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Dum Diddy diddle diddy dum diddy dee..

Advantages: Cool, mellow, nice!
Disadvantages: None.

. . Title refers to the theme tune of the Old Grey Whistle Test of course! Presenter Bob Harris (AKA "Whispering Bob Harris", because of his quiet voice and "laid back" style). did a brilliant job of presenting a programme a lot of you won't have heard of. You may have seen mickey takes of it on shows like "The fast show" doing a parady called The Jazz Show (cool) and even Monty Python's Flying Circus did a sketch of it, The show brought onto the ...
...special effects to improve anything. The stage props were either curtains, or more often just the backs of the walls from other sets. Released by BBC Video, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, there are three DVDs in the series. They are available individually or as a set. Packaging is the same as all DVDs. You will see interviews with former performers, as well as getting comments from the old presenters. The show first went on the air in the ...

smudgeybabes 21.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Old Grey Whistle Test - Vols. 1 To 3 (DVD)

Keeping Freddie's memory alive

Advantages: The biggest names in music contribute, money goes to AIDS charities
Disadvantages: A bit boring in places, some questionable performances

...Stadium to pay tribute to Freddie Mercury who died of AIDS on 24th November 1991. It's embarassing to admit, but because I'm only 19 now, a lot of the artists on the video I didn't know when I first bought it, and admittedly some of them now I'm still not that familiar with (although a lot more familiar than other people my age I'd guess) Because it's so long, you're not going to want to watch it all at once, unless you really have nothing else ...
...be pretty amazing to rival Freddie Mercury's vocal range and performance talent. Some tried, some failed, and some just did their own versions of the songs. In my opinion, George Michael gives one of the best performances, he sings "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" with Lisa Stansfield and rocks out "Somebody To Love" perfectly, getting all the audience going, I can only imagine what it'd be like to have seen him perform this live. Elton John sings ...

sandy_01 02.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

Queen dvd collection

Advantages: Fun songs and videos
Disadvantages: none

...do the same with the Queen dvd.I dug it out of the archives,had a watch and still enjoyed it as much as i always did.Sometimes it pays to not overplay any music you have as it then tends to become a little boring.It must be a couple of years since i watched this so this is my view on what i consider to be an excellent dvd. The design....... This dvd case is designed in black with the now famous four band members in their traditional 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ...
...was an unusual video by Queen standards but fun nonetheless. The hilarious 'Flash' with its clips from the film never fail to make me chuckle because i think its god awful but that is Queen in a nutshell.Always open to the challenge of pushing the boundaries of the ridiculous. 'We Will Rock You' is of course a great song and has been performed but never bettered by other artists.Had many a hand clapping session to that song when intoxicated i must ...

tmlfc1 17.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Queen - The DVD Collection: Greatest Video Hits 1 (DVD)

Il Trovatore

Advantages: Pavarotti is a wonderful singer
Disadvantages: but he is not a great actor.

...as The Anvil Chorus etc. Il Trovatore (The Troubador) is a very good, if slightly complex story, about a baby stolen at birth and unknowingly finding himself the arch enemy of this own brother over a girl. The woman calling herself his mother, in fact a gypsy who stole him suceeds in making life for The Troubador more difficult, as he is torn between his love for her and for the woman he longs for. I have seen this with slightly different endings, ...
...to this is the great Pav himself. Now I AM a fan. His voice is truly something magical and I never tire of listening to him. However he is not this best actor in the world, and this opera was filmed when that wasn't as important as it is today, and I did find him somewhat wooden. As well as a little large for the role. But if you are used to opera, you find thats not uncommon! The best perfomance I would say, came from the Gypsy, his mother. She ...

Cydd 22.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Il Trovatore (DVD)

Pornograpgy, Disintegration & Bloodflowers

Advantages: 2 Discs of The Cure Live/ Interview Footage/ The "Best" 3 albums performed live back to back!
Disadvantages: Best to be watched all in one go - do you have enough time? Can you avoid interuptions?

...in so many ways, and the realization of this trilogy show is one of the highlights of my time in The Cure' - Robert Smith 2002. Veteran English alternative band 'The Cure', fronted by vocalist Robert Smith performed live in the Tempodrom Berlin in November 2002. The band played the most admired and influential albums they have released in their career back to back, and it was all recorded for this DVD showing in Hi- Definition video and 5.1 surround ...
...it is without a doubt the most angst filled and depressing albums put out by the band. 1989 saw the release of 'Disintegration', which followed in the same vain of depressing themes, mainly relating to lost love. 2000 saw the release of Bloodflowers, another album with sadly depressing songs, although things are a lot lighter here as opposed to the angst ridden Pornography album. In Bloodflowers it is more like: 'We all endure problems and die in ...

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Review of The Cure Trilogy - Live In Berlin (Wide Screen) (DVD)