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Summary: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Lyve From Steel Town.
Review: If you are the real fan of the southern rock band ever, this DVD is just for you. I have the crave of seeing the band live myself since I first listened to "Free Bird" in their "One More From the Road" album. Yet, this DVD has almost fulfilled my dream. The sound of the 3-guitar attack in "That Smell", for example, shows how Gary Rossington could get along well with the 2 new guitarists to reproduce the "Skynyrd" sound throughout the concert. Overall, it is a "must" for Skynyrd fans who want to reminisce the sound of the old days through the high resolution and quality sound of DVD.
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Summary: THE BEST MUSICAL TRIBUTE I HAVE SEEN
Review: IT IS THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN. WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE WHAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD.TOTALLY AWESOME.
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Summary: 5 Star show, looses points for video & Sound quality....
Review: Just on a rating of the performance and musical content. Plenty of classic Skynyrd material covered. Nice extras offered on the disc. Definitly a 5 star performance. If you are a Skynyrd fan, buy this disc. If you are just a casual rock listener, perhaps just rent it a time or two.Image: The lighting is inadequate, yes I know concerts are often dark. No excuse. There is no reason with todays quality of equimpment and editing technology that a video filmed in '97 should be this dark. Not all scenes are bad, actually most are decent. Some are great. Some are terrible. Sound: When first booted up in my player, the disc defaulted to 2 channel PCM stereo as you would get from a standard CD. After 1/2 way through the first song, I switched to the DD 5.1 channel soundtrack. At first I cringed. I wanted to go back. The mix was heavily biased toward the rear channels. After a few minutes of compensating with the system balance on my processor I was able to attenuate the the surround speakers to keep them in place and boost the front mains & center channel, although I didnot boost the center as much as the mains. The LFE was left alone, it more than was adequate & I am not fond of excessive bass in my music anyway. After adjustments, the disc provided a most enjoyable evening's entertainment. When you compare the sound quality offered by other DVD's such as "The Eagles - Hell Freezes Oover", its dissapointing when other sudio engineers cant seem to get it right. You should not have to tailor your HT calibration settings for each disc you play.
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Summary: 5 Star show, looses points for video & Sound quality....
Review: Just on a rating of the performance and musical content. Plenty of classic Skynyrd material covered. Nice extras offered on the disc. Definitly a 5 star performance. If you are a Skynyrd fan, buy this disc. If you are just a casual rock listener, perhaps just rent it a time or two. Image: The lighting is inadequate, yes I know concerts are often dark. No excuse. There is no reason with todays quality of equimpment and editing technology that a video filmed in '97 should be this dark. Not all scenes are bad, actually most are decent. Some are great. Some are terrible. Sound: When first booted up in my player, the disc defaulted to 2 channel PCM stereo as you would get from a standard CD. After 1/2 way through the first song, I switched to the DD 5.1 channel soundtrack. At first I cringed. I wanted to go back. The mix was heavily biased toward the rear channels. After a few minutes of compensating with the system balance on my processor I was able to attenuate the the surround speakers to keep them in place and boost the front mains & center channel, although I didnot boost the center as much as the mains. The LFE was left alone, it more than was adequate & I am not fond of excessive bass in my music anyway. After adjustments, the disc provided a most enjoyable evening's entertainment. When you compare the sound quality offered by other DVD's such as "The Eagles - Hell Freezes Oover", its dissapointing when other sudio engineers cant seem to get it right. You should not have to tailor your HT calibration settings for each disc you play.
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Summary: If you like Skynyrd you gotta add this one.
Review: Listening to this on my home theater was almost as good as having a ticket to the show. Free Bird was moving to say the least and the rest was just as good. Not a bad performance in the bunch. Get it!!
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Summary: Great Skynyrd Video
Review: LYVE FROM STEEL TOWN is a great videotape of a Lynyrd Skynyrd show taped in Pittsburgh, PA. It features all of the music from the audiocassette, which I also own and love, and the band is in top form throughout. Even drummer Owen Hale, soon to leave the group, is playing like he means it, and replacing guitarists Ed King and Randall Hall with Hughie Thomasson and Rickey Medlocke seems to have re-energized the band. Get this one if you can.
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Summary: SWEET TO STAY HOME AND WATCH
Review: People, I love Skynyrd! I have a ton of their old stuff, shelled out big bucks for bootlegs, and have some of their post plane crash band albums. They are a terrific band and i wasn't old enough to see the original Skynyrd. I have seen the newer Skynyrd 2 times and I saw them on this tour for the album Twenty. I must say after seeing the show and then a few months later watching this, I have a better time watching this. It's not that the concert I went to was lame, but this DVD is exactly what I saw in concert and I could have saved alot of money. Skynyrd nowadays doesn't have the energy and magic in their live shows as they once did, and going to their concerts is just basically watching them going through the motions. It's nothing spectacular to see. That's why I got this, because I still like to here them live every now and then, and when I know they're playing live in my town, I can just stay home and get the same thing on my t.v., only front row center. All-in-all a good performance and the DVD version does add a few interesting things for a few more dollars, nothing to write about though, but worth the money.
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Summary: It's Skynyrd!
Review: Skynyrd is not Skynyrd of the seventies, face it. They're better in many ways. Most important is the addition of Outlaws front man Hughie Thommason, who can outshoot any guitarist Skynyrd ever had. And, probably all three together. The problem is, that the powers that be, know this, and they don't give Hughie his due. Not enough camera time when he's playing, etc. And, he has a tune up his sleeve that he wrote with Ronnie Van Zant, "Brother Travis" on the Outlaws "Diablo Canyon" album that should be included. Skynyrd is busy playing reruns, when they can be laying new tracks. Although it's a great show, this is covering ground that "Freebird" already has. I would hate to see Skynyrd become a "hits" act. My advice, buy the new Outlaws Cd So-Low, too!
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Summary: A Well-Produced Look at the Band in Concert
Review: Skynyrd's "Lyve from Steeltown" is a companion video to the CD, and it is a very well-produced look at the band in concert. Skynyrd are in rare form in this video, and it is obvious that this is the best lineup the band has had since the 1977 plane crash. Highlights for diehard fans include "Travelin' Man" and "Freebird".
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Summary: Lyve Concert from the band of the Century
Review: This concert is great...Van Zant does a great job of capturing the spirit of his brother, Ronnie. Rickey Medlock and Hughie Thomson are great replacements for Allen Collins, Ed King, Steve Gaines, and all the guitarists they have lost down the road. And Gary Rossington is as good as ever. Billy Powell is the most amazing keyboard player ever and during his piano solo in "Freebird" he proves it. Leon Wilkenson...well, all I can say is: God Bless Him. =) This man has some serious fashion issues, but hey, he's my dad's fave member and he does rule. The worst part of the concert was the fans. If you were in the crowd that night, you should be ashamed. You had no heat and prolly made the band feel bad. The guys put on a wonderful show and you treated them pathetically. But still, "Freebird" was touching and "Travelin Man," was awesome with Ronnie Van Zant comin alive.
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