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Great casual view of the "boys", September 6, 2000
The video footage of the band's early years really helps Moody fans understand what the band is about. They perform their songs as passionately as they did when they were written. I especially liked the footage of "I'm Just a Singer..." The look on Justin's face as he plays his guitar near the end shows just how intense his music is to him. The film also shows Graeme's great sense of humor. I've been a Moody's lover for years and this film pulled a lot of loose ends together.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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A Worthwhile, Good Documentary Of A Legendary Band, December 25, 2003
This review is from: Legend of a Band - The Story of the Moody Blues (DVD)
I already have the DVD of the 1992 concert "A Night At Red Rocks", which I'd gotten last year, so when I found this documentary DVD I offered it to "Santa" for a Christmas present this year. Having watched this program in full the first time through, I really like "Legend Of A Band"--it's very informative and it's not as skimpy as some other music documentaries I've seen/heard. A slightly negative attribute, though, would be that the program is a bit dated (having been compiled and produced in 1990); yet, this documentary, audio/video quality-wise, is good enough for DVD. Nevertheless, the 80-minute-long program is the disc's only content; there's no extra footage or material, which could've made the program even more interesting.
I like the intimate individual interview pieces with the core of the band (Justin, Ray, Graeme, John), between the full-length song videos and rare concert material, but the interview footage excludes founding member Mike Pinder and the band's (then) keyboardist Patrick Moraz; furthermore, I think it would've been neat if some of the interview footage would've been of the four guys together, which would've provided career comments and personal feelings and song explanations in a collective perspective. Still, this is an excellent documentary, which offers some songs I'd never heard before. Overall, the quality of this DVD is what other music documentaries should be but often are not, allowing me to further appreciate the "Red Rocks" DVD. If you're a die-hard Moody Blues fan, I'm sure you won't be disappointed with this program.
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The Moody Blues Anthology, December 18, 2001
This review is from: Legend of a Band - The Story of the Moody Blues (DVD)
At long last available on DVD, "Legend of a Band" is the closest the Moody Blues will get to the documentary treatment that the Beatles received in their Anthology. Although it's already dated eleven years, evidenced by the inclusion of Patrick Moraz as a band member (who left the group in '89/'90), it is a great repository of high-quality vintage performances, home movie footage, and 1990 interviews with the four band members. Also, this is the only place to find the MTV-style music videos for "Your Wildest Dreams," "I Know You're Out There Somewhere," "No More Lies," and the 1989-remake of "Question." This is the closest that the band will come, I believe, to releasing a music video anthology as well as a documentary. A nice companion piece to the Royal Albert Hall live DVD...now let's just hope this means that the classic and essential "A Night at Red Rocks" concert will find its way onto the digital format.
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