Bryan Ferry: Dylanesque Live - The London Sessions
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Actor: Bryan FerryBrand: Koch International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 61 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Movie Reviews of Bryan Ferry: Dylanesque Live - The London Sessions
Movie Review: The Magic is Still There
Summary: 5 Stars
Not quite what I was expecting. I thought this would be a stage performance in front of an audience, but it was something different.
Ferry and his band, along with the producers, engineers etc from the Dylanesque album recreate the recording sessions but this time in front of video cameras.
Each track has a commentary at the end by Ferry and often by one of the other cast delving into the material, Ferry's history and other anecdotal stuff worth listening to.
The disc kicks of in fine style with Don't Think Twice, arranged for Voice and Piano and the track is so damned fine I found myself wondering why it didn't make the CD.
Hearing Ferry's unique and unmistakable voice re-render these classics is a treat, but to hear "The Time's They Are A Changin'" gathered into 4/4 and given a driving rock arrangement was almost worth the price of the DVD alone. The effect on the song is much as it was with "Hard Rain" when he did exactly the same thing with that track - what had been an interesting but aging 3/4 acoustic number was given a new lease on life.
The bonus material is basically four tracks, one of which is the old 70s video for "Hard Rain" which - sound apart - only proves how badly Top of the Pops could work with the material. Even allowing for Ferry's conflicting need to smoulder into the camera over the full length of the concert grand piano yet still have some sightline to an out-of-shot crib sheet for the lyrics the concept is not the greatest they've managed with minimal resources to work with. (I remember reading an interview in the NME some years later when Ferry admitted he needed a lyric sheet for Hard Rain when he performed it).
I loved the whole concept. The camera work is generally good, the material a mixed bag (from my personal perspective, your mileage may vary) and the performers excellent.
Summary of Bryan Ferry: Dylanesque Live - The London Sessions
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