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Summary: Look out Rush fans here come the camera angles
Review: Alright, so we've been waiting for years for Rush to finnaly put out another video. I know I've been anxiously awaiting the release of the Rush concert experiance ever since the Show Of Hands concert released on VHS in the 80's. And for the most part it's great, (I actually saw them for this tour on the 4th of July in NC.), BUT the camera angles are too too much for the video. You could almost get sick watching it. Other than that it's great. The concert opens up with Tom Sawyer and from their flys through their 30 year career with songs such at By-Tor and the Snow Dog, New World Man, 2112, The Pass, La Villa Strangiato and many others. Also from their Vapor Trails album for which they were on tour promoting Earthshine, One Little Victory, Ghost Rider and Secret Touch. Alex and Geddy's playing is flawless and as for Neil Pert, he has a nice big drum solo called O Baterista. The package also includes a second disk with a featurette documenty on the bands visit to Brazil as well as three multiple angle songs. This is a good investment for any rush fan or a fan of good concert videos. And best of all it's worth the price.
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Summary: Rush In Rio Rocks!
Review: Although disappointed by some of their better songs being left out of the set, I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD. As for those who find the sound a bit off, or the video the same...all you have to do is read the booklet that comes with the DVD or watch the Documentary in order to find out that they had no sound check or video check or recording check, and the reasons why. HIGHLY recommended for ANY Rush fan! My 10-year son has been a Rush fan for a couple of years and this DVD solified that for him. He even says Neil Peart is is favorite musician - something I've felt for years.
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Summary: Rush In Rio Is Great For Rush Fans Who Want A Little More
Review: I've seen Rush on every tour since Permanent Waves. I really purchased the DVD for the documentary The Boys In Brazil and was not disappointed. I always wanted to see more behind the scenes footage of the band. This DVD partially satisfied my hunger for a VH1 Rush-Behind the Music.
The concert footage was great and the hidden video for Anthem was an interesting glimpse back at the band and probably one of the first things (besides recording Fly By Night) that Neil did after joining the band.
It was also a kick to see how funny the guys are. Lifeson is freaking hilarious.
Rush In Rio is truly a must have for Rush fans.
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Summary: Superior
Review: Excellent, considering the camara equipment wasn't the best available. The DVD captures the band in their legendary form, and the documentary disc shows the all of the work that goes into a concert, particulary their concerts, while giving the viewer a taste of their personal side. I'm giving it 5 stars because of the material, 4 stars on the quality of the recording.
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Summary: Big fan, loved the DVD
Review: I started liking Rush while I was in college during the mid nineties and have grown into a huge fan. I like the old and new stuff, and have grown to like Vapor Trails quite a bit. I was really looking forward to this DVD and I was not dissapointed. I didn't expect the sound to be perfect or the picture to be crystal clear. What I did expect was seeing the show for what it really was and not some choreographed MTV video. I found myself really enjoying the concert material and as with all their live albums, the musicianship was nothing short of superior. I suppose that is one big reason why I like the band so much since they are true musicians and not one of the pop trash ensambles that are so frequent these days. If your one of those people who want the crystal clear synthesis of the studio, then buy one of the studio albums. If you want to see Rush in action, then you will like the DVD. The disc also contains a great hour long movie that interviews the band and details the shows in Brazil. Also very enjoyable. I hope that Rush does a at least a couple more albums and tours again - for the oppotunity to see a show like this myself someday!
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Summary: Air guitar heaven
Review: Rush in Rio is a great concert, and the enthusiasm from the audience is electrifying. The second disc documentary is a great look at what goes on behind the scenes and, as an added bonus, the soundtrack is Rush music without the vocals (no offense to Geddy). To me the sound is great on my decent 2-channel stereo, but I can't comment on the 5.1 mix. Alex Lifeson's guitar face and goofing around is worth the price of admission.
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Summary: A Rush Fan Must Have
Review: I saw this tour in Bonner Springs KS and this takes me back! These guys truly care about their sound and performances.
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Summary: The Spirit of R(ad)io
Review: 4 days to go until I fly back to London from Rio, I see a big roadside poster with Geddy, Alex and Neil, who look at me and say 'hey, stay another couple of weeks, and come and see us play the biggest football stadium in the world'. I must obey, of course.
Thus I am lucky enough to see a Rush gig which blows any other Rush gig out of the water in terms of passion, whilst keeping the awesome level of performance that very few bands can consistently manage. The crowd around me are going wild - I've never experienced an emotion so intense at any gig, ever. Rush respond. People who can't speak English are singing the lyrics. The DVD captures this. Allow yourself to stand back from your expectations of Rush recordings, and see it for what it is - a record of a great rock band and a great crowd responding to each other. I'm just grateful they recorded it. It may have been the heat but looking up, I saw Christ the Redeemer holding his arms wide, and I'm sure I saw his head nodding up and down slightly in time to YYZ.
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Summary: What went wrong?
Review: Let me start off by saying that I sympathize with the Rush fans who are defending this DVD. The Rush listeners who carp and complain with the release of each new Rush album drive me up the wall. Those who fixate on 2112 and Exit Stage Left need to move out of their parents' basement, stop delivering pizzas, and actually start contributing to society. Sometimes they kvetch about the most insignificant details: one person on the internet berated Geddy Lee because My Favorite Headache was only (!) 49 minutes long. (This despite the fact that it had 11 songs and was 14 minutes longer than Permanent Waves.) So my point is, I understand why you're on the defensive. But the sound quality on this DVD is crushingly disappointing. I would attribute this to the fact that I don't have an entertainment system, I need to rely on my speakers I use with my DVD-Rom. However, the sound quality of the accompanying CD release is just as disappointing. What happened here? What makes this so surprising is that Rush has always been at the forefront of technological mastery. Even more of a shame is that Rush sounded more dynamic, cohesive, and kinetic on the Vapor Trails tour than I had ever heard them sound. I mean they just cut loose and were on fire. I've seen every tour since Power Windows, and based on these performances and their live recording for albums and videos, I would venture to say that they have been getting better as a live band consistently since the inception of the group. Different Stages was their greatest live work ever up to that point: the band had moved beyond their earlier individual perfectionism, freeing themselves to fuse so well that each song became an organic, living whole. So you can imagine how excited I was to hear that they were releasing a live recording of their Vapor Trails tour, since they sounded even better to me then than they did on the Test for Echo tour. So I repeat: what went wrong? In the liner notes, Neil Peart mentions that the equipment they had wasn't the best. Why in the world would Rush go into a concert they were supposed to record with sub-par equipment? And this might have been compounded by an inexperience with DVD technology. One can only guess the reasons, and wait for their next three studio CDs so we can hear another live recording...done right.
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Summary: It's all about the sound!
Review: This disc was a big disapointment. I'm speaking of the lack of technical quality and engineering. Video editing is poor and the 5.1 mix is horrendous. There is no excuse for this lack of quality today and shame on RUSH for allowing this to happen. I own 70 + concert DVD's. Great sound is exemplified by the likes of ELP/ZOOM, ROGER WATERS/LIVE IN THE FLESH, The EAGLES/HELL FREEZES OVER, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN/LIVE IN NY CITY and dozens of others. It's too bad the sound and video editing quality doesn't match the slickness of the discs' marketing.
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