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Summary: Great music, but not as good as last year's installment
Review: To those who don't know too much about Bonnaroo and the importance of it, I say one thing: "buy everything with the Bonnaroo name on it!" You'd be hard pressed to find any better collection of music than any of the 3 CD's (one single disc and two double's) or either of the double DVD sets. This is modern music's Woodstock. Along with all the classic acts' opportunity to show the world why acts like The Dead, Allman Brothers and James Brown have been entertaining millions for decades.This DVD features great song highlights by groups like Ben Harper, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jack Johnson, The Roots, The Dead, Flaming Lips, Allman Brothers Band and James Brown among many others. The only complaint I have is that with this 2003 DVD the video director took a lot of artistic liberties which draw away slightly from the enjoyment of the pure musicianship that was the sole focus of last year's Bonnaroo 2002 DVD. Aside from this minor difference the DVD still highlights the great performances and the over-all enjoyment of all involved with this festival on behalf of both performers and audience alike. This a must have great music/festival DVD that should only be passed up for only one reason: Buying the 2002 DVD first. -peace
Rating: 
Summary: Why did this years suck?
Review: Why did this years DVD suck? 2002 is good, 2003 is bad. I was expecting 2003 to be even better but I was wrong. I certainly wont hold my breath for next year.
Problems are: I think that there is bad camera work thruought the entire DVD. Performances are not shown in full. I would like to see the entire performance of a song rather than a collage of bad audio/visual work. Most of the songs chosen are just mediocre. Maybe that is out of your control but still, I know nothing about compiling a DVD, but I know that I could have done better.
Advice to Producer: Let the music speak for itself, keep out your creativity, nobody asked for it. you have obviously ruined a potentially good DVD.
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