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| Jeff Buckley: Live in Chicago (REGION 1) (NTSC) |
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Unmissable, essential.
The man is a legend. His voice is more powerful, more beautiful, more enrapturing than any other I have heard, and he really shows it off in this DVD. You might think someone who sings with such precision and yet such flamboyance on CD would surely be talented enough to duplicate it live, and youd be right.
But he doesnt just duplicate. Rather than singing his way through the set, he feels it. No song is the same as on CD, and its a thrill to watch him pour himself into each song like it was the first time he had played it in years. The sweat cascading from every gland in his body at the end of the set is a sworn testament to this. There are times when he is in go-mental-and-rock-out-forever mode when you can see perhaps where some of the more unusual moments on Sketches were born from, and others (most notably in Lilac Wine, of which he says "A beautiful song I wish I wrote") where he almost seems haunted by the ghosts of the lyrics.I was introduced to Jeff Buckley years ago by a friend in school who swore by him, but I was not yet ready for the complexities and the rewards he had to offer. In fact it was only after watching the film Shrek and hearing a cover of Hallelujah that the memory of Jeff rose to the surface again. I went straight out, purchased Grace and never looked back. Lets get one thing straight; If youre any kind of fan of Jeff Buckley, you will not be disappointed with this DVD. In addition to the generous live set, there are two rare acoustic performances of So Real and Last Goodbye, and a superbly produced documentary (blanketed in a tasteful sepia tone), composed of intimate live performances, an insightful interview with Jeff and a making of piece among other things, where you are treated to a glimpse of Jeff recording a take of Grace.
The only negative comment I can make is that I suspect the performance would have been a little bit more special had the crowd not pressed Jeff for Hallelujah after every song he and the band played. He gets increasingly annoyed, and his irritation eventually culminates in a blunt expression of his frustration with a few of the punters. However it is quickly forgotten as Jeff launches into the title track of his first album. Given the fact that it will never again be possible to see him live, no fan can really afford to be without this sliver of time captured on video. Listening to his music he seems like a man tortured by the emotional lows of love, but over the course of the concert you are also witness to the good humoured, love-for-life side of Jeff, and the two seem to exist symbiotically, exposing the spirit behind the music. It is no wonder it was sold out in every shop I tried.
There are few things for twenty pounds as valuable as this.
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Buy it for your favourite song
Its just great to see him launch in to the songs. This is a must buy for people who have experienced the rest of Jeffs stuff.
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Sensational
This is a sensational piece of history for all JB fans. I just wish we had some of the same for Tim Buckley.
This is worth buying just for the two bonus accoustic songs--So Real and The Last Goodbye. Brilliant. What else can I say?
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CD/DVD Tower - PSX2
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"I love watching DVDs and listening to music on the PS2, with the sound station on full. The problem is that I have no-where to put the disks!" That all changed when I bought the disk tower. It has a sleek design which fits both 8 and 12cm CDs and/or DVDs. Along with matching the PS2s colour scheme,..
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CD/DVD/Memory Card Carry Case - PSX2
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The case is very nice and is adequately sturdy, but I have to say, whats the point? Why would someone want to carry their PS2 around with them? (unless theyre going to play it during their lunch hour.) The product is good, but without a purpose. All I have to say to the designer is, "Nice try, but i..
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Baldurs Gate - White Label Range (DVD Packaging)
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Baldurs Gate is a near-perfect adaptation of the classic table-top role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Six separate races and eight core character classes, from which the player can create a completely original character, are available. The game world is well painted and players are free to explore this wonderfully textured game environment in any way they see fit, all against the backdrop of a thoughtfully conceived and versatile plot. You begin the game as a young orphan liv..
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines - Premier Range (DVD Packaging)
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines places you in the command of one to six soldiers (known as, naturally, the commandos), all with their own sets of skills, strengths and weaknesses. The game defies standard real-time strategy conventions by eschewing such typical features as resource accumulation and unit creation. Pyro Studios and Eidos Interactive, in changing the way real-time strategy games are played, have moulded Commandos: BEL into a far more tactical and strategic game than its..
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Sony DVP-NS300 Black DVD Player
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The DVP-NS300 is Sonys entry-level DVD player, but still boasts the comprehensive set-up controls of the more expensive models. It also carries Sonys TV Virtual Surround and a Block Noise Reduction system to improve picture quality. On professionally encoded modern DVDs the effect of this is negligible, but it does help with some of the early DVDs which were poorly encoded, helping to reduce artefacts. The first thing that strikes you about this player as you pull it from its box, is that it ..
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