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Although Sir Paul McCartney had never actually set foot on Russian soil before, his history-making open air show in Moscow's Red Square in May 2003 in front of 100,000 people seemed like a triumphal homecoming. And in a manner of speaking it was. Dismissed as "cacophonous rubbish" in the 1960s by then Soviet leader and aspiring rock critic Nikita Krushchev and generally viewed as subversive alien propaganda by other mean-spirited senior Communist killjoys, The Beatles were an underground religion in the old USSR with dissidents aplenty - many of them reminiscing in fascinating detail on this DVD - tuning in to Beatlemania courtesy of Russian blackmarketeers who covertly duplicated copies of the bands' albums on discarded hospital X-Ray plates. Here then, finally, was a Beatles legend and songwriter in skin and bone, playing Beatles classics aplenty - a rapturously received "Back In The USSR", "Hey Jude" an enchanting mass singalong, "Two Of Us" and "She's Leaving Home" given a long overdue airing - in the shadow of St Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's mausoleum and The Kremlin. Kruschev - presumably more of a Stones man - would have been appalled. Not so Putin and Gorbachev who pop-up to press McCartney's flesh, teach Macca some lingo and express their admiration. In addition to the Red Square gig, there's generous footage of Paul's attendant private visit to St Petersburg plus more live action from the following year when Macca did his stuff during another stop-over in Peter The Great's "Window On The West". McCartney murdered Marxism? There's enough evidence here to give Mr Thumbs Aloft a pretty good shout. --Kevin Maidment
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- YESTERDAY - WE CAN WORK IT OUT - FOOL ON THE HILL - I’VE JUST SEEN A FACE - TWO OF US - HEY JUDE - MAYBE I’M AMAZED - SHE’S LEAVING HOME - CAN’T BUY ME LOVE - BIRTHDAY - LIVE & LET DIE - BAND ON THE RUN - GETTING BETTER - HEY JUDE - GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE - SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - I SAW HER STANDING THERE - FLAMING PIE - DRIVE MY CAR - PENNY LANE - JET - LET IT BE - GET BACK - BACK IN THE USSR - I’VE GOT A FEELING - HELTER SKETLER
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
The DVD is well worth buying, particularly for the Red Square concert.
Like the USA one, it concentrates almost as much on the audience as it does on the band,
and so makes a statement about that particular performance.
Like the USA one, it concentrates almost as much on the audience as it does on the band,
and so makes a statement about that particular performance.
However, although the St Petersburg concert looks just as good musically, the producers
of this section of the DVD have ruined it by switching camera shots far too frequently.
Generally, each shot lasts no more than ONE SECOND, and there are some sections
where there are 2 or 3 shots per second. It makes it completely unwatchable for me.
Worth buying it for the Red Square alone though.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I loved this DVD. It put me in a great mood to hear (and sing along to) so many of Paul's classic songs. Paul's voice is amazing and he is backed by such a talented band who recreate perfectly the soundtack to the 1960s. Having seen Paul and his band live in London, I can say that this DVD is the next best thing to being in attendance. The documentary footage is fascinating and at times moving. Moscow and St. Peterburg are shown to be beautiful cities that know how to rock!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Being a musician myself, I often wondered why the song "I've got a feeling" was left out of the spotlight- To me, that song is a Beatles ROCK masterpiece and Paul and his band play it just like it dreamed it could be done! - The DVD is worth buying for this song alone (well.. at least for me it was!) If you have the "Back in the US" DVD, I have to say that there are only a few songs that are added on but The band is awesome, Paul is as always..."THE LEGEND" - and the music ... well It doesn't get much better.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
great stuff
this is a very interesting film of paul in red square good film footage and a great concert its nice to see someone like this
Published 26 days ago by roy
The Master @ Work
Paul McCartney in Red Square is an excellent DVD package encompassing his Concert In Moscow in 2003/2004 interspersed with a documentary on how during the days of the Soviet Union... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Andrew Whitby
Brilliant!
How can a show of Paul McCartney ever go wrong? Great footage of the show and nice exerts of interviews in between. Very impressed...just wish I was there!
Published 23 months ago by Smashon
Moscow concert - Spoilt by the integrated documentary
I have to agree with others who have written the same as I am. The Moscow concert is actually a documentary really, with talkie bits between EVERY song. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2010 by Dm Blackwell
Superb music,bad video ! 5 stars for the music.
Yepp,the sorry tale of another really great Paul McCartney concert spoiled by random interviews and talking heads telling us how great he is,DURING THE CONCERT. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2009 by Carl Fitzgerald
Fantastic McCartney
Macca goes on getting better and better...don't care what the so called critics say...he is a legend who is able to suit his music to the world and change styles at ease... Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2009 by I. J. Davison
Back in the USSR
This is a great DVD!
The main feature is a fascinating documentary that tells the story of the struggle that Russians had in listening to the Beatles under Communist rule. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2005 by Mr. J. C. Kent
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