Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs (Live from the Fillmore)

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Summary: Incredible!
Review: Recorded at the Fillmore, this DVD rocks. Tom Petty and Mike Campbell fill your ears with music that is far superior than their studio recordings. This DVD is a must for any Tom Petty fan.

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Summary: Excellent concert -- represents the real thing
Review: Saw this show live, though at another venue. Few deliver the goods like the Heartbreakers. This captures that thing they do.

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Summary: Great Concert Bad DVD
Review: The concert was great. The audio well done. The viewing was like being on a merry go round. The director never held a shot more than a few seconds. It gave me a headache. I ended up re recording it onto an audio disk to listening to it. Mr. Petty please do another DVD concert, but change the director. I enjoyed the concert, but couuldn't handle the constant video cuts.

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Summary: Petty Style
Review: The performance that Petty puts on in this DVD is wonderful. What some don't realize about Petty's songs is that they aren't ment to have much bass behind them at all. That is one thing that fit well into this DVD. In Petty's songs, the bass is there for a little bit of hidden life, and if you try to put more bass in the songs than it already has, than you're ruining the style that Petty has always had with him. Petty knows what he's doing when overlays instruments, and you can trust that bass was ment to be hidden. If you know what to listen to then you can hear the bass. When Bo Diddley comes out onstage, his presence is heard round the world. While Bo is onstage I love how Petty is gawking at him while he's soloing over his song. Not only is Bo's stage presence felt, but Petty is well received by the audience, too.

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Summary: Could Have Been Better
Review: The selection of songs are very good and the 5.1 is alittle above average. This dvd is in widescreen only and in this format I thought it was done poorly. At times Tom's head was cut off creating a distraction. Also the image was blurred throughout with too much color saturation. For the most part though the performance made the disc enjoyable. You can turn off the tv and listen to good rock & roll when you tire of watching the video.

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Summary: A full energy show
Review: The sound quality is amazing, everyone who likes Tom will love this DVD, the guitar strings can be "feel" as well as the drums and the vocals of course. I have bought this one six months ago, and believe me, I still listen to it as if I had bought it yesterday. It's a great show indeed, which proves how talented Tom Petty is with the Heartbreakers playing the most simple instruments. On the other hand the image is not superb,I don't think that the widescreen format was a good idea, but in overall the DVD is fantastic.

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Summary: this rules
Review: the sound quality on this dvds great if u got big tv or through a stereo tom petty was at his best on this concert and does extended versions of songs like u dont know how it feels he also has bo diddley play guitar on mona this dvd so good it sounds better than original cds it has almost all his top songs but learning to fly was sadly not played that night nor was into great wide open or wont back down but u still get last dance with mary jane free fallin yu dont know how it feels breakdown you wrecked me running down a dream mona all with great sound quality and many of the songs have added stuff or are longer than the original you also see how cool tom petty is interacting with fans and workers backstage plus the price on a top sounding dvd usually is alot more this dvd is a steal for petty fans wanting to hear their favorite songs live and have a petty dvd thats cool all the way through from the camera shots to the dark light club atmosphere turn it up and relax the duet with bo didleys a treat aswell and you hear a legend on guitar tom petty is indiana rock and this is the kinda music you can escape to down that sunny country road and know everything is going to be allright in the end of our days if we just get through lifes bs takecare my fellow americans dont giveup WE ARE STRONGER THAN THE BADGUYS

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Summary: No Bass
Review: There is absolute no bass in the sound mix! I pumped up my sub woofer to try to compensate, but the bass drum got too loud. I moved the low pass filter towards 250 Hz, but that didn't really help. Hey, if you play bass and you want to JAM with Tom, this this is your video because you can plug into your amp and jump right in. I'm not bashing the performance, just the sound engineer's mix.

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Summary: Pure Tom Petty
Review: This is a great concert in a very historic place. The sound quality on the DVD is incredible. The camera work is to bring the fan closer into the performance and what it takes backstage to make it happen. If you been to his concert you will recognize all his moves and if not then you are in for a show. The only thing I can criticize is the packaging is very cheep. What would it cost to include a CD of the songs along and liner notes? I bet pennies on the dollar. I say all his fans should write Tom and tell him to make the record company include these on his next DVD. He must feel the same way about them for he tells the story of the record company's greed with his latest CD.

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Summary: Fun to listen to AND look at
Review: This is the most beautifully filmed concert video I have ever seen! All concert videos should be shot in widescreen like High Grass Dogs is. You really get the sense that you are in the Fillmore looking at the entire stage rather than just a portion of it. The director also manages to bring out the personality of the Fillmore by letting a camera roam around the hallways and back rooms between songs. Petty and the Heartbreakers turn in an incredible performance taking songs mainly from their last 3 albums but with enough classics to please everybody. And never once does the band look like they are performing for the cameras. Highly recommended!