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Better off not being seen

I enjoy music DVD's and if they're well recorded, find them the most realistic form of music reproduction. That being said, I recently come across some dreadful DVD's that might be enough to sway anyone off the concept if they were the first ones they saw. My take -

Diana Krall - Live in Paris - my first exposure to her. Assumedly my last. I trust the CD's are better, or else I don't understand the attraction.

Eagles - Farewell Tour. As good as the first DVD was, this one should be called "Once more without any effort". Yes the production is excellent, but the performance is like sleepwalking, and Joe Walsh unfortunately makes a complete buffoon of himself, with Don Henley as smarmy as ever. Yuck. For absolute diehard fans ONLY.

Fleetwood Mac - The Dance - Great production, but Stevie Nicks and her one-octave, fingernails-on-the-blackboard voice makes the off button the only safe place on the remote. The quicker the better.

Any other DVD's to avoid like the plague before I invest $25?
snofun3
leedistad
104 posts
 
makes the off button the only safe place on the remote

Very nice, I'll be using that.

Regarding Diana Krall: Live in Paris; the biggest problem with that video is that she appears to be as high as a kite through the entire thing. Generally, substance abuse amongst jazz musicians is to be expected, perhaps even encouraged, as it seems to result in better music. However, her dopey-lidded eyes, and slurred whispering not only ruin the music, you keep worrying that she's going to pass out and hit her head on the piano.
robm321
932 posts
 
You made a good point. I think one thing missing in audio is actually seeing the performance. I imagine audiophiles in an ideal situation would have a holograph of the group and that coupled with a 3d sound presentation would be pretty amazing.
kck
184 posts
 
Speaking of Eagles, there was a Don Henley concert that was so bad we cried. Not only did he phone it in, he used a tin can to do so! We shut off after 2 songs.
Thankfully I have forgotten the name of that miscreation.

Also have to admit I shut off Coldplay's concert after about 5 minutes. That camerawork was suitable for a kindergarten project, no more.

OTOH, Peter Gabriel's Secret World, wow. Now THAT's the way to put on a show.
kck
184 posts
 
Forgot to mention, speaking of the Krall... try watching her in DeLovely. OMG, what a fright!
fatparrot
1,314 posts
 
Did anyone ever catch a clip of Grace Slick's last performance that caused The Jefferson Airplane to break up?

It was in Germany, where she baited the audience about being Nazis, and spewed other nasty assorted insults. She was so stinking drunk that she could barely stand, and her "singing" sounded like alley cats fighting...no wait...that's an insult to alley cats. The concert ended prematurely, after a riot nearly ensued.
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