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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing ... A-Must-Have, December 19, 2005
This review is from: All the Way Home: A History of the Corrs (Plus Live in Geneva) (DVD)
Well, so I'm a bit fan of this outstanding band, never the less, as a costumer what I look forward when buying a DVD its quality and having a good time with whatever i chose to buy. Right? ... Well mates, thats just what you'll get if you buy this. Jim, Sharon, Caroline, Andy, Anto and Keith are back ... plus two new guys; Jason and Keiran, they manage to give the live performance of a life time, they do, maybe not quite energetic as "lansdowne road" but hell of improvement from that awful show in the "live in London" DVD, if you ask me ... the concert's quite short, maybe a couple more songs, Even If, maybe Baby Be Brave would have been nice, actually the menu has it as background song, whatever, its a beautiful show, filled with new stuff like a couples of nice solos, lot of tabs changed in the songs, a kind of rockish feeling to the same old pop hit singles, a energy of the public that you can just feel trough the screen of your TV, the Irish feeling mixed with their new more mature vibe ... and what bout those new songs! They just sound so much freaking better live!, I'm telling you "...Who lost the keys of your car??" in the opening song "Humdrum", Andrea's voice ... well actually, everything sounds amazing, about the picture/image quality, mates, I can assure you that Stylorouge guys are gods, no kidding, it has such a great quality and angles, and a couple of b/w shots ... just amazing.
About the "All the way home" DVD ... its just what every fan needs, for real, the footage its amazing, the whole story behind each CD, behind some of the songs, gigs and photo shoots its told by the same people who lived it, no more "curious facts" in a Fan-site ... here's all the truth, sometimes really sweet, sometimes rather bitter, you've got it all ... a great deal.It has been quite a long journey for this guys and sometimes, we, as fans, don't get to be part of it ... but with this DVD, all that's behind, we get to see the facts, weddings, laughs, tears, pains and fears of this Irish Band ... not quite a lot of DVD can get you to the point where this takes you, seriously, worth to have it!
Hope this reviews was helpful .... Thx ... xo
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic insight into a great band, March 23, 2006
This review is from: All the Way Home: A History of the Corrs (Plus Live in Geneva) (DVD)
ALL THE WAY HOME DOCUMENTARY
The documentary half of this DVD set is almost everything I could have wanted in a life story of one of my favorite bands. Plenty of great interviews, in depth informative history on how they became what they are, some great rare footage including home videos and their first ever gig. Perhaps the only thing that dissapointed me was I would have preferred a bit less interuption of the musical material. At one stage they are about to play forgiven not forgotten in an effort to get a record deal only to get cut off 15 seconds in by talking and then a new section. However small beefs aside this DVD gives you plenty of everything and alot of insight into the struggles and hard work the Corrs have put in to make it where they are, and compared to the duration of some documentaries we have been treated quited well.
THE CORRS LIVE IN GENEVA
Perhaps the most exciting factor of The Corrs "Live in Geneva", is that this is the first time I have noticed a 'large' change from one DVD to the next. Though there were differences in the first few concert Dvds, alot of the tracks seemed to be the same thing over again more or less (Don't get me wrong, the same thing they were doing was fantastic). Right from the word go the firts song which for so long has been "Only when I sleep" has been changed... in my opinion a change which shouldn't have taken place but a change none the less. Also for the first time the Corrs have enough albums released that there has to be quite a few fan favorite songs left out in order to keep the concert under 3 or 4 hours.
A big plus which I have been waiting for, for a long time, is the addition of a couple of guitar solos, and extended instrumentals and songs such as: What Can I do. A positive move by the Corrs.
I love the Corrs and Andrea (lead singer) to bits however I wish Andrea would stop yelling non - stop throughout 90% of the instrument breaks, and just tone it down a little, its only when she has the tuin whistle in her mouth you get a great extended and uninterupted intrumental break.
Sound: The DTS sound is great, however definantly not perfect when you compare it to other dvd's, and I don't really see any excuse for it, in this day and age a modern concert should be almost perfect. The clarity and mixing is mostly great except the dynamics and energy seems to be lost in parts of some songs with poor mixing. 'Toss the feathers' is as unexciting as I have heard it. Overall definantly good enough sound to get the feel though.
Video: The video quality is fine, gives you alot of shots of all the musicians, the only thing a little bit lacking is shots of the crowd, however this didn't worry me at all.
Set List:Again with the new albums they don't have enough time to fit in all their great songs, I am glad they still have plenty of the great old stuff whilst including the 'better' of the 'borrowed heaven' album. 'Summer Sunshine' and 'Long night' fit in really well to their sets, a couple less well.
Performance: I really enjoyed their performance, as I mentioned it was a change to their previous performances, the extended solos, I thought 'radio' was the best I have ever heard it and they still seem to be having fun after all this time, I guess it is really hard when you are comparing ever performance to 'Lansdowne Road' which I think just cannot be topped. For what it was I thought it was great. I think minus the Accordian in no frontiers would have worked for me.
Overall: To some it up when it comes down to it if you are a fan of the Corrs you will love it, if you are new to the COrrs you will love it. It is easy to pick on a few minor flaws but its still great.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bad Description/Region 1 vs PAL, January 27, 2006
This review is from: All the Way Home: A History of the Corrs (Plus Live in Geneva) (DVD)
Beware. I ordered this DVD for Region 1 as describe in the AMAZON site but got
PAL. A reordered delivered the same results. I will play on my MAC if I reset
my region. But would be nice the play on DVD large screen with good speakers.
Who wants to sit 2 + hours in front of a computer to enjoy this.
I have written to AMAZON customer service twice and they insist that the decription
is Region 1. I suggested they notify their warehouse and they will not do that.
So buyer beware on this one. Anyone else get PAL version when expection Reg.1??
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