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Summary: ...Simply Awesome!!!!
Review: This is absolutely a Must See concert video
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Summary: Probably the greatest concert ever filmed!
Review: A totally amazing performance that will have you on your feet cheering even though watching on a TV screen.
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Summary: Dancing again
Review: The Mac is back and better than ever!! The intro of their motto song "The Chain" ties up the loose ends. And with powerful performances of Rhiannon and a 5-6 minute guitar solo in I'm so Afraid. Stevie Nicks dresses for the part in Gold Dust Woman. Christine McVie gets out from behind her keyboard in Everywhere and in the new version of Say You Love Me. THe highlight of the performance is Nicks's poignant performance of Silver Springs, the song that was supposed to be on Rumours. There are 4 new songs and they are really good! They are : Sweet Girl --Stevie Nicks, Temporary One --Christine McVie, My Little Demon and Bleed To Love Her --Lindsey Buckingham. And this reunion performance is topped off with Christine McVie's peaceful trademark tune "Songbird". The USC marching band plays a few tunes with the mac. Any fleetwood mac fan MUST have this.
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Summary: Outstanding Live album !
Review: The recording of this title is good. There are two recording types for each side of DVD, and you can choose PCM or Dolby Digital 5.1. The performance of this band is very great, too. END
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Summary: Great Sound, Great Band
Review: This is one of my favorite DVD's. Listening to all of Fleetwood Mac's hits with the video as well as the sound, is perfect! Good Disc to show off to your friends, Very Good! END
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Summary: Dancing again
Review: The Mac is back and better than ever!! The intro of their motto song "The Chain" ties up the loose ends. And with powerful performances of Rhiannon and a 5-6 minute guitar solo in I'm so Afraid. Stevie Nicks dresses for the part in Gold Dust Woman. Christine McVie gets out from behind her keyboard in Everywhere and in the new version of Say You Love Me. THe highlight of the performance is Nicks's poignant performance of Silver Springs, the song that was supposed to be on Rumours. There are 4 new songs and they are really good! They are : Sweet Girl --Stevie Nicks, Temporary One --Christine McVie, My Little Demon and Bleed To Love Her --Lindsey Buckingham. And this reunion performance is topped off with Christine McVie's peaceful trademark tune "Songbird". The USC marching band plays a few tunes with the mac. Any fleetwood mac fan MUST have this.
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Summary: This DVD will make your friends jealous!
Review: That's simply unbelievable! I'm definitely not a fan of Fleetwood Mac and you would be ashamed of me if I told you that the only 2 songs of Fleetwood Mac I liked before were "Everywhere" and "The Seven Wonders", the latter being not on the DVD.That said, I was really intrigued by the other reviews and, baffled, I decided to give it a chance. Ooooh, I wish I had more inspirations like this one!!! In this concert, shot in the premises of Warner Bros Studios, the band reunited to give the audience the best, the *very* best of themselves, humanly speaking. The old songs are all performed in a new version, giving them an emotional power they didn't have before. Fleetwood Mac also plays stupendous unpublished works, including instrumentals and brand-new songs, which proves that Fleetwood Mac is as sparkling as in the past and, in my opinion, even more sparkling than ever! Look at Mick Fleetwood! Yeh... look at him! Have you ever seen an old timer like him playing the drums with so much pleasure, conviction and dexterity? I bet that from the very first song ("The Chain"), you'll know what I mean. Lindsey Buckingham is really impressive. He plays several guitars and even the banjo in the concert and it's a delight to watch him juggling with the notes. You'll be very likely amazed by his solo performance in "Big Love" and "Go insane". And especially, don't watch the grand finale of "I'm so afraid" with a friend at home. If he falls on the terrific instrumental duet between Mick and Lindsey, his first idea might well be to get the hell out of your house with your DVD in the pocket!! As for Stevie Nicks, she still has her angel voice. She's very convincing when she sings, because her tone and pitch always match the lyrics but never in an exaggerated way. You'll also notice that she dances like a bird flies, it's so light and aerial. You'll also appreciate Stevie's cheerfulness. When she talks to the public, she sounds so happy to see you there that you really sympathize with her feelings. Why, it makes you feel good!! I read some reviews saying that Christine Mc Vie had lost the magic of her voice after all these years. Maybe. But I don't care. It is perhaps a pitch lower but she knows how to master it and that's why Christine and her voice will seduce you a long time yet. Just listen to her version of Everywhere: isn't that cute? Her ex-husband John, because he plays the bass, stays more in the background. That said, he's a great support for Lindsey and shows his great sense of humour when Christine tries to force him to sing with the whole band in "Say You Love Me". The songs are all absolute gems. Yet you may have difficulties to tackle "My Little Demon", because the tune and the words are weird! I learnt to like it and understand it (a lot of Lindsey's songs have a context related to his life) and I no longer skip it now. Expect a surprise at the end of the concert and don't forget to savour the conclusion song, offered by Christine. You'll be so upset that you'll be mad at them for leaving so soon. The quality of the DVD is excellent! The sound, Dolby 5.1 or PCM Stereo, is perfect. The picture is clear and flawless. My God, how did they do that?! You want to be forgiven by your wife? Offer her this DVD! You want to be spoilt by your granny? Ask her this DVD! Whatever the way you'll get it, watch it in the evening. "It's going to be a special night for us", Stevie Nicks said. For you too.
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Summary: Thank you Stevie, Thank You Lindsey!!
Review: Like my title refers to a moment of the concert, after Nicks sang Landslide, i believe they were so emotionals like fans of this extraordinary band like me when we see this concert. A lot of problems have passed, John & Christie divorce because of alcohol addiction of him, Lindsey mocking of Stevie on stage and making her cry ,etc., was part of the cost of success, now, back on stage, they seem to be fine with each other, a family like in the old times.
The band sounds maybe not better than before, but yesterday's gone, I agree My Little Demon is no a very good song, some of their Say You Will is far better, but the concert is all the story in music of this Megaband in a good shape and intact talent.
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Summary: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: First let me say that I loved FM's performance.
Unfortunately the pictorial record of the fabulous show is marred by Bruce Gowers' video editing.
It's obvious that a fortune was invested to provide dozens of camera angles. Unfortunately Gowers decided that the view needed to shift with every downbeat and at the first word of each verse.
As a result, continuity is lost. We watch, for instance, Christine sing two words then the camera suddenly shifts to Mick. Just as suddenly it shifts back to Christine at the first word of the next lyric line.
Obviously, every member of the band deserves to be featured, but each song also deserves to be anchored to a performer then illustrated with wides, close-ups, two-shots, and group shots.
Landslide is performed beatifully, and we catch glimpses of the potentially electrifying interaction between Lindsay and Stevie. But Gowers ruins the moment with discontinuous shots from floating cameras and close-ups of instruments. Suddenly we notice tears in Lindsay's and Stevie's eyes at the end of the song. It would have been much betterto amplify the emotion-packed song with soft camera work and discrete editing.
To better understand my point, compare John McColgans simple video of "Riverdance" to David Mallet's over-produced jumpy edit of "Lord of the Dance." One is elegant and a joy to watch. The other is disturbing and hard to enjoy.
Nevertheless, "The Dance" concert is magical, and despite the flaws of this video production I recommend its purchase.
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Summary: An embarrassment to modern bands
Review: As a general fan of music, I listen to all genres and virtually anything between Beethoven and Modest Mouse. I even enjoy the music and songwriting of a few key bands from the 80s, 90s, and new millenium. However, musical talent and live singing abilities of many new bands leave a bit to be desired without the advancing technology of studios and computers to fine-tune and over-produce the sound to something the artist is incapable of without electronic help.
When older bands such as Fleetwood Mac or the Eagles decide to reunite, as evidenced on DVD/CD releases like The Dance or Hell Freezes Over, the raw live talent both vocally and instrumentally, together with the superbly crafted melodies and brilliant songwriting, flat-out embarrass most current bands.
In The Dance, the superb harmony of the band shows the incredible inate talent and skill each possesses even as they age and their voices fall off a bit. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie lay down the most superb and perfectly timed rythm for each song as a tempo for the others to feel and match. Christine McVie shows excellent timing and tune with her keyboard, adding depth to each track and supplying the necessary third to the voices of Lindsay and Stevie...each of these singers has a completely different vocal pattern and style, and on their own can be liked or disliked, but together they create an unmatched singular vocal tone which balances the imperfections of each voice into a perfect unity. Stevie Nicks still provides the necessary and unique rasp and power from her voice which made Fleetwood Mac stand out from other female-vocal bands, and whether she can still achieve the ultimate top of her former vocal range is irrelevant as she still knows how to keep it perfectly in tone, range, and synch with the instrumentation and vocals of her bandmates (something today's blonde pop creations can't do even with all of today's electronic assistance).
And then there is Lindsay Buckingham. A voice that on its own may not find favor with all - a fast vibrato and a high nasally tone...but in tandem with Stevie's deeper raspy resonance and Christine's soothing melodic syrup of a voice, his voice becomes a perfect match. His songwriting for Fleetwood Mac is brilliant and poignant, and his passion and effort in his performance is inspiring and powerful. But his guitar skill, his utter genious with the device, is beyond any description - and sends shivers down the spine and tears from the eyes of any guitar player or wannabe. Whether his guitar skill inspires one to want to play like him one day, or forces one to sell the guitar and give up knowing you'll never even stand at the foot of the altar upon which he stands...is up to the listener. But the acoustic performance on Big Love and Go Insane (10-finger playing in a Spanish classical style and a blues / rock rythm and pace, simultaneously laying down a complex multi-part rythm with 1/2 of each hand and playing the lead guitar with the other halves!), and the superb electric solo jam on I'm So Afraid, would merit a standing ovation even in an audience of every guitar god and virtuoso ever to play music.
This DVD is highly recommended, for fans and newbies alike...and a must-have for instrumentalists and other bands seeking a lesson in rock-band-musicianship 101.
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