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Summary: A Masterpiece almost.
Review: After having read the reviews of this dvd I was at first a little worried whether I would be wasting my money buying this dvd. Some of the complaints are justified, such as the grainenees at times in the picture and the lack of bass which has been taken out of the audio mix in several songs, in particular Solsbury Hill. There are however improvements over the original in the audio, in that both guitar and keyboards are given more prominence than before. Some of the vocal parts have also been re-done and sound alot better, particulary on songs like Kiss That Frog and Sledgehammer. The highlight for me however is the audio mix on San Jacinto which blew me away the first time I heard it, as it was the song I would always fast foward on the video. All in all a great dvd well worth buying despite some minor complaints.
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Summary: Great Audio Mix, Mediocre Video, Fun to Watch
Review: One of the better live concert mixes I now own. Obviously lots of post-processing. But I don't mind as long as it sounds great. Wonderful balance of the instruments and vocals. DTS rocks as always.
If you can look past the mediocre video quality...then this is a fun disc to own. Talented musicians. I think Paula Cole is especially wonderful. Check out "Don't Give Up". Stellar performance.If only they would have used high-def cameras...
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Summary: Overhyped concert.
Review: I like Peter Gabriel. I loved his music with Genesis. I loved "Shock the Monkey". And I loved his "So" album. But this concert, I did not like. The reason being that he lip-synchs throughout the show. Apparently, this is done to enhance the actual "showiness" of the concert. That might be ok, if there were an interesting story or theme to become involved in, but here it was all just so boring. I just couldn't take the fakeness of it all. In addition, the song selection did not flow together. Did I mention this concert was boring? Sorry to all fans of Peter Gabriel. As I said, I think he's made great music in the past (I have every CD he made with Genesis), but this was not his finest hour.
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Summary: Phenomenal, but Peter's vocals are better on VHS
Review: I have both the DVD and the VHS of this incredible concert, a show I now deeply regret missing. While the overall quality and clarity of sound is superior on the remastered DVD, I have to say that I like Peter's vocals much better on the original VHS version. They are more natural, more "live" and far less processed. There is no sense that you are listening to overdubs. I don't know why Peter felt the need to improve on his impassioned performance in the first place. He is one of those rare artists whose voice is as amazing live as in the studio. That said, this is one of the most moving and uplifting concerts I have ever seen. Watching the band's childlike joy during 'Solisbury Hill' will never cease to put a smile on my face.
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Summary: long awaited
Review: This has been out on LD and VHS for years, but finally we get a DVD version of this excellent concert. The video quality itself could be better, I have many concert DVD's and they're not nearly as grainy, but they have much better cameras now so hopefully the DVD of the Growing Up tour will look better. The set list is the same as the double Secret World Live CD with excellent back-up vocals by Paula Cole. It's great to see her here before she was known to the world or even had an album. Peter Gabriel's always been a fantastic performer and does not dissapoint. Extras include a fun time-lapse of the whole setting up of the stage through breaking it down, as well as an interesting documentary.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: I cannot understand everyone's complaint on the quality of the film. I first watched this on DISNEY, viewed the VHS version, and watched the DVD. All look and sound exactly the same.
Don't be picky, and enjoy.
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Summary: Waited years for this concert on DVD, slightly disappointed
Review: After owning the VHS tape and putting up with muddy sound and slightly grainy video but still very much enjoying the concert I kept sending emails to the Peter Gabriel website asking when a DVD version would be coming out and finally it did. Having read the other reviews I would have to disagree with the negative reviews on the video side, on my system the video is quite crisp with solid colors and I see no Macrovision artifacts. However, the sound mix is extremely disappointing to me. Although the clarity and crispness are what I have come to expect from DVD multichannel digital mixes WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LFE (Bass) Channel ?!!!???!! Sometimes there are slight bass differences between Dolby Digital versus DTS but in this case both mixes have serious issues with the LFE track, its almost non-existent. I have directly compared several songs from the VHS to the DVD side by side and although not as clean or distortion-free, the VHS mix has a much stronger bass line. One of the prior reviews mentioned Tony Levin should turn his bass up, well he did have his bass turned up and listening to the DVD my subwoofer is barely breathing compared to the VHS mix. As a huge Tony Levin fan from his King Crimson days to his solo appearances and sit ins with the California Guitar Trio the clarity and power of the bass signal was one of the items I was most looking forward to from the DVD. I do not have a spectrum frequency analyzer but to my ears there is very little content below 60hz. I also have to agree with a slight time alignment issue with the vocals and the picture, apparently my receiver (Onkyo Integra DTR 9.1) has some compensation for that so I will have to try that out but overall I was so upset about the lack of bass it is hard to listen/watch the DVD much anymore.
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Summary: good concert
Review: very good concert if u dont have leave ur seat and go buy it now
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Summary: Epic Rock Concert Theatre
Review: I was forunate enough to attend this concert in person and to view this recording on VHS stereo. The precision and musicianship were astounding. A friend "borrowed" by VHS copy and did not return it - but that's ok - it gives me an excuse to buy this version for the DVD features. If you are going to have any concert in your DVD collection - this is it. It has astounding performances by the band - with an extra bonus from Paula Cole before she cut her hair :).. The theatrics and visuals are wonderful, sound clarity is great and the special effects are nice - not overdone at all.
To be even handed - I did not like the "fish eye" camera work on "Digging in the Dirt" but overall it's great. I highly recommend this piece.
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Summary: macrovision problem?
Review: I think I have an answer to what some people are seeing. I think what happened is they over did the macrovision signal when mixing the main concert. I have an apex player. The menus and extras and preview play great. However, when I play the main concert it's a mess. Blotches and other problems come and go all through the show. Can the people that have problems try it in a different player and verify. Can the people that don't seem to have problems list the player.
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