I think it's a great show and a nice DVD. Excellent quality, superb sound (two different special edition discs are available, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS is available too, for folks who can't increase volume on their own).
A fairly decent audio commentary by the director, though at times he seems a bit uneducated about Queen. And a neat little video tour feature of important Queen landmarks. Not a bad disc at all.
The only real problem with the show is the audience. They don't seem to be very thrilled to be there and don't even sing along with Love of My Life.
There are several variations of the WWRY DVD floating around... there was a good site explaining the differences... but I can't for the life of me remember the address.
Some smart-alec will probably tell us soon.
"and don't even sing along with Love of My Life."
Actually, they (Montreal) were seeing Queen's performance of this song for the first time and didn't know the routine.
During the commentary you'll hear the director mentioning this. Especially the point where he notes how Freddie says "you don't know it..."
Peace,
Adam.
EDIT: BTW, the DD track is mixed differently. Vocals and drums are higher for some weird reason, so they stick out more than they should. I have the dvd with both DD and DTS. DTS is way better.
Agneepath! wrote: There are several variations of the WWRY DVD floating around... there was a good site explaining the differences... but I can't for the life of me remember the address.
Bullwinkle wrote: Brian said the sound was crap.
He sounds a little bitter.
It's too bad he doesn't devote as much attention to listening to official Queen releases. Maybe he would have heard the horrifying glitches on discs like Jazz (1994 remaster), Rocks and The Eye and alerted people to not buy those either.
That's interesting about the different mixes. Mine is Dolby Digital and you can't really hear John's bass. Apart from that I really like the mix - very up front and not washed in reverb. And the remastered THX version(s)have a much better image quality. Recomended!
I have the one-disc DVD. Because it's so horribly edited, it takes a lot for me to want to watch it. Good show, but the occassional out-of-synch bits just drive me up the wall.
I dislike this DVD. The picture quality is pretty good, but the sound is crap, Roger's drumkit is worse, the worst he ever had. The audience is also a weak point of this DVD, I mean, c'mon, during WWRY (fast) all the do is sit on there lazy asses and clapping along, it's so weak, stupid Canadian people:P.
Adam Baboolal wrote: Actually, they (Montreal) were seeing Queen's performance of this song for the first time and didn't know the routine.
During the commentary you'll hear the director mentioning this. Especially the point where he notes how Freddie says "you don't know it..."
So the Montreal 78 and 80 bootlegs are lying? :)
It's not that they didn't know it... it's just that US audiences aren't sing-along audiences; and that pretty much goes for every band.
Hey, I only repeated what I heard the guy on the dvd say. I'm no expert.
But the line about Freddie saying, "you don't know it, uh?" is definitely querying the audience.
Peace,
Adam.
Freddie loved the Montreal '78 audience. He, in fact, commented to the next concert audience in Toronto (me paraphrasing):
"You guys should be more like Montreal. They'll show you a thing or two."
Yep - forgot about that statement Liquid Scream.
To think that Montreal degenerated in less than three short years to:
"Move it you fuckers" (in Jailhouse Rock)
lol...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
In 1980, Queen changed from being a rock band into a pop band, and so a huge chunk of their audience changed with them.
Rock audience:
Majority have many albums and know just about every song played.
Pop audience:
They know the big hits, and are usually bored during the lesser-known songs.