U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
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Actor: U2Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Island
Movie Reviews of U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
Movie Review: Legenday concert film restored, legenday mullet clearer
Summary: 5 Stars
Despite their 'mega band' status, U2 was a little bit late in remastering and re-releasing their early albums. Nevertheless, UABRS 'Live at Red Rocks' gets a very nice treatment here and is well worth picking up again for a few reasons.
Fanatics may be well familiar not only with the original video (and bare bones DVD release), but with the entire concert through bootleg recordings. For everyone else, the band has finally released the entire show on DVD, or most of it. With the exception of I Fall Down, which was not captured on video due to equipment failure, this release features all of the songs, and in order. Only a few snippets of Electric Co and Two Hearts are snipped out due to rights issues with Bono singing parts of Send In The Clowns and Let's Twist, respectively. (They had the same issue with the album release, too).
Just to be clear, the original album on vinyl and CD has the same name (UABRS), but is only 'Live at Red Rocks' for two songs (Gloria, since he says 'This is Red Rocks during the breakdown, and Electric Co). This DVD is the full performance from June 5, 1983. The venue is impressive when seen from the air (a helicopter looms overhead to capture footage), and while the weather does not cooperate with rain and fog, the crowd is very into this show. This performance, and the subsequent album and video releases helped cement U2's reputation as a top live band, and they would go on to dominate arenas and stadiums...right through the next millenium.
The image is better than ever; folks may remember the muddier VHS look (the weather that day didn't help). The sound is excellent here, very clear and crisp. The band is enjoying this, and Bono does the now-famous white flag business during Sunday Bloody Sunday. There's a ton of energy here and the crowd, braving lousy weather, is fully with them (waving Irish flags and psyched to see this still-young band perform).
Of course, there is Bono's hair, that now-legendary mullet that looks worse for hair due to the humidity that evening and the rain. It's extra-poofy, sits on his head like some kind of woodland creature, and may occassionally distract from the proceedings. In fact, Bono is the most 'dated' of the four band memmers here with his concert attire and stage moves.
Highly recommended to fans. They've restored the rest of the concert, image and sound are fantastic and better than you've seen, and even the booklet is a nice little touch (with an essay and several photos). Silly question...but why did they never just release the entire show on vinyl/CD/mp3? No disrespect to the album version of UABRS, but it's not a complete show. Perhaps a 30th anniversary package will do that and will also include a snippet of that mullet.
Summary of U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
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