I have watched this Dvd, Travis- At the Palace more than 5 times since i bought it a month ago. This is a live concert where Fran Healy sings a list of 22 songs picked from their various albums.
Travis are not only the most down to earth and charitable rock stars ever, they are also the ... Read review
Leading a renaissance of earnestness is the Scottish band Travis, whose December 20, 2003 ... more
concert at London's Alexandra Palace finds the young band onstage and on fire before a polite yet enthusiastic crowd of 8,000. It's a huge hall, almost too big fo...
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A special sell out show in front of over 8000 people on December 20th 2003 at London's ... more
Alexandra Palace, captures Travis at their dynamic best - a full 22 songs providing the soundtrack for an evening not to be forgotten. Along with live performances o...
Leading a renaissance of earnestness is the Scottish band Travis, whose December 20, 2003 ... more
concert at London's Alexandra Palace finds the young band onstage and on fire before a polite yet enthusiastic crowd of 8,000. It's a huge hall, almost too big fo...
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Leading a renaissance of earnestness is the Scottish band Travis, whose December 20, 2003 ... more
concert at London's Alexandra Palace finds the young band onstage and on fire before a polite yet enthusiastic crowd of 8,000. It's a huge hall, almost too big for the band's intimate, introspective music. But Travis pulls off a high-energy show built around its 200312 Memoriesalbum, lighting songwriter Fran Healy's pure-pop cadences with terse arrangements and bursts of overdriven sound. The band plays tight and clean, commendably resisting the tendency among bands to get noisy when they want to sound powerful. If only director Matt Askem better understood this concept. The cameras are always moving, giving us almost no stationary vantage. Still, the picture looks great, with terrific use of black and supersaturated hues emphasizing primary colors.Travis at the Palaceis an exciting record of a band in its prime.A 22-minute documentary, "Inside Travis at the Palace," is heavy on irreverence and light on insight. Concert sound quality is exemplary in all formats (Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0, DTS 5.1): clear and punchy, uncluttered, and appropriately ambient in a venue stretching 384 feet front to back. Instruments and voices sound utterly natural, and the drums are quite forward in the mix, a welcome throwback to 1970s production values.--Michael Mikesell
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Advantages: 20 over songs performed! Disadvantages: You may find it too long...
...albums.
Travis are not only the most down to earth and charitable rock stars ever, they are also the most Real and amazing live performers. This Dvd is a must-have for any Travis fan or even people who liked Travis songs but never got around to buying their albums. Simply put, the songs sound better performed live.
To kick off the show, Happy To Hang Around was the perfect choice. Loud music to warm the crowd up, Travis ... ...Since it was christmas time, Travis did a remake of Last Christmas, originally done by George Michael with Santa Claus shaking the bells on stage. And of course, how can Why Does It Always Rain On Me be excluded? It is no doubt the crowd pleaser and everyone was singing along to it. Even though i wasn't there at the concert, i could feel the "thing" that everyone was feeling. singing the song along with Travis.
I have watched this Dvd, Travis- At the Palace more than 5 times since i bought it a month ago. This is a live concert where Fran Healy sings a list of 22 songs picked from their various albums.
Travis are not only the most down to earth and charitable rock stars ever, they are also the most Real and amazing live performers. This Dvd is a must-have for any Travis fan or even people who liked Travis songs but never got around to buying their albums. Simply put, the songs sound better performed live.
To kick off the show, Happy To Hang Around was the perfect choice. Loud music to warm the crowd up, Travis then sang another two songs, Writing To Reach You and Re-offender before Fran Healy greets the crowd.
One of the best tracks performed is The Beautiful Occupation where Fran gets all sweaty and starts marching when he sings the chorus. His vocals are almost fading sometimes but at the same time it still retains the sincere tonality of his voice.
Your favourite classics from The Man Who such as Driftwood, Turn , Coming Around are all bona fide performances.
The suprise of the night was when Fran got the piano in and played Some Sad Song, a hidden track on 12 memories even though the only song he can play on the piano is that. I really applaud his courage in doing this and he was really consistent and never missed a note.
Since it was christmas time, Travis did a remake of Last Christmas, originally done by George Michael with Santa Claus shaking the bells on stage. And of course, how can Why Does It Always Rain On Me be excluded? It is no doubt the crowd pleaser and everyone was singing along to it. Even though i wasn't there at the concert, i could feel the "thing" that everyone was feeling. singing the song along with Travis.
Damn those lucky people, i bet it was an amazing amazing night.
So if you're a Travis fan, you must own this because it is absolutely stunning and if you don't hate Travis and think they are okay, get it coz it will easily change your mind. Let travis blow you away with sincerity and their down-to-earth performances & personalities.
Advantages: Almost every popular Travis song here! Sing-a-long for Travis fans! Disadvantages: None
I think Travis are a really good band with some original and interesting material. The lyrics are good and the music is catchy enough to sing to! And they are brilliant live, as this DVD shows! They come across as good as they do in the studio, if not with more energy and enthusiasm. It really made me want to be there! In fact it almost made me feel as if I was there, having it pumping through my 150w speakers at high volume! It has a mixture of ... ...song again and again!!! It has all the Travis well knowns and others such as their B-side Coming Around. An essential purchase for all Travis fans who have every album and the chord books and so forth...
And it only cost £10! Woo hoo!!! ...
lea20 30.05.2005
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Past Brit Award-winners, Travis are one of the UK's most popular bands. This release captures the group live in concert at London's Alexandra Palace on December 20th 2003 during their world tour. Contains over twenty songs including the hits "Why does it always rain on me
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