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Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 06/24/2008

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5 out of 5 stars

ZZ Top's first live release lives up to their reputation June 21, 2008
39 out of 44 found this review helpful

ZZ Top has long been known as an outstanding live act, one of the best in the business. Loud, proud, three guys, three chords, with so much cool it just drips from the stage. Having seen these guyzz live twice, I know they can bring the funk better than most. Problem is, how does this brilliant of a live band not release anything live (except for side one of Fandango and the second half of XXX, and the bonus tracks on the Tres Hombres and Fandango remasters) until now? Well, regardless of the situation, that's been remedied. I picked this up at Wal-Mart for 10 bucks, and it is ABSOLUTELY worth every penny and then some. The band is hitting on all cylinders. Billy is playing like a madman, Dusty's holding the groove, and Frank is killer on the skins. Sure, Billy lip syncs during Legs. Sure, they use synthesizer backing tracks on some songs. It doesn't matter. What does matter is that this band just brings it, every night, every song. The show is filmed very well, very clear and sharp. The sound is amazing and the set list is so full of hits even a classic rock station can't keep up. The Eliminator hits? Check. La Grange/Tush? Check. Bus Jesus? Check. Cheap Sunglasses? Check. Plus, the bonus features are very cool too. There is a poker game where the band discusses their past and tells all sorts of stories. They show all the pre-show goings-on that happen before the band hits the stage. There is a cool photo-shoot. And they also have a tremendous cover of Hendrix's Foxey Lady, which they take and make it heavy ZZ-style. Overall, this is one of the best concert dvds I own, right there with Clapton's Crossroads Festivals, SRV's Live At The El Mocambo, Joe Bonamassa's Live At Rockpalast, and Led Zeppelin's DVD anthology. They have waited a very long time to do this, but when they did, they did it right. Get it, turn it loud, put on your cheap sunglasses, and like ZZ say: bear down on the meat, ease up on the potato salad.

5 out of 5 stars

Crystal Clear and Rocking June 29, 2008
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

This is one of those videos that make you wish you had a bigger TV. It is crystal clear and the closeups are phenomenal. The music, of course, is superb.

The reviewer who gave it one star is off base saying it should have included mp3s. Anyone who buys this DVD probably already has all of ZZ Top's music on mp3.

The reviewer who gave it two stars said it changed camera angles too rapidly. I, too, get dizzy watching shows that do that but I didn't notice it with this DVD.

3 out of 5 stars

Could have been much better August 18, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful

This is not a reflection on ZZTop's performance. The video editing had the 30 different angles a minute mentalality that drives me crazy. I do have an attention span that lasts more than a few seconds. You could not get much of a look at the fretboard during a solo before it flipped to the audience or somewhere else again and again and again. Same with the drummer. The bass player? Forget it......The WORST part was the sound. Instead of getting the audio feed direct from the board for a DVD, you get what sounded like a hand held mike from the back row with all the echo intact. This made the singing and speaking an audio blur. Dusty could have taken the night off because his bass was inaudible. Why can't editors/directors and sound engineers figure this out themselves? This is supposed to be a professional DVD of a concert. We expect much better editing and sound.

4 out of 5 stars

A good first live video. Go ahead and buy it. You know you want it! June 24, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful

I wondered why ZZTop never produced a concert DVD before, so I preordered this new release when I heard a radio announcement about the release party at the Hard Rock Cafe here in Houston.

I noticed that the boys are incredibly tight as a team, but the individual players get a tad sloppy or loose here and there throughout the concert. However, I knew this about the band members from seeing them in concert four times. Fortunately, they remembered all the words to the songs they sang and appeared alert and sober!

I had tickets to see ZZTop in Beaumont, Texas and they cancelled the show the night before the event... so I bought this to enjoy the concert I missed.

I initially gave this DVD 4 stars and I've come back to edit this review and say it really is a 5-star performance on DVD. The audio and video quality is excellent. I sure wish I could change the number of stars from four to five, but alas, it won't let me.

Billy's guitar work on "Just Got Paid" is worth the price of the DVD. I watched it twice and now I have to stop writing this review and go back to watch it a third time even louder. My wife is gonna scream, but I don't care.

2 out of 5 stars

OH NO, NOT AGAIN June 24, 2008
9 out of 18 found this review helpful

I WAS HOPING THIS DVD WOULD BE THE [...] SHOW OF THE YEAR,BUT ALL WE GOT WAS A MIND NUMBING SPEED EDITOR GIVING US 50 ANGLES A MINUTE.I'M SORRY BUT THIS SUCKS.THE CONCERT LOOKS GOOD BUT THE CAMERA ANGLES MOVE SO QUICKLY THAT THERE IS NO RHYTHM TO THE SHOW. UNLESS YOU LIKE DVD'S IN HIGH SPEED, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. I GUESS I'M STUCK WITH MY 2003 CAMDEN BOOTLEG. AT LEAST YOU CAN SEE THE SHOW WITHOUT GETTING A HEADACHE !!!!!!

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