Review 1 :
This a very good way to discover this underrated band. This is what progressive music is all about. Long and complex compositions that have enough emotion in it to keep it interesting. Not a bad song on this show. There is also some interesting visuals on the screen. A must for the prog fans. This DVD show's you how the 70's music is still enjoyable today.
Review 2 :
It may have been 26 years between Nektar performances, but from this showing, you would never believe it. Absolutely scinillating(sp)and magical. The music is marvellous, the interviews are quite entertaining and informative and the camera work is very solid. Having seen the show live, I can say the DVD captured the feeling as well as any recorded show I have seen before. For Nektar fans this is a MUST have; and for those who may wish to sample brilliant progressive rock, then this is still for you
Review 3 - by a PE friend, who can identify himself if he likes :
I want to make one thing clear from the outset: this is not a slam against NEKTAR. My disappointment with this DVD is with Classic Rock Productions which, after watching the show, I surmise must be run by a bunch of amateurs.
I shall admit at the outset that I've been spoiled by the PINK FLOYD concert films. I know that NEKTAR does not have that level of financial clout. And therein lies the rub.
If I had to offer one criticism to CRP it would be on the value of editing so as to bring balance and enhance your product.
Cameras were often moving without purpose or focus; one sequence of bassist Mo Moore reveals the recorder beginning to drop his camera once he was finished with his shot. Embarrassingly awkward angles were taken of the band members, sometimes with no relation to the music. Some, Ron Howden & Larry Fast, hardly make any screen time. Way, way, way too much time was spent filming the mediocre back up singers. (Methinks there was either a love interest or a family relation.) And, just as with the CD, the recording of the vocals was maddeningly uneven.
But the low point for me was that insipid interviewer. I would have loved to have watched a serious interview of the band members discussing their past, as well as the present & future plans. Yet we see this awkward woman vamping the long-retired themes of sex and drugs. It's sad, but someone must have a talk with her and tell her what time it is.
However, I must confess to one guilty pleasure. It was when the young fan was asked about sex at the concert and, without missing a beat, he shot back that he was not interested given the overwhelmingly male attendance. I laughed out loud.
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