What Danny says in ‘Danny Says’ is a musical delight

How do you describe Danny Fields’ place in popular music?

In the documentary “Danny Says,” Fields and others in the industry look back at Fields’ involvement in the careers and crazy antics of such greats as the Doors, the Velvet Underground, the Ramones, the Stooges, Judy Collins and Leonard Cohen.

Fields and contemporaries in the business (like Collins, Cooper, Iggy Pop, record company executives, etc.) also reflect on the culture of the times, especially gay life before Stonewall, Andy Warhol’s Factory and the New York City punk rockers.

At one of Warhol’s famous parties, when Fields prevented someone from jumping out a window, Warhol and his cohorts were disappointed.

Fields was the one who unintentionally brought on a national outrage when he published John Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus” quotes and Paul McCartney’s antiracist comments that included the N word in the magazine Datebook (no relation to The Chronicle’s arts section.)

Director Brendan Toller uses archive footage and droll animation that keep the stories revelatory and entertaining.