Re: My Rock The Nation Comments


Pyro Messiah wrote:
> I picked this up a few days ago and gave it a watch.
>
> Overall, it's a good video. They should have done something like this
> when the original lineup was together. Sound, visual,
> mini-documentaries....all were pretty good. I never saw the Symphony
> video, but this didn't have the annoying edit job that people
> described on that disc.

So what you're saying is that you read about other peoples
"re-presentation" of their "experience" that the Symphony video "had an
annoying edit job", and you MISTOOK that for the actual experience.
Interesting.

>
> One thing I never thought I'd say, I actually thought Gene and Paul
> were the low points of the performances. I don't know if Paul's voice
> was shot, or if he was having problems at the time those shows were
> filmed. When I saw them on that tour, I thought Paul's voice was
> having problems (which I attributed to him having problems with his
> health and the heat that night), but those same problems were evident
> on this disc. Certain notes he just couldn't hit anymore and it
> sounded horrible. I'm hoping it was just something that was occuring
> during that time frame of the tour.

Tell me, were you looking for signs of Paul's hip problems during the
performance? I was, and I tried not to. Do you think he moved around
less?

>
>
> There were some cool things on the documentaries. Seeing the band
> without makeup and costume rehearsing or doing a soundcheck was
> actually more entertaining to me than seeing them in the costumes.
> Tommy seemed more relaxed dressed as himself than he did as Ace.
> During one of the soundchecks, they played something from the Elder.
> Tommy and Eric knew it, but Gene and Paul weren't able to keep up.
> Typical.
>
> My main beef with the disc is that it was broken up onto two discs.
> The entire show including documentaries was just slightly over two
> hours long. But again, they felt the need to split it up. Is this so
> that they have a better shot of having it certified Gold or something?

That could be, but I would say that when you are saying it would be
"slightly over 2 hours" with all the extras, I think this may be
inaccurate. Remember that they needed more space to devote to the
individual camera angles on the tracks that featured "Powervision", so
perhaps this is the reason.

>
> I only watched part of one song with the "Powervision" thing on. I
> thought it was silly. It didn't hold my attention and I didn't finish
> the song with it on. I have no desire to watch any one member for a
> full performance.
>
> Nowhere on the packaging does it mention anything to do with Sanctuary
> Records. In fact, during the credits, it lists record label as "KISS
> Records." So it looks like that was a short record deal.

Remember there was a rumor a while back that the reason Gene was in
China was that he was purchasing a DVD / CD manufacturing plant. Maybe
these discs came out of that plant?

>
> Again, overall it was an enjoyable video. Good sound, good visuals,
> good performance overall by the band.

Glad you liked it, I did too, it's a real quality product. Will you
agree that Tommy is perhaps better than Bruce in his interpretation of
the old songs?

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