Best Live DVDs?

[Psychocandy]

I couldn't help but notice this Christmas, the sheer number of live DVDs hitting the shelves. Being a huge fan of live music i've been very tempted to spend a ridiculous amount of money.

I did buy the U2 Go Home, Live At Slane Castle DVD and it was money very well spent. Initially I wasn't as impressed as i've been with the Boston DVD. After a few viewings though it's risen in my estimation. It's a wonderful, impassioned performance made all the more poignant when you realise it was shot scant days after the death of Bono's father. The emotion is palpable throughout and the actual setting with the picturesque castle in the background serves to bolster the import of the performance. Many highlights exist throughout and I was overjoyed at finally owning a concert featuring a live version of All I Want Is You. It's one of the most beautiful love songs ever written and Bono dedicates it to his wife. I've never been a huge fan of Sunday Bloody Sunday but the live version on this DVD during wherein Bono takes the opportunity to rail against the sectarian violence in Ireland and specifically the tragic bombing at Omagh three years earlier induces multiple shivers up the spine. Bono is often accused by certain areas of the media of being guily of a certain falseness. Bullshit. The rage expressed during this performance of Sunday Bloody Sunday is pure and measured. All in all this DVD scores a solid 5/5 and is absolutely essential if you call yourself a fan of U2.

Other DVDs i've been looking at with some agitation are the new Rolling Stones release Four Licks (four DVDs worth of Stones), the recent Red Hot Chilli Peppers release (also at Slane Castle), the Bruce Springsteen - Live In Barcelona DVD and the Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home. These all look quite magnificent and well worth the asking price. Damn!!! I can feel my credit card twitching.

[POLYDISTORTION]

My Kind Of Thread.:D

-1- Roger Waters - "The Wall Live in Berlin"
-2- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
-3- The Paris Concert For Amnesty International
-4- U2 - "Go Home: Live from Slane Castle"
-5- R.E.M. - "Road Movie"
-6- NIN - "All That Could Have Been"
-7- Portishead - "N.Y.C."
-8- Rush - "Live In Rio"
-9- Peter Gabriel - "Secret World Live"
-10- The Cure - "The Cure Trilogy"
-11- David Bowie - "The Glass Spider Tour"
-12- R.E.M. - "Tourfilm"
-13- Depeche Mode - "101"
-14- New Order - "Live at Finsbury Park"
-15- Rolling Stones - "Four Flicks"
-16- Jools Holland - "Later.... Louder"
-17- Talking Heads - "Stop Making Sense"
-18- Depeche Mode - "Live In Paris"
-19- Led Zeppelin - "DVD"
-20- Peter Gabriel - "Growing Up Live"

Other Great Concerts Not On Dvd

- Rush - "A Show Of Hands"
- The Cure - "The Cure In Orange"
- Iron Maiden - "Live After Death"
- Judas Priest - "Priest Live"
- The Police - "Synchronicity Concert"
- Scorpions - "World Wide Live"
- U2 - "Pop Mart:Live In Mexico City"
- U2 - "U2:Live In Sydney"
- Woodstock '94
- Rush - "Grace Under Pressure Tour"
- Faith No More - "Live at Brixton Academy"
- Morrissey - "Live In Dallas"
- Ozzy Osbourne - "Ultimate Sin Live"
- Pink Floyd - "Pulse"
- Pink Floyd - "Delicate Sound Of Thunder"

[Psychocandy]

Polydistortion...a few comments with regards to your post...

Good lists. I own most of your first list and most of what I don't own I intend to at some point.

As for the second list...

The two U2 gigs...particularly the Zoo TV Sydney one...absolutely require to be released along with their classic Under A Blood Red Sky performance.

[bowieee]

My two perosnal Faves:
Tom Waits ~ Big time
Jeff Buckley ~ Live in Chicago

[Neesh]

I listed a bunch of my fav's in this thread:
http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65643&highlight=best+music

[paul calf]

i dont own that many live dvd's but the ones that i do and think are really good are

james-getting away with it live
it was filmed on their last ever tour at the manchester men arena,as as per usual they put on a great show.

oasis-live by the sea

filmed in blackpool in their very eary days,when for me they were at their best,i later saw them at a big outdoor event and was bitterly disapointed,so if you want to see them in a smaller more personal venue this might be your only chance.

[A.J. Hakari]

STOP MAKING SENSE for me. Sheer musical brilliance.

U2: RATTLE AND HUM was a great one, as well.

[Lynn Minmei]

The Who-Live at Leeds

[Psychocandy]

Originally posted by paul calf
i dont own that many live dvd's but the ones that i do and think are really good are

james-getting away with it live
it was filmed on their last ever tour at the manchester men arena,as as per usual they put on a great show.

oasis-live by the sea

filmed in blackpool in their very eary days,when for me they were at their best,i later saw them at a big outdoor event and was bitterly disapointed,so if you want to see them in a smaller more personal venue this might be your only chance.

I didn't know that there was a James Live DVD. Hmmm. I think i'll be getting that real soon. I got the double live album of that tour a while ago and it's absoutely blinding.

[paul calf]

Originally posted by Psychocandy
I didn't know that there was a James Live DVD. Hmmm. I think i'll be getting that real soon. I got the double live album of that tour a while ago and it's absoutely blinding.

well if you are in the mood and have a spare tenner its available half price right now on play.com,and its well worth every penny.
or you could stick it on your crimbo wish list and hope some one nice treats you.

http://www.play.com/covers/102535m.jpg

[paul calf]

it's been 15 years in the making but it has finally arrived;
http://play.com/covers/172488m.jpg
the live dvd filmed at blackpool's empress ballroom,i have this on video already but i had to rush out and buy the dvd as well.
it's chock full of extra's all the original video's,and a second disc full of tv appearances and rare interveiw's a must for any fan,or even someone with a curiosity as to what it was all about.
full play list and extra's to be found here,along with a discount price already ,i paid the full £20 trying to be smart getting it on the release date.
oh i do like to be beside the seaside (http://play.com/play247.asp?searchtype=r2title&searchstring=the+stone+roses&page=search&Go.x=27&Go.y=9)

[Psychocandy]

Paul...

How's the performance at Blackpool. I still get horrific flashbacks to hearing some of Ian Brown's vocal performancs near to the end of the bands life. He sounded like an ape giving birth to a cactus.

[paul calf]

Originally posted by Psychocandy
Paul...

How's the performance at Blackpool. I still get horrific flashbacks to hearing some of Ian Brown's vocal performancs near to the end of the bands life. He sounded like an ape giving birth to a cactus.

he never was blessed with the voice of an angel but this is a good performance,musicly its near perfection i think they have remastered a lot of it and cleaned up the sound.the rendition of waterfall on it really does send shivers down the spine.but the weak link as always is browns voice he has fantastic stage presance but not the most powerful voice,but its defiantly one of his better night's.

[Psychocandy]

Paul...

Check out a band called The Open. I guarantee you'll like 'em.