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Lights, Action, but camera, oh please
I agree with the other reviewers about the camera work - it's pathetic! Personally I don't buy the nonsense about "oh well, the sound is good so it makes up for it". The point is that I am buying a DVD which is a visual product not a CD, so the emphasis is on the picture being good as well as the sound. Don't get fooled by those that say it doesn't bother you, it does! You feel like tuning your tv set the entire time. Just watch the two Dream Theater DVD'S "Score" and "Live At Budokan", the picture quality is outstanding. <
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>As for the rest of the DVD. Yes the show is not bad and the playing is good, but there are a few things that annoy me. <
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>1.Harmonies are left out on some songs (or you can't hear them) <
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>3.Joey leaves out the trademark high notes on a lot of the songs <
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>As a guitar player I think the biggest dissapointment was when John Norum failed dismally on reproducing the solo on "Ready or Not", which was originally played by Kee Marcello on the album. I have always enjoyed Kee more than John, they are both good, but I think Kee was technically more of a virtuoso. <
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>All in all it's an average DVD, please don't give this one a 5 just for the sake of nostalgia. Luckily I bought this on a reward system from my local cd store, I would of been annoyed if I had payed full price for this one.

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A mature and classy evolution.
Wait a minute here, two Europe DVDs in one year? Well, unlike The Final Countdown Live 1986 this is a recent recording. Live from the Dark was taped on the last night of the tour for the album Start from the Dark. The gig took place at Hammersmith Apollo in London in November of 2004. After viewing the performance from 1986 I wasn't too keen on what would be inside of this double DVD set. What I found was surprising. I am familiar with the tracks from Start from the Dark, but I'm not found of the back catalog. What Joey Tempest and John Norum have done is brilliantly updated the previous material it's got a punch and a bite that it lacked before. Joey Tempest can still moisten the ladies' britches and work an audience into a frenzy. John might stand in place the entire night, but with the intense energy he puts into his performance and fretwork all is forgiven. Europe does a fantastic job of incorporating current material in between the classics. At times there is dead silence as Joey introduces a new track, but about mid-way the fans get into it. The standouts performances on this DVD are; "Superstitious," which has stood the test of time as has "Carrie" here performed acoustically by Tempest, reminds me of Sammy Hagar doing "Where Eagles Fly," in the Van Halen set to give the rest of the band a breather. Tempest enlists the participation of the audience on the chorus, they oblige and their voices are deafening. Also worth mentioning are "Rock the Night" and "Let the Good Times Rock" both drive the audience insane. Live from the Dark ends with a song that gets under my skin "The Final Countdown," but it would be ridiculous of me not to expect the trademark song not to make the set. Complementing the live show, are; interview footage, tour diaries and music videos from the album Start from the Dark. I applaud Europe for putting together a quality DVD that's sure to be embraced by casual and die-hard fans alike. <
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The band Europe is good..but who hired the cameramans
I was with much joy to know that the band that I had been listening to since my schooldays have finally release their live performance on DVD. <
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>Based on the reviews, it sounded like the cameraman, the lighting man the editing and mastering staffs ought to be given a kick in their a** for spoiling the whole concert.... except for the sound engineer and the mixing crew. <
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>I thought of buying this DVD..but...I decided not too. <
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>I guess that's why the concert is name Live from the DARK... <
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>man..what's wrong with more lights... <
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