Product: Rock & Roll Backstage Pass: Four-Movie Collection (U2: Rattle & Hum / Bob Dylan: No Direction Home / Rolling Stones: Shine a Light / Neil Young: Heart of Gold)
Rating: 5.0
Four great movies for the price of one
Let me just start by saying I picked this product up at walmart for 13 bucks and I couldnt be happier,Each one of this films is worth the price of purchase and this is a true bargin for a lover of music.Shine A Light- This is a wonderful snapshot provivded by the great martin scorcese of the rolling stones in there twillight years and showing that they are still capable as they were 40 years previous in delivering a wonderful performance to a crowded hall,The thing that makes this a more worthy purchase than others is the setlist which includes great rarely heard album cuts and being able to watch the stones work a good venue instead of lost in a see of hundres of thousands watching video monitors,It truly is a great performance and a wonderful collection for any stones fan.No Direction Home - Marty Scorcese is back up to bat is this awesome 3 hour saga of dylans early years from woody guthrie wannabe to folk god to outcast and recluse from 1961-1966, It has wonderful interviews and performances that will have any music fan glued to there seats with all the early hits from "blowin in the wind" to "like a rolling stone" and everything in between. This is the story of how Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan and what a great tale it is.Rattle and Hum- This is U2 in their prime before they got wrapped up in fame and politics,this is U2 still hungry and out to prove themselves,while at the same time paying tribute to their heroes The beatles,Bob dylan,Jimi hendrix,BB king and Elvis presley.Amazing performaces of tracks like "Pride (in the name of love)" and "sunday bloody sunday" are bound to move emotion out of even the most hardened human being or U2 hater.Heart of Gold- Neil Young's storytelling and musical prowess are on display with this 2005 performace that is meant to show off his newest album (at the time)"Praire Wind" which takes over te first half of the show,it drags on a little long,but manages to show Young still has some chops,Then comes The harvest heavy second portion of the show with great performaces of songs like "heart of gold" "old man" "needle and the damage done" which make up for any mild short comings that the first half had and overall make for a very enjoyable experince with Neil at the Ryman auditorium.In conclusion There really is something for any true music lover to enjoy here and like I said every one of these dvds is worth the price you're paying for all 4,So it really is a win win. I whole heartedly reccomend it.