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Summary: Bring it on home ...
Review: I had two reservations about a Led Zeppelin DVD: (1) Like many people, I've been grossly overexposed to the relentless spinning of "Stairway to Heaven" on brain-dead "classic rock" commercial radio, to the point of developing a distinct aversion to it; (2) Preferring Zeppelin when they stuck to their blues roots, I regarded their early albums as the most interesting, and stopped buying their music after the fourth album.In other words, I approached this DVD as a skeptic. Lawdy, how wrong I wuz! These are thrilling, electrifying performances, with clear, balanced audio feeds, and tasteful filming and editing. The inspired rendition of "In My Time of Dying" left me in stunned, slack-jawed disbelief, with tears streaming down my cheeks. Something snapped in my mind upon being exposed to this level of undiluted string and percussion-driven ferocity. This work of art, this masterpiece, ranks along with the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Off the Map" as perhaps the greatest live concert DVD ever made. If you have the slightest interest in music and live performance -- whether you like Led Zeppelin or have even heard of them -- you should own this DVD. Don't ask any questions; I wouldn't tell you no lies. It is extremely great.
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Summary: A Dream Come True
Review: This DVD is worth it just for the first track! I have never heard "We're Gonna Groove", Live. The intensity of the band is 3X the intensity of any audio I have heard. So far I have only seen 3 tracks, but it was magnificent. I started listening to the Grateful Dead for the last 10 years and they are great but this Zeppelin DVD your socks off. This DVD reminds me why I got "The Hermit" from the 4th album and the 4 symbols tatooed on my arm!!! Because Zeppelin rules all!
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Summary: Pure Satisfaction
Review: Five stars do not give this remarkable set the justice it deserves. I got into them at age 16 when I first purchased the box set, and then had to go out and get the remaining songs that werent on it. This however is the total collection for live performances as well as rare interviews. I mean come on it has over 5 hours of great material and a better set list than The Song Remains The Same. One of the best purchases I have ever made.
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Summary: Been a Long Time....
Review: For anyone who really likes Led Zeppelin this is a must have. The sound is beyond expectations and is great. To actually see them on the screen and in action thru the 70's is both interesting and redeeming for long time fans and finally shows what they were like for the rest of the world to see... The extras on the DVD: Amusing to sum up but good stuff...particularly the Communication Breakdown promo...with Bonzo doing the drumstick twirl and Robert Plant going up to the camera all wide eyed making silly faces while they all lip synch the words in a small studio room...in what could have passed for an amusing Led Zeppelin Music Video.. When you hear and see Zeppelin one must be reminded that Jimmy Page is always the master and controls all aspects of Zeppelins sound and how its to be presented...its his baby you might say and who can blame him when he knew back in '68 the band formed were a truly tight and powerful band..that he was onto something big and would take it as far as it could go... With that in mind of his creative control, he edited the NYC news press conference and not shown in its entirety but a clip of it to make a point (a vaild one nevertheless about what Led Zep were about vs. The Beatles)..and the Old Grey Whistle Test interview was a swipe at Robert Plant when the interviewer asked if Robert Plant would ever go solo... Anyone into rock music BOTH old and new knows that many of todays bands and previous bands emulate their sound and image but cannot possibly capture the whole package that was Led Zeppelin who were in a different era that cannot be recaptured in todays times which made it all special as evidenced on this DVD. This finally is a lasting testament to what Led Zeppelin is and will always be... Best video footage quality has to be Earls Court 1975 the close ups of the band and intimacy of the Led Zep III songs on stage is next best thing to being there of the truly warm and special scenes... Seeing Bonzo doing Moby Dick drum solo at Royal Albert Hall was great to see with the high-hat as his guide, I thought at first there was editing done with the video but quickly realized that Bonzo was actually REALLY playing so fast and furious and yet in tempo it made my mouth literally drop... Knebworth was a worthy addition and interesting to see the transition from Earls Court 1975 to Knebworth 1979...seeing Robert Plant older, the entire band looking older..still great stuff but felt like they were performing as a stadium act and not the imtimacy seen in the other performances on the DVD but still good nontheless...there was tension in the band and Robert was getting restless and bored and times were changing in '79 and think the band needed a break...Robert saw the writing on the wall unfortunatly the band didnt see it soon enough in 1980 me thinks... Lets hope the Zeppelin members fly again now that Jimmy, Robert AND Jonesy have patched things up...the Stones are full steam ahead today...we may see Zeppelin fly again or a Page/Plant/Jones trio win the west once more...
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Summary: Nothing short of INCREDIBLE
Review: First i want to say that Amazon got my order here fast and secure. I am very impressed! Second.... This DVD is a true time portal. I have been a Zep fan since I was 10 years old, and (Im not giving away my age lol) but Its amazing to see the early stages of this stellar band. All the way through to the end of the flight. I remember hearing the day JB died and (another hint at my age lol) and I was saddened... Since that time I have always love Zep, and have gone through many stages of picking them up and putting them down. Well since the West was won and this DVD came out it has sparked a new flame for a Incredible band that I never have gotten to see. All the way to the year I was born ( ok if you dont know my age your pretty dumb lol) It is amazing to see how many times they take the same song and just play whatever and still are in tune with each other. That my friend is true speech through music. Of course I love bands like Rush and perfection too, but This DVD captures the magic of a true mammoth of a band. When I hear people say Zep sold out im like whatever.. People loved them and its evident in this film. making cash from people who love you is not selling out its giving and recieving... Anyhow..lol. Tangets lol. If you even remotely were or are into zeppelin.. this is a piece of music history, GET IT. Ive heard every single zep song a million times and its fresh again and new versions of the same songs are awesome. As a drummer myself, all the footage of Bonham alone is worth the price. (I also play guitar and Bass.. So To me its a bargain lol) Seeing them when They were 20 and how far they were along musically is also mind boggling. Anyhow.. Zep by far was (and hopefully is again) the Best band ever.. Well.. there are the 10 top bands of all time.. But Zep is on the mountain.. This DVD is AWESOME, INCREDIBLE and easy to watch over and over ( I rarely watch movies over and over too) The sound is cleaned up and if you watched the Song Remains the same as many times as I did, your in for a treat. The pictures are sharper and the sound is not as watered down. ( TSRS is sonically inferior and The fidelity is not as good as this one ) Its like you were there. Have fun and rock on people..Sorry for the typos.. this isnt a school report lol. Peace
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Summary: Led Zeppelin Concerts for the Too Young ta Go
Review: Ah yeh.....this is a wonderful DVD....having been born in 1976 and missed all the fun, it's great to have this DVD to see what Led Zeppelin concerts were like. Granted, the VHS (and DVD) of The Song Remains the Same has been around a while (I made sure I got it too...hehe)...but in order to understand what Led Zep's concerts were like....it's better to get info from more than one source, and this new DVD gives you plenty. Go buy it! Guitarist approved...giggle!
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Summary: Proof there were gods
Review: This motion picture record of Led Zeppelin's existence is important to those of us who weren't there. As far as I was concerned, the actual existence of a real "Led Zeppelin" was a myth, more than a legend. Led Zeppelin belonged to the same realm as The Moon Shot, Zeus, and Elisha, who resurrected the axhead from unreachable depths of water. In 1991 I first heard Led Zeppelin, rescued from the darkness of Punk Rock by a dear friend who gave me Led Zeppelin II. I was 18 years old. But did the same four people really produce those nine albums? Surely not; otherwise, God created the world in 6 days, and that's just too much to believe. There are so-called "witnesses," people who were there during Led Zeppelin's 11 years, but those people call themselves baby boomers. Who of them can you believe? No, the evidence was too great: "Led Zeppelin" never existed. "Jimmy Page" did not play the guitar that way over the course of a decade. No, no, no. It's impossible. Those 9 albums are the combined work of a thousand rock bands, a thousand guitarists and singers and organists and drummers recorded over a thousand years, compiled into nine albums for the sake of conspiring against the children of the baby boom, to teach us about rock and roll by means of a lie. It is a conspiracy. However, with the release of this DVD, another brilliant Jimmy Page production, the evidence is reversed. There they are: four British young people on stage, playing that phenomenal rock music at the Royal Albert Hall. There they are again at Madison Square Garden, a little older, but playing the so-called "Led Zeppelin" music. Finally, they reappear at Knebworth, mature and wielding the hammer of the gods. In truth, they had that hammer from the time they appear in that uncomfortable French TV special (you have to win a war to appreciate the exuberance of rock and roll) till Robert Plant bids adieu from Knebworth. Unless this a conspiracy beyond any I've named above, then this is indisputable proof that these gods existed. They really are real. But now my world is upside-down. If Led Zeppelin really existed, then perhaps Elisha did resurrect the axhead. And like the resurrection, Led Zeppelin still exists and still rocks! Robert, Jimmy, John Paul, John, it's been 35, and you're welcome.
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Summary: THANK YOU JIMMY, ROBERT, AND JOHN!!!!!!
Review: First off, I am a total Zep-head and have been since I was 10 years old and heard Whole Lotta Love blasting out of the radio back in 1970 for the first time. Zeppelin was my guide thru the 70's. I was one of the over 1 million fans who pre-ordered Physical Graffiti - making it the first LP to ship platinum - without any support from the press or MTV (who?) - go figure. I never did get to see them live. In 73 I was too young. I waiting in line in a snowstorm to get tickets in 1975, only to have the mayor of Boston (Kevin White - may he rot in hell) ban the group for life from Boston because some fans had ransacked the Boston Garden while waiting for tickets. In 77 they did 6 shows in New York and I couldn't afford the trip. Buying TSRTS when it first came out on video was pretty amazing at the time - just to see my "Gods" rocking but over time the tired nature of the performance came thru. Just last week, I got the new DVD (thru amazon). THIS IS A RELIGOUS EXPERIENCE!!!!! Buy it and admire what rock and roll was truly about as played by the greatest band of all time. Compare the quality of the songs, the lyrics, the technical level each member had with their instruments, the raw energy of the live performance, the almost ESP like quality they had when improvising and tell me that the Beatles, Who, Stones, or anyone else is a better all around band. I'm hoping that this DVD along with the 3 CD H.T.W.W.W. will once and for all give ZEP the place they deserve on the top of the Rock and Roll pedestal. Note: After the first week's release, the CD is number 1 on the Billboard chart, and the DVD has sold over 120,000 copies breaking the 1st week release record of 60,000 for a music video (held by the Beatles). ENJOY EVERYONE. It does not, and will never, get any better than this!
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Summary: At the heart of truth lies paradox ...
Review: As a Led Zeppelin fan for the last 30 years, I jumped for joy at the news of this DVD. To be sure, Jimmy Page's sound byte of "mystery, thunder and the hammer of the gods" to describe Zep live is well presented here, and the DVD is worth every penny. It should be noted that we're also subject to a fair amount of smoke and mirrors here, as anyone who's heard bootlegs of these shows can attest to. Page has unabashedly mixed multiple audio performances and less than stellar, damaged source footage into a singular illusion of Zeppelin live ... in its own right, a technological achievement as groundbreaking as the first Matrix movie. Multi-tracks (when available) have been remixed, edited and likely auto-tuned to present Zeppelin as more consistently proficient than they were ... Page was often out of tune, and when he WAS in tune, he often played inarticulate (albeit passionate) solos, and Robert Plant was often hoarse, flat or both ... but make no mistake, the overall sound quality here is absolutely startling. This is Zeppelin as you WISH they were live. While Led Zeppelin DVD is less than honest from a documentation standpoint, it is quite possibly the BEST produced music DVD ever. Page created a DVD with all the love a true Zeppelin fan would have. The menus are meticulously produced with wonderful surprises -- not the least of which is a bootleg film (culled from two nights, naturally) of "The Song Remains the Same" opening their 1977 set. Other menus include footage from all through the years set to various rare live soundtracks. It's simply a blast discovering each of these as one explores ... The track selection is near perfect (I believe most Zep fans would've loved to also see versions of "No Quarter", "Over the Hills and Far Away" or "Ten Years Gone", plus we get only teased with a brief clip of Jimmy's violin bow/laser light show solo at Knebworth), and one gets VERY present to the loss of John Bonham as one of the best drummers ever. But we Zeppelin fanatics are a forgiving lot ... we love Zeppelin warts and all ... and are ELATED about this release. I, personally, have made a second career out of watching this DVD since its release and look forward to seeing it again. Thank you, Jimmy Page for making this happen, and of course to the other lads for the legacy of Zeppelin this honors so well. While this might not be an entirely authentic Holy Grail, it's certainly the Grail we wanted to find.
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Summary: A Great View of Great Artists.
Review: I think the new Led Zep DVD is a very credible representation of the small amount of really good visual recordings of the band. It has been cleaned up and looks and sounds as good as can be with help from state-of-the-art equipment. I think all Led Zep fans will love this collection. Most of the footage contains actual synced performances: the images you see are different camera angles of the performances you hear. This is great and remains true to the "live and uncut" nature of these vintage
films. While I personally think The Song Remains the Same is very good concert film (except for the hokey fantasy sequences) it also has footage spliced in that does not go with certain portions of the performances as well as overdubbed "fixes" to the soundtrack. You wont find much of that in this new DVD. And the performances are all genuine: Jimmy page has not gone in and "fixed" much, if anything. This is one of the things that makes all this so great. These performances were all very improvisational; no number was ever played the same way twice. Sure there are mistakes; the band veers of into impromptu jams that sometimes dont work, there are many technical mistakes by all the players (not just Page),the PA systems were archaic and noisy,the productions looked shabby, even their clothes are pretty silly sometimes. It was also quite normal for both the performers and their audiences to be quite stoned in those days!
And guess what? I love it! But those who give a bad rating to this DVD just dont get the point: these guys were innovators. Back in their day no one had ever seen or heard anything like them. Led Zeppelin redefined the rock experience and made it bigger than life. They were great players but werent perfect, which makes them human. They were constantly pushing the limits of their abilities and challenging themselves and their audiences. How boring it would have been to hear Stairway to Heaven played exactly like the album night after night. This was what a real rock concert was like in the early years of the big loud stadium bands! Somebody had to invent it, and here are four guys who were there at the beginning! And so I highly recommend this sound and visual Led Zeppelin experience to any and all who love real rock performances by real rock musicians, from a time when you could'nt hide lack of talent behind multi-effects processors,drum machines,lasers,samplers,tattoos and nose-rings! Bring it on Home!
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