- Actors: All About Eve
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: Voiceprint
- DVD Release Date: 4 April 2009
- Run Time: 75 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B001TH2G6E
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 85,067 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
...in retrospect, AAE's golden age was already over by the time of this concert.
The sound has changed since their late '80s hitmaking days, certainly in the guitar department - where Bricheno could speak the language of Anglo-Celtic folk guitar fluently, or make his electric guitar cry the way Mike Oldfield or Steve Hackett used to (think of the "December" solo), Willson-Piper always seemed closer in spirit to Dave Gilmour and/or Roger McGuinn (think of the "Strange Way" riff and the "Touched By Jesus" solo).
And the live atmosphere has changed a lot - fans with vivid memories, or good bootlegs, from the early tours will notice. Julianne's change of image noted in a previous review can't be the only reason that the "fanaticism" has gone - the massive transfer of energies between the band and that audience who loved and identified with them so intensely, it just doesn't seem to be there anymore. You went to an AAE gig in 1987-88 and it felt like witnessing a new society taking shape, with the band as its figureheads - if only there was a feature-length live video that could convey this!
But this is all by the by - this disc recommends itself simply by its inclusion of more than half of that misleadingly-titled third album ("Touched By Jesus"). That album is not available as of this date - which is a minor tragedy because, even with all that I've said in the previous paragraph, it's a terrific record. Like most of their music it really hasn't dated, because it wasn't in any way tied to its time - it still sounds like the sort of record that could possibly change someone's life, or at least change a musician's musical direction. And eight of its songs appear here - fortunately including the Willson-Piper composition "Hide Child" which was never performed on any subsequent AAE tour. Plus their legendary previously-unreleased cover of "It's All Too Much" - there may be longer and more improvisational renditions out there somewhere, but this'll do.
The sound has changed since their late '80s hitmaking days, certainly in the guitar department - where Bricheno could speak the language of Anglo-Celtic folk guitar fluently, or make his electric guitar cry the way Mike Oldfield or Steve Hackett used to (think of the "December" solo), Willson-Piper always seemed closer in spirit to Dave Gilmour and/or Roger McGuinn (think of the "Strange Way" riff and the "Touched By Jesus" solo).
And the live atmosphere has changed a lot - fans with vivid memories, or good bootlegs, from the early tours will notice. Julianne's change of image noted in a previous review can't be the only reason that the "fanaticism" has gone - the massive transfer of energies between the band and that audience who loved and identified with them so intensely, it just doesn't seem to be there anymore. You went to an AAE gig in 1987-88 and it felt like witnessing a new society taking shape, with the band as its figureheads - if only there was a feature-length live video that could convey this!
But this is all by the by - this disc recommends itself simply by its inclusion of more than half of that misleadingly-titled third album ("Touched By Jesus"). That album is not available as of this date - which is a minor tragedy because, even with all that I've said in the previous paragraph, it's a terrific record. Like most of their music it really hasn't dated, because it wasn't in any way tied to its time - it still sounds like the sort of record that could possibly change someone's life, or at least change a musician's musical direction. And eight of its songs appear here - fortunately including the Willson-Piper composition "Hide Child" which was never performed on any subsequent AAE tour. Plus their legendary previously-unreleased cover of "It's All Too Much" - there may be longer and more improvisational renditions out there somewhere, but this'll do.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
All About Eve got second wind with the arrival of Guitar Jangle Supremo Marty Willson- Piper for the Touched By Jesus Albun. Armed with a great fringe and a slew of Rickenbackers MWP brought a Pop sensibility aligned to a Prog Rock textured approach so it is surely no coincidence that Dave Gilmour guested on the album.
This DVD captures the band in a real moment in time, just before the wheels came off and the optimism and the Hippy Dippy Trippy style went sour as the public turned their backs on our heroes and their heroine. The performance is static and lacking any sense of joy and the camera work does little to enhance it. Sound quality is poor and lacking dynamics whilst even the drums are treated with flanging or chorus effects.
The best tracks are the more elderly ' Every Angel' and 'Wild Hearted Wonan' where the rhythm section seem far more confident. Julianne sings well but ought to have left the shorts at home whilst MWP steals the show simply by a display of .....well.....competence. All in all it lacks pacing and excitement and the audience appear to be asleep. That is about it, not great.
This DVD captures the band in a real moment in time, just before the wheels came off and the optimism and the Hippy Dippy Trippy style went sour as the public turned their backs on our heroes and their heroine. The performance is static and lacking any sense of joy and the camera work does little to enhance it. Sound quality is poor and lacking dynamics whilst even the drums are treated with flanging or chorus effects.
The best tracks are the more elderly ' Every Angel' and 'Wild Hearted Wonan' where the rhythm section seem far more confident. Julianne sings well but ought to have left the shorts at home whilst MWP steals the show simply by a display of .....well.....competence. All in all it lacks pacing and excitement and the audience appear to be asleep. That is about it, not great.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
All About Eve! Can do no wrong in my book, so maybe I'm not the one to be reviewing this? But I was looking for the 80's Goth's, the songs are as good as ever but the goth look as gone. If you like 'all about eve' you will not be disapointed apart from the look?
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