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post #1 of 44
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The Smashing Pumpkins Viewphoria has two of the most insane performances they've ever put on. Soma and Silverfuck, in London 1994. Seriously worth buying just for those two. (They're all great but these are truly stupefying)

The Prodigy Video Anthology has got a sweet concert, and all their pulsating rhythmical videos. Bob Marley Live at the Rainbow in '77 is basically the perfect Marley concert. Korn Live at Hammerstein is for my money their best soundwise as well as tracks. Nirvana's Live Tonight Sold Out is of course a must. 311's Live at New Orleans is quite the shit; they play for 5 hours, which is only about 1/4 of their full songlist.
NIN's And all That Could Have Been is the sickness.
post #2 of 44
What are you, like 12?
post #3 of 44
Being 12 was the shit. It was sick.
post #4 of 44
That one where everyone got malaria at the end, obviously.
post #5 of 44
Malaria, good times.
post #6 of 44
I lost track. Did "sick" come before or after "dope"? I just like to know how out of the loop I am on the youth lingo. I kind of liked "stupid", but I don't think that really took off.
post #7 of 44
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Originally Posted by Greg David
I lost track. Did "sick" come before or after "dope"? I just like to know how out of the loop I am on the youth lingo. I kind of liked "stupid", but I don't think that really took off.
I wouldn't know, I wasn't a dipshit growing up and never used any of those terms.
post #8 of 44
I just picked up The Flaming Lips "U.F.O.S at the Zoo." Its a great concert DVD. It does justice to their shows if you've ever been to one in person.
post #9 of 44
But what are its symptoms?
post #10 of 44
Slayer's War at the Warfield is pure audio brutality.

Any of Guerilla Warfare Video Fanzine's videos are amazing, although it's now defunct, and he uploaded a lot of his stuff on Google.
post #11 of 44
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Slipknot - Disasterpieces
That's some sick shit right there dawg...you feel me??
post #12 of 44
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Originally Posted by the pot.
Slipknot - Disasterpieces
That's some sick shit right there dawg...you feel me??
No.
post #13 of 44
Thread Starter 
The real sickness is how some people yearn for the next opportunity to be elitist pricks. You're right though, it's so much more interesting than just listing some concert dvd's.

Can anyone recommend a good sounding Black Sabbath dvd?
post #14 of 44
People aren't being elitist pricks,
they're just annoyed at the silly way you form sentences, and the terrible lingo's you be slinging.

As for Sabbath dvd's - the brand new Heaven & Hell Live From Radio City Music Hall would be your best bet.
post #15 of 44
I gotta say that Lamb of God's Killadelphia DVD is really good, it has good performances and nice extras. Plus, you see the singer Randy drunk as hell get the shit punched out of him by one of the guitarist.

Edit: Here's the fight the quality is kinda shit, though.
post #16 of 44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew Collins
People aren't being elitist pricks,
they're just annoyed at the silly way you form sentences, and the terrible lingo's you be slinging.

As for Sabbath dvd's - the brand new Heaven & Hell Live From Radio City Music Hall would be your best bet.
Thanks this is what I'm looking for
post #17 of 44
Five hours of 311? I'd rather be sick.
post #18 of 44
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Originally Posted by MangyK9
Five hours of 311? I'd rather be sick.
They're true musicians, down to the bone. They preach originality, their ideas for music are just so all over the place (in a good way), their sound is never, ever unoriginal. And their huge imagination is everywhere, in the lyrics, the sound, the synchronicity between themselves, the way it just comes together to make awesome, kickass music. But they also have the necessary skill to develop and materialize their fresh ideas, which makes them ambitious and capable. And that's all too rare. Their sound is also contantly pumped and energized, which is something I like. They're like this generation's Zeppelin.

Which brings me to Led Zep's self titled double dvd:
http://www.amazon.com/Led-Zeppelin-R...8928080&sr=1-1
It can't be said enough, this is more than a concert. This is like being transported to one of their shows, live and direct. This picture quality has been cleaned up (special project I heard with I think Plant and Bonham supervising every second of film) to the point of "could have been made yesterday" or even "Robert Plant is like 4 feet away from me"... The image is so clean, and yet you know you're watching a show from 1970, so it gives it this sort of timeless quality. And the sound is gargantuan. On DTS, crowd noises come out of each speaker, the bass is untameable, and all this makes the music much more immediate. If you've got home theatre, this will become official demo material. Just massive.
post #19 of 44
311 sounds flat and dull - totally over-processed vocals and drum sounds. It's not original in any way. It's like what Limp Bizkit or Linkin Park were before they came around - vapid, testosterone driven music for people living in suburbs or other similarly meaningless lives.

That Led Zeppelin DVD, on the other hand, does rock extremely hard. I usually only watch the first disk, from 1969/70. Bonham is a monster.

A friend of mine has a Richard Thompson video c.1984 - I can't remember the name. Thompson is playing electric guitar only, if I remember correctly, and he's backed by a full rock band. It's kind of dated - there's some very 80's sounding effects on every instrument, but Thompson's playing and sad voice are timeless.

The word sick is from before my time as well. It also really irks me when I hear kids say it.
post #20 of 44
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Originally Posted by the pot.
They're like this generation's Zeppelin.
Holy shit, are they not. They're not, they're not, they're not.

They're more like this generation's Toto, but nowhere near that ill or sick, yo.
post #21 of 44
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Originally Posted by stump
A friend of mine has a Richard Thompson video c.1984 - I can't remember the name. Thompson is playing electric guitar only, if I remember correctly, and he's backed by a full rock band. It's kind of dated - there's some very 80's sounding effects on every instrument, but Thompson's playing and sad voice are timeless.
There's a CD/DVD package for Thompson's 1,000 Years of Popular Music that's worth checking out if you're a Thompson fan (probably not the best introduction to him). Unfortunately, Thompson sticks to acoustic, and I'm not super fond of Judith Owen, who covers some of the lead vocals, but it's a lot of fun, if only for the incredibly diverse song choice and his charming and funny stage banter.
post #22 of 44
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Originally Posted by DaveB
Holy shit, are they not. They're not, they're not, they're not.

They're more like this generation's Toto, but nowhere near that ill or sick, yo.

Wow. Was he serious?
post #23 of 44
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Originally Posted by the pot.
They're like this generation's Zeppelin.

Which brings me to Led Zep's self titled double dvd...
Please tell me that you just said that for the sake of a tidy segue. Because that's sick. Erm, "sick" in a mid-90s way.
post #24 of 44
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Originally Posted by the pot.
This picture quality has been cleaned up (special project I heard with I think Plant and Bonham supervising every second of film)
Did John Bonham supervise every second of film from beyond the grave? That's some creepy shit.
post #25 of 44
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Originally Posted by MrMushnik
Did John Bonham supervise every second of film from beyond the grave? That's some creepy shit.
Dude, you'd be amazed the things the Digital Age has uncovered for us.
post #26 of 44
nevermind.
post #27 of 44
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

Brilliant.
post #28 of 44
Shit... I mean...

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

Sick.
post #29 of 44
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I sprung the Slipknot dvd on my girlfriend one day just out of the blue, she was taken by the overall strength of the performance within a couple songs. And she listens to Maxine Nightingale and Beegees kind of shit. It's a great medium to get people to experience music they assume they don't like.

Sucks you guys don't like the 311. Watching a show of theirs, all I see is undeniable skill and confidence. But maybe I'm biased, I started listening to them in 96.

Oh and I guess it wasn't Bonham but I know heard someone from the band.
post #30 of 44
Allman Brother's Band: Live at the Beacon is the fuckin' shit, man, you best check this shit out.

The Cream reunion concerts were pretty fucking spectacular, for a band that hasn't been together in 30 odd years they picked up exactly where they left off, no awkwardness at all. The DVD of these concerts is excellent.
post #31 of 44
Cheesy as all hell, and I don't even like U2 that much, but I find the Zoo TV: Live at Sydney concert VHS to be very enjoyable.

Enjoyable = sick
post #32 of 44
Did he really say that 311 is this generation's Zeppelin? Because I keep looking at that sentence, thinking "it doesn't really say that", but it keeps stubbornly refusing to not say that.

The really disturbing part would be if it were actually true. This generation would be fucked.
post #33 of 44
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Originally Posted by MangyK9
Five hours of 311? I'd rather be sick.
Fuck, my first roommate in college was a massive 311 fan. Every time anyone, EVER, came over for the first time they got to sit and watch his damn 311 concert DVD. Laugh at their drug-fueled antics! What a wicked drum solo!

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Watching a show of theirs, all I see is undeniable skill and confidence.
See, this is exactly why HE liked them. I don't get why either of these things matter. How well they play the instruments does not in any way make a band worth listening to. You have to 'do' something with that skill, or it's meaningless.

As to the original topic, it isn't "sick" or "dope", but I'm a huge fan of Portishead so I fucking love their live in NYC disc. I think that's the only concert dvd I own.
post #34 of 44
In the Hella dvd, the drummer sprains his ankle because he's rocking so hard. I'd say that's pretty sick.
post #35 of 44
My favorite concert DVDs?

Complete Monterey Pop Festival
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
The Last Waltz - The Band
Led Zeppelin
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
In the Flesh Live - Roger Waters
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
Live at Montreux - Stevie Ray Vaughan
post #36 of 44
I was just reading that list and nodding my head in approval on every single item until I got to STEVIE RAY VAUGHN AND I COLLAPSED IN A SEIZURE.
post #37 of 44
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Originally Posted by stump
I was just reading that list and nodding my head in approval on every single item until I got to STEVIE RAY VAUGHN AND I COLLAPSED IN A SEIZURE.
Are you okay? If SRV puts you in a seizure, I can only imagine what sick shit like 311 would do to ya.
post #38 of 44
Stevie really knows how to bend those strings!
post #39 of 44
Most favorite concert/music DVDs are:

The Pantera Vulgar Videos
Black Label Society: Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned
G3 video(s)
post #40 of 44
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On Metallica's Cunning Stunts, when ONE comes on, it's basically like world war II has just barged into the arena, pretty fuckin cool. Awesome dvd.

I'm watching Hendrix Live at Woodstock right now, and it's some groovy shit. Way better than Blue Wild Angel in my opinion, but I like its track list the most of all his dvd's.

Anyone seen/ recommend Kiss: Kissology set 1974-77, 78-91 set or Stones Bridges to Babylon ?
post #41 of 44
Live at Woodstock contains the greatest version of Voodoo Chile ever performed, for a band that had little to no rehearsal Hendrix and his band thundered through that song.
post #42 of 44
Woodstock - it's all about Sly and the Family Stone. That is the best performance on there. Santana is right behind it.
post #43 of 44
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Originally Posted by Dragon Ma
Live at Woodstock contains the greatest version of Voodoo Chile ever performed, for a band that had little to no rehearsal Hendrix and his band thundered through that song.
I thought Jimi's performance of VC at Monterey was much better, and easily the best of all the ones I've heard.

Speaking of which, Criterion's Monterey Pop set is one of the best concert collections put to DVD, and the final word on 60's rock - the best performance being Otis Redding backed by Booker T and the MGs, followed closely by Hendrix.
post #44 of 44
The new Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City Music Hall DVD is a thing of beauty....AND they have it in Blu-Ray
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