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The ’60s Rock Experience Live ’60s Rock anthems recorded live … from the hit PBS pledge show! While the 1960s recedes further into history with each passing year, the music that came out of the decade remains enormously popular. That is plain to see—and hear—on PBS’ The ’60s Rock Experience Live. This new installment of the smash MY MUSIC concert series contains nearly 2½ hours of the most stirring, personal and yet universal songs ever written. Program Li… More >>
#1 by Pen Name Putz on April 17, 2010 - 9:46 pm
The fake appaluse track used about every 30 seconds totally ruins the limited authentic feel this collection offers (Plus it is the exact same track used over and over to boot). You can clearly see shots of the lame middle aged crowd sitting quietly through the performances, while a three second appaluse and cheer track plays at just the right emotional point in each song, but done with way too much cheese. The applause at the end of the songs are real, but throughout the songs when the crowds are shown there is no one clapping or whistling and it actaully looks awkward at times. It’s just really annoying like the fake applause on the sitcom “That 70’s Show”.
A couple of the performances are actually decent such as the lead off with McGuinn. Most are cheesey and only feature one of the original band members.
They actually want $120 (as a pledge for PBS) for this utterly stupid release, but even paying $18 is insane.
LAME CANNED APPLAUSE/CHEER TRACK OVER AND OVER = LAME AS LAME CAN BE.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by reisha on April 17, 2010 - 10:22 pm
if you like music from the 60s and want to see the original performances, steer wide of this doozy.
nobody is telling you what this dvd really is.
sure, the music is live. sure it features the original artists (mostly). but they are mostly **recent recordings**. this dvd features live concerts recorded in recent years performed by the original artists. if you want to see the “live” performance of the piece by the musicians, you sorta get what you want: old fat people “rockin” out (some of them have to sit cuz they’re too fat). the audience is full of the old people that originally liked the music in the 60s.
got this for my wife for christmas and we just basically skipped thru the thing (next, next, next). there are a few original live performances. Jimi Hendrix (hard to get him to do a reprise these days) did a great piece featuring him using his teeth and the edge of the amp to play the guitar. A Moody Blues (Knights in White Satin) i never saw before. An extremely high Jim Morrison and the Doors. a couple of other oringinals.
blech. i cannot recommend this to anyone.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by P. Rowan on April 17, 2010 - 11:52 pm
Some of these reviewers get overly critical – like they are auditioning for a job. If you like this type of music this is a no-brainer purchase. The video quality is very good & the sound quality is excellent. What makes this dvd so good is that all the original singers are singing – so if you close your eyes it will sound like what you’re used to hearing !! BUY this – Amazons price is great. It’s not like you’re breaking the bank to get this !
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by H. P. Keable on April 18, 2010 - 2:13 am
My wife and I enjoyed this very much, but there is definitely a “let the buyer beware” element here. Besides the inapporpriate canned audience noise during the performances (annoying, but not overwhelming by the way), I noticed something else I don’t think anyone else has mentioned: I believe there was some vocal sweetening or even outright overdubbing done in post, on at least the segments by the Association and on the ones by Rob Grill. If true, it certainly casts a pall on the “live” element, but hey anytime you’ve got a regular broadcast TV station like PBS involved in a live music presentation, I think you should be prepared for some concessions, or even outright trickery. For sure they overdubbed Grill’s bass playing on Midnight Confessions. He should hang it up IMHO if this is as good as he sounds anymore.
John Kay and Roger McGuinn were the most enjoyable and most faithful to the remembered versions (no onstage bass player in Steppenwolf?…odd). One Dog Night Chuck Negron’s range isn’t what it used to be, but he was wise to have sidemen who filled the gaps. Eric Burdon only sat for part of one song (to the reviewer who implied he sat for it all), and yes he’s as big as a house, but he’s still got a marvelous voice and did some nice treatments to his old material. Scott MacKenzie sounded great, Martha Reeves was very good (possibly a little sweetening or overdubbing on her as well?).
One reviewer complained loudly about the brevity and dismal quality of the Creedence “classic clip”, but it’s still very enjoyable as are all the others. Had never seen the “Nights in White Satin” clip before, very nice.
So if you’re willing to put up with a few warts, I think you’ll enjoy this.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by J. Hedin on April 18, 2010 - 4:54 am
a great slice of music from the 60s enjoyed the dvd . Loved the Association,John Kay and Eric Burton.
Rating: 4 / 5