Product Details

• Actors: The Decemberists
• Format: Color, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kill Rock Stars
• DVD Release Date: March 20, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MQ54QC
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,601 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 03/20/2007

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD Contents, March 12, 2007

By	J. McLean Sloughter - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This DVD will include a documentary about the band entitled "Paris Before the War," music videos for "The Tain", "The Bachelor and the Bride", "16 Military Wives", "The Soldiering Life", and "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect", and the entirety of their concert at the Roseland Theater in Portland on the 4th of November 2005.

Tracklisting for the concert portion is as follows:

01 The Infanta
02 The Soldiering Life
03 Leslie Anne Levine
04 We Both Go Down Together
05 The Engine Driver
06 Eli the Barrow Boy
07 The Sporting Life
08 July, July!
09 16 Military Wives
10 The Mariner's Revenge Song
11 The Chimbley Sweep
12 I Was Meant for the Stage

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Near Perfect DVD for the Perfect Band, September 17, 2007

By	Adam Keesee "Music Junkie" (Earth) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Everyone should see the Decemberists live. Their songs are amazing live, they have so much energy with great crowd interaction. I saw them in Louisville last may. It was amazing. They were one of my favorites band before, but after seeing them live, they were solidly my favorite band. So if you ever get a chance to see this amazing band live, do so without hesitation.

That being said, if you can't see them live, this DVD makes a solid substitute. The quality of this DVD is amazing. They play all their good songs, and they also have a little brass band playing with them, which greatly enhances the quality of these songs. The whole band is perfect at this concert they chose (Portland OR, 11/4/2005). Petra Haydn did amazing on violin, even if she did look bored for the first half of the concert. Chris Funk is as silly as ever, playing amazing backup instruments. Jenny did amazing on keyboard and amazing, Nate Queury always does solid bass playing. John Moen tore up the drums, especially on Mariners Revenge song adn July, July! My only qualm is that Colin's voice sounds a little off for the first few songs, but by The Engine Driver, he sounds amazing. Stand out songs - Soldiering Life, Engine Driver, 16 Military Wives, and Mariner's Revenge Song.

The extras are amazing. The MIni Documentary, Paris before the War, was amazing. It tells the story of the Decemberists talking about how the band started, but it mostly is about the recording process behind Picaresque. It was an amazing insight to see how the band thinks and interacts in the studio. The music videos were also amazing, just to have them all in one place is good. I had never seen the video for the Tain, so that was good to see.

So in summation, see the Decemberists Live, but this will make an acceptable substitute

3.0 out of 5 stars nice little folk concert, June 3, 2009

By	bob turnley (birmingham,al,usa) - See all my reviews

The Decemberists seem to be trying to be the American version of Fairport Convention. But this is too much of a solo project for Colin Meloy to really consider them a band. Meloy is the Decemberists. There's a little REM in the vocals and a little bit of the Flaming Lips in the overall presentation. But you can only do so much musically when the only featured perfomer is limited to singing and playing rhythm guitar. Nice documentary.