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Summary: NO Extreme? No Good!
Review: I agree with just about everyone else who has reviewed this DVD, how can the people who edited this cut out the BEST performance of the concert which was Extreme's medley of Queen songs. I thank my lucky stars I still have it on tape from when MTV first aired the concert 10 years ago. It's my favorite part of the show and by far one of the coolest moments. The band, most especially Gary Cherone, payed tribute to Freddie and Queen in the best way I've ever seen. The medley of songs were performed with such excitment and the audience loved them. So did I :) This DVD just starts the concert with Joe Elliott doing Tie Your Mother Down, that's like the middle of the show! There were several performances cut out mainly Metallica, Guns 'N Roses, Def Leppard, and the above mentioned Extreme. This DVD needs to be re-issued in it's entirety. I did, however, like those Freddie segments included on the dvd that were shown to the audience during intermission. Those were really cool. Great concert but not shown to it's fullest potential on this dvd and that's a real shame. QUEEN AND FREDDIE deserve more...and so do the fans :)
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Summary: It's About Time!...
Review: Stupendously great concert from April 1992. I've owned it on laserdisc since 1993 and I've been hoping a DVD release would be forthcoming!
This concert is culled from a day-long Freddie Mercury tribute/benefit concert that took place about 5 or 6 months after Freddie died. The first half is largely devoted to a number of bands doing mostly Queen covers. Metallica opens with three of their own songs (and back when the boys in Metallica still had long hair). Def Leppard does a song or two, Extreme does a 12+ minute Queen medley (it ROCKS!), and there are some vintage Queen and Freddie clips interspersed throughout. Then, the REAL fireworks start! Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon take the stage and lead a Who's Who of musicians and singers through a lengthy set of Queen material. Robert Plant sings "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", Metallica's James Hetfield sings "Stone Cold Crazy", Gary Cherone of Extreme absolutely rocks the joint with "Hammer To Fall", Roger Daltrey sings "I Want It All", Seal does "Who Wants To Live Forever", Def Leppard returns, and we also get Lisa Stansfield, Elton John, Axl Rose, Paul Young, David Bowie, members of Mott the Hoople, and Liza Minneli closes the show with "We Are The Champions."
The show runs in excess of 3 hours, and the DVD release promises to have extra material not on the laser and VHS versions.
The audio recording of the show is stellar, and the video photography is crisp and clear. After you watch this you'll wish you'd been there.Best of all, you get a renewed sense of how strong Queen's songwriting and performing talents were (and still are). And all of the artists singing in Freddie's place give it their all and make the versions their own, all without detracting from Freddie's original version. You're an IDIOT if you don't get this concert DVD!
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Summary: The Laserdisc is so much better, since it has the whole show
Review: My long time waiting for a DVD version of that old but great Laserdisc was wasted. It's absolutely depressing what they did here, by cutting some of the best parts of the original show. The Queen Medley by the great band Extreme was probably the best part of this show, not only because the way they played, but also because the playlist choice. A Medley of Bohemian Rhapsody, Bycicle Race, Another One Bites Dust, Keep Yourselves Alive, and others leading to one of the most beautiful moments of the show: the Radio Ga Ga ending, leading the audience to tears.
Although the sound has been improved and a new and useless "extra materials" has been added, it doesn't worth the content they cut (opening act, Metallica, Def Leppard, GnR, Extreme and others). I would never exchange the old original laserdisc for this useles "extra materials" with a bunch of new footage.
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Summary: I came out of my skin when I saw what was missing!
Review: I too own the laserdisc of this show and got the DVD for the new mix in DTS. The sound is good, but it's the content they cut (the opening acts) such as Metallica, Def Leppard, GnR, Extreme and others. I would have gladly forfeited the "extra materials" for the original show instead of a bunch of new footage that was just as well served on the cutting room floor. Don't get me wrong, the performances they left in are great...but shame on them for cutting what they did...typical non-musician producer. The 2-star drop is for that reason alone. Glad I didn't sell the laserdisc!
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Summary: It's a great concert but the DVD sucks
Review: This DVD set is a huge disappointment. How could the DVD have FEWER matertials than the VHS version?! I was expecting to see not just what they have on the VHS, but also the ones they edited out, but no! They have 2 discs and this is all they could put in? I just couldn't believe it! Guess I should buy the VHS tape on eBay instead...
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Summary: This is real rock and roll played for the fans!
Review: I was born in 1951 and this is not my kind of music but I've enjoyed the VHS version of this concert again and again for many years now. In this video, the fans are the stars - the crowd is wonderful -10s of thousands of happy-as-can-be fans and all entertainers are at their peak and prime - there's no oldies here! This is real rock and roll; turn up the volume! All the performances are excellent, its a beautiful summer day, the sound and technical aspects are perfect - and it's almost 3 hours long! This is definitely one of the finest concert videos of all times!
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Summary: Quit Editing
Review: I don't own this DVD but based on the reviews I will not be purchasing it. I orginally taped this concert when it was on MTV years ago. Because my TV was a piece of junk at the time, the sound quality was terrible but I still have the tape. I ended up buying the official VHS tape when they released it but found that they had edited out some of the things that were shown on MTV when the concert first aired. Overall the VHS release still kicks... but I was somewhat disappointed. Now it sounds like they have edited out even more for the DVD. I am writing because I would like to see a multiple DVD un-edited version of this concert in it's entirety. I don't care what it costs. Put everything in there. People will buy it.
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Summary: I want it all!!!!!
Review: I originally recorded this concert live using a few VCR tapes off of MTV. With that I got too many commercials and poor quality audio and video. I was hoping this was going to replace my tapes. It might have replaced one. The footage shown would be awesome to any Queen fan. The DTS (if you have the capability) puts you right there in the crowd. But it's ONLY the last part of an entire day of music. I was really hoping for the entire concert and if that ever comes out, that'll be the one to own. As a HUGE Queen fan, I was disappointed there wasn't more!
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Summary: I Love Queen and that's who I want to see!
Review: sorry, but i don't care that they edited G'n'R, metallica, and def leppard. i bought this dvd because i'm a queen fan - that's who i want to see. i don't want to sit through sets by those other bands because, well, they are kinda lame. as always, brian, roger, and john do a wonderful job with a bunch of singers who really illustrate how talented freddie was. almost none of them even come close to Queen Mercury. it's still a great show though. if you love queen, get this disc. you'll be very happy that you did.
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Summary: Just the best Half
Review: The DVD quality is very good, but the bad thing is that you only get the half of the concert. There is the second part, after Liz Taylor speech, and you miss the Metallica, Guns and Roses, Extremme, Deff Lepard and other groups that opened that concert. If you want the full concert, this is not the DVD you looking for.
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