Music DVD Reviews

• Marc Bolan: 'The Final Word'

  This warts and all depiction of the late rocker is an excellent tribute to one of Britain's brightest stars who died tragically young (at 29). Born Mark Feld in 1947 the documentary features family members and friends from every aspect of Marc's early life (voiced in a typically animated style by Suzi Quatro).

   
• The Beatles: 'Rare And Unseen'

  You would think that after all of this time there would be very little else anyone could release for fans of The Beatles, but you’d be wrong. Here, in what is an unofficial documentary, we get to see ‘The Fab Four’ grow from their formation in Liverpool and subsequent rise to the top of the UK charts to global domination as one of the rare acts to take the US by storm.

   
• Limp Bizkit: 'Rock In the Park 2001'

  Fred Durst and co may have drifted out off the charts in recent years, but in the late 1990s they were one of the most popular acts in the growing rap-metal music scene and their Nu Metal sound caught on with fans on a global scale.

   
• Paul McCartney: 'The McCartney Years'

  Spanning four decades, 'The McCartney Years' is a three volume DVD collection, which claims to be a complete retrospective of McCartney's post Beatles output from the Wings and Band On The Run projects in the 1970's through to the 80's solo career that has endured to the present day.

   
• Mika: 'Live In Cartoon Motion'

  Lebanese-born Mika is undoubtedly the surprise musical package of 2007 - inspired by Nirvana apparently ('Heart Shaped Box' was the first song to affect him) with more than a touch of Freddie Mercury tinging his vocal style.

   
• Scissor Sisters: 'Hurrah, A Year Of Ta-Dah'

  This stacked DVD represents a year in the life of the Scissor Sisters, from the release of their (slightly disappointing) second album 'Ta-Dah' to their memorable headlining gigs in July 2007 at the newly opened former-Millennium Dome, the O2 Arena.

   
• The Dixie Chicks: 'Shut Up And Sing'

  This compelling and shocking documentary follows the downs-and-ups of the American country-music superstars The Dixie Chicks as they turn almost overnight from national heroines to the objects of vicious attacks from politicians and the media, and even death threats from the public, after the notorious incident when lead singer Natalie Maines made anti-war (and anti-George Bush) comments in 2003.

   
• Yusuf’s Café Session

  An absolute must for any fan of folk-pop legend Cat Stevens, Yusuf’s Café Session is a reverent and revealing document of the singer’s first full-length concert for 28 years, which took place earlier this year at The Porchester Hall in London.

   
• Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

  Having come back to the limelight thanks to a certain reality TV show, Joseph is one of the most enduring musicals to have been penned by the Lloyd Webber/Rice partnership.

   
• Katie Melua: 'Concert Under The Sea'

  This film is a document of “world superstar” Katie Melua’s record-breaking and mind-boggling underwater concert, which took place 303 metres beneath the surface of the North Sea off the coast of Norway in October 2006.

   

Page 1 of 2
Next