Great setlist and a wonderful showcase of The Cure's long ...
347756
Great setlist and a wonderful showcase of The Cure's long career. Not the best sounding live album, but I am glad to finally have it in my collection. I wish the band would do a full tour again instead of just playing festival. Sadly, it's missing 2 of my favorite Cure songs: Pictures of You, and All Cats Are Grey.
3348535
I bought this when it first came out and I love it.  True it is not the  best of the cure.  But you can't expect Robert Smith to make everyone  happy. I've been a Cure fan since I was 10 years old and I believe this  album to be a good one.  One of my favorite songs is on this album (Jupitor  Crash) and my cure collection of over 40 Cure CDs would not be complete  with out this wonderful little album.  Everyone is a critic, but don't  knock it until you try it!
2242076
I've been a Tears For Fears fan since the beginning and I was gutted when they broke up in 1990. I've always felt the 14 years between The Seeds of Love and Everybody Loves A Happy Ending were "wasted".

I am so glad some official video surfaced of the ELAHE tour. I saw them here in Vegas twice on that tour and they were just as fabulous as ever. This Paris show is great, just wish there was more of it. Personally this DVD is worth it just to hear Roland speak French.

Amazon needs to fix the tracklisting though, the song is "Call Me Mellow" not "Fellow"

Anyway, a superb job. They sound super live and should not be missed.
1229853
Agree with the other reviews.  Nicely filmed and edited.  We had the pleasure of being there in person and the magic of the evening is nicely captured in this DVD.  We were finally able to put together another trip yo London that coincided with a great concert at Royal Albert Hall.  This is a great place to experience a live event, very historic and well sized compared to many concert venues that are five times the capacity.  Acoustics are really excellent live and captured very well on the DVD.  The DVD only shows one of two encore songs as I think Pete and the rest were really surprised with the positive response and the lengthy standing ovations and had not really planned an encore (as this was Quadrophenia it wasn't like they were going to throw in an encore of some other great Who music).  The second encore was rather interesting as they came back out, this time with Billy Idol with his shirt off, probably already thinking the night was over and getting changed!  In any event, any long term Who fan and Quadrophia fan should enjoy this interpretation.  The rest of the audience sitting around us (all mostly on our 50's or 60's) thoroughly enjoyed it and fully expected this was not going to be "The Who."  Alphie has a great voice and provides for a powerful alternative to the vocals.
34879
Reading '92 is widely regarded as a great/important show in the Nirvana canon, as they were still ascending while touring "Nevermind" (though this set also has songs that would end up on "In Utero" in slightly different form).  This DVD presents the set in very good quality (some video limitations given the technology at the time, but overall, an vast improvement on the bootlegs i've seen) and the sound is terrific - i listened to it in DTS on my system and the mix sounded great (i also changed the sound field on my theater receiver to 'rock concert' which punched it up even more).  I bought the CD/DVD version, and the DVD is definitely better, in that the CD (while very good) has been edited for certain things (such as their take on a couple of bars of "more than a feeling" and some between-song-banter); the DVD has basically the whole thing, start to finish and runs around an hour-forty vs. the 78 min or so on CD.  Plus, the DVD includes Kurt's entrance in a wheelchair, which in context, is amusing, since he was rumored at the time to be in bad shape/questionable to perform, and that's something the CD doesn't convey, plus you get to see just how big the UK festival crowd is (and it's huge).  I never had a chance to see them live, but this really shows what a great live band they were - as a power trio, maybe they were the 'grunge Cream?'.  Grohl is a madman on drums here.  This one was worth the wait, no question.  What a shame it all ended in 1994......we could've used more music from guys like this over the last 15 years, for sure.
2918562
As a long-time Yes fan I was quite hesitant to purchase this DVD; The absence of Rick Wakeman plus the inclusion of a symphony orcehstra seemed out of place and I suspected the show might be a bit pathetic. After a good friend recommended this I did purchase it and was absolutely surprised by the superb quality of the DVD - sound, track selection and overall performance. What is really great here is that this is an over 2.5 hour show that really covers their entire history; tracks from all classic albums - yes album, close to the edge, fragile, topographic oceans, relayer and later songs (owner of the lonley heart) and they are all performed by great musicians in excellent shape. Rick Wakeman is missed here but his young replacement does a great job, so you can focus on the other four. All are great - but personally I always looked at Steve Howe as the main power behind the band and as modern Rock's greatest guitarist, so for Howe's fans it's a real delight, especially his acoustic solo parts of 'mood for a day' and the movement from Vivaldi's lute concerto. The 3 tracks that I would rank as amazing are Close to the edge, Starship trooper and 'And you and I'; All other tracks are great too but on these 3 I really had a shiver when I saw these nearly 60 year old guys perform as they do...
As for the orchestra - luckily they are very mild and really contribute only in the background and do not steal the show; You can also see the players really enjoy the show - as the band members do. One last word about the DVD editing - it's excellent and it's the way a music DVD should be presented; The bonus DVD is a bit weak but who cares when you have such a great show by such a great band. Highly recommended.
3835696
I've been looking forever for a recording of the Who's final concert in Toronto on their 1982 Farewell Tour of North America.  Ever since that night in December 1982 when I heard them live on Pay TV, I've never heard the band play better or be tighter than in this concert.  In particular, Townshend's lead guitar, usually sketchy in live performances in my view, is truly amazing, as if these guitar solos had been reharsed for weeks - in particular on tracks such as My Generation, Sister Disco, 5:15, Drowned, Long Live Rock and, most notably, Naked Eye.  There are a few songs missing from the full lenght concerts (Dr. Jimmy, Love Reign'oer me and Cry If You Want), but all big ones are there. This recording serves as an invaluable reminder of how good this band was live at its prime (in particular, compared to the pitiful left overs we were served at the Super Bowl half time show this year).  Daltrey's voice is strong, and Kenny Jones' drums are heavy and powerful - much better anyway than the light symbal-crazy drumming we've all suffered since Jones' departure in 1985 (most often at the hands of Zak Starkey).  The only down side to this recording is sound quality. The concert obviously hasn't been remixed, and the CD sounds quite like the hi-def sound that was on the VHS feed of the 1984 "Who Rocks America" release of this concert (by FOX or CBS). I was used to it, so I did not mind too much when I listened to the CD, but it's a shame that the band doesn't remaster and rereleases this concert with the respect it deserves.  So overall, definitely worth purchasing and putting in your safe before it disappears .... 4 stars.
2776351
This is a great package for "The Big 4" concerts. I love that you get each bands set on CD. That was my main draw for buying it. The DVD is great and the bonus stuff in the box is nice, but it's just bonus stuff. The CD's and DVD's are the prize!! I remember seeing Anthrax and Metallica in Brooklyn in the early 80's and getting this box set made me remember those great days of old.............
876907
I have enjoyed the C86 expanded reissue so much that I was excited to learn of the release of C87.  It turned out largely and highly satisfying.  Sure, there are a few so-so tracks on it, but that's inevitable with this kind of immense variety in artists.  What I love most about this set is that there are so many bands I've never heard of! (More than half were unknown to me.)  And the tracks by familiar bands of the day (ex., Primitives, PWEI, the awesome Wedding Present) are topnotch.  By the way, I'm amused by how many of the band names on here are "the" something(s) -- THE Flatmates, THE Dentists, etc.
447237
I managed to luck out: I found the box set at an FYE for $50, brand new. Considering the price online for it and how only 20,000 (I think) were made, I couldn't be happier: I bought it on the spot before someone else did. And I do not regret it at all.

I love Panic! At The Disco, and this is an amazing box set for any fan of the band. The tarot cards with the bands lyrics are amazing, and I love the cases that the CD and DVD come in; making it look like an old fashioned vinyl cover and old movie case. The poster is awesome, and I'm afraid to hang it and ruin it with tape. It all has a very cabaret/old Las Vegas show feel to it, and my favorite piece of the set (other than the DVD) is the old style journal that comes with it. I use it to keep my own lyrics in now.

The best part? The DVD, of course! The DVD alone is worth the price. Hands down one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Panic! At Their Best. The songs are the same amazing songs from the CD with a more instrumental touch (since it is live, of course), complete with a mini circus going on to tie the Vaudeville theme together. The band also covers Karma Police (by Radiohead) and Tonight Tonight (by Smashing Pumpkins) in their setlist. Karma Police was an incredible performance; one of the best covers I've seen in a long time.

If you have the money and love the band, buy the box set. You won't regret it.
4166661
This is the second CD I ever owned. There are many great tracks on this album, including some by Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Thrill Kill Cult, Stone Temple Pilots and Helmet. To be honest, the rest of the tracks are kind of bland, but I believe it was the best type of music the soundtrack producer could come up with at the time. This is the album which got me into The Cure. Later on I became a fan of STP as well due to this soundtrack.

Great album overall, though there are a lot of filler songs.
4133416
First off this set is superior to TimeSpace and Enchanted. The treat here is the DVD. You get to hear Stevie's comments on each video and she has something funny to say about each one. You'll see that Stevie isn't as serious as you might have thought she was. The other real treat is the Bella Donna recording sessions videos. Long time fans will really love this CD/DVD, casual fans will want the CD which has some killer live tracks, but die-hards have been waiting for this DVD. Speaking of the live tracks, one can only hope that the full Melbourne show gets a release someday. The orchestra works really well, the strings playing the riff on "Edge Of Seventeen" is very cool.

Well worth the wait and long time fans won't be disappointed.
3913128
Great sounding bootleg from the Talk Tour. This was the first Yes tour that I saw, so this set-list holds a special place in my heart. The soundboard recording sounds great. You can also find some good recordings from this tour on YouTube, but I wanted to have a CD version of it as a collectible. Didn't mind spending a few extra bucks to get it. I love hearing this version of Yes live with warts and all (although there aren't many flubs... Damn they were tight!). If only I could find a recording from the Drama tour that sounds this good!
2718732
The only reason this CD gets 4 stars and not 5 is b/c of the exclusion of This Twilight Garden.  I'm a believer that all Cure albums are good/great in some way, and Wish is great.  From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea will knock you on your a*s every time you hear it, it's that good.  Open, Apart, End, Cut (yea!), and To Wish the Impossible Things are all classic Cure tracks.  This is the best "starter" CD for new Cure fans - not as depressing as Disintegration, and not as frightening as Prnography.  If you don't own this, what are you thinking?
859756
This is a compilation of 22 different bands covering the same song, "Stairway to Heaven", taken from an Australian tv show called the Money or the Gun.

If you like weird covers, this is a must have item for your collection. It is a bit 80's and quite quirky, and possibly far more interesting to an Australian audience, but it is still full of awesome. While there are definitely highs and lows across the album, the combination of the parts is highly satisfying. The diversity on musical styles and approaches to the song means that it actually doesn't get repetitive at all to listen to the same song over and over again. Quite the opposite, on the first listen through is was almost painfully tense when one song was over and we braced ourselves for the next assault.

As many of the artists are unknowns to me, my favorites are probably the cover bands that does the song in "their" bands distinct style, such as the Beatles, Doors, Elvis and B-52's style covers. They are at times so spot on you that you almost feel like you are in a parallel universe where Stairway to Heaven was actually written by the Beatles for example.
2437245
Last week I had the great pleasure of seeing Queens as the opening act for Nine Inch Nails. Their combination of mindblowing energy and musicianship made this truly one of the best gigs I have ever been to (I enjoyed Nine Inch Nails as well)

Simply put, if you're a serious Queens fan this CD/ DVD is essential.

Excellent sound quality on the audio CD- I especially loved the extended versions of You Can't Quit Me Baby (one of my all time favourite Queens songs), No One Knows, Song for the Dead and Long Slow Goodbye. Josh Homme is in great voice and the band is super tight throughout.

The DVD is also very enjoyable just to see a band totally engrossed in their own world and music. Excellent and very varied setlist- you get to hear a lot of older Queens material as well as rare tracks such as the mellow I Wanna Make It Wit Chu from the Desert Sessions and Fun Machine, a lost track from the wonderful Lullabies to Paralyze. Cool bonus features with guests and former band members such as Dave Grohl, Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan, but the picture and sound quality varies quite a lot. Heads up on another cool feature: you get a commentary if you change the audio setup to French. If you're expecting theatrics and pyrotechnics you've come to the wrong place, for Queens it's really all about the music.

And one last warning for all the **** smokers out there, better pick a different show to heckle at next time ;).
4286102
This CD/DVD combo is a great time capsule of one of the best concerts of 2005. The intermingling of interview segments on the DVD is nice, but I wish they would have been made their own chapters for easier skipping around.

Sam Bayer, who directed all the American Idiot videos, is back to helm this undertaking; and the visual style remains consistent with the recent videos.

The DVD sound is great in the Dolby Digital mix. The picture is good quality from the different mix of film and video.

Having seen the show live myself, its a nice keepsake to look back on. American Idiot is one of, if not the best album of the past ten years, and the live performances rock just as well as the studio CD.