Showing posts with label dvd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dvd. Show all posts

29/07/2008

Some DVDs again

Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare DVD

Another cheap DVD, I bought this couple of months ago. I couldn´t really watch this then and I can´t watch this now. Just awful: I love Alice Cooper´s music, but sound and picture on this DVD are so bad, that I just can´t watch this! Well...maybe I will check my better Alice Cooper DVDs. Maybe this DVD was made when Alice was drinking "little bit" too much. He has been saying that he don´t remember anything about doing 3 albums and those shows, this DVD was recorded in the year 1975, so this one might be one of those shows he don´t remember...... :)

Hanoi Rocks: The Nottingham Tapes DVD

Same DVD again, but I just love Hanoi Rocks. The best band in the whole world. They got everything I need: they can play rock, punk and beautiful ballads(listen to "Until I get You".)

20/07/2008

Music for Saturday Night

Quireboys: a Bit of What You Fancy DVD

Some british blues-rock. Actually this isn´t official DVD, but I have just transferred their official VHS tape to DVD, so I can watch this again and again. Their singer has really great voice and songs are so good with lot of feeling. Spike(their singer) has that voice you can only get if you drink lot of whisky and smoke cigarettes or he just got that talent....maybe he has done both...
Favorite songs: 7 o´clock, I Don´t Love You Anymore and Hey You.

Actually most of our band´s songs got some inspiration from them....that´s why we´re mostly playing british blues-rock songs...

Quireboys: Bitter Sweet and Live DVD

Another official VHS release transferred to DVD by myself. Filmed at The Town + County Club in October 1992. If you like to party, this is really good music for that! Of course younger kids might have different music, but because I´m about 30 years old....so this is my music for partying....
Favorite songs: just everything right now!

Hanoi Rocks: MTV3 Max -Video 2008

This show is from finnish TV(maybe not their best gig...I have seen much better ones, stage was just too small for Mr. Michael Monroe.) So, having a career of 28 years they are still here! This is finnish band, but now actually there are now more swedish members in this band. Of course main song writers are still finnish: Michael Monroe and Andy Mccoy. They are now almost 50 years old, but just check what kind of live show they still can do, specially M. Monroe: there isn´t even 18 year old kids who could that! They do live shows around whole Europe and Japan, so check them! They will have gigs in UK soon.... (http://www.hanoirocks.info/tour/index.htm)

Other music tonight:

Just more Hanoi Rocks from Youtube.com:
In the Year 79, Problem Child, Oriental Beat, Lightning Bar Blues, Back To Mystery City (live '85), Blitzkrieg bop, Until I Get You ...those old videos ....

And some songs live from Japan:
- HANOI ROCKS @ Summer Sonic 8/8 Up Around The Bend
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HANOI ROCKS @ Summer Sonic 4/8 Malibu Beach Nightmare
- HANOI ROCKS @ Summer Sonic 6/8 Tragedy
(These live songs are from the year 2002, when they started Hanoi Rocks again...)

18/07/2008

Real Life

This has been really nice day for me: holiday, drinking some really good tasting spanish brandy and listening to music whole day....
One more DVD and then I´m going to sleep:

Billy Idol: VH-1 Storytellers
Little bit of rock and punk music mixed together. Again one star from 80´s! The best songs: Don´t Need a Gun, Flesh for Fantasy, Sweet Sixteen, Rebel Yell and L.A. Woman.

17/07/2008

More music tonight....

Backyard Babies: Jetlag - The Movie DVD
Swedish rock band. Great band and good music, but why they did this DVD? This is just a documentary, they could have made good live video....not this. Backyard Babies is one the best live bands in the world. You can watch this once, but if you are trying to watch this second time it´s just boring. Only good part of this DVD are those music videos, which are really great!

Metallica: Live at San Diego 1992 DVD
This DVD was recorded when Metallica was still one the best metal bands in the world. They had just released their hit album, but after that "Black" album I don´t think that they have done anything really good. "Load" and albums after that were just something I couldn´t listen. Maybe their last album was little bit better...at least they were trying to do something new. This DVD has all their old hits, there´s not really any bad songs on that DVD(....well maybe "The Unforgiven...." There are 27 songs on this DVD, so it´s hard to choose which are the best ones. Well...I just choose 8 tracks from that DVD: Creeping Death, Harvester of Sorrow, Blackened, And Justice for All, Fade to Black, Master of Puppets, One and Battery. Unfortunately they didn´t play so many tracks from "Masters of Puppets" album, which might be my favorite Metallica album...

Nirvana: Unplugged in New York DVD
What could I say about this DVD? It always makes me happy and sad at the same time. Beautiful songs, which make me happy, but if you think what Kurt Cobain did to himself it me makes so sad. If you watch those videos you might understand why he did that + read couple of books about Kurt and you will know why everything happened.
If you have this DVD or if you will ever buy this DVD, remember to also check "The Rehearsals" part of that DVD. Kurt even smiled sometimes! You can also find better version of "The Man Who Sold The World...."
Favorite songs: Come as You are, Dumb, Something in the Way, Plateau, Lake of Fire, Where did You Sleep Last Night and or course: The Man Who Sold the World.

My Dying Bride: For Darkest Eyes DVD
More metal music tonight! Some might think that this band is some kind of "death metal" band, if you think about their name. That´s not really true: if you read their lyrics you can find that the most of their songs have some words about love and romance. Of course those songs aren´t happy stories. Just suffering and bad relationships, so this band isn´t really happy one! Really "dark" band... I think that right word for them would be "doom metal."
I really like almost every song they have ever made, so just 2 favorite songs now: "For You " and "The Cry of Mankind."

Music today

Hanoi Rocks: The Nottingham Tapes DVD
So today I´m listening and watching some finnish music: Hanoi Rocks. Hanoi Rocks have been my favorite band since I was just a little kid. I heard their song called "Taxi Driver" from radio, I think year was 1982 or 1983 and after that I have been listening to this band for over 20 years, so I have spend almost my whole life as being fan of this band. I´m now watching their DVD called "The Nottingham Tapes," which was filmed on 23.04.1984 at the Palais in Nottingham, England. Quality of this DVD isn´t so great, but all that energy and that they have rock attitude....you just can´t find anything better! My favorite songs from that DVD are "Mental Beat," "Back to Mystery City," "I Feel Alright," and "Underwater World." You can find this DVD from www.cdon.com. I think you can order that DVD there if you are living in Europe.

I´m still waiting for re-release of their official video "All Those Wasted Years." You can´t find any official version of that DVD now, but I just have to hope that they will release that someday.

This is so important band for me that I should write something about their history here, but maybe I will do that later. Meanwhile you can check their official website: www.hanoirocks.info or www.hanoi-rocks.net, which isn´t official website, but it tells you about their early history until year 1985.

Mötley Crüe: Live at US Festival 1983 Video
Well...Vince Neil is really awful singer and they don´t play very well, but there is again something I like about this: their energy, attitude and how great performance they are giving to their audience. Those 80´s bands might look stupid now when you are watching them, but at least they are not boring. They really looked like rockstars! Now there´s just too many boring bands now: they just look like as everyone else in this world. They just play their songs and that´s all. Favorite songs from that video: "Looks that Kill," "Bastard," and "Shout at the Devil."

You can find this gig as DVD called "Broadcasting Live," but quality is awful. Sound is nice, but picture is really bad. Maybe they just don´t have those original tapes left anymore, so DVD is probably made from VHS tape. Again if you´re living in Europe you can order that DVD from www.cdon.com, www.amazon.co.uk or www.play.com, but I must warn you: don´t buy that if you are not really big fan of Mötley Crüe...quality is so bad.

Other bands tonight:
Lauri Tähkä + Elonkerjuu, Hardcore Superstar, Levellers, Joy Division