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Old 04-23-2003, 05:50 PM   #9
jfalk68
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Originally posted by arz
A few I've bought recently:

Neil Finn: Seven Worlds Collide. Neil is the musical genius behind Crowded House and was in Split Enz with his brother, Tim. The DVD records a several nights long set of shows he and his band performed in Auckland, NZ (his home town) in 2001. The band consists of Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway of Radiohead, Johnny Marr (ex of The Smiths) and Sebastian Steinberg and appearances by Eddie Vedder, Tim Finn and Neil's son's band. It's great because the disk doesn't spend too much time off the stage; the songs are great and the versions of them on this disk are lively. The video looks great, too.

The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. This is a two-disc package that has all 4 Ed Sullivan Shows the BEatles appeared on in their entirety, so not only do you get to see the Fab Four, you get to see what passed for entertainment in the US in 1964-1966. And yet we somehow survived as a country.

Paul McCartney: Back in the US. A live DVD of Paul's tour from last year. When it stays on the stage it is a great disc, but there is an awful lot of "Paul is so great!" from random fans and lots of gratuitous celebrity-in-the-audience shots. Look! It's Howard stern and his current porn star-stripper girlfriend! Look! It's John Cusack! Look! It's Jack Nicholson! Look! It's Paul Stanley without his KISS makeup! Little kids, people of color, families - Paul's music touches us all and this disc doesn't let us forget it. His drummer is incredible, though. "Maybe I'm Amazed" is great.

U2: Elevation Tour Boston 2002. Is a 2 disc set. The concert is good, the performances are exciting and energetic. The second disc is cool; it consists of alternate camera angles. The first is a "crowd cam", shot by a fan in the middle front on the floor, the second is a surveillance camera in the video control room with the director and his team going nuts trying to keep track of everything. It also includes a "road movie" showing a time elapsed "Day in the Life" of set up, show and tear down down to "Walk On."
Hey Arz, I'm a huge Neil Finn, Crowded House, Split Enz fan. I am going to have to get that DVD. Thanks for the info. For myself, I loved the Peter Gabriel DVD that was just released. On the horizon, I have to get the new beatles DVD and the Led Zeppelin "Live At Last" DVD set. I've been waiting for something like this forever! Anyone know any details?
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