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What's Your Favorite Music DVD?


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I don't know if it's my "favorite" -- depends on my mood, I guess -- but I was watching the Led Zep DVD the other day and it's pretty damn good.

 

Anyone else got any recommendations?

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Two of my favorites are:

Pat Metheny Group:We Live Here

Bruce Springsteen: Live in Barcelona

 

Both beautifuly shot/edited and great sound. Trust me on these two. Go get them.

 

Also:

Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation

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My fav has to be Rite Of Strings, Live Montreux Jazz Festival 93. (Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Jean Luc Ponty.)

Brilliant souund and beautifully filmed :)

Followed by a project close to my hert, Gary Husbands 'Force Majeure' filmed at the Queen Elizabeth Halls London and again an impressivly shot DVD with a star line up.

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SOme of those Yo-Yo ma ones ar very good ("gestures", "inspired by Bach", etc) -- it's neat how he discusses parts of these cool progressive projects

so you get these cool performances AND an insight into artistic process

 

really cool

 

Dizzy's Dream Band is also ridiculously kick ass

 

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Fabulous T-Birds in London )around 1985)

Sex Pistols at the Longhorn

Carl Perkins Rockabilly Session

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Originally posted by boosh

Stray Cats - Rumble in Brixton

 

 

DVD Jeff Buckley live

DVD-A EJ- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

PG- Up

Porcupine Tree- Deadwing

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No particular order:

 

Beatles : Anthology

Rush In Rio

Yes : Keys To Ascension

Steely Dan : 2vN

SRV : El'Mocambo

 

Not available on DVD:

 

Pink Floyd : Pulse

Rush : Exit Stage Left

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My favorites are:

 

Beyond the Mind's Eye--it's not a concert DVD, but early 1990s computer animation set to an original soundtrack by Jan Hammer

 

King Crimson--Deja Vrooom--one of the first music DVDs that came out, and still one of the best. You can shift camera angles on some of the songs to see players.

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I know they're a Vegas act now, but Blue Man Group still has the most enjoyable DVD I own (over 80 at last count).

Honorable mentions to Deja Vrooom, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Santana in Mexico (Rabid just reminded me its title is "Sacred Fire"), and Dream Theater in Tokyo.

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I'm still waiting on the DVD release of Vincent Minelli's 1955 film version of Kismet.

 

When it comes out, it will be my favorite music DVD, guaranteed. Til then, I guess it'd be the 1968 Oliver!

 

(If they bring out a DVD of the 1971 Don Cammell/Nick Roeg Performance (w/ Mick Jagger in the co-lead role), will that count? It's kind of musical. I mean, it's got a bit of performance and a great Jack Nietsche soundtrack.)

 

If you mean straight performance videos -- I've never even rented or seen one.

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Jimi Hendrix (1973)

 

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Starring:

Jimi Hendrix Eric Barrett

Eric Clapton Mick Jagger

Little Richard Pete Townshend

 

Director: Joe Boyd

Gary Weis

John Head

Producer: Joe Boyd

John Head

Gary Weis

Editor: Peter Colbert

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I've bought some reall horrible releases including DvD's by Alice Cooper and Jimi Hendrix. (Not the one SteadyB mentioned.)

 

My favorite

Santana - Sacred Fire

 

Some that I watch over and over....

Stomp - Out Loud

Beyond the Mind's Eye

Fantasia

Santana - Supernatural Live

Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium

 

Robert

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Ah yeah, Fantasia's a good one -- at least as long as it's the original and not one of those horrid repackaging/updating/screwing up things Disney does to it every 5 or 10 years? Remember when -- with big fanfare -- they 'went digital' with it, hiring some hack studio orchestra to 'rerecord' the original parts? WTF were they thinking? Uh, yeah, my Caruso record's kinda scratchy, I want to get the updated version with Pavrotti singing his part instead... morons.

 

I never saw the 'millenium version' or whatever it was, with new animation and old, politically incorrect sequences removed. But, you know, the only thing sadder than some of the strange racial multi-tiered social systems of the past is the fact that we keep trying to sanitize and whitewash our pop culture history.

 

Sure, every single time I watch "White Christmas" I have to turn it off in the middle in newly rediscovered revulsion at the not-hateful-but-still-woefully-insulting Lincoln's Birthday sequence. But, you know, it was a thing of its time and it's important to remember how things were... even if it proves to be a showstopper and a joykiller. (Hell, I never liked that movie that well anyhow. It doesn't have a lot of snap and it doesn't swing too hard, at all. Still, it's hard to pass up Astaire and Crosby. Someday, maybe I'll even see the end and find out which one gets the girl.)

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Oh jeez Craig. I think I buy more DVDs than CDs these days.

 

Los Lobos live at the Fillmore

An Evening with the Dixie Chicks

Springsteen Live in Barcelona

Alice in Chains Unplugged

John Fogerty Premonition

Alison Krause + Union Station Live

Concert for George

Lucinda Williams Live from Austin Tx

 

It's all good! :)

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Originally posted by jackpine

Roger Waters- Live in the Flesh.


dynomite

 

I forgot about that one.

 

KICK ASS!!!!

 

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I've collected a few DVD concert videos, but my favorite video is an amazing VHS copy of a performance by Mike Oldfield doing his Tubular Bells sequel performed live years ago...I still keep wishing for it to be released on DVD. I originally sent a contribution to the local PBS afiliate to get the VHS. But I'm also crazy about the Blue Man Group DVD (where do you buy those PVC instruments?:cool: ), and Bela Fleck...what can you say? Amazing guy!

Especially love seeing him live with the Flecktones.

Barry

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Guess I didn't scroll down far enough, or else I type really slow (yeah...I think it's that), but there are so many good ones mentioned...some that I have, and some I've only seen, on like Direct TV for instance. But Fantasia was by far the first Music-ish thing to ever really blow me away when I was really young...and yes, I now have the DVD. Way ahead of it's time, me-thinks. I can only imagine the reaction of some of the original viewers! Also, I still like to dig out "Yellow Submarine" sometimes....

Barry

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