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Summary: Solid "making of" DVD for a classic rock album
Review: Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is a favorite rock album, with tracks like Breathe and Money ... this DVD is an excellent behind the scenes look at the mixing of, and alternate audio/acoustic versions of, some of the favorites from the album.Agree that live footage of song performances would've been a Big improvement, in addition to the mixing sessions and interviews. Worth getting if you like the album .. the acoustic "breathe" in the bonus section alone is worth getting it for. Nice job. Now where's a live performance concert DVD with the songs? We're waiting... In the meantime, this one is good to get.
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Summary: THIS IS NOT A CONCERT !
Review: What a disappointment and letdown! This DVD is not a concert but a documentary of how "Dark Side" was created. I felt ripped off also because the DVD sleeve misleads you to thinking that the tracks are taken from live concerts.
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Summary: Dark Side Under a Microscope!
Review: First off, let me say I love these "Classic Album" DVD's! They are so informative and I love hearing the master tape going through the board while different tracks are pointed out and enjoyed. This disc is every "Dark Side Of Tne Moon" fan's dream come true. For these reviewers that put down this DVD by saying "Phoey, no live stuff!" I usually read the package before I buy something. Since you can't do that with Amazon or other online stores, these reviews are great. No where did it say this was a live concert. The "Classic Album" series has been around for some time now so if you don't want to chance your hard earned 15 bucks (yikes, haha)on something, maybe it's worth finding out what you are getting!
Other great "Classic Album" DVD's are "The Who- Who's Next", "Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Fleetwood Mac- Rumors" just to name a few. I have quite a few of them and love them all. A real treat for musicians and fans alike!
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Summary: Just a documentary.
Review: Bought this DVD expecting some live video of the band playing. Learned that this is just a documentary on how the album was produced. Interviews with band members are interesting. However, this is disappointing when you are waitng to view any type of live footage of the band playing music from the album.
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Summary: Let down
Review: WARNING: This is just a documentary This is NOT a concert, this is NOT a collection of videos. If you want a documentary 5 stars. If you want a collection of videos 0 stars Get Rodger Waters "in the Flesh" that's a good show.
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Summary: Fair at best
Review: I was hoping for at least some original concert footage. This disk is comprised of about 1/3 original studio footage (very cool), and 2/3 VH1-style contemporary interviews of the members, Alan Parsons, and a haggardly journalist who makes Keith Richards look like a health freak... -- this is all great the first 3 times ,,,,,,,, then memorized.
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Summary: Great DVD... it's Floyd! (and also to the guy in Rossville)
Review: This DVD is great, especially if you missed the airing on VH1. Come on guys, $15 for a documentary of Pink Floyd's Dark Side on DVD? How can you criticize the content for that price? And to mvetzel from Rossville, who thinks he saw a performance of Dark Side at the Winterland during some 69-70 "Dark Side" tour (lol)... they didn't even tour the U.S. in 1969! They did their 3rd and 4th U.S. tours in '70, and their 5th tour (Meddle) in 1971. They played the Winterland on October 15th, which is the only place you could've seen them "testing the waters" with some Dark Side stuff. Before that, they hadn't played the Winterland since 1967. Their first full performance of Dark Side occurred on January 20th, 1972 at the Dome in Brighton, England. Sorry to burst your bubble dude.
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Summary: Dark Side of the Moon - Revisited
Review: I was wondering what this DVD might have which hasn't been said/showed about DSOTM? But I certainly wasn't (originally was in) the right! So I start it and it instantly casts a spell with stills of DSOTM flashing on the screen and Roger fading ..... "An _expression of political, philosophical and humanitarian empathy that was desperate to get out". Boy, I thought I knew a lot about it but I was 'Down and Out ... It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about'. Musically, Floyd were pioneers of futuristic sounds with the vision they had on the pieces which looked impossible in 1971, Money (Loop taping and sounds made in pot with coins, torn paper and a register), doubletracking and harmony vocals(Dave and Rick are masters of it), On the Run (Sonic experimentation with filters, oscillators and echoes). One of the magical things which just happened, nobody planned, was the voices which would make the album what it is! Yes the voices, some of which at least, I never understood e.g. They are prominent in this dvd ... It's the moment gonna kill ya. Say like if you give them a quick shock, sharp shock they don't do it again. Dig it I mean I could have given them ...... ... I need it once, It's only difference you've between right and wrong. I mean good manners don't cost nothing, do they? Aaye .... (US AND THEM). I certainly was in the right, Why should I be afraid of dying, I don't really know ... I was very drunk at the time. Roger talks about his views on the songs .. Us and Them, It still holds good after 30 years to ask us the question whether or not, we are capable enough of being humane? What more could aptly be put in today's world? Brain Damage - It's about Syd and defending the notion of being different. It also includes bonus material about nitty gritty of the album such as Rick's chord progressions for 'Us and Them' (all the chords relating to D instead of A - music from Zabriskie Point) & 'Breathe' (G to Em - inspired by Miles Davis' jazz chord) and all of Rick's extremely compelling organ and piano in DSOTM. Roger's bluesy demo version of 'Money'. Dave!!!!!!!!! What can I say? Watching him in the studio with spectacles was funny. He is the god! Period. All the leads, riffs and effects ... outstanding. Slide Guitar? Ooooooooooh! Wish I had one of these ... It leaves a lot of space but doesn't hold back your imagination. Prism of DSOTM takes one ray of light, your mind, and when it leaves it, Just range of colors ..... Any color you like! It is the most inspirational album which is wrongfully mentioned as the most
depressive one may be! There's nothing contrived about it. It's just eternal ... THIS DVD IS THE COLLECTIBLE YOU MUST HAVE!
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Summary: A good documentary
Review: If you want to know how the Dark Side was made see this DVD.
This is one of essential Floydian collections.
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Summary: "I'd fallen out of love with the psychadelic noodling..."
Review: At first when I heard this DVD was just a show that aired on VH1, I was skeptical. After going through the bonus material even before watching the actual program, though, I knew I was in for a real treat. The history of the band is breifly discussed to show where creatively the four members, sans Syd, were at during this transitional period. From there, very in-depth interviews and note-for-note explanations for each song are given. Ever wanted to know who the choir heard in "Time" was, or maybe the incredible female singer in " The Great Gig In the Sky"? The rambling old man heard throughout the album, perhaps? Take a look. I, myself was always partial to "Time" and "Us and Them", two songs the DVD goes into great detail over. You are also treated to a super-smooth demonstration of David Gilmour's godlike guitar-playing prowess on both electric and acoustic! There are even demo reels of a bluesier version of "Money" and a somewhat more sullen version of "Time" revealed. Beautiful! Amazing music from an equally amazing band.
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