Rating: 
Summary: No more than i expected
Review: Take it from me, if your a zeppelin fan you'll love this DVD. I was a bit worried about spending cash on it at first but when a mate told me that it was a great peice of fotage,They certanly were not lying and I will never regret buying it. The best thing about it is how it proves to the world that Jimmy Page is the greatest guitarist that ever lived and theres some cool acted out pieces fitted into the songs also. from one zep fan to another, you and a group of mates get this DVD sit in a nice room with a wide screen TV, some goodies and sit in awe as the greatest band ever blow your mind out.
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Summary: This movie [stinks]
Review: Do yourself a favor and DON'T buy this movie. I love zeppelin to death, but the stupid footage and the lame live versions of the songs just makes it all bad. I'm going to try to resell mine on ebay.
Rating: 
Summary: Not Even Close to the Albums
Review: Having seen every major act over the last twenty-five years, The Stones three times, The Who eight times, Pink Floyd two times, Roger Waters, The Allman Brothers Band four times, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney two times and many others I have to say that Led Zeppelin live never sounded even close to their albums. When I saw them in The Garden in N.Y. in 1977 the first song they opened with was The Song Remains the Same, it took me about a minute to realize that. I saw them twice on that tour and must say compared to the other bands I mentioned their live show was a dissappointment. Many times it would take a minute to be sure what song they were playing. Jimmy Paige would be playing three guitars on some tunes on the albums and could not reproduce the music as expected. I did enjoy the shows, but they didn't sound right. A few years ago Paige and Plant hired a good group of musicians to help out and that was better. I used to be a big Zeppelin fan in the 70's but after seeing the other big groups of that time then and now they blow Zeppelin off the stage, especially The Stones and The Who. Unfortunately this is the best video you can get of Zeppelin even though it's only partly a concert film. Jimmy should have hired an extra guitar player to help out. All the other groups hire extra help and they sound great, Jimmy shouldn't have been concerned to share the stage with another guitar player, the fans would have respected it and John Paul Jones could have had someone play bass while he played keyboards. If you are a fanatic and must have live Zeppelin video then I will say that the concert footage in this film will show you what I am talking about.
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Summary: all time best band ever,,,bar non!!
Review: this flick speaks volumes about the seventies ,and the rock and drug culture! also exposes these rock gods for what they are,,,the alltime best ever band !!!
Rating: 
Summary: Does Anyone Remember Laughter?
Review: Wow. It really is fantastic to finally see my favorite band in the world performing live. I wasn't even born when they were still together, so when I went to buy this DVD I was extremely excited. I got home, popped it in, and immediately said, "What the hell?!" Then, I fast forwarded past all the scenes of the band members with their family members and other crap and then got to the actual performance. It opens with Rock and Roll, of course, a great opener. I sat there, mesmerized by seeing the musicians who I worship as gods performing. A little while later, I again was forced to say, "What the HELL!!!?" Because they had spliced in weird scenes such as Robert Plant walking some grassy plains or something with a sword and then rescuing this chick from a couple of guards during the song No Quarter. The music is still playing, but it's annoying if you really were in the mood to see them band perform. Some of the scenes were short, inobtrusive, and cool, though. Like the one where an old cloaked guy morphes slowly into Jimmy Page and back again during Dazed and Confused. I was glad that they didn't show this through the whole bow solo, though, because I really wanted to see just how Jimmy did that. You do get to see plenty of it, too.
My favorite parts:
Stairway to Heaven. All of it. They smartly show it uninterrupted by those stupid short movie clips. It is fantastic, what can I say?
Dazed and Confused. This whole song is great to see performed live, but I really like that part near the beginning (around the "If you're going to San Francisco" part) when the camera stays on Jonesy and Bonham. You can see them talking and interacting while Jimmy's playing, and it's just good to see all that ininterrupted Bonham.
Whole Lotta Love. For the part with that antenna thing that makes the weird noises (I know what it's called but it just slipped my mind for the moment - I hate when that friggin happens!), and the fireworks and the gong on fire.
Now, when are they going to start releasing more concerts?! I know that they must have them in some vault somewhere, or they could take the many, many bootlegs out there and fix them up for official release. The Jimmy Page/Black Crowes concert would be cool, but I'd rather have old concerts with the real band (preferably with some of their blues covers! this had none and I love those songs!).
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Summary: It Could Have Been Better
Review: Granted this is probably the only live performance Zepplin will ever release. I found the performance to be good but the cinamatography to be, at best, poor. Like one reviewer mentioned, the band members are wearing different clothes in the same song, check out "Dazed and Confused" for instance. It looks like the music and the video aren't insinc in places. Regarding the "dream sequences", I think they were added so the viewer would not get bored with the length of some of the songs.I wish this performance would be remastered and re-edited for the fans sake. If you surf Zeppelin web sites you can find what the set list was for a given night. The nights that Zeppelin was in New York filming, "The Ocean", "Over The Hills...", "Going To California", and several others were omitted due to time constraints. These forgotten performances should be added plus give the fans a complete version of "Heartbreaker" minus the Zep hiest business. All in all, this one is for the fan who really likes Zeppelin and wants to see the Gods at work. 3 1/2 stars I give it.
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Summary: Weird as hell but...
Review: What an orgasmic experience. This is probably the only semi-decent concert footage of Led Zeppelin out there. Why the hell would any real fan turn it down. Yes, whoever directed this thing was probably on a serious acid trip, but who cares? It's Zeppelin!!!!!!!! So worth it!
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Summary: Heavenly!!!
Review: Led Zeppelin is the grandest band in the world! I am a Led Zep fanatic and I HAD to buy this DVD when I saw it at Amazon. I have the VHS version as well but nothing beats the DVD version. This DVD is about their concert at Madison Square Garden. Its a great production and the sound and picture quality is high as well. I just hope the studio comes up with other Led Zeppelin concerts as well. You HAVE to buy this DVD if you consider yourself a fan of Led Zep.
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Summary: Astonishing film;something never tried before!!!!
Review: I'm really a lucky man.Luckier enough to have this kind of work in my collection of cds, and now DVDs.This is an astonishing performance of one of the best rock'n roll bands ever.The performance of Jimmy Page is here,something i've never saw before
and reveals all of the charismatic portrait this band ever had,specially among the brazilian youngers of my generation.
The presence of Led Zeppelin music was a constant in my entire life.And what music!!!!!
This is a fantastic gift to all of the new fans of good intense sensuous,amazing music.The performance of the band at "Dazed and Confused"is stelar!"Stairway to Heaven"perhaps the most beautiful music ever recorded.Finally,all of this music
is a journey since the light begining,until the catharsis at that triumphant final!!A gem of the modern music.Something to get always at a special place of any great musical cds/DVDs collection!!!!
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Summary: Led the Best
Review: I love this movie, but I do sometimes hate live concerts, cause they change the tone on which the songs are usually performed, and I can't follow the song. But this is a cool movie, and the John Bonham 10 minute drum solo is Fu**ing great.
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