Pain of Salvation - Be Live

Starring:Pain of Salvation
Studio: Inside Out U.S.
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
This DVD features the live performance of Pain of Salvation's conceptual masterpiece, Be, complete with an orchestra and animated footage. Before Pain of Salvation entered the studio to record Be, they performed the music live over the course of several nights in front of music students and in rock clubs. A camera crew followed them around to document the performances for this DVD. "It seems that everybody was deeply impressed," says creator Daniel Gildenlow. "I think, however, in order to grasp every detail of the show one would have to watch it three or four times."

Description

This DVD features the live performance of Pain of Salvation's conceptual masterpiece, Be, complete with an orchestra and animated footage. Before Pain of Salvation entered the studio to record Be, they performed the music live over the course of several nights in front of music students and in rock clubs. A camera crew followed them around to document the performances for this DVD. "It seems that everybody was deeply impressed," says creator Daniel Gildenlow. "I think, however, in order to grasp every detail of the show one would have to watch it three or four times."

Be Live comes packaged with a bonus Live CD.

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely the best live DVD I've ever seen.......2007-07-08

Pain of Salvation isn't exactly a household name, so I figured the quality of this DVD may suffer a bit from budget limitations. I was SO wrong. The production is beautiful. The performance is flawless. And they somehow produce a sense of intimicy that I've never seen before. They prove every inch of their musicianship is for real. Daniel's pipes are just as good live as in studio. He gets to indulge his theatrical side. And there's even a bit of humor with everyone doning their shades for Dea Pecuniae. The only bad thing I can say about this DVD is it may be the only opportunity many of us will ever get to see POS live. Thought I've certainly got my fingers crossed.

Absolutely Amazing. .......2006-03-24

The BE DVD may be hard to get into at first but its well worth it once you "Get It". Some of the lyrics are different from the CD so it makes for a nice contrast.

I never knew.......2005-09-26

I bought the studio CD of "Be" a few months ago and found it interesting but didn't quite grasp the concept of the album.
After seeing this DVD, I too, was completely blown away.
I had no idea of what a brilliant performer Daniel is and his voice, now has to rate in my all time favourites.

A definite "must buy" for any fans of prog and great music

I Was Blown Away.......2005-07-20

When information fo BE Live DVD was announced.. I was not really interested in the idea. But after a month or so of its released. Reviews were great!!! So I decided to just get my own copy and see for myself what POS is all about. I was a fan f POS since its inception with Entropia.... I heard BE cd but was unhappy because of its new direction. But seeing BE performed live in its entirety was an incredible experience I might say!!! I have no expectation whatsoever of BE being performed Live.... Here I am in front of my TV screen seeing BE performed in so many musical styles blended with theatrical, visual presentation and most of all Prog Metal being played in between songs.... I was taken back by this whole concept, new ideas that POS had in mind for a while now. I am glad that they were bold and did released it to the world regardless of what people might say. It's refreshing and put the meaning of prog to a whole new level.... I am extremely happy with BE!!!!

No bikini's.......2005-06-14

This DVD has rekindled my interest in the cd. I find the sound a lot more organic, less cold and the talking bits take on more of an ethereal/background feel.
There are a few changes from the studio cd, some lyrics are not completely formed, some songs are a bit different (notably the big finale ballad, which is much better on the studio cd (though I prefer the live sound)).
I found the video quality to be a bit blurred, but maybe that's cause it is NTSC.
The stage production is exactly that, a bit of an extravagant affair, but well done. I didn't exactly cringe myself, but I can see that some will find it all a bit of a toss.
That said, it's refreshing to listen to the commentary on the show by mainman Daniel and Frederick (keyboards), quite down to earth and happy to have a laugh at themselves whilst explaining what they were trying to achieve.
Gripes? Well none really, I think they did a great job with it all. Hopefully they'll do another live DVD with all some of their other material too.
I'm quite happy to watch the shameless dance beat cover version of Yes' - Owner of a Lonely Heart with girls in bikini's, but I prefer to see a DVD like this with a bit of imagination.
Don't expect your friends to understand though...

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