BlackErtai on 14/5/2006 at 07:51

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Ben Harper's Live at the Apollo was awesome with the Blind Boys of Alabama, as was Norah Jones & the Handsome Band's Live in Nashville.

Unfortunately, I don't see too many concert DVD's with good audience noise. It seems that bands want to completely remove the audience from the equation, making it like watching the band in the studio. I've taken to downloading DVD's off tradersden.org that people actually tape. Plenty of awesome concerts on there. And many are pro-shot, so it's cool.

Para?noid on 14/5/2006 at 12:37

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I wouldn't say I'm a hardcore fan, but Cannibal Corpse's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000507QZ?v=glance">Live Cannibalism</a> is pretty weak. The crowd just do not get fucking moving. And don't even MENTION the bald guy on guitar, why is he even there, jesus

henke on 14/5/2006 at 16:49

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I haven't seen many live DVD's, don't really like em either. But I recently saw the footage of Tom Waits in Amsterdam, 2004. Songs from Real Gone, mostly. Good soundquality, only one camera. I looked for it on Amazon but it's nowhere to be found, bootleg only, I guess.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0kacLLT248&search=tom%20waits%20amsterdam) Sample here

You can find some of it on youtube, and high-quality version torrents elsewhere on the net.

He also released a movie called Big Time, based on his SwordfishRainDogFrank triology. Honestly, I didn't really like it.

The Dresden Dolls' (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B5KSN8/qid=1147625472/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-0215074-4965777?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130) Live in Paradise DVD should be good too, haven't seen it tho, only a few clips that are on youtube. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKunR84hcEM&search=dresden%20dolls%20live%20paradise) Here's "Good Day"

Aja on 14/5/2006 at 17:56

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Of the few concert DVDs I own:

(http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305846464/sr=1-1/qid=1147628467/ref=pd_bowtega_1/702-0029295-0798464?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=dvd&v=glance) Steely Dan's Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party in Sensuous Surround Sound is my favourite. They play a great set (no Reelin in the Years here), the sound is terrific, and the in-between songs clips are pretty funny.

Opeth's (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000127ZEG/ref=sr_11_1/702-0029295-0798464?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance) Lamentations is for fans only. The sound is okay, but he sings flat for a lot of the show, and the audience is terrible. The making-of documentary is alright though.

Miles Davis (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00069FKN2/sr=1-2/qid=1147628695/ref=pd_bowtega_2/702-0029295-0798464?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=dvd&v=glance) Electric only has about 40 minutes of actual perforamce (his entire set from the Isle of Wight Festival). Probably fans only, but the performance is intense nonetheless, and the audience is surprisingly receptive. The before and after documentaries are cheesy (want to hear Santana talk about musical orgasms? me neither), but there are few cool bits at the end where former band members are asked to play a short tribute to Miles.

Finally, Zappa's (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007L9O0/sr=1-176/qid=1147629057/ref=sr_1_176/702-0029295-0798464?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=music&v=glance) Halloween is a DVD-audio (no video, but still 5.1) that combines the best songs from a seres of shows near and on Halloween 1978. The audience is mixed to make it sound as though you're in the crowd, though the mixing of the instruments is more creative.

Oh, and the latest Eagles set (two DVDs), is actually quite good, though I'm not really a fan, it's worth it for the handful of Joe Walsh songs alone.

Kyloe on 15/5/2006 at 06:06

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My favourite concert video is this:

The Paul Weller Movement - Live At The Brixton Academy [1991]

Too bad there's no DVD. My tape is worn thin by now.