Garbage: Absolute Garbage
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Actor: GarbageArtist: Garbage
Director: Garbage
Brand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Almo Sounds
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- The story of Garbage is an unusual, yet highly successful, marriage of pop and engineering. Singer Shirley Manson provides the pop edge, while a collection of studio boffins, led by producer Butch Vig, provide the catchy, cutting-edge musical backing. ABSOLUTE GARBAGE is a collection of the band's video work, and contains 15 music videos, a documentary, lyrics, and photos. Format: DVD MOVIE
Movie Reviews of Garbage: Absolute Garbage
Movie Review: A Perfect Way To Start Your Garbage Collection
Summary: 5 Stars
Unlike most people who reviewed the DVD, I just became a Garbage fan late 2007 (I couldn't believe I missed out on them during their peak). It all started out when I saw the Absolute Garbage CD in a local record store. I sort of knew very little of Garbage and the songs I'm familiar with I recalled were good but not enough to turn me into a fan. So with the greatest hits album, I finally have a chance to hear what they're all about.
Listening to the CD during downtime at work quickly hooked me. This was the start of my journey as a new fan. I needed to have their other albums and unfortunately I could not find the older albums in local stores. That's when I turned to Amazon. I purchased their first three albums and the Absolute Garbage DVD.
The videos in the DVD made me realize the awesomeness of this band. The quality is perfect. They look good on HDTV and the stereo sound is "good enough". The documentary is a gold mine for any Garbage fan. After much browsing, research, and reading of other reviews, I can see that they are missing the videos of Breaking Up The Girl, Run Baby Run, Tell Me Where It Hurts, the Big Daddy version of When I Grow Up, Androgyny, and Sex is Not the Enemy. I wanted to remove a star because of these omissions but decided that the merits of the DVD far outweigh its shortcomings. I can only hope that they release a more complete video compilation in the future.
If you're just starting out (like I did), I suggest getting the Absolute Garbage album and DVD as these contain most of their hits and could serve as a spring board to their other works.
Its just too bad some of their singles (which contain videos that I want) could not be delivered to me. If amazon could only get some stocks, I'd purchase them in a heartbeat.
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To the members of the band and your legions of fans, I give you my heartfelt thanks. You made music that transcends borders and divisions. Even though you guys are enjoying your well-reserved break, I'm looking forward to listening to your future albums.
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Summary of Garbage: Absolute Garbage
Four albums and seven Grammy® nominations later, Garbage has its first best of DVD collection -Absolute Garbage. Among the 15 Garbage music videos on DVD for the first time--including Vow, Only Happy When It Rains, Stupid Girl and Milk directed by Samuel Bayer (Nirvana s Smells Like Teen Spirit, Hole s Doll Parts, The Cranberries Zombie ) and Queer by Stephane Sednaoui (Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away )--are two previously unreleased in the U.S.: You Look So Fine and Shut Your Mouth. Also included is almostan hour of never-before-seen footage backstage and behind-the-scenes, live performances and interviews, spanning the band s entire career.
Absolute Garbage offers the best of a band that, to quote a lyric from Queer, has been the strangest of the strange, the coolest of the cool.
DVD track listing:
Vow
Queer
Only Happy When it Rains
Stupid Girl
Milk
Push It
I Think I m Paranoid
Special
When I Grow Up
You Look So Fine
The World is Not Enough
Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)
Shut Your Mouth
Why Do You Love Me
Bleed Like Me
Thanks for your UUuuhhhh Support
Released in conjunction with a CD of the same name, Absolute Garbage is a collection of 15 music videos from the rock band Garbage. Fronted by Shirley Manson, whose smooth and distinctive voice is equally adept at purring as it is growling, the group also includes drummer Butch Vig, guitarist Steve Marker, and bassist Duke Erikson. But make no mistake about it: The visuals are all about the photogenic Manson. It was their breakthrough single "Only Happy When It Rains" that made an impact on both radio and MTV in 1995. Manson, who at the time resembled a fierce, red-headed version of supermodel Kate Moss, appears on screen in a blue minidress that matches her eye shadow and nail polish, and knee-length Doc Martens. Interspersed between random shots of extras dressed like Teletubbies, deconstructed bathrooms, and her bandmates (who are musically gifted but not particularly video friendly), Manson pleads her case for being happy when things "are complicated." That her dress changes in color to pink is almost incidental in the vignette, and "Only Happy When It Rains" manages to marry both arty intentions with a rock 'n' roll cool vibe that doesn't come across as either clichéd or lofty. Between 1995 and 2007, when Absolute Garbage was released, the band broke up and got back together a handful of times. But there is a cohesiveness to their look and sound, even as it evolves, that makes them distinctively Garbage. They worked with some of the era's most popular video directors. Fashion photographer Matthew Rolston succinctly captures the mood of "I Think I'm Paranoid," while Samuel Bayer (best known for his work with Nirvana) helmed "Vow," a simple performance piece that captures the band's raw energy. Actually, it's the concert style videos ("When I Grow Up") where the band seems most at home--commanding a stage. While some of the videos are widescreen, the majority are full screen, But all of them pop on the TV screen with their vivid imagery and vibrant colors. The DVD also includes a documentary called "Thanks for Your Uhhh, Support," that weaves in home videos, news clips, and concert footage. While the band's music indicates that Garbage formed organically, it wasn't quite that simple. The three men--all music producers living in Wisconsin at the time--saw a video of Manson performing in a different band and sought out the Scottish singer to front their group. They were smart enough to know that no matter how talented they were, they needed a voice--and face--to define them. --Jae-Ha Kim
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