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Summary: A Travesty
Review: A woodstock festival with acts such as Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Korn, Offspring and countless other degenerate pop groups (yes, they are POP groups), can no longer be called a woodstock festival. The title of this DVD should be 'Woodstock: 3 days of mosh pits, molestation, and useless expendable garbage that some call music.' Half the crowd at this piece of corporate filth consisted of white, beer-guzzling jock college students, ravers, and teeny boppers just PRAYING that by some miracle the Backstreet Boys show up. And of course, thrown in the mix were old hippies who went to the first woodstock. God, that must have been like a 3 day acid trip from hell. So to sum up, dear reader, woodstock '99 showcased all of the reasons why music can never again be what it was in the age of woodstock '69. This was the woodstock for the MTV generation.
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Summary: The video was by far to short
Review: Come on, I mean if WWF can have a 10 video set, i'm sure woodstock could have done atleast a 5 video set... To capture all the people walking around, and more music... Woodstock wasn't about the bands, it was the experince, i was there... and the essence could not be captured by this video
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Summary: Absolutely awesome!! gave the feeling of what it was like...
Review: Ever since the last day I've been wanting to go back to Woodstock 99' and relive every moment all over again...I know that's not possible, but this video is definitely the closest u can get to it. It makes me feel like I'm there again...Jewel was awesome!!!
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Summary: Not Peace and Love...But Still Worth The Look
Review: Everyone badmouthing this tape b/c it is a far cry from the original Woodstock should have known what they were getting into before they purchased it. If you listen to the likes of Metallica, Korn, Limp Bizkit and Rage then you will love this tape. The sound isn't the greatest, but with a nice surround system it rocks. And "F" all of you who didn't appreciate the ICP performance...it is both humorous and true.
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Summary: Average
Review: I didn't go to Woodstock '99, so I really can't say whether or not this program gives the full effect of what went on. I can say that this DVD is a middle-of-the-road concert experience.The performances themselves vary greatly in music style, and there seems to be little bit for everyone. The footage isn't of great quality, as this DVD has artifacting all over the place all the time (even on the menu screens). It's not really distracting that much, as the music is the main priority here. And that said, the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix leaves much to be desired. All they've done is put the performance in the front 3 speakers and shoved the crowd to the back - it could have been mixed MUCH better than that. Also of note is that the loading time on this disc is the slowest I have ever seen - expect at least a 5 second delay between menus and a 10 second delay on start-up. If you're looking for a variety of musical styles and performances of the late 90's, this is a good choice if you can look past it's technical shortcomings. If you're only a fan of one or two of the artists, it's really not worth it. Everything on this disc screams mediocrity.
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Summary: Average
Review: I didn't go to Woodstock '99, so I really can't say whether or not this program gives the full effect of what went on. I can say that this DVD is a middle-of-the-road concert experience. The performances themselves vary greatly in music style, and there seems to be little bit for everyone. The footage isn't of great quality, as this DVD has artifacting all over the place all the time (even on the menu screens). It's not really distracting that much, as the music is the main priority here. And that said, the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix leaves much to be desired. All they've done is put the performance in the front 3 speakers and shoved the crowd to the back - it could have been mixed MUCH better than that. Also of note is that the loading time on this disc is the slowest I have ever seen - expect at least a 5 second delay between menus and a 10 second delay on start-up. If you're looking for a variety of musical styles and performances of the late 90's, this is a good choice if you can look past it's technical shortcomings. If you're only a fan of one or two of the artists, it's really not worth it. Everything on this disc screams mediocrity.
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Summary: Many great performances; superb audio and video
Review: I dock this DVD one star only because I wanted it to be longer. Boasting some of the best-mixed live music I have ever heard with a brilliant video transfer, the WOODSTOCK '99 DVD is a must-have for any modern music aficionado. Crank this up on a powerful Dolby Digital sound system, and you'll find little reason to hassle with attending a live concert again (especially if you are "of a certain age"). The quality of the musical acts is much more even than those found in the original '69 Woodstock documentary (which, let's face it, had some pretty low lowpoints). I would give special marks to G. Love and Special Sauce, Jamiroquai, Lit, Sheryl Crow, Korn, Bush, Metallica, and Megadeth; these really sound great. The big band sound mix for James Brown and for the Brian Setzer Orchestra is perfect. Disappointments are few and far between: DMX and Kid Rock offer little, and the bloated Elvis Costello, with his unsteady, de-edged voice and all-thumbs guitar technique, isn't even a shadow of his former great self. This kind of material is what the voluminous DVD format is meant for. It's too bad the producers didn't see fit to fill up both layers of both sides of the disk. Also, this would have been great for multi-angle viewing, another missed opportunity. The "cultural" material between the acts consists mostly of topless women. I'll register no complaints about that, but I wish there had been more interviews similar to those which made the original '69 documentary so great. The DVD includes "supplemental material," but is is of little consequence. This is a disc you buy for the music.
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Summary: I laugh at you!
Review: I feel pretty sorry for all you people that paid to be part of this sham. That airforce base should have burned to the ground and taken you all with it! Limp Biskit? Yeah....okay....whatever. Now...take an event like PHISH's NYE2000 celebration at Big Cypress, Florida. Now, THAT was a celebration of life, love, and music. This Woodstock '99 garbage....its just a world apart.
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Summary: i loved it
Review: i just kicked its just that simple if you werent at the show and watched it on t.v. youll think its 100 times better than the coverage you local music station gave you! i loved it, i was there and i cant understand all of the other reviews!
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Summary: I laugh at you!
Review: I paid, I went, I saw, I experienced. Unfortunately this production of the event doesn't come close to the experience of 3 days of 250 thousand people united in one purpose. Most everyone saw on the news the declination of the event after the walls had come down and the locals started bringing in alcohol. From Thursday afternoon through Sunday afternoon Woodstock 99 was about the Love, Peace, Music and high water prices. I don't remember anyone not having a good time and respecting each other. The video does a fair job with the music part. I was hoping for a more extensive version of coverage of the event when the DVD was released. I mean a Double Sided, Dual Layered, Double DVD set could have had much more exposure of the whole event. I guess the producers felt it was adequate to just master the same VHS tape that was release last year into a DVD format and market it. I saw the entire Pay Per View event afterwards and the coverage was fantastic. This would have been the ideal release. In all I give this new format release a 2 out of 10. It's the same old stuff released last year in a new package.
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