Stiff Little Fingers - At The Edge (DVD)

AT THE EDGE, STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, LIVE AND KICKING DVD

Being a child of the 1970's, with older sisters who were in to punk, mod and a variety of music. Although I heard Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) when I was younger, I did not really buy any albums etc until I got together with the hubby who reintroduced me to them.

Formed in 1977 the band was named Highway Star the Belfast. Shortly after the bands formation the name ...
...fits nicely in to the punk music genre but has a hint of Irish/celtic tones underlying in their music.

There have been some band member changes the current band line up is Jake Burns, Ian McCallum, Steve Grantley and Ali McMordie.

SLF music has a knack for introducing their life experiences into their music and in listening to their music you are also exposed not only their military experiences they have witnessed living ... more

AT THE EDGE, STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, LIVE AND KICKING DVD

Being a child of the 1970's, with older sisters who were in to punk, mod and a variety of music. Although I heard Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) when I was younger, I did not really buy any albums etc until I got together with the hubby who reintroduced me to them.

Formed in 1977 the band was named Highway Star the Belfast. Shortly after the bands formation the name changed shortly changed to Stiff Little Fingers. The band fits nicely in to the punk music genre but has a hint of Irish/celtic tones underlying in their music.

There have been some band member changes the current band line up is Jake Burns, Ian McCallum, Steve Grantley and Ali McMordie.

SLF music has a knack for introducing their life experiences into their music and in listening to their music you are also exposed not only their military experiences they have witnessed living in Northern Ireland but also the bands political awareness. SLF, have grown and developed along with their music and it still remains vigorously honest.

Although some listeners may pull away don't their views are honest and I must admit some of their lyrics are what I am thinking but will not necessarily say!

For those who like early Green Day music, you would might like this to.

At the Edge, Live and Kickin' DVD

Produced in a standard DVD cover which shows a picture of Jake Burns live in concert. The rear covers has a different picture of Jake with a list of the band members and set list.

The case holds one disc, which is black with white and red writing

A live DVD filmed at The Ocean, Hackney London, on 9 October 2004 the band line up is;

Jake Burns: Lead Vocals, guitars
Bruce Foxton: Base, vocals
Ian McCallum: Guitar, Vocals
Steve Grantley: Drums, Percussion

There are 20 songs in the set list,

1. At the Edge
2. Roots,Dadocs, Reckers and Reggae
3. Nobody's Hero
4. Walking Dynamite
5. Just Fade Away
6. Bits of Kids
7. Strummerville
8. Each dollar a bullet
9. Is that what you fought the war for?
10. Listen
11. Doesn't make it alright
12. Can't get away with that
13. Barbed wire love
14. Fly the Flag
15. Wasted life
16. Tin Soldiers
17. Suspect Device
18. Guitar and Drum
19. Back to Front
20. Alternative Ulster

When listening and watching their music the refreshing feeling live honest music with, no dubbing and backing tracks is great. The friendship the band members have can clearly been seen and you can tell after all these years they still enjoy playing and writing music. There is no flashy fireworks or light displays that you get on some music DVD's just fun enjoyable music which I love.

Although those who have seen SLF live would be used to listening to Jake talking about the inspiration behind the lyrics e.g Strummerville, Joe Strummer who sadly pass away and Tin Solider, about the Solider who swallowed tin foil to get out the army. The DVD did not show these little chats with the audience which I missed.

And as more me will I see SLF again..... yes our collection of their DVDs, CD's and albums are still growing and no doubt we will see them again either in Frome or Bristol with the hubby in his favourite Liverpool football shirt.

The extras on the DVD include interviews with the band, picture gallery and audio set up

Further information

No trailers
Sound Format 5.1 Surround sound and PCM Stero
DVD 9 Dual Layer Format
Colour PAL
Running time 100 mins
Aspect Ratio 4:3
Exempt from Classification

Further information on SLF including tour dates can be found on the website: http://www.slf.com/home.cfm 

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