Music DVD-should it be a "concert" ?
Posted by: u5227470736789524 on 04 December 2004
This thread is prompted by my anticipation of Sarah McLachlan's release "Live Afterglow". With the high quality of her "Mirrorball" live audio release and my love of the "Afterglow" cd, I was anxious to get this.
Well, a very mixed bag.
The audio cd is quite good, though they really tried too hard to reproduce the lushniess of the original album and didn't just present the songs and let their own strength come through... so a "B" for the audio cd. (for reference, "Mirrorball" is an A+ in my opinion)
The DVD is a disaster (at least my copy). Either they did a horrendous job synchronizing the audio and video tracks, or she is lipsynching the show (this isn't an Ashlee Simpson rant - I hated lipsynching when the Beatles did it on Ed Sullivan in '64). Inexcusable for an artist of this calibre (or any, frankly). Are my eyes deceiving me ?
Also have the Coldplay Live 2003 DVD, again the audio CD is very good, and though a "better" concert DVD, and certainly synchronized properly, the camera jumps about every 5 seconds or less to one of 10 or so camera angles - nauseating.
Am I the only one wanting a "typical" concert DVD-experience with minimal camera movements ?
Jeff A
PS: highly recommnded DVD's:
Bill Deasy - Live Clube Cafe
Dave Matthews Band - The Gorge
[This message was edited by Jeff Anderson on Sat 04 December 2004 at 17:34.]
Well, a very mixed bag.
The audio cd is quite good, though they really tried too hard to reproduce the lushniess of the original album and didn't just present the songs and let their own strength come through... so a "B" for the audio cd. (for reference, "Mirrorball" is an A+ in my opinion)
The DVD is a disaster (at least my copy). Either they did a horrendous job synchronizing the audio and video tracks, or she is lipsynching the show (this isn't an Ashlee Simpson rant - I hated lipsynching when the Beatles did it on Ed Sullivan in '64). Inexcusable for an artist of this calibre (or any, frankly). Are my eyes deceiving me ?
Also have the Coldplay Live 2003 DVD, again the audio CD is very good, and though a "better" concert DVD, and certainly synchronized properly, the camera jumps about every 5 seconds or less to one of 10 or so camera angles - nauseating.
Am I the only one wanting a "typical" concert DVD-experience with minimal camera movements ?
Jeff A
PS: highly recommnded DVD's:
Bill Deasy - Live Clube Cafe
Dave Matthews Band - The Gorge
[This message was edited by Jeff Anderson on Sat 04 December 2004 at 17:34.]