Brace yourselves..... here I go!
I've been waiting long. too long and hard for this DVD and by golly its the best two hours of my life everrrrrr.
First ill say what I didn't like: Living on the Outside, Stand in the Storm, and the documentary. ill get to those two songs in a bt but the documentary was bad in both picture and sound. they used CAMERA AUDIO for the interviews and it wasn't edited that great (a lot of black frames). the concert footage too in the documentary seemed unmastered. No interviews with ANY of the band members. none. Would’ve rather had a commentary track.
now ... the track by track analysis... the nitty gritty.
"Really had a good time!"
Hot Patootie / Time Warp: 5/5
This was utterly fantastic. Meat was energetic, the arrangement kicked ass and the band was so strong. My favorite part is his “come on!” after the Time Warp section.
"You Gotta.... Break it!"
Break It: 5/5
Ive never been a break it supporter … until now. This just freaking rocked. Meat was incredible and the band looked like they were having a blast. Only thing I wish their was more of the the water gun. Loved how meat kept saying "You gotta!"
"Hey likea Bat Outta Heeeeeeeeeelllll!"
Bat: 4/5
This was fantastic. Now that mel said what banter was cut that would’ve been more awesome for what he says after. That was epic. A few moments that was a bit cluttered, but it was still a great performance.
"I dont Think so!!!"
POE: 5/5
What a great performance. My favorite moment was his “they say to me hang cool teddy bear … I don’t think so!” This was sooo great the staging, the lighting. It was one of my favorites off the DVD.
"come on baby, read with me"
LOTO: 3/5
One of the two very weak points of the DVD. Its just meat is out of time for a lot of it. Dunno if it was a problem with the headset or what. He sound greta when he was on point tho, Best live version ive heard, but I wish some lines were in more time.
"I emptyed out my pocketttttttts"
Los Angeloser: 5/5
Utterly fantastic. Loved how Patti sang her parts. So energetic and Meat sounded amazing. Every live version I heard never captured this song until now! Loved how he sang "emptied out my pockettts".
"let me hear you say 'amen!'"
Took The Words: 5/5
The best version of Took the words post 1993. Justin’s intro was awesome and we got PREACHER MEAT! Audience banter at its finest. Something that was missing from 3 Bats Live.
"come on patricia!"
Rock & Roll Dreams: 6/5
The greatest thing ever. 11 minutes of awesomeness. Long-0ass sax solo, Meat on top form, and a kick ass arrangement. This was awesome. The best performance bar none on the DVD. Loved how meat goes "come on patricia during the interlude before justin's epic solo.
"where's my cowgirl?
"right here cowboy!"
SITS: 2/5
Hated it. Auto tuned like crazy and sounded so artificial. One of only 2 songs on this DVD I didn’t like. I did like though patti referenced his secondary MLUKFC username at the start (cowboy)
"sooner or later you'll be screwing around"
Anything for Love: 5/5
Fantatsic,. Loved the abridged version and arrangement. My best friend watched this with me and said he preferred the intro to the piano-vocal one. LOVED this and meat sounded AWESOME. SO FREAKING AWESOME. Patti was amazing. This was her best vocal of the night.
"If Jim were here he'd be in that front seat screaming at the top of his lungs for what you just saw"
Two Out Of Three: 5/5
Ridiculous. Like a 3 minute violin/piano duel. Its crazy. My favorite moment of the DVD is quoted above.
Mats voice on this one was jaw dropping
"I went against the cardinal rules fellas... never make a girl cry"
Paradise: 4/5
26 freaking minutes. 26 minutes of awesomeness. Paradise was awesome but Where were the telitubbies????? Meat sounded great, patti was excellent, but the reason it gets a 4 is cause of the goshdarn clown noise on the f words. You just have to watch it. Its an episode of a TV show in the middle of a concert DVD.
"Oh you gotta let the good times roll baby!"
Boneyard / All Revved Up: 3.5/5
Ive heard better Boneyards on bootlegs, and I wish meat wore his red coat during it. Needed more Justin. Another thing im confused with is why they cut the :son of a bitch” lines. Was it performed like that just for the DVD. The end was satisfying, but I kept thinking mercury would show but I remembered concert-one fudged it up,.
Overall the DVD was excellent, well worth the wait. The echo never bothered me..
Didnt like the transitions though between songs, the camera was white balanced that great either. I think the blurriness comes form the High iso on the camera. cause of them making the shots darker.
I wish we could’ve gotten mercury blues, dead ringer, all of me, and song of madness soundboards as extras.