Customer Reviews

It's Good to Be Live

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Correct track list is as follows:

1. Worlds Away
2. Place in the Sun
3. Atlanta June
4. Island Woman
5. El Verano (DVD only)
6. Raging Fire
7. Cool Love
8. Don't Wanna Live without It
9. Love Will Find a Way
10. I Get Tired (just thinking of you)
11. Zero To Sixty in Five
12. I Go To Rio
13. Whatcha Gonna Do
(encore)
14. Ocean Breeze (DVD only includes some fantastic improvisation)
15. Will You, Won't You
(following two are CD-only bonus studio recordings)
16. Place in the Sun featuring Katrina
17. Love Will Find a Way featuring Ty Taylor

Members: Cory Lerios (key), Dave Jenkins (g), Steven Price (dr), Larry Antonino (b and he CAN sing!)

Speaking as a younger Pablo Cruise fan having listened to all their albums going up thanks to my father I must tell you that anything new and released by this band is a treasure. Pablo Cruise is still a great band that was before their time in the disco era, still they are great and highly underrated.

Pros(+)
Live Pablo Cruise WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ??? The classics are all here for your listening pleasure and mostly all of their albums are represented in this set list except "Part of the Game LP". Classic cuts, new arrangements and the addition of new bassist Larry Antonino who brings a similar vip that was present on the studio releases and sings similar to Bruce & Bud. Dave Jenkins, Cory Lerios, and Stephen Price can still bring it and Pablo has always been a great live band so enjoy this classic addition to the Pablo Catalog it is a must have and plus you get the entire show on DVD as the second disc I mean what else could you want, and the note by Huey Lewis on the inside is great as well.

Cons(-)
. "Part of the Game" album was ignored from the set list
. "Can't you hear the music" (great track/song to play live by Pablo was not in the set list which sucks)
. New supposed bonus recordings are awful "Place in the Sun" featuring Katrina (pop artist), & Ty Taylor of Vintage Trouble trying to tone down "Love will find a way" both tracks are awful and add nothing to the set you will stop listening to this disc after "will you, won't you". Would have been nice to dump these two tracks and include an eight to ten min live cut of "Can't ya hear the music" as I mentioned above.

Overall still a few grips from us diehard fans but live Pablo Cruise is a winner across the board BUY IT NOW !!!

This cd is a very welcome surprise. I really enjoyed them during their heyday and enjoyed the concert now ! I would gladly see them live at any point. The dealer who provided this show was prompt and offered the item at a fair price. I would recommend using him anytime !

I was gonna merely respond to Jason for his truthful and heartfelt review of this release but decided to add a few tidbits of my own. I also followed this woefully underrated band for years and enjoyed their upbeat, bouncy and punchy riffs and wonder why remastered CD releases of their work has long been neglected. I have seen PART OF THE GAME, OUT OF OUR HANDS & REFLECTOR offered as Japanese audiophile editions... but I believe there is a legion of fans that would support a resurgence of enthusiasm for these selections to be made available in wide release.
I found one lone copy of this two disc set at my local record haunt and snapped it up like the last coconut on a palm tree. Man was I surprised, thinking this band was long gone since the early eighties. What a fresh breeze these guys are...talented, tuneful, genuinely happy to be playing together and playing their hearts out to their audience. Cory cracks me up with his leering (Lerios?....hmmm) staring at the audience while banging away on the piano...never missing a beat or a note. I'm crazy over his multiple keyboard finger sweeps. Dave also has a cool and easy manner whose voice is still in great shape. There is a chemistry between all four players that is joyful to witness. Newcomer bass man Larry Antonino acquits himself beautifully in all aspects on bass and vocals. Stephen Price on drums is spot on...the jungle beat solos that permeate the concert blend perfectly with the material and never seem out of place.
If you are or ever were a fan of this group, you cannot go wrong picking up (at what I consider a bargain price) this two disc collection.
Now, I have some observations that I do not wish to sound like criticisms...because this whole DVD production has a casual kind of feel in the process of trying to put out a polished performance in the digital age.
First...the camera work. This is at least a four or five camera shoot. Most of the shots are fairly static (split screen shots and blends are kinda cool) but the picture seems to resonate throughout...like the whole stage was vibrating and showing up on screen...kinda like the steadycam had somehow been switched off. Some of the camera movements are jerky and unsure like the operator had momentary spasms (either quick vertical or horizontal jerks). The few editing choices in trying to be artsy are not really necessary but maybe an attempt at recapturing that late 70's, early 80's vibe. There seems to be some visual artifacts in the lighting and pans of the audience and at times seem grainy...but overall shots of the band onstage are okay (save the detection of occasional softness and camera blurring). Again, it makes me feel as though some of this was not overly rehearsed or pre-planned.
The dolby 2.0 sounds pretty good...but this soundtrack makes no attempt at 5.1 or DTS mastering. I cranked up the volume & punched the bass up a bit and all was well.
Just before WHATCHA GONNA DO they clumsily stick in a black and white clip of Dave and Cory commenting on the 1977 single, thus interrupting (the only time they do this) the concert flow. Personally, I'd have opted to make this editing choice available as a DVD extra (of which there are none).
I too, miss the absence of tunes like OUT OF OUR HANDS, ANOTHER WORLD, YOU MIGHT BE WRONG, PART OF THE GAME, I WANT YOU TONIGHT, CAN'T YOU HEAR THE MUSIC...ETC. No gets everything the want at any concert and what they do, they do so well one cannot grouse...the show is 1 hr. 40 min. long and the band sweats up a storm.
One moment onstage where Dave and Cory are telling this story of Dave's car...they bleeped out the language in three spots...this I found a little surprising but seeing the possibility of small kids being invited to sit in during the TV performance I was not adamantly opposed to this editing choice.
So...grab up a copy. Pour yourself a pina colada, crank up the sound and enjoy this show in the spirit in which it was made. I feel it stands up well to multiple viewings and sharing with friends and family is a must.
I am thrilled they're back...I have always loved their logo and the new beach babe sends me...eh, Whatcha gonna do?

I have loved listening to Pablo Cruise since they first came out, course then it was all radio and cassettes (I have an album somewhere) but as I was military, out of the country all the time, no time to see them in their heyday. Becasue they only tour localy (NorCal), I can't see them still. Now I have the DVD and it is great, with all the classics. Music sounds very good for a live recording, and the byplay is wonderful. I hope they do a visit to the center of the country (They do a two stop in Florida next year), I'll be as first in line as I can be...