The Led Zeppelin double DVD & Rush in Rio Double DVD are very good. If you like that kind of music. The Zeppelin DVD covers their whole career with footage all the way through. The sound is impressive considering it came from tape. The Rush DVD is one concert. The cool thing about it is, it covers their whole career also. It is a 2003 concert. It is a very long concert. The sound of this DVD is good, but the audience is extremely loud and clouds the music up a good bit. It does make it very exciting to feel their enthusiasm, as if you don't know already, these three guys are the most musically talented rock act ever. If you don't agree, watch the whole thing from beginning to end before you disagree. I was lucky enough to know this already!
Hope you enjoy!
Zumbo, I have to disagree with one thing you said, Rush is not the most talented 3 person rock act ever. Back in 1980 or 1981 I saw Rush, ZZ Top, and Triumph about a month apart. Triumph was by far the most talented follwed by ZZ top, Rush was a distant 3rd to those two.
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I am speaking of musical talent. Watch the DVD and pay attention to the song structure. There are only a few bands that can come close to this kind of talent. I saw Triumph perform in the 80's. Very good band. Have seen Top twice. Most people like a basic 4/4 rythem with a chorus. Rush is far more complex. They are on a whole other level. I am not talking about personal preferance, I am talking about the complexity of the music itself. It is like the difference between my wife choosing a speaker & I. She may prefer one, but I know what to listen for.
Again, I am speaking of the complex nature in which their music is composed, and I am also a musician and know what to listen for. Also, when you watch this DVD, be sure to notice how many times they make mistakes in each song. NONE! Zeppelin makes mistakes in almost every song, BUT, I prefer to listen to Zep because I like them better.
I hope you take no offense, & if you get a chance, pick-up this DVD. You will love it!
Zumbo, I hear what you are saying. I like a lot of Rush songs, Limelight is one of my top 20 rock favorites. I almost bought that DVD the other day, and I probably will soon. I was just saying at the time I saw those bands Triumph was much better live. You don't have to explain complexity to me, you are talking to a Pat Metheny Junkie. You ever listen to SAGA, a very underrated rock band every bit as complex as Rush.
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O.K. You got me with those two. Might need to check them out! Ever heard of Dreamtheater? This is one of those I don't care to listen too, but man are they talented.
Anyway, thanks for the reply!
Zumbo, Pat Metheny is not a rock artist though, he is a jazz fusion artist. If you want to give him a try get his new Concert DVD or get the cd's Secret Story, Letter from Home, or Still Life Talking. SAGA is a 80's band from canada, you can get their CD Worlds Apart on amazon and they have a new remasterd version how cool, I might get it. I have never heard any of the other albums but worlds apart is fantastic, and the songs Wind him up, Framed and Amnesia are brilliant. Also, it looks like they have some new stuff I have never heard. Hmmm gonna have to check it out myself
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As a long time Rush fan I couldn't wait till Rush in Rio came out. Way better than Chronicles, the only other Rush on DVD offering.
The show is pulled from performances they did in Brazil in Novemebr 2002. I happend to see them on that tour, the first tour in over 5 years. Magnificent! [i][b]
I also own the Zep disk, and again, magnificent! My next soon to be purchased DVD-A will be Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won.
I've read mixed reviews on that one. Not so much the content, but rather the dvd-a mix. The disk is from a few shows they did in California, which differs from the DVD and CD versions of How the West Was Won.
Man, i can't wait to hear it!
I bought How the West was Won on cd before I bought my dvd-a player. The music is the best live Zep ever! The cd sound quality is good considering. I wish I had known I was going to build this system, I would have waited on that purchase. The DVD and cd have different live cuts. Some of the stuff on the cd is not on the DVD like, "over the hills and far away". This live version will blow you away. Just wish I could see it!
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