COLLECTIVE SOUL'S​ New Doc Will Appeal To A Wide Range Of Audiences

BY: PHILIP SAYBLACK

Collective Soul fans are getting a lot to like from the band this summer.  The band will launch a new tour alongside +Live+ Tuesday in Auburn, WA.  Along with its launch a brand new documentary focused on the band’s history will be released on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.  Titled, Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story is a presentation that fans of the veteran rock act will certainly enjoy.  That is due in large part to the story in question.  The music that is shared throughout the course of the nearly 2-hour documentary adds to the appeal.  The collective editing and pacing therein puts the finishing touch to the whole.  When they are considered alongside the documentary’s story and all of the familiar music, the whole makes Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story a presentation that the fans established audiences and more casual listeners alike will find engaging and entertaining.
Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story, the brand-new forthcoming documentary about Collective Soul, is a presentation that is certain to engage and entertain a wide range of audiences.  That includes the band’s established audiences and more casual listeners.  The presentation is grounded in…well…the story.  The story is told through the comments of the band members past and present, as well as some very well-known celebrities.  Among the most notable of those well-known celebrities who share their stories related to Collective Soul are the likes of Matt Pinfield (former MTV veejay), Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen, Chickenfoot), and none other than country music legend Dolly Parton.  The story follows Collective Soul from its infancy in the early 1990s, working to get its music played at a local college radio station in Georgia to its unlikely meteoric rise to fame in 1994, to legal issues that the band would face due to someone close to the band, to changes in the band’s lineup along the way and band members’ own struggles, to ultimately where the band sits today atop the upper echelons of the rock community.  In other words it is a presentation of the band warts and all.
The celeb comments added to the story add to the presentation’s interest in their own right.  Case in point is Pinfield’s anecdote about how he played one of Collective Soul’s songs for Metallica at one point, earning the band’s interest.  That is quite the compliment, that a band the caliber of Metallica would show interest in Collective Soul, even so early on in Collective Soul’s development.  Hagar’s comments are of equal interest as he discusses front man Ed Roland’s chops as a songwriter and the overall talent of the band.  Perhaps the most eye-opening anecdote of all comes as it is revealed that Dolly Parton covered the band’s timeless hit, ‘Shine’ for a covers album, leading to a Grammy® award win for her.  Roland’s reaction as he shares the anecdote will make for plenty of laughs.  Between these anecdotes and the rest of the story, the whole of the 1-hour, 42-minute (not counting end credits) proves a presentation that in itself will certainly appeal to a wide range of audiences.
The story at the center of this doc is only part of what makes it appealing.  Throughout the course of the presentation, audiences get tastes of some of Collective Soul’s biggest hits, including and not limited to: ‘Shine,’ ‘Better Now,’ December,’ ‘Where The River Flows.’  On the surface the inclusion of the songs may not seem like very much, but the aesthetic impact that their inclusion has on the overall presentation adds plenty of secondary appeal.  Established audiences will enjoy and appreciate the familiarity while newer audiences will enjoy and appreciate the exposure to music to which they might not have otherwise heard.  To that end, the inclusion of so much of the band’s music not only adds to the doc’s appeal in general but also plays a potential latent function; a positive function at that.
Putting the finishing touch to the documentary is the general editing and the resultant pacing thereof.  Thanks to the editing, the band’s story, told again through so many anecdotes and comments from the band and others, the nearly 2-hour presentation flows from beginning to end fluidly.  At no point will audiences feel lost or even the need to fast forward.  Thanks to the editing, every comment and anecdote leads to another interesting item, thus keeping viewers fully engaged and entertained in this fashion.  Even the music plays into the editing.  The music presented throughout matches the album being discussed and the life events from the band related to said album.  Again, therein is that aesthetic appeal that partners with the general appeal to make the whole a presentation that moves solidly from beginning to end.  When the overall positive impact of the editing and pacing is considered alongside the documentary’s overall content, the whole therein makes Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story a presentation that Collective Soul fans established and otherwise will equally enjoy.
Give Me A Word: The Collective Soul Story, the brand-new documentary about the noted veteran rock outfit, is a work that fans established and otherwise will appreciate.  That is due in no small part to its featured story.  The story takes audiences through the life of the band, warts and all, showing all of the band’s highs and lows alike.  That includes the highs and lows of the band’s members in their own lives.  The music connected with the documentary makes for a rich appeal for audiences because it is the music that served to make the band the global sensation that it is today.  The documentary’s editing and related pacing put the finishing touch to the presentation, ensuring collectively that audiences will remain engaged in all of the noted content throughout the doc.  Each item examined is important in its own way to the whole of the documentary.  All things considered they make Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story a presentation that audiences established and otherwise will find enjoyable and worth adding to their music libraries.
Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story is scheduled for release on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack Wednesday.  More information on the doc is available along with all of Collective Soul’s latest news at:
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