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Summary: We were waiting for it!!!!!!
Review: Everyone who loves Paul is waiting for the Paul's DVD. The World Tonight and Standing Stone are not enough. Music for Montserrat is only a bit of the Big Mac's live perfomnaces. Get Back is a good start but... the "Beatles Anthology" on DVD??????
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Summary: Get Back Forever!!!
Review: I got the VHS version for this concert almost two years ago and it is great!!!, sound and image quality is excellent even given the fact that it is tape. You might think that there are songs missing or interviews but the songs included are worth what you pay for it. Also, scenes that show audience enjoying the show makes you feel like if you were there too. I like specially the way "Coming Up" is performed and the way old concert scenes are mixed in some songs, like for example, "Can't buy me love". Hope to get the DVD version soon. Regards.
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Summary: Get Back Forever!!!
Review: I got the VHS version for this concert almost two years ago and it is great!!!, sound and image quality is excellent even given the fact that it is tape. You might think that there are songs missing or interviews but the songs included are worth what you pay for it. Also, scenes that show audience enjoying the show makes you feel like if you were there too. I like specially the way "Coming Up" is performed and the way old concert scenes are mixed in some songs, like for example, "Can't buy me love". Hope to get the DVD version soon. Regards.
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Summary: Just get it, you won't regret
Review: I was at Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, where Paul broke the record of attendance on a single artist show, and it was really awsome and no words can describe that show. This DVD is only one piece of the full lenght show but it is really one of the best tours that Paul McCartney has ever made. The sound on DVD is very good and I believe it worth any cent you spend to buy it. I've got mine here in Brazil a few weeks ago and i am still watching on the screen to remind that day. I think the only think they missed it was the lack of the documentary about the tour which was released after the VHS was done and so this is why I gave four stars to this title. I now is only waiting for the release of the Cavern Club show on DVD to complete my colection.
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Summary: Big McCartney Fan but not a fan of this DVD
Review: I was extremely disappointed in this DVD. There were too many long shots of beautiful women in the crowd and not enough of Paul. The film makers constantly jumped from one concert to another during one song - very annoying. Some of the film work was of poor qualitity. Maybe they were trying different effects but they were not successful - looked more like a bootleg. The most annoying thing was the constant cutting away to film clips that were supposed to illustrate the song. For some of the Beatle clips, it was bearable. But to watch Viet Nam war footage through the ENTIRE song of Long and Winding Road was too much. Or seeing Martin Luther King, Jr. during Fool on the Hill. Maybe they (the film makers) were making editorial comments but I was offended by some of them. I bought this to watch Paul, not get a lectue on war (and what did that have to do with the Long and Winding Road? It stretches the point.) Or, I had to assume that they meant the Fools were those people who didn't buy Rev. King's message - but it made it look like Rev. King was the Fool. And why so many heavy-handed comments on American Society? I noticed that that producers appeared to be in Hong Kong - I guess they have a bone to pick with Americans. This video so annoyed me that I never finished watching it.
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Summary: The best concert I've ever seen.
Review: I was only 9 when I saw Paul for the first time. My dad took me to see him in New York city on December 9th,1989. I still have lots of feelings for this concert and it will never be forgoten in my mind. This Dvd brings back memories for me of when I was a kid. I hope others feel the same for this Dvd as I do as it is the best live show McCarney has ever done.
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Summary: Hey Jude is worth it all by itself.
Review: If you grew up with this music like I did, than some of the tunes are likely to draw out some memories and possibly along with a tear. The DVD and performance just gets better as you go. Of course I would love to have 20 more songs and 2 more hours, but this is a great DVD. I was at the show in Dallas, TX in 1989 and it was great. There are moments that you think Paul is 28 again on some of the songs. The old Beatle classics just reminds me of how huge of an icon this man is and what an incredible talent. And of course the fab four classics are the highlights here but put it there is really a nice piece. This is just a great release for any Beatle or Paul McCartney fan. For the budget conscious its a bit pricey and takes a while to get, but if you can foot it, grab one and hold on. The memories will last for a long time.
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Summary: Paul McCartney - Get Back Live
Review: If you haven't experienced Paul McCartney Live, then Get Back Live is the ultimate experience. Hear a collection of Beatles and McCartney solo work encompassing almost 30 years of musical genius. A must addition for any McCartney fan. I owned the VHS and had to purchase the DVD.
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Summary: Could only watch it once!!
Review: Like the other reviewers, I couldn't agree more. I went to the concert when he came down here to New Zealand, and the concert still stands as one of the best concerts I have ever been to, and believe me, I have been to a lot!!
So I was very keen to have a record of this great concert but this was total [hogwash]. Not the show!! The visual presentation of the show. I can't even watch it, its done so badly. Here's a tip Mr Director, just point the camera towards the stage area - and walk away!! Believe me it would have been better if he did.
See if you can rent it first before you buy it.
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Summary: lazy filmmaking mars great concert
Review: Ouch! Such a pricey dvd. I sure wish it were better. Given the greatness of the music and performances, it's a little puzzling why the film is so distractingly bad--but bad it certainly is. The blame probably goes in a number of directions. One is that it's not apparent that McCartney really thought through the visual aspect of this concert (the sets, lighting, and back-projections are very 70s). This is no surprise. McCartney is massively charming, as everyone knows, but it's also true that his visual imagination doesn't really work in terms of motion picture. So, he paints surprisingly well and takes a beautiful photo, but he can't really conceive of images extended through time, the way, say, David Byrne or Laurie Anderson do so well. More importantly, however, I think McCartney is seriously let down by the filmmakers. The film stock selected is jaw-droppingly bad for these night concerts, the editing is lazy, the direction is plainly uninspired, the cameramen are too obviously flirting with audience-members, the interpolated 60s footage is ill-advised and in poor taste (I mean, is Long and Winding Road really about the napalm girl?). You almost wonder whether the filmmakers were *trying* to make a great concert into a dull one. The transfer on dvd is minimally adequate. In short, any of the other McCartney videos are preferable to this one. I might add that while the Tripping the Light Fantastic 2CD has a nice mix of classics and selections from McCartney's superb Flowers in the Dirt album, the concert here is short (is the dvd even shorter than the VHS?) and consists almost exclusively of Beatles/Wings oldies. As a consequence, we get to see Paul do the songs he nearly always does, and the video here has less to offer the Paul collector. Yesterday anyone?
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