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The Heart and Soul of Creedence Lives!, June 24, 2001
This review is from: Premonition (DVD)
If you are a CCR fan, (I have been since high school), you will love this DVD. The sound is superb, the band is fabulous, and Mr. Fogerty is in top form. He looks great and his playing has never been better. I really liked the set too, nice touch. Good selection of tunes, I wished for more old CCR, though! Now about this overdubbing business. I am a musician and I've played almost every one of these songs for over 20 years, I can play them in my sleep. Yes, I immediately noticed some spots where what John was playing or singing did not match the video. But they were very few and far between. It didn't "ruin it" for me. They taped two shows and got the best takes from both shows and mixed them together. Other people do this also. I noticed the same thing with Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature" DVD (still a great DVD as well). You can't fault them for wanting to put out a product with no flaws. You think any band is going to film ONE SHOW, mistakes and all, and release it on DVD? Come on. Heck, John even says at the first of the show, "if you hear any mistakes act like it's the greatest thing you ever heard and I'll just do like all these other wise guys and go back in the studio and fix it". At least he's honest! I thought they did a pretty darn good editing job overall. If you can't sit back and enjoy this show for what it is, a killer concert by one of rock & roll's all time greats, then I feel sorry for you brother. I hope I can still rock like that when I'm 53 years old!
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
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American Rock & Roll Doesn't Get Any Better, March 14, 2002
This review is from: Premonition (DVD)
If you like rock & roll -- the real thing, timeless, crisp, clear, concise, melodic, foot-stomping rock & roll -- this DVD is an essential part of your collection. Fogerty describes the Fairfield Four as a national treasure, but the phrase applies equally well to himself. More cool rock & roll sound emanates from this one guy than anybody else on the planet, including Elvis, the Boss, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, you name it. The composite concert on this disc captures Fogerty on fire, doing all your favorite CCR tunes plus some equally inspired new songs. I don't know what to make of these reviews talking about lip-synching; if you've ever seen Fogerty live, you know there's no rock performer who needs artificial sweetening less. I suspect any synch problem might be in the DVD medium itself; I have seen out-of-synch segments on various discs from time to time, and I understand you're supposed to hit pause on the PS2 to resynch audio and video. That said, I have both VHS and DVD versions of Premonition, and the DVD has it all over the VHS for both picture and sound quality. Again, this concert captures one of the all-time great American rockers at the top of his game, and I recommend it highly. Made loud to be played loud!!!
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An enchanting concert by a true legend of rock and roll., February 28, 1999
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This concert features John Fogerty performing many of his old CCR hits along with some of his solo work and new material. I watched this concert in the DVD format with Dolby Digital 5.1; the sound mix is awesome! John is clearly the focus of this concert, but it's hard not to notice his new drummer. This guy is not only a fantastic musician but is a blast to watch. Watch this video, if you're not already a John Fogerty fan, you will be!
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