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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been so much better..., 29 Jun 2005
As something of a Thin Lizzy fanatic, I was quite looking forward to this DVD - I've bought Thin Lizzy DVDs in the past (for instance "The Boys Are Back In Town" - Live In Sydney Harbour) and been somewhat appalled by their shoddy packaging and poor sound quality; however, since this one has the official blessing of "the members of Thin Lizzy" I was expecting great things... alas no.To be fair, it's really not quite that bad. The first thing I should say is that the packaging is very nice indeed and some of the footage is very high quality... but if you're expecting something along the lines of that Led Zeppelin DVD from a couple of years ago, well, you're in for a big disappointment. The opening track - "The Boys Are Back In Town" - is a grainy video of the band either performing the song live or miming to an edited version of the song. If the band were miming to the music that's being played over the top of the footage, then they're miming rather badly and if not, then whoever attempted to splice the original track to fit over this has done a remarkably bad job indeed. Unfortunately this sets the pace for the rest of the DVD. According to the track list: several of the tracks on the DVD are "live". This, however, is a flagrant lie. Only 2 of the tracks on the DVD are concert footage (and audio) - "Rosalie" and "Thunder and Lightning" (at this point I'd like to ask exactly why Thunder and Lightning was deemed to be suitable for inclusion at all). The other live tracks are just music videos ("Dancing in the Moonlight", "Bad Reputation" and "That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart") or in the case of "Don't Believe a Word": a video of them playing live with the original version dubbed over the top (fits quite well actually). This in particular annoyed me greatly (I was quite excited when I looked at the back and saw all those live tracks) - to whoever decided to do that: you are a disgrace, sir. Having said all of that, some of the videos included here are superb ("Bad Reputation" and "Waiting for an Alibi" both warrant special mention) and if you're a fan of Thin Lizzy, but you've not experienced them through the medium of video before: this is probably the best DVD available (certainly that I've seen). If you're new to Thin Lizzy, however, I wouldn't recommend this or any of the "best of / greatest hits" travesties that have been released in the past. The best introduction to the band is their Jailbreak album and then their Live and Dangerous album. This DVD is good, except for the odd bit of atrocious synching and the strange claim of several tracks being live when they blatantly are not.
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