Ian Dury & The Blockheads [Concert for Kampuchea 1979]

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The Concert for Kampuchea: Ian Dury & the Blockheads [Sweet Gene Vincent + Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 1979] Sweet Gene Vincent + Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

Directed by Keith McMillan
Produced by Bob Mercer
Starring Wings
The Clash
Elvis Costello
The Pretenders
Ian Dury
Rockpile feat. Robert Plant
Queen
The Specials
The Who
August, 1980
The Concert for Kampuchea ("Rock for Kampuchea") is a musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. The film was directed by Keith McMillan and was 4 nights of concerts in Hammersmith Odeon to raise money for the victims of Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia. The event was organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim (who was then Secretary-General of the U.N.), and it involved well-established artists such as McCartney, The Who and Queen as well as younger new wave acts like The Clash and the Pretenders. The film finishes with the presentation of Wings' Rockestra (more of 25 musicians playing together). They get on stage, sing, and get off with intermissions.

* Opening commentary by Peter Ustinov
Queen:
Now I'm Here
Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Matumbi:

Guide Us Jah (In Your Own Way)

The Clash:

Armageddon Time

The Pretenders:

Brass in Pocket

Wings:

Got To Get You Into My Life
Getting Closer
Every Night
Arrow Through Me
Coming Up

The Specials:

Monkey Man

Elvis Costello & The Attractions:

The Imposter

Rockpile with Robert Plant

Crawling From The Wreckage
Little Sister

The Who:

Sister Disco
Behind Blue Eyes
See Me, Feel Me

Rockestra:

Lucille
Let It Be
Rockestra Theme

* Concerts for the People of Kampuchea