MUSIC

Rudolph could have been Rollo or Reginald the Red-Nosed Reindeer. (Romeo and Rodney were also in the running.)

"And it burns burns burns, that ring of fire ..."

The performance is part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Fluxus Festival.

The rapper's 1988 song, "Nightmare on My Street," made reference to a killer named Fred who was "burnt like a weenie." New Line Cinema didn't find it funny, but it has just been rediscovered online.

Mama mia!

"I’ve wanted to make this movie for as long as I can remember," the Oscar-winning director said.

Even the amendments most history books gloss over.

In 1956, Chrysler introduced a record player that could be mounted under dashboards and promised that it would never skip. Common sense argued otherwise.

“Today, full of energy, Mario is still running, running."

It sat in storage for almost a decade.

Guy Holmes popped the tape into the cassette player in his car and waited. The British record promoter was eager to hear new acts, but knew that the majority of them weren’t going to be good or unique enough to cut through the noise of the worldwide music

The best music documentaries deliver a stellar soundscape, offer a backstage pass to the real humans who make it, and hold our ears even if we aren’t already devoted fans. If a little history gets made in the process, even better.