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Total agreement with other reviews - don't waste your money
Imagine paying full CD price for something that could have shown up on a discussion board, or "blog". <
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>Yes, you get a few snippets of performances and Phil Lynott speaking, but is that worth paying full price for a CD? <
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>At a minimum, this should have been priced as an interview CD that sells for half the price of a regular CD. <
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>I have seen ads for these "Inside [name of band]" CDs. They are very deceptive, thus a great big thank you for the reviewers below for pointing this deception out. <
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AVOID THIS DVD ! DONT' WASTE YOUR MONEY
I agree with Hellion. This is a very dissapointing dvd. <
>There is not a single whole Thin Lizzy song in this dvd. <
>It is reviewd by several unknown persons. <
>It would have been nice if it had included someone from "Rolling Stone" magazine, or such, to review it. <
>I am tired of seeing all these so called "UNAUTHORIZED" dvd's poping up everywhere. If they are "UNAUTHORIZED", then should'nt it be illegal for these people to put these dvd's out? <
>In my opinion, these people who put out these "UNAUTHORIZED" dvd's are stealing from these artists, and ripping off the fans.

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A thoughtful, critical appraisal of Thin Lizzy
I'm a huge Thin Lizzy fan, as you might intuit from my screen name. I approached this DVD with a great deal of trepidation, as Thin Lizzy has been done a real disservice in terms of DVDs available in the US as of this date. (Here's a bonus review of Rhino's Boys Are Back in Town: avoid it. And if you ever meet anyone who works for Rhino, kick them in the shin.) However, after checking out some reviews elsewhere on the 'net, and being starved for new Lizzy content, I took the leap on this one. And I'm glad I did. <
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>For starters, if you're looking for a traditional documentary on the band, this isn't it. Nor is it a concert film (in fact, it features little live footage at all). And, no, it's not like the band's Behind The Music Ep (hey VH1, how about releasing that). As it clearly states on the packaging this is "An Independent Critical View". What that means, quite simply, is that it's four different UK rock critics (actually, I think one is a studio musician) discussing the bands history and offering critical appraisal of their career through the final studio album, Thunder and Lightnening. As you can tell by the other two reviews, this is not for everyone. However, one of the reviewers here thought Chinatown, generally acknowledged (even by the band) as one of their worst albums, was worth five stars. Opinions are like (you know the rest...everbody's got one). <
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>What you get is a first rate history of the band (lots of still photos, snippets of songs), interesting discussion of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the albums, and a little bit of live footage from the band's last couple of tours (not really the peak period, but until someone gets it together to release the definitive Live and Dangerous on DVD, it's what we get). Oh, and there are also some brief bits of interviews with Lynott himself. Frankly, it strikes me as being something only a real, deep Lizzy-head would love. But I watched it with a friend, who's a casual fan of the band at best, and he found it fascinating. <
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>I know enough Lizzy history to know that the guys in the DVD know of what they speak. I happen, also, to agree with most of their critical appraisals of the band. They are all fans, but aren't blinded (made deaf?) by this. No, I don't know who any of the speakers are, either. And the packaging does them no favors, in that regard. But it didn't matter to me. They speak knowlegebly and intelligently and that's what I found interesting. <
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>This functions as a good, academic Thin Lizzy 101. If you want a crash course on Lizzy, or just an easy reference to take out from time to time, this is it. It does the band, and in particular Philip Lynott (without whom Lizzy would have been...well, not worth discussing for even five minutes), justice.