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Movie Reviews of Live Revolution Rock
Movie Review: Clash LIVE!
Summary: 4 Stars
Good dvd of live Clash shows. It has different phases of the band and fun to watch them grow. A must for hardcore Clash fans. (I loaned my copy out and am going to have to buy another one!)
Long live the Clash!
Movie Review: Clash-Revolution Rock
Summary: 4 Stars
I wish the DVD just had more of the Clash in concert instead of the mishmash that this DVD provides. A great band deserves a great DVD.Movie Review: A missed opportunity; For those new to The Clash only
Summary: 3 Stars
This is pretty much just a rehash of videos and clips from the other two Clash DVDs already available (The Essential Clash and Rude Boy).
There is some new stuff (new to an official DVD, not to die hard fans). Except for the Tom Snyder and Fridays performances, all are available on popular DVD bootlegs in just as good quality - in the case of the Tokyo '82 footage, the bootleg is actually much better quality, don't know what happened there.
The Fridays performance is cool to see in good quality but frustrating as they did 3 other songs which are not included. And the other songs were blistering performances of London Calling, Clampdown and Train In Vain. No offense to Paul Simonon, but I'd rather see any of those than Guns Of Brixton.
And why is the Tommy Gun music video just randomly thrown into the middle of this? It's not live. Bizarre.
London's Burning and White Man In Hammersmith Palais, which were interrupted or incomplete in the Rude Boy film are presented the same way here. London Calling is also incomplete, it's from The Clash On Broadway Trailer that is on The Essential Clash DVD.
If your a new fan, this will be decent but you might as well just get The Essential Clash DVD. It's much better. After that if you want to see more live footage, get Rude Boy. Then if you really want to plunge into the TV appearances and rare live footage just get the popular DVD bootlegs "The Clash On TV" volumes one and two. Some good quality unauthorized concert DVDs available right here on Amazon are The Clash In Tokyo 1982 and The Clash in Paris 1980. Some good quality full concert bootleg DVDs are The US Festival 1983 and The Clash in Passaic, New Jersey 1980. Then you'll pretty much have everything out there. And no need for this DVD, unless you must have the 2 Tom Snyder performances and 1 Fridays performance in the absolute best quality.
Movie Review: ...in your life, you like it well...
Summary: 3 Stars
...I agree with many of the other reviewers here-much of this footage is available elsewhere, and there are some exclusions and omissions that are glaring.
Most irritating, however, is the attempt to combine these performances into a cohesive documentary, through the use of voice-over narration over the beginning and end of each song. This is disruptive, as i was hoping for a "video jukebox" approach, lacking any need to cohere the material. Equally, the voice-over says things like "London Calling-a double album, with the hidden track 'Train in Vain'"-obvious, uninteresting Clash 101 platitudes. I might not be so frustrated if the voice told me who played the keyboards on the last song, or other obscure factoids, something new and interesting for folks who already know, at the very least, who the band members are.
So, while its great to see the new material, and to study it, this is a sadly capitalistically-minded package.
Movie Review: Live Revolution Rock
Summary: 3 Stars
Though the Clash still are the Only Band That Matters, this DVD does not matter so much. It's always nice to see footage of the band playing, of Paul Simmonon doing his punker bass-player thing, Joe doing what he did (not quite singing the lyrics or playing his guitar), Mic desparately trying to do something good and poppy, and Topper rocking quite hard. But there's nothing too new here. The commentary is not worth having on, and a lot of the live performances we've already heard on bootlegs and live releases. Westway to the World is far better...and if you're looking for some footage even more in the raw, Rudeboy is always a good bet.