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Rating: Summary: A really great DVD !!! Review: This is a DVD to have. And I think the Boston Globe article says it all:DVD / VIDEO Playing the part Rockers and actors switch roles, with mixed results By Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent, 3/2/2003 ''The Proclaimers: Best of 1987-2002''(2003). Time now to get up on our soapbox and proclaim that this quirky folk-rock duo has been unjustly dismissed (by those who've bothered to take notice) as something of a novelty act. Yes, Craig and Charlie Reid are twins. Yes, they cultivated an early image (make that mirror image) as '60s IBM-style wonks, with their clean-cut looks and thick-rimmed glasses. Yes, they're Scottish and don't bother to hide it in their lyrics or their burr-ly singing. And yes, their most widely known singles have come courtesy of the movies: ''I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)'' was heard in the Johnny Depp trifle ''Benny & Joon,'' while ''I'm on My Way'' got ''Shrek'' moving. But as those who caught the Proclaimers at the Paradise last summer already know, and as anyone picking up this disc will likely agree, their music is too consistently infectious to be put down as novelty material. Despite the old-school specs they once sported, the Reids are not, ultimately, about image. This does work against the DVD to a degree; most of the 15 videos here have a decidedly homespun feel. Still, the bouncy ''There's a Touch,'' from their last album, has a comedic hard-luck narrative worthy of a ''Saturday Night Live'' skit, and the bare-bones ''I Met You'' video gives a feel for one of their live shows. And if the visuals are just too devoid of MTV flash for some tastes, leaving the disc to play in the background makes for an awfully catchy CD equivalent. ''King of the Road,'' covered with a Scottish accent? As our friends across the pond say, brilliant.
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