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  1. Fair Warning, then VH1, VHII, Diver Down, Women and Children First. Alan
  2. +1000 for "Live And Dangerous". "Jailbreak". "Life/Live". I'd put "Thunder & Lightning", "Black Rose" and "Bad Reputation" a notch below those. Alan
  3. Damn - I forgot the LLB DVD. They smoke on that one. The one-handed bit is great. Also, about Quadrophenia - while that show is good, I think I prefer a couple others to that one. It's been a while since I saw the Tommy show and Isle of Wight, but they were both pretty good. And I like Pete's solo show in support of Psychoderelict. Alan
  4. Another vote for SRV at El Mocambo, and Rush's R30. I'll go w/Queen On Fire At The Bowl w/the caveat that I have not yet watched the Montreal DVD I got for Christmas, but the Montreal includes their Live Aid performance (I already have the Live Aid DVDs), and Queen OWNED Live Aid. I'll add these in no particular order: The Bears - Live At Club Cafe King Crimson - Eyes Wide Open Devo - Live In The Land Of The Rising Son (awesome) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (awesome again) Concert For George (the full concert disc, minus the Indian music) Damn Yankees - Uprising (would be better if it was the straight concert w/the interview stuff outside the show) Kissology Vol. 1 - especially if you can see the Largo show bonus disc Flaming Lips - UFOs At The Zoo Queensryche - Livecrime Jill Sobule - Live In Pittsburgh and especially Frank Zappa - Does Humor Belong In Music? Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes I wish Dire Straits' "Live Alchemy" would see a DVD release, though. Alan
  5. Sorry to hear this - hang in there. Alan
  6. Ah, and here I thought BTMN meant "By The Mighty Nuge..." Silly me! Alan
  7. My bad - the Alive thing was an Ultimate Album show. Interesting, but could have been better. As for a trade, that would disappoint my wife - but I've been doing that for years. I do have the 79 Largo show (boot version - actually two versions) that you mentioned somewhere along the line. I don't think *I* said anything about Aerosmith, but I did see them years ago in Richmond, VA - Ted Nugent was the opener, and the real reason I went. Alan
  8. I'm with ya, but you can piece one together for all the above. They all have large amounts of video out there. Queen's got at least 3 major concert vids (the "We Will Rock You-Live In Canada" deal is the best), tons of Who stuff is out (Kids Are Alright covers alot) and Elton's got quite a few things as well (the 60th birthday DVD is chock full of great stuff), AND, they all have "Classic Albums" series out, which are pretty much the best videos of their kind. And that's just the licensed stuff... Well, I was thinking something more along the lines of Kissology, something that's career-spanning. Of the three, Elton's probably the best represented, but I'd love to see some official release of the early TV performances (BBC In Concert, etc., although the 60th birthday DVD gathers a lot of those). Most of the Queen stuff seems to be centered around the mid-late 80s stuff. I'd like to see some of the 70s stuff, the Kampuchea show, etc. Although I do like what they did w/their videos collection (and would love to see someone in Kiss pick up a copy of this and say, 'Hey, we could do something like this...'). Something else I'd like to see on DVD - "The Magic Years". Some nice studio footage on there. The Who stuff is virtually all post-Keith, and as great as a lot of it is, it's not classic Who. I don't know how much pro shot stuff w/Keith is actually out there (I've heard rumors, but who knows how accurate they are). I've got a Cleveland show w/Keith, and I've heard about the Houston show, but it would be great to have a few shows of that vintage. There were rumors about that kind of stuff coming out w/the "Amazing Journey" set, which didn't happen, but there are also rumors those shows may see separate releases. The Classic Album series is fantastic. I have the Who and Elton versions, and I'd love to get the Fleetwood Mac one. They did one on "Kiss Alive!", but it hasn't seen home release yet (that I'm aware of). Alan
  9. Let's see, for starters, I'd like to see a set like this from: - The Who - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Johnny Cash - Elton John - Queen - Michael Hedges - Prince Alan
  10. Something I don't recall anyone mentioning (although if I'm repeating someone else, I apologize) - after the credits on disc 3 of volume 3, they show Peter destroying his drum set, and then backstage saying something like "That was cool!" I still have the Coventry and Brazil show to go. Alan
  11. I don't know anything about that, but the drummer sang it and it was REALLY well done. It was one of the songs trotted out on "Rock The Nation", I believe, and Gene (and maybe Paul) used it as an example of the kind of stuff they couldn't do w/Ace & Peter because they couldn't play it. So I'm glad to hear (because I forgot to ask) that it was well done. I'm through two discs of volume 3, and so far, I'm not seeing Ace & Peter as being major problems onstage. Offstage may very well have been another story, but I also suspect that Gene was looking for any excuse to jettison Ace & Peter to pay the other guys less. Back to the Tiger Stadium show, it was definitely rough in parts, but not horrible by any stretch. Some missed notes here and there, but that's not unusual for the first full show of a tour. By far, I thought the worst moment was after the solo in "Deuce", and it was Mr. Stanley who derailed the train there. But the MTV footage was dynamite - they were very tight. The Dodger Stadium stuff so far has been pretty good. I'm still disappointed at how much they cut from the shows - and almost always Ace or Peter songs or vocals. Alan
  12. I'm sorry, isn't "Love Her All I Can" one of the songs Kiss pulled out that Ace & Peter supposedly couldn't play? Alan
  13. To reply to Bonedadyo's post... I have not watched the Tiger Stadium show yet, but I've read (either in the booklet or in a review elsewhere) that it was not a great show for the band as a whole. For the first show in a tour, let alone the first show as a band in 18 years, I'm not surprised by that, so I wouldn't necessarily use that as a milestone. But, as I recall, comments were made about how Tommy Thayer had to teach Ace his parts for the tour, and I know I've read comments where Ace said he had trouble relearning some of the parts from the records because of how weird they were. What I took from that was not so much that Ace couldn't play those parts anymore, but that Gene and Paul wanted things to sound just like the records (and I believe that was explicitly stated somewhere in an interview). I'm not a fan of that mode of thinking in the first place - the studio is one thing, live is another. It's one thing to be somewhat faithful to the original solo, it's another to be slavishly faithful. If you listen to "Alive!", there are quite a few deviations from the records. That seems to have gotten lost since the reunion tour (although I've heard some variations in solos, especially length, here and there). So it may be less a case of not developing as not be allowed to show any development. Someone else mentioned the VH1 Rock Honors thing - Ace didn't look washed up that night. I think sometimes Gene throws some of this stuff out to direct attention away from the other issues (like people who don't accept Tommy Thayer in Ace's makeup - like me!). Alan
  14. I'm jealous! I went to meet Ace at a record store signing in the 80s, but I was on lunch and the line was way too long to wait. I'd love to find out some of the real scoop about what went on behind the scenes with some of that stuff. The new DVD mentions that the Unplugged reunion almost didn't happen because of some 'legal issues', but never says what they were or who caused them. It's pretty clear that they're saying it was the Ace & Peter camps, but they never say more than that (and I haven't looked to see if there are any details anywhere). There was some dispute when 'Kiss My Ass' came out because they didn't use Ace's makeup, and a lot of people took it as a shot at Ace. Gene blamed it on Ace, saying he owned the rights and wouldn't let them use it. It came out later that, supposedly, a lawyer in Ace's camp tried to get a big payment for the use and they wouldn't pay, and supposedly Ace knew nothing about it. I'd love to get the real story about a lot of that stuff, but I guess much of it has been lost in the mists of failed (and damaged) memories. But I'm still jealous! Alan
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