling Stone" magazine) who called them pawns of the State Department, the CIA... - and they were still criticized by the conservatives for their anti-Vietnam war stance. So they became the enemy of many disparate groups.
The political parts of the documentary were of interest, but all the praise of BST as being the best rock group since the Beatles was hyperbolic and over the top. It made the documentary overly long.
In the 1970s they went on a tour of what was then Yugoslavia, Romania, and Poland (Warsaw). They had different degrees of success in each country. And it was the first time a Rock band went on tour behind the Iron Curtain. They did cause a turmoil in some places. I can only imagine what the reception of the Stones would have been like!!! The audience and government found BST a little bit too much, what would they have thought of Mick and the gang!
BST was against the Vietnam War - and had similar "left-wing" positions. But after the tour, they had the effrontery to say that the West and U. S. were still far more liberal and tolerant than these Iron Curtain countries. This brought them criticism from the left (like "Rolling Stone" magazine) who called them pawns of the State Department, the CIA... - and they were still criticized by the conservatives for their anti-Vietnam war stance. So they became the enemy of many disparate groups.
The political parts of the documentary were of interest, but all the praise of BST as being the best rock group since the Beatles was hyperbolic and over the top. It made the documentary overly long.