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A superstar...well right you are!
This is one of the best music DVD's i've seen. Being a huge John lennon fan, this was the first time I ever saw his Top of the Pops performance of "Instant Karma". I was disappointed thought when I heard "Cold Turkey". I used to have the entire Live in NY concert on VHS and i thought the live performance was wicked but why they altered it is beyond me. They also altered "Stand by Me" which I thought was really great when he performed it live. The "Imagine" videoclip is, as always, a classic. The "Mind Games" video really stood out in my mind. It's got great footage of John strolling around Central Park and attending a Sgt. Pepper performance. "Woman" and "Mother" are perhaps the saddest two videoclips, not only because of the songs themselves, but they also use the images to convey the tragedy of John's death. Overall this is a must have for any John Lennon fan, and it's got some great special features, including a bunch of Lennon's artwork, old videoclips of him and Yoko, and a couple of live performances.

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Some more ersatz observations
...To add to all the remarks about overdubs and so on, I notice the grain on the headstock of the 1958 325 Rickenbacker does not match that shown in Andy Babiuk's "Beatles Gear". Since the one in "Beatles Gear" has the serial number V81, I believe Andy's photo shows the original guitar. I suspect these are just props for the video. <
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>Putting Epstein in the "Mama" video is, I think, cheeky and hints at Yoko's beliefs regarding their relationship. <
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>But even so, on the one hand I really enjoy this set of videos, but I agree with everyone it's "Ono, too much Yoko", so a grain of salt is required when one feels the heart strings being tugged during scenes of the happy couple.

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I cried, I smiled watching Legend
I can't help but get teary-eyed watching post-beatles footage of John Lennon...I was 7 years old when he was murdered and will never forget being awakened by my mother screaming and crying when they inturrepted TV to announce this horrorific tragety...Beatles music has always been played in my house--they are legends and their music NEVER gets old..John was always my favorite Beatle..some of his music was always kinda like DALI,(like on rubber soul thru the magical msyery tour) but in an audio interpetation...I really thought it was great that after his heydey with the Beatles, He used his celebrity to encourage peace and to make the world a better place.hereally was a great, passionate man..it's sad that we all losted out to see what else john could have did musicly & politicly to touch our lives ..all this can be seen on this dvd with Imagine, Give Peace a Chance and Power to the poeple plus the little hair peace/bed peace clip...it's sad that after almost 25 years after Lennon's death,we still are subjected to war (iraq), terrorism (9-11), murder of another musician (dimebag darrell) and massive natural destruction resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths in asia and india with the earthquake...On a lighter note, it is great to hear such touching Lennon songs like Woman and Mother backed with a great visual retrospect of lennon's life as an individual and devoted husband to yoko and father to sean...it also includes the cool rocker cold turkey, the poppy just like starting over and the great lennon classics jealous guy & instant karma...this dvd is perfect for both the die hards & a person who just wants a visual hits collection..it's a great package with great remastered footage and top notch sound both in 5.1 & stereo...definate 5 stars!!! Peace!