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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Five star performance, 3-star production, March 2, 2008
Well, after months of hearing about it, my most anticipated DVD of 2008 finally arrived and I have mixed feelings. From a performance standpoint, this is an AWESOME show featuring guest appearances by ex-Scorps Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, and Herman Rarebell. The addition of these great musicians for a one-night reunion is a blessing for those of us who listened to the Scorpions long before Rock You Like a Hurricane took the mainstream rock world by storm in the early 80s. All musicians are at the top of their game, and enjoying themselves on this special night.
Unfortunately, as is often the case with DVDS these days, this suffers from the dreaded MTV-video style editing throughout, causing even non-epileptics to go into seizures after awhile. Special guest guitarists Roth and Schenker deserve more camera time during their brief appearances, but their amazing solos were caught only momentarily in the unyeilding flashing of images.
Camera shots changing every second is fine for a 4 minute video, but it gets really annoying on a concert that stretches over two hours. Someone needs to string these video editors up by the gonads and let them hang for a week on CNN Updates to get the point across. It virtually ruins my ability to just sit and watch the concert all the way through (unless I'm really drunk or multi-tasking).
I also have some issues with the audio. On my 5.1 computer system speakers, the volume is very low and I have to max out all controls to get it to sound anywhere near a rock concert. Also, the bass end is lost in the mix and I had to really boost up both my EQ and subwoofer to get some PUNCH out of this show. When I did that, the bass guitar was just a rumbly drone.
In contrast, on my television's old-school tower speakers with a modern subwoofer, the over-all volume level is fine (probably because of the amplifier), but again the bass guitar is distorted when I tune the subwoofer to kick me with the drums. A legendary concert of this magnitude deserves a better mix in my opinion.
I do have to give the audio engineers credit on the 5.1 surround mix though, it is a fantastic use of the technology. Really cool stereo/front-rear effects, and they are featured throughout. Hearing it on my tv's stereo system just doesn't do it justice compared to the surround.
With the video/audio flaws setting this DVD at 3 stars, the nearly perfect musical performance brings it up to a solid 4 STARS and is still worthy of purchase for any long-time Scorpions fan. My recommendation: BUY IT!
It's probably the best Scorpions concert you'll ever get to see in your living room.
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37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A dream concert!, December 6, 2007
This is it! long wait finally ending!, this is a reunion dream show, 26 tracks! all eras covered here! awesome track list:
1.Coming Home
2.Bad Boys Running Wild
3.The Zoo
4.Loving You Sunday Morning
5.Make It Real
6.Pictured Life
7.Speedy's Coming
8.We'll Burn The Sky
9.Love 'em or Leave 'em
10.Don't Believe Her
11.Tease Me Please Me
12.Coast To Coast
13.Holiday
14.Love1drive
15.Another Piece Of Meat
16.Kottak Attack
17.Blackout
18.No One Like You
19.Six String Sting
20.Big City Nights
21.Can't Get Enough
22.Still Loving You
23.In Trance
24.Bolero
25.Ready To Sting (Appearance of the Scorpion)
26.Rock You Like A Hurricane
Read what the band has to say about this magic night at wacken (2006)
SCORPIONS:
Wacken 2006 -- this was a very special concert for us, exciting and challenging and
-- most important of all -- a family reunion.
We wanted our fans to participate, so in summer 2006 we put a set of 50 songs on our homepage for the community to vote. Many of the songs chosen we had on our setlist anyway, but there were also many surprises.
Together with Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Herman Rarebell this show at Wacken gave us a great platform to journey through time -- 35 years of SCORPIONS history!
"A Night to remember" it was indeed, a night to remember with an audience of 60.000 die hard metal fans who celebrated with us that the SCORPIONS got the sting and rock you like a Hurricane!
Thanks to everybody... Enjoy the Show!
Musicians on Stage:
Klaus Meine (vocals)
Rudolf Schenker (guitars, backing vocals)
Matthias Jabs (guitars, backing vocals)
James Kottak (drums, backing vocals)
Pawel Maciwoda (bass, backing vocals)
Special Guests:
Uli Jon Roth (guitar) on tracks 6,7,8 and 22,23, 24
Michael Schenker (guitar) on tracks 12,13,14,15 and 22,23, 24
Herman Rarebell (drums) on tracks 17,18 and 24
Tyson Schenker (guitar) on track 24
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The lack of a distribution deal in the U.S. once again delays a Scorps release :(, January 23, 2008
A brilliant concert, beautifully filmed at the Wacken Music Festival in 2006, showcasing one of the world's truly best and enduring rock bands - SCORPIONS - "A Night to Remember / A Journey Through Time", with special guests: former guitarists - Uli Jon Roth & Michael Schenker, with an appearance by Tyson Schenker and former skin's man - Herman Rarebell.
The Scorpions 26 song set sizzles - Rudy and Matthias never have sounded better, their guitar playing absolutely brilliant!!! (Check out Rudy's yoga headstand during the "Bolero" encore - the man is truly ageless and his energy, inspiring to all. The rhythm section of Pawel Maciwoda (bass) & James Kottak (drums), a high powered engine moving the songs to new heights.
Klaus Meine, for this listener is one of the rock world's greatest singer/frontmen (warts and all here), a powerful presence anytime he sets foot on stage.
These guys continue to amaze and thankfully appear to NOT, be slowing down, their last three records: "Unbreakable", "Scorpions - Acoustica" (Live from Portugal) & "Humanity - Hour I ", are right up there, with the best they've ever released!!!
As of January 2008, this DVD continues to be held up, release-wise, by lack of a proper U.S. distribution deal.
Reasons : UNKNOWN??? - bad management, or a lame record industry perhaps?! It has been released in Europe & Asia (most of the world for that matter)and is available at Amazon UK, France and Germany, but that only helps those here in the States, with Euro-Zone (Zone 2) DVD players.
RECENTLY HOWEVER, it's been released in Canada and available at Amazon Canada and that edition will play in U.S. DVD players. It costs abit more, the dollar not being what is once was (We all know who to blame for that) but is a must have for all Scorps fans! I am loving my copy, with delivery time to the States being pretty fast. Enjoy this one folks, it's a keeper!
Rock On!
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