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Summary: Drop what your doing
Review: and go get this DVD. The sound, the editing, the song list is all top notch. Bryan Ferry and the gang bring it all home with this masterful release. This is what all DVD concerts should strive to achieve. Perfect harmony. There's no cheesey special effects, no cheap cliche's, just honest music, sound, lighting, and of course songwriting, packaged together for fans of the band. This is what you expect when you plunk down your hard earned dollars for a DVD concert.
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Summary: Almost 20 years went by? Definitely warrants CD/DVD!!
Review: Far from being a "nostalgia" tour, the show itself was definitely a "must-see", esp. the venues they were playing in (mostly theaters).
Fortunately, more Roxy Music footage exists (The High Road's on DVD but somewhat tricky to find, but get it!), Musikladen, and a couple of videos Brian had put out in the 90s that had solo and Roxy, but they really did a great job with this one. Even though he's older and not hitting the notes he did 20 years ago, it's not all that noticable.
Is it going to warrant repeated viewings and listenings? Absolutely. It even has closed captioning.. But I would recommend the live CD from this tour as well, taking tracks from different shows (or recommend for the company to combo package it), as "If There Is Something" is on there and not on here and a better version of "More Than This".
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Summary: these guys still rock!
Review: great image and sound quality, and these guys still rock!
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Summary: Received this as a gift
Review: I fell asleep halfway through it. It is difficult to understand the words. What is Brian? He is not a strong singer nor is he a strong musician. He's still pretty good looking though. There is one REALLY GREAT song in which the piano player let go with classical sounding music, which showed he had training, but it was overridden by the audience's applause. In my opinion, these songs are not good enough to be eternal and they should be laid to rest.
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Summary: Received this as a gift
Review: I fell asleep halfway through it. It is difficult to understand the words. What is Bryan? He is not a strong singer nor is he an accomplished musician. He's still pretty good looking though. There is one REALLY GREAT song in which the piano player let go with classical sounding music, which showed he had training, but it was overridden by the audience's applause. In my opinion, these songs are not good enough to be eternal and they should be laid to rest.
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Summary: Excellent retrospective -- or introduction.
Review: I knew and liked a few of their songs, so rather than pick one album "out of the blue," I bought this DVD when I came across it. I've always found it easier to get into a band by seeing a concert (whether live or recorded), and that was definitely the case here. I hate to sound like I'm shilling for them, but after watching this DVD thirty times (or more), I went out and bought all of their albums, based on the strength of the performaces here. And though I love the albums, with several songs I still prefer the more energized live performances here to the original studio recordings -- that's how strong it is. Technically, the direction's smooth and understated (no tenth-of-a-second MTV quick-cut crap here), the video is saturated and near-perfect in recording quality, and the audio is just gorgeous -- a great, professional-quality live recording that sounds neither weak or overproduced. Anyhow, if you're of a similar mind -- you know a few of their songs, and/or you like elegant pop/rock music that pushes the envelope a bit without being pretentious, and/or you're a fan of live music in general -- I'd definitely recommend that you put this DVD on your short list. Cheers.
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Summary: Excellent retrospective -- or introduction.
Review: I knew and liked a few of their songs, so rather than pick one album "out of the blue," I bought this DVD when I came across it. I've always found it easier to get into a band by seeing a concert (whether live or recorded), and that was definitely the case here. I hate to sound like I'm shilling for them, but after watching this DVD thirty times (or more), I went out and bought all of their albums, based on the strength of the performaces here. And though I love the albums, with several songs I still prefer the more energized live performances here to the original studio recordings -- that's how strong it is. Technically, the direction's smooth and understated (no tenth-of-a-second MTV quick-cut crap here), the video is saturated and near-perfect in recording quality, and the audio is just gorgeous -- a great, professional-quality live recording that sounds neither weak or overproduced. Anyhow, if you're of a similar mind -- you know a few of their songs, and/or you like elegant pop/rock music that pushes the envelope a bit without being pretentious, and/or you're a fan of live music in general -- I'd definitely recommend that you put this DVD on your short list. Cheers.
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Summary: Excellent retrospective -- or introduction.
Review: I knew and liked a few of their songs, so rather than pick one album "out of the blue," I bought this DVD when I came across it. I've always found it easier to get into a band by seeing a concert (whether live or recorded), and that was definitely the case here. I hate to sound like I'm shilling for them, but after watching this DVD thirty times (or more), I went out and bought all of their albums, based on the strength of the performaces here. And though I love the albums, with several songs I still prefer the more energized live performances here to the original studio recordings -- that's how strong it is. Technically, the direction's smooth and understated (no tenth-of-a-second MTV quick-cut crap here), the video is saturated and near-perfect in recording quality, and the audio is just gorgeous -- a great, professional-quality live recording that sounds neither weak or overproduced. Anyhow, if you're of a similar mind -- you know a few of their songs, and/or you like elegant pop/rock music that pushes the envelope a bit without being pretentious, and/or you're a fan of live music in general -- I'd definitely recommend that you put this DVD on your short list. Cheers.
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Summary: Roxy's Last Stand?
Review: I'm a roxy fan, but not a fanatic. I own 4 of their CD's and one of them is a best of, and two of them I've only listened to once. I own a couple of concert DVD's and wasn't too hip on live music because I always liked the studio cuts better. What I'm trying to say is I wasn't sure if I would like this DVD...But, never having seen Roxy in person, I wanted to check it out.
Boy was I pleased! I thought the mixing was excellent for a live cut. You could hear every one of the little percussion instruments (which have names, and everyone knows what they sound like, but no one knows what they're called)and Roxy uses them all. I watched it on my cheap Sanyo DVD player and Sanyo 25" screen and listened through my 12 year old receiver through 900mHz cordless headphones (my girlfriend was sleeping). You know the hiss they can give you if you use 900MHz cordless phones and still thought the sound was good. Now maybe I'm a little deaf from too loud of music, or my ears are not trained for discerning great from mediocre sound quality, but I found myself at times with goosebumps and wanting to stand up and cheer. I can hear Bryan Ferry saying (in the words of Elwood Blues) "I'm getting the band back together." The band members are obviously older, they haven't toured together since 1986 or so, but I get the feeling with no new material, this may be the last time any of us not fortunate enough to see this tour, may ever get to see them. In my mind, they are one of the most unique sounds of many of our popular music histories that I am so glad I have a copy to enjoy and share with others who ask "What was Roxy Music like?"
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Summary: Roxy's Last Stand?
Review: I'm a roxy fan, but not a fanatic. I own 4 of their CD's and one of them is a best of, and two of them I've only listened to once. I own a couple of concert DVD's and wasn't too hip on live music because I always liked the studio cuts better. What I'm trying to say is I wasn't sure if I would like this DVD...But, never having seen Roxy in person, I wanted to check it out.
Boy was I pleased! I thought the mixing was excellent for a live cut. You could hear every one of the little percussion instruments (which have names, and everyone knows what they sound like, but no one knows what they're called)and Roxy uses them all. I watched it on my cheap Sanyo DVD player and Sanyo 25" screen and listened through my 12 year old receiver through 900mHz cordless headphones (my girlfriend was sleeping). You know the hiss they can give you if you use 900MHz cordless phones and still thought the sound was good. Now maybe I'm a little deaf from too loud of music, or my ears are not trained for discerning great from mediocre sound quality, but I found myself at times with goosebumps and wanting to stand up and cheer. I can hear Bryan Ferry saying (in the words of Elwood Blues) "I'm getting the band back together." The band members are obviously older, they haven't toured together since 1986 or so, but I get the feeling with no new material, this may be the last time any of us not fortunate enough to see this tour, may ever get to see them. In my mind, they are one of the most unique sounds of many of our popular music histories that I am so glad I have a copy to enjoy and share with others who ask "What was Roxy Music like?"
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