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This is what made ELP Great

Advantages: A must have for ELP fans
Disadvantages: none

...and energy on stage as Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Greg Lake had already walked out on one of Progessive Rocks main-stayers King Crimson, after their much-aclaimed and hugely sucessful debut album, 'In the Court of The Crimson King', to follow Keith Emerson's dream of an orchestral 'Super-Nice'. Drummer, Carl Palmer made up the final part of the trio. This was an era when experimentation, LSD and the British invasion not only ruled the musical waves, ...
...exception. Taking a composition from a 19th century Russian composer named Modest Petrovich Mussogsky, Pictures at an Exhibition is one of ELP's finest. The title's of each song are pretty meaningless, what is important is the interaction between the trio and how well they perform. Keith Emerson with his screaching keyboard sounds, along with Carl Palmers timely percussion and Greg Lake's haunting vocals, create an electrifying orchestral sound ...

bsoutar 04.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Emerson, Lake And Palmer Pictures At An Exhibition (DVD)

Find 'Your Song' amongst this plethora of Elton John classics

Advantages: 33 songs plus several hours of bonus features. All the Elton John favourites. Nice DVD case.
Disadvantages: None.

Elton John is renowned as one of the greatest popstars in music history, and he's still going strong to this day. His name can be placed alongside music gods like Elvis, Freddie Mercury and Abba. This 2-disc DVD features the 3 and a half hour concert celebrating his 60th birthday in its glorious entirety. Filmed at New York's famous Madison Square Garden (which was also his 60th performance at this particular venue), he plays with his band and an ...
...synonymous with the name of Elton John. For the avid fan, there's even a few of his less known (but by no means less popular) tracks, such as 'Madman Across The Water', 'Better Off Dead' and 'Where To Now St.Peter?', which I would strongly recommend giving a listen to (or watch as the case may be). Besides this mammoth concert, there's also 23 bonus tracks of live and rare performances (including an easter egg track which I shall not divulge the ...

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Review of Elton John - Elton 60 - Live From Madison Square Garden (DVD)

Super slick performance form Elton John

Advantages: Good value for money, great show, worthwhile extras
Disadvantages: Can't find any!

No matter if you're an Elton John fan or not, this boxed set is fantastic viewing for all age groups. The TV version was shown earlier in the year to celebrate Elton's 60th birthday but was a mix of music & boring celebrity talk in between. This DVD focuses purely on the music & features the complete show live at Madison Square Garden in New York with a huge crowd including many famous names in the crowd such as Bill Clinton. The concert not only ...
...the oldest known film of Elton from Swiss TV, singing Border song. There is also film of Elton & the band from the Royal variety performance in London in 1972 singing a 'wooden' version of Crocodile rock. Also rare material from Edinburgh sung live in 1976 & from the Royal festival hall, London in 1972. The separate CD features a bonus live album, also contained in the box set is a small version of the programme from that 60th performance & information ...

ScottishWestie 22.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Elton John - Elton 60 - Live From Madison Square Garden (Limited Edition) (Box Set) (DVD And CD) (DVD)

Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream

Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film .
Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome

In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ...

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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

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Review of Oliver! (DVD)