the Complete Sessions at West 54th_音乐专辑
the Complete Sessions at West 54th
表演者: Ben Folds Five
专辑类型: 视频/Best of, Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
介质: DVD
发行时间: 2001-10-9
唱片数: 1
出版者: SONY
专辑简介
I am watching this DVD once more as I write this review. Ben Folds Five had great live shows- I know I loved going to them. This DVD features them in a more sober and intimate audience. Their performance is tight. We even catch Ben Folds himslef being slightly uncomfortable and maybe even nervous in this setting. The performances of Smoke and Missing the War are true gems- truly highlighting the depth of Ben Folds' talent at songwriting. Exciting to many will be the performances of "Theme From Dr. Pyser" and a Flaming Lips cover of "She Don't Use Jelly" interpreted as a lounge song. The mix of fifteen songs is great- though I was saddened to find that "Fair" was not among them. Don't be shy because you are looking for a a more frentetic live show- great clips are included in the spare Reels footage and Folds does manage to stomp on the keys and slam down on them with his forearm a few time during the West 54th performance. Even his trademark high-voiced "Are you ready to rock now" appears.
For those to whom the band was dear we find a poingant moment where we can watch a group of talented musicians that never quite fit anywhere- Somehwere in-between obscurity and fame, between indie-rock and pop, between promising debut in their self-titled Ben Folds Five and the critical acclaim(and commercial disapointment) of Rheinhold Messner.
For those who do not know the band- they were the most underrated rock band of the nineties- that provided a refuge both from the absurdly and psudo-morose rockings of the last gasp of "Alternative", the middle of the road mediocrity of Green Day and also a place of shelter from the gratingly mechanical glitter pop whose ressurection began in America with Hanson whose debut came around the time of this performance. Fortunately- still living under the dark clouds of the boys and blondes of Pop- I can kick back with my friends and watch great music being performed by a great band.
By Michael Brendan Dougherty
http://www.amazon.co
曲目
1. Missing The War
2. Kate
3. Battle Of Who Could Care Less
4. The Last Polka
5. Selfless Cold And Composed
6. Brick
7. Steven's Last Night In Town
8. Smoke9. Philosophy
10. Emaline
11. Theme From "Dr. Pyser"
12. One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
13. Underground
14. She Don't Use Jelly
15. Song For The Dumped Bonus Feature
16. Battle Of Who Could Care Less
17. Philosophy
18. Missing The War
19. Brick20. The Stunt Man
21. Song For The Dumped
22. Don't Change Your Plans
23. Army Format: DVD VIDEO
