REM: Tourfilm (UK)

I think you may have missed the point with this DVD Rich, at the time REM were still very much an `anti-sell out` band and this shows in the way this DVD has been put together. there are no `studio-over dubs` what was played is what you get, even on `These days` where Stipes hit a howler of a bad note, it is left in, at the time no other band would have done this. There are no long lingering shots of the Audience, only quick pans and blurry shots, as live DVD this is unthinkable, but it`s REM and it works.
AS the for performance, I would hardly call it dull, in fact it`s one of the greatest `front man` preformances Ive seen. The images and back shots were way ahead of their time (leading U2 to copy them for the zooropa tours).
`End of the world as we know it` is out of sync, a snip of `Belong` is inserted still with the camera running time playing. The first two songs are played entirly straight with very little lighting and movement. and again REM are playing around with the live video format.

This it truly one of the geatest live DVDs, its not your dumb Bon Jovi heavy rock leather trousers rock shows, thank god for that. Its and intelligent reworking of the live video experience.
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