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Summary: for the curious only.
Review: The sound is poor as it prologic and very centre channel,the video is hacked up and out of synch with the energy on stage, the off stage sequences are rediculous and unnecessary But it is Led Zep and therefore good to watch Page at work. Bonham is an animal, I think Keith Moon would have gotten out of breath trying to keep up on the skins. I think the camera work spent too much time on Plant below the belt and we would have all been served better above the waist.
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Summary: AmaZin
Review: this is a great film, with amazin preformence. just since i been lovin u is worth the money. this has some bits of very random yet very good fantasy clips, and they are great. If u wanna get to no zep or like em and wanna see them this is great.
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Summary: Unleded Zeppelin
Review: Led Zeppelin is my favorite band, however, this movie was horrible. Plot needs major work and the sound quality was not the best (my vinyl LP's are almost better). I would say just buy the soundtrack on CD and you will enjoy it better. Don't buy this DVD just because it is Led Zeppelin, like I did. It's not worth it.
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Summary: Did they tape the 'DVD' from the 'Video'?
Review: This DVD was the biggest dissapointment to myself and a few friends who also 'Could Not Wait' to see and hear "Zeppelin's 'Song Remains Remains the Same on DVD. They really should have released it with a different title like 'The Sound Remains the Same'. Actually if you like [I repeat, 'Like'] Led Zeppelin's music and you never saw the 'T.S.R.T.S.'on Video, buy it because you will enjoy it. But if you love Led Zeppelin as much as I do. And you waited for the DVD because you knew that you were going to get a Briliant/Redone/5.1 Digital Sound or maybe even a DTS Version, Save your Money and don't even rent it! It will only bring you more Heartache of being let down by a Lazy Jimmy Page AGAIN! Anyone who has seen the Video once, twice or over 50 times are not going to get anything better on the DVD! SAVE YOUR MONEY Zeppelin Fans. And just hope and pray that Jimmy Page will take the Original Masters and dust them up frame by frame for better Sound and Vision. But then again, we all are still waiting for the '10 CD '1968 to 1980' ALL LIVE BOX-SET' that was supposed to come out about 18 Years ago? Keep your Eyes and Ears out for the Live Recordings [CD, Video and DVD] that you CANNOT buy in your local Record Store or Record Chain Stores because of Legal Technicalities. But hey, if Jimmy and Robert [and even Jonsey too] will not Give the Fans What They Want, we have to get them elsewhere. Peace and Rock On, Robert
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Summary: You're better off with the VHS!!
Review: First of all, The Song Remains The Same is a cool film, with great music. If you have never seen it, check out all of the other reviews here. "No Quater" and "Since I've Been Loving You" are, in my opinion, superior to the LP versions.
BUT!
This is one of the (worst) DVD trasfers I have ever seen.
Except for the original trailer, there are no special features. And the sound is HORRIBLE! I REPEAT, HORRIBLE! Anyone familar with the film knows that some of the editing is dubious at best. Jump cutting around different performances within the same song. After decades of watching the film you kinda got used to it. Well, whenever there is an edit between performace footage in a song, the sound goes completly out of phase, and you're left with a thin, "flangy" sounding audio track. It gets very annoying, and very mich in the way of the music.
I guess Jimmy Page wasn't consulted on this DVD reissue, much like he wasn't for the original CD reissues of the Zep catalouge. The band hass always seemed keen to wash their hands of this project anyway.
My advice: Stick with the VHS.
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Summary: Unintentionally Hilarious!
Review: Could these guys have taken themselves any more seriously? Along with Emerson, Lake & Palmer and The Moody Blues, I think Zep takes the cake for the 70s hubris crown. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean that their music is bad. It's just not as great as Zeppelin thought it was. The Song Remains The Same is really a prototype for the state of modern hard rock music. If you catch any of those ridiculous rock videos on MTV, TSRTS's influence is usually obvious. John Paul Jones (who's by far the most dignified of the bunch) is seen galloping around in some graveyard with a K-Mart Halloween mask on. He then goes to his incredibly nice house and returns to being a normal family man. Robert Plant (who's the most earnest of the bunch) goes off on some knight-in-shining-armour kick complete with fair maiden and castle. Plant has some Welsh flags flying around, but I believe Bobby-boy is English.... Nevertheless, at least we don't have to listen to a violin bow screeching on a guitar for ten minutes through this sequence. John Bonham (who was the most obnoxious of the bunch, if you believe all the stories) is shown racing in a car, walking around with a cow, and beating on a drum. Bonham's video isn't as pretentious as the others', it's just merely boring. Jimmy Page (who's by far the most self-absorbed of the bunch) has a very, very scary sequence that involves some old guy on a hill. It was so scary that I was on the floor laughing about three minutes into it. Personally, I enjoy atonal music, but Jimmy's little violin solo is purely self-indulgent. However, the music redeems TSRTS to a certain extent. No Quarter is truly a haunting piece, as is also Since I've Been Loving You. Rock and Roll is as good as rocker as any, and Moby Dick is the best rock drum solo that I can think of. Stairway is almost capsized by Robert Plant's extracurricular vocals, but it still remains majestic. Not that it's Zeppelin's fault, but Whole Lotta Love, Bring It On Home, and Black Dog sound like every hard rock band of the last thirty years. Hey, I know Zep was the first but a little overexposure goes a long way.
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Summary: I Sit Stupifyed
Review: You know a band is good when they can go on stage and come out with better versions of songs than the studio versions. That's exactly what Zeppelin does in The Song Remains the Same, and if you have any question of their talent, I urge you to watch the introduction of Since I've Been Loving You, in which they zoom in on Page's fingers during an incredible solo. Incredible. Then watch the 1/2 hour version of Dazed and Confused, including Page's bow trick which makes the most unbelievable sound come out of the guitar. Just watch the whole thing. You wont be sorry.
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Summary: The Best Ever
Review: The Song Remains the Same is a great trip into the eyes of each band member. The music is great and this video shows that Led Zeppelin really is the best band that ever lived!
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Summary: Beautiful and Self-Indulgent
Review: If you consider that Led Zeppelin is the band that gave Spinal Tap 95% of its material and is responsible for just about every rock and roll cliche in the book (from waving lighters at concerts to insanely kinky groupie encounters) you would not expect their only concert film to be anything less than a self-indulgent, kitschy opus.
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME is al that and more. Watch Jimmy Page play a medieval wizard! Watch their burly tour manager in a mini ganster film! Watch Robert Plant play the noble knight! Watch Bonzo racing cars! See the HOUSES OF THE HOLY album sleeve come to life!
It also contains one of the most mindblowing renditions of "Moby Dick" I have ever heard. WARNING: Haters of drum solos keep your finger. on the forward button. Standards such as "Black Dog" and "Whole Lotta Love" will peel the paint off your walls too. And if you can still stand the song, there is an incredible rendition of "Stairway to Heaven" topped only by the one they played at their "reunion" concert in 1980. Does anybody remember laughter? Addenda: If you missed Plant live summer 2002, you should get this album!
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Summary: Watch the ERRORS
Review: Go to [the website] and see what a crime Jimmy Page commited. I was there on the last "Night of the Last Tour" and i watched a Hindu toss batons afire up into an Olympic sized bowl of flame above Bonzo's drums in the 2nd solo Wole Lotta Love but nothing made it into the DVD. Ask Jimmy where the lost footage is, 25,000 people besides me saw it on July 29, 1973.You can see bonzos gong on fire then watch Jimmy take his giuitar off for the 2nd time at the end of WWLove. A tribute to the Twin Towers before Stairway. NYC skyline as it existed in 1973. BUY THIS, its worth the price to criticize.
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