The definitive Tsongas DVD opinion thread...

[henny]

I've got Tsongas....

I'm in the process of writing a definitive review with pics, etc.

It gets:

7.4/10.

Best track on there is Going For The One

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas2.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas3.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas4.jpg

[dead_groundhog]

thanks for the screen shots Henny!

It looks like this DVD has a whole different look then Symphonic, just because of the lighting used on this tour.

[Rick N Backer]

I've got Tsongas....

I'm in the process of writing a definitive review with pics, etc.

It gets:

7.4/10.

Best track on there is Going For The One

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas2.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas3.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/hennyboy2002/tsongas4.jpg


Where do you get the ".4" from? 7 I can understand. 7.5 I could understand, but 7.4?

Have to disagree about GFTO. I think it's weak on the DVD. My vote would go to YiND if it wasn't for the crap sound/picture sync quality mentioned ad nauseum by me elsewhere.

[InverYes]

Here's the best review I've found so far:

YES is one the most important volume in Pop /Rockbereich. The volume, like also the group of GENESIS, end of the 60's based and already with its third album "The Yes album" delivered it the first milestone of the category. The music is kompositorisch sophisticated and the texts low intimate. The volume consists of grandiosen single musicians, from whom each musician Soloprojekte and other Side Projects started. The Urmitglieder that volume is Steve Howe, Alan White and Chris Squire. The other musicians came into run the years in addition.

Liveaufnahme from the famous TSO GAS (Boston/USA), during the YES tour, which gave the volume on the occasion of its 35jaehrigen of existence.

With 12 cameras this is taken up the best, which hear it of YES ever to see & gave. A grandioser structure of stage (sketched by steam turbine and gas turbine systems designer Roger Dean) and an upsetting Lightshow round the picture perfectly off. Direction and producer are Joe Thomas, who also already drew responsible for photographs of FLEETWOOD MAC, THE EAGLE, u.v.m.."


(sketched by steam turbine and gas turbine systems designer Roger Dean) - I love that part

[henny]

The weakest song on the whole disc is Every Little Thing.

Shambolic performance by the guys.

I think Chris's RM1999 is sounding tired and old now. Doesn't have the kick she used to have. The punch has gone, obviously due to ailing pickups, Yours Is No Disgrace for prime example.

His Lakland on Sweet Dreams sounds great.

Re 7.4/7.5 - It's obviously a figure calculated from specific analysis points per track, a la sound, direction, performance, lighting, etc, you'll be aware of this when my definitive review is finished.

[ACK!]

For some reason, if a concert takes place in Mansfield, MA (the Tweeter Center) or Lowell, MA (Tsongas Arena), they put "Boston." I used to live in Lowell - it is a good 45 minutes from Boston.

[True Believer]

The weakest song on the whole disc is Every Little Thing

I'd agree with that - doesn't sound half as good as the album version.

[Bugeyes]

I'm really looking forward to your review, henny.

[YesJen357]

I was nervous after some of the criticism on this site, but I needen't have worried.
Sound is great. Colour is fantastic. Angles are fine. (It doesn't chop around like that horrible 'Kiss' DVD from Melbourne. -as an example...am not a Kiss fan. Just saw it on TV once.)
I cannot think of a single negative. I love it! It's 11 out of 10!!!
IMHO this is the equal of 'Symphonic' - A big call, I know, but I mean it! Wonderful...