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
