The Moody Blues - A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
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Actor: Moody BluesBrand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Polydor / Umgd
Movie Reviews of The Moody Blues - A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Movie Review: "A night of magic filled with fairy dust"
Summary: 5 Stars
Recorded at the Red Rocks amphitheatre in September 1992, "The Moody Blues - A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra" features band members Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge, performing some of their compositions with the lushly orchestrated accompaniment of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, just as it was when they released the first of their 'core seven' albums.
While more than 19 songs -- the number represented here -- were performed at this concert, these tracks sufficiently cover their hits and favourites from the albums Days of Future Passed right up to the then current release of Keys of the Kingdom. To hear the additional songs played during this concert, one will need to track down the Time Traveller boxed set with the optional fifth CD. There's a fabulous rendition of Thomas' "Legend Of A Mind" and Lodge's "Emily's Song" on this audio CD.
The songs on the Red Rocks DVD are predominately compositions written and performed by Justin Hayward who, while he sounded as though he had a cold at the time, pulled off the vocals with aplomb. John Lodge and Ray Thomas are heard too, either in backing vocals or their own songs. Even Graeme Edge is heard at the beginning of the concert, reciting for the first time, his poem "Late Lament", which was originally recorded by Michael Pinder.
If purists want to nit pick on any aspect of the concert, I suppose the female back-up vocalists and additional drummer is a bit over the top, considering the studio albums of The Moody Blues were mastered without additional musicians. My guess is these artistes were included in the line up either for eye candy and/or sound dynamics. Whatever the reason, they neither enhance nor degrade the quality of the performance; The Moodies and the orchestra remain the dominant sound throughout the show.
However, if you compare the Red Rocks concert to their made-for-French-television performance, THE MOODY BLUES The Lost Performance LIVE IN PARIS ' 70, you will notice The Moodies are actually more relaxed; the band members clown around with each other or chat up the audience. Although most of the songs are overdubbed using studio recordings -- a practice common to television programming then, according to The Moodies producer Tony Clarke -- the Paris performance of the Moody Blues Mk II line up a la Pinder, Lodge, Thomas, Hayward and Edge is certainly more entertaining. For one, they were younger, at their peak and hungry to best themselves.
True collectors of The Moody Blues will get both DVDs as well as whatever else is out there. As for "The Moody Blues - A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra", it is definitely one for the collection. You will watch and sing along like the audience interspersed throughout the video, over and over again. Don't hesitate to buy this one.
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