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Pet Shop Boys - Montage (The "Nightlife" Tour)

Pet Shop Boys - Montage (The "Nightlife" Tour)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: !!Excellent!!
Review: This is the DVD that showcases the Pet Shop Boys on there Nightlife tour...I hear that many dissapprove of the whole camera angels the graphics etc. This is there best DVD yet, yet 'Somewhere' gets better reviews must have been the whole 'Nightlife' angel. The only thing I dissapprove is the internet option of informing you to vist the official website. The audio, visual qualities are extremely good especially with 'Dobly 5.1' surround sound and HDTV. This is very much worth the price I would have paid more for it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Boys still have it!!!
Review: What I like about this concert was that PSB chose to perform many a song on old albums that weren't released as singles. I found myself singing to old jams throughout the performance. This DVD will remind you that PSB has survived the years and developed a large body of work, just like a Madonna or a U2. While their Performance tour of a decade ago is much more elaborate and pleasurable, "Montage" proves that the boys can still put on a good show. This disproves the idea that "electronic bands" are only good in the studio.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Absolutely Great!
Review: Wow what a great concert DVD. Those familiar with PSB songs will find little to complain about. Those who love dance music will be entertained as well.

For all those who expected a PSB concert to be a "real-time" jam or something, you will be disappointed. PSB are creatures of the studio, and so their live performances compensate to prevent the danger of a prerecorded feel by exploiting the wonderful live singing of Neil and their sextet of singers. But it also captivates with visual montages (some no doubt tongue-in-cheek cheesy), a more lushly layered mix to familiar songs, and with visual conceptualism overall. But we are treated to a couple of unexpected acoustical jams of familiar songs that fits great as a counterpoint to the rest of the heavily technofied concert. This DVD, I think, does a good job of representing the paradox that is PSB. They sing with emotion and honesty about the most personal things, but they drape it in a "faux-futuristic" spectacle of sometimes android-like delivery. Neil and Chris may look like two unfeeling clones on stage, but the lyrics Neil sings betrays that immediately. The contrast between subject matter and technique is never lost. It's just great.

More extras like interviews or a documentary on the making of such a concert would have earned it another star. But in the end, it's a raucious, beautiful, uplifting aural experience that I would not hesitate recommending.


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