Devo - Live
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Movie Reviews of Devo - Live
Movie Review: No Special Effects Reveals How Good Their Music and Musicianship Really Are
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved their indoor concert (Northrup Auditorium) in the early '80's, which of course, had all the visual, lighting, etc effects. Same for their videos ("Devo: The Complete Truth About De-evolution"). However, I think this DVD is great precisely because there are no special effects, which reveals that they are truly excellent musicians. In this 1996 Lollapalooza daytime concert they had no stage candy to rely upon. It was just them and their music in the bright afternoon sun. And, in my opinion, they all upped their musicianship since the earlier, 1980 live DVD ("Devo: Live 1980"), especially the guitar and percussion work.Movie Review: Party on SPUDS!
Summary: 5 Stars
The sound quality is fantastic!
The audience is stoked!
The Beer is flowing!
DEVO, in their First Public performance in years shows the Headbangers at Lolla '96 what DE-evolution is all about.
All that was missing is Alan Myers on Drums! (Oh! That Alan!)
Though Josh does give us a good show, its just not the same without Alan.
Movie Review: devo rocks
Summary: 5 Stars
stripped down,no light show or other visuals,devo kick some ass.opening for metallica isn`t exactly a great pairing for devo but they do their thing and they still do it well.production is good,performance is good,Movie Review: Spudboys and Spudgirls rejoice!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is up to you to fullfill your genetic imperative and buy this DVD. Great live DEVO! Who could ask for more. Buy this and we will get more DVD's from DEVO!Movie Review: DEVO: Live DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
My comments will be only about this particular DVD (DEVO: Live). Nothing about DEVO's politics or spuds!The concert is from a DEVO show that was part of the Lallapalooza Festival. The year is 1996, the place is Irivne, CA. The set list is as follows:
Whip It
Girl U Want
Satisfaction
Uncontrollable Urge
BlockHead
Mongoloid
Jocko Homo
Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
Gut Feeling/Slap Yer Mammy
Gates of Steel
Come Back Jonee
I really like this DVD. The sound is Dolby Digital 5.1. The audio is perfect! The drumming by Josh Freese is absolutely excellent. He simply drives this band through the entire performance. I personally liked DEVOs earlier stuff (before Freedom of Choice) so the DVD was prefect for my tastes. Lots of good guitar work and of course the cool keyboards. Every song is excellent, although my favorite is Jocko Homo, and I've never really liked Satisfaction.
Now to the video portion of the DVD. I was a little disappointed that the band was on stage (outdoors) at what appears to be early in the afternoon. So there is no lighting (other than the sun). That kind of takes away a little of the show for me. Gerald Casale(Bass, Vocals) does make a remark in the interview portion of the DVD stating that the "other bands" would not allow DEVO to use the lights! Anyway you will quickly get used to the lack of lighting. The camera shots are excellent, although they may switch frames a little to quickly for my liking. Kind of get dizzy after a while of watching closely. This DVD also provides multiple angle viewing on most of the tracks. Usually the other angles are a fixed camera on Mark Mothersbaugh (vocals, keyboards) and another on Gerald Casale. Not really a big deal, but it is kind of fun to watch Mark throughout a song.
Overall this is an excellent DVD if you're a DEVO fan, especially if you liked the older tunes. I give the Dolby 5.1 sound an A+, camera work A+, overall production B (frames
switch to quickly for my liking)