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Summary: Listen to the orchestra alone
Review: The DVD is a better choice than the CD and the video for one reason: you can switch between listening to the orchestra with band, the band only, or the orchestra only! It's SO cool when you listen to the orchestra-only version of some of the songs-- Michael Kamen has added so much to the music! When you're listening to the regular orchestra+band, it weaves together so seamlessly that you can miss a lot of the more subtle elements of the music. Try listening to "Call of Ktulu" and "Hero of the Day" with just orchestra . . there's some great stuff in there. Listening to just the band is also pretty interesting, and the documentary is pretty cool too. Definitely worth the cash...even if you already have the CD or video.
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Summary: Great DVD for the best CD ever!
Review: If you liked the S&M CD I guarantee you that you will like the DVD even more. If you have seen the VHS version or if you own it, you might just think it is the same thing in higher quality on DVD, but there is much more. This video has so many great special features. My favorite was the way you can filter the audio to hear only the symphony without Metallica, or only Metallica without the symphony. The first thing I did was listen to "No Leaf Clover" without the symphony. Another really cool feature is the angle changes that you can do on select songs. You can watch certain songs at 5 different angles. The first is the original edited camera views, but you can also watch these songs with the camera focused on one of the four band members, James, Lars, Jason, and Kirk. The DVD also features an excellent behind the scenes documentary featuring interviews with the band and with conductor Michael Kamen about preparation for the concert and how it all came to be. Even if you already have the VHS version, I would still get this DVD if I were you. The video quality and sound quality both greatly surpass that of the VHS version. This is a DVD that no Metallica fan should go without.
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Summary: Yesshh
Review: Can you say Spinal Tap? The pretense of pairing a metal band with a symphony is ludicrous. So little of metal can stand on it's own without trying to make it more interesting by cobbling to classical orchestration. Where's the 13" Stonehenge and dancing dwarfs?
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Summary: Perfection in Musical Video
Review: I was sceptical at first when I got this DVD because I am not a fan of watching concerts on tape. But this one blew me away. The sound is amazing, even if you don't have the full-on Surround System. Camera angles never get boring and the whole stage is transformed into a spectacular of lights and patterns that just add to the excitement of the whole concert. But the real surprise arrives when you switch the sound options to "just Orchestra". Metallica like you've never heard them before. Weird at first to see them play but (almost) not hear them, but the Orchestra is amazing and seem to enjoy themselves, too, which makes it more fun to watch. I take a bow for the S.F. Symphonic Orchestra and Metallica for creating one of the best and unusual Rock Concerts ever recorded.
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Summary: This concert is amazing
Review: Metallica is awesome. The San Fransico symphony orchestra is awesome. you put them together, you get one of the most amazing Sounds ever. It was like Metallica wrote the songs to be played with the symphony. Highlights are One, Nothing Else Matters, Master of Puppets, No Leaf Clover, and the amazing Hero of the Day. This DVD is totally worth every cent. Buy it now if you are a Metallica fan, or if you are just into good rock experimentation.
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Summary: METALLICA... SHOULD I SAY MORE?
Review: I've just got my own copy of this version of this taped concet, I have to say it's better than the VHS, for obvious reasons the bonus part is good, is the same as the one in the different versions of the No Leaf Clover singles, and the special VHS edition. But it sounds much better and it looks a lot different. I am a little dissappointed on the angles since it's only for 2 songs, one on each CD and there is no 32 page booklet. If you like or you are coriuos about how the songs sound only orchestrated, it is a verey strange but good expirience. But for what it's worth it is greta since it is a DVD and made just right.
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Summary: This DVD ROCKS!
Review: If you are a true fan of music, Metallica, or otherwise, do yourself a favor and disregard the review that is placed below the DVD info.Metallica's music is loud and bold an already a wonderful composition, the addition of the symphony is great, sweeping, and majestic. Look to Orion on the Master of Puppets CD if you doubt Metallica's ability to compose and define within their genre. This DVD is as close to being there as it could get. A true watermark in the potential of the DVD medium... This is a slice of heaven for lovers of the band... Metallica is not out to change minds or win over someone who is usually glued to PBS. As I see it this release is for their fans and for those of us who aren't privy to tickets for the rare event chronicled here... This DVD is a blast...
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Summary: S&M: Symphony & Metal (or Stunning & Maginificent!)
Review: When S&M came out on CD way back in November, I bought the first day it came out. Needless to say, I was completely blown away by the combination of symphony and metal. It was as if the soft, soothing, melodious sounds of an entire orchestra complemented the hard, dissonant, harsh sounds of a proven band (somewhat like yin and yang). I was in complete awe and listened to it again and again... Well, the wait is finally over, and the DVD of this great concert has finally seen the light of day! And just like its audio counterpart, it certainly does not disappoint! The best performances are the first three tracks which open the concert. First, you have the opener, "The Ecstasy Of Gold" which introduces the band and orchestra to the audience. Then you have "The Call Of Ktulu" which gradually psychs the crowd slowly and surely. "Ktulu" then smoothly segues into "Master Of Puppets" which by then has the whole crowd going wild! For the rest of the concert, Jaymz and company keep the crowd's attention through their playing with the orchestra. This is especially true with the closing number "Battery" where after "Enter Sandman", both Kamen and the band leave with the orchestra still there. The audience is clamoring for the band to come back and play. After what seems like an eternity, both maestro and band come out to play the last song (much to the audience's delight of course). Watching the concert itself made me wish I was there. And having this particularly on DVD is the next best thing! For not only do you get the entire concert, but you can also isolate the band by itself or the orchestra by itself (it sounds really unique and refreshing in that way). Lastly, you get the entire "Making of S&M" documentary as well as two additional versions of "No Leaf Clover". With all that said, my only complaint is that the writing on the box says that there are 4 multi-angle songs. In reality, there are only 2 ("Of Wolf And Man" and "Sad But True"). Still, I would definitely recommend the DVD to anyone who already owns the CD (or videocassette for that matter). The concert is worth watching over and over again!
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Summary: So Cool
Review: This concert DVD is awesome! Being able to see what I had only heard before makes it so much better. Another great feature is how you can listen to a Metallica only version or a symphony only version. "No Leaf Clover" and "- Human" sound a lot different when no symphony accompanies them. The 40 minute documentary is great too. It can be pretty funny at times. It stats out with Jason taking a violin away from some woman and he smashes it to pieces!
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Summary: Amazing! Amazing!
Review: Just a masterpiece for the eyes as well as the ears. One of their finest live performances. A must have for any true metallica fan, and if you aren't a fan this just might be the concert that will make you a fan.
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