Customer Reviews

Live at the Greek Theater (Double CD + Bonus DVD)

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I became a fan of the band only about 2 years ago. I saw them live for the first time last month (Dallas @ House of Blues) and was totally blown away by the live performance. This 2 CD + 1 DVD set is a GREAT document of this tour and their live show.

The video is very professionally shot with good lighting, great camera work on multiple cameras, great sound and a great performance. VERY impressive live video, BUT...it doesn't stop there - because also included are 7 or 8 of their 'studio' videos, as well as interview footage.

The audio CDs are great quality with a REALLY well chosen set list. So many great songs, every one of them are great and really come alive in the live setting. The mix is good and just enough crowd noise to add excitement but not enough to be obnoxious (which is a pet peeve of mine for live recordings). Very well done.

And for the price? I paid $7.99 for 2 CDs and a DVD, who could possibly complain about that? It'd be a steal at three times the price.

If you are a fan, GET IT. And show it to your non-fan friends, and they will probably be fans before you know it.

The CDs and DVD represent a very competently played and recorded live show. Flogging Molly is an awesome live act and this package allows fans to get a Molly fix until their next time in town. I saw them for the first time in Portland, OR (about a month after this show was recorded) and was blown away. I couldn't believe they played so many songs (obviously, enough to fill two CDs). The songs are relatively faithful to the studio recordings, which is both good and bad. It's good because so many bands mangle songs when they go too far astray (e.g. radically changing the tempo or style of a song). But for the same reason, it's also bad because only when bands take that risk do they have a good chance of making a truly ground breaking live album that attracts new fans (I'm thinking of something like Clapton's Just One Night or Frampton Comes Alive). As it stands, this a great treat for Flogging Molly fans. However, if I had not heard much of the band and wanted to hear more (or if I wanted to introduce a friend to this music), I would pick up Swagger and Drunken Lullabies first if only because they provide a more refined intro to the band.

FYI, the song list for CD2 is wrong. Tobacco Island is the first song (with Rebels of the Sacred Heart being #2, and so on)

This set is truly a bargain- for under $15, not only do you get a full-length concert DVD, but also a double CD of the concert. The concert DVD is very good quality, with a clean, widescreen presentation shot from multiple cameras, and a great Dolby Digital 5.1 score. You can definitely rock the house with this DVD. It also features music videos from 7 or 8 of their songs, although they are all in basic stereo and 4:3 format, and I prefer the more dynamic concert footage. My only complaint stems from having attended a concert in early March- they played more songs at the concert I attended, including Black Friday Rule (with a great one-man acoustic lead-in that gave way to a full-band jam) and Factory Girls. The double CD is pretty much a direct audio rip of the DVD, which is a good thing. Highly recommended, especially for the price.

I saw them in Feb at the House of Blues and they sound as good as they do on their albums. This helps you to feel (if you are not able to attend) like your at the show. If your an avid FM fan, buy this CD/DVD. support a Band that does what they want to do, make music, and have fun with their fans! i only hope that one day they are able to just have a huge cd/dvd with EVERY song because there are to many songs that are amazing that don't appear on this album. But this is Definitely an amazing mix of old and new songs by the band.

Great package of Flogging Molly at their best, performing to their home crowd on two CD's and accompanying DVD. It's a riot of catchy punk and good time Irish folk.

However, having seen them live, i must admit to never having noticed the Dave King-ah vocal-ah tick-ah before. His-ah sing-ah ing-ah experience-ah, doesn't translate-ah... arrgh... quite-ah so well-ah to-ah DV-ah D-ah... He suffers from the James Hetfields (or Whitney Houstons, if you like) and that vocal tick becomes seriously annoying after a while. So much so you'll be tempted to break out the originals before this gets a second airing.

But the quality of songs, even those off the dire 'Float' album (songs from albums one and two are quite obviously better recieved by the crowd), and a bravura performance from all involved manage to outweigh the negatives. It's just too damn catchy!

And props to the guys in the pit. For a similar home experience, blindfold yourself and ask the family to come at you with 2x4's, as if you were a human piñata. If you have no family just throw yourself in front of the nearest combine harvester*, the feeling is much the same-ah!

*please don't!
:D

Great Cd. Flogging Molly at their best, it captures the concert and makes you wish you were there.If you have not seen them live put that on your buckett list. Long live Flogging Molly!!

It was received in the specified time and in the condition noted. I'm pleased with what I received and I would buy from them again.

Flogging Molly has always been a band that, although their albums are great, to truly get the experiance you had to see them live. This album/dvd is a great chance to do so, since it's one whole concert, not like alot of bands do for a live cd/dvd and take one song from this show one song from that show. Truly worth the coin!

I saw Flogging Molly live a few weeks ago in Buffalo, NY. They were great live and I wanted a collection to become more familiar with their songs. What a deal this is ! 2 Live cd's alone are worth the $10.50 but throw in a high quality DVD of them live plus a bunch of videos and you have a real deal.

The music is loud rocking and rhythmic. This is one of the better offerings in the Irish/punk genre.

I'm new to Flogging Molly but I like what I've seen so far. I have hundreds of live music samplings from other artists, so I feel qualified to spot a good product when I see one. This is good stuff.

While just about anyone who has anything to say about Flogging Molly says "You have to see them Live"...not everyone can. This is the next best thing. Irish Folk/Alternative/Punk...what to make of that? Until you here this and go, "Wow."