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U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
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Classic Albums - U2: The Joshua Tree
: :An outstanding entry in the Classic Albums video series, this hourlong documentary, produced in 1999, assembles the creators of U2's The Joshua Tree to comment about the musical magic that occurred a dozen years earlier in a home studio in Dublin. Merging past and present, coproducers Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, mixer Steve Lillywhite, and guitarist The Edge isolate separate tracks on the album's master tapes to illustrate how some of U2's greatest songs were layered with each individual's crucial contributions. Bono listens in while Lanois deconstructs the masters, appearing genuinely ...
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MTV Video Music Awards - Rock
: :A variety of rock & rollers take center stage on this 40-minute compilation of performances (plus about 10 minutes' worth of comedic monologues) culled from MTV's Video Music Awards telecasts. Of course, some may argue that the likes of Jewel (who plays solo) and Pink don't exactly qualify as rock artists, but there are plenty of genuine rockers here. And even if they wear their influences on the sleeves, people like Lenny Kravitz (with the neo-Hendrixisms of 'Are You Gonna Go My Way'), Silverchair (the Nirvana soundalike 'Tomorrow'), and INXS (with ...
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Stop Sellafield: The Concert for Greenpeace
: :A variety of rock & rollers take center stage on this 40-minute compilation of performances (plus about 10 minutes' worth of comedic monologues) culled from MTV's Video Music Awards telecasts. Of course, some may argue that the likes of Jewel (who plays solo) and Pink don't exactly qualify as rock artists, but there are plenty of genuine rockers here. And even if they wear their influences on the sleeves, people like Lenny Kravitz (with the neo-Hendrixisms of 'Are You Gonna Go My Way'), Silverchair (the Nirvana soundalike 'Tomorrow'), and INXS (with ...
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MTV Video Music Awards Collection - Hip-Pop & Rock
: :MTV's relentless self-promotional machine rolls on with this 95-minute compilation of performances from the channel's annual Video Music Awards show (described here as 'the only award show that matters'--easy for them to say, since they invented it), ranging from 1990 to 2002. Image is paramount to this operation, especially if there's a little titillation involved; thus we have the sex-kitten antics of Britney Spears and Shakira, the spectacle of a bare-chested Nelly wearing his jeans not only below his boxers but barely above his knees, and the sheer absurdity of MC ...
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From a Whisper to a Scream - The Living History of Irish Rock
: :The history of rock & roll in Ireland is presented in suitably lively fashion in a series produced by RTÉ, Ireland's national television network. In these first three installments from the series (each an hour long), the story advances from the 1950s to the early 1980s, with archival footage providing a glimpse of what all the excitement was about. The first stirrings of rock music in Ireland took the form of 'show bands,' hugely popular ensembles that gave many young musicians their start. Fascinating clips of concert film chronicle the development ...
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U2: Live at Red Rocks - Under a Blood Red Sky
: :The history of rock & roll in Ireland is presented in suitably lively fashion in a series produced by RTÉ, Ireland's national television network. In these first three installments from the series (each an hour long), the story advances from the 1950s to the early 1980s, with archival footage providing a glimpse of what all the excitement was about. The first stirrings of rock music in Ireland took the form of 'show bands,' hugely popular ensembles that gave many young musicians their start. Fascinating clips of concert film chronicle the development ...
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U2 - Best of 1990-2000
starring: U2
: :The history of rock & roll in Ireland is presented in suitably lively fashion in a series produced by RTÉ, Ireland's national television network. In these first three installments from the series (each an hour long), the story advances from the 1950s to the early 1980s, with archival footage providing a glimpse of what all the excitement was about. The first stirrings of rock music in Ireland took the form of 'show bands,' hugely popular ensembles that gave many young musicians their start. Fascinating clips of concert film chronicle the development ...
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A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
: :The history of rock & roll in Ireland is presented in suitably lively fashion in a series produced by RTÉ, Ireland's national television network. In these first three installments from the series (each an hour long), the story advances from the 1950s to the early 1980s, with archival footage providing a glimpse of what all the excitement was about. The first stirrings of rock music in Ireland took the form of 'show bands,' hugely popular ensembles that gave many young musicians their start. Fascinating clips of concert film chronicle the development ...
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U2 - Elevation Tour 2001 (Live from Boston)
: :After the huge, lavish spectacles of previous tours, U2 decided to tone things down a bit for Elevation, which accompanied their All That You Can't Leave Behind album. Just as the album marked a return to a simpler more stripped-down sound, the live shows returned to smaller venues and a more intimate show, and from start to finish Elevation provides a welcome reminder of what a great band this is. Recorded in Boston, the show features a healthy mix of new and old songs, which were written over the course of ...
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