Shane MacGowan & The Popes - Live at Montreux 1995

Starring:Shane MacGowan & The Popes
Studio: Eagle Vision USA
Product Type: DVD

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Description
Shane MacGowan first came to prominence as the frontman and principal songwriter of the The Pogues writing huge international hits such as "Fairytale Of New York" and "The Irish Rover". After splitting from the band in 1991 he reappeared with a new band, the Popes, who released their debut album "The Snake" in 1995. He remains an iconic figure in Irish music.

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15, 1995, this is the first DVD to be released of Shane MacGowan and The Popes live in concert.

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The Only Band That Matters.......2007-04-14

This DVD could be 2 hours of Joe Strummer farting into a telephone and it would still be immensly more interesting and entertaining than anything by today's "punks". Sure, I'd rather have some full song clips, but Strummer (and Topper, Paul and Mick for that matter) make up for it. Don't watch this if you're not already fairly knowledgeable about the band and the culture at the time...many of the soundbites, without context, may seem a little confusing. But even with the abbreviated live clips, you can get an idea of what this band meant at the time. I saw them 4 times between 1979 and 1981...best 4 concerts of my life.

Way, way less than what it could have been.......2007-03-24

I'm a huge Clash fan. I've been one since 1978, and I can't begin to tell you how much I've been wanting to get a documentary dvd on the only band that matters. So, I was excited to see this available, as well as the other dvd that highlights their videos. I bought both at the same time. Westway to the World could have been so much more. So very, very much more. While I really liked the interviews with the band members and the documentary itself, it was just too short. The lack of adequate live footage of them performing was very irritating. I kept waiting to be blown away, but it didn't happen. I was also disappointed that there weren't more "outside" sources commenting on the band. Surely the producers could have found ten to fifteen people who were associated with the band that could have rounded out what they had. I found myself going to the extra features, but they were pretty lame, as well. It's too bad that this piece may become the definitive dvd on the band, as it is just not enough. They deserve more. Joe deserves more. I find this dvd to smack of commercialism, something Epic records put out to take our money and cash in on the band.

"Either you became a power or you were crushed".......2007-01-29

So says the ever-sagely punk rock poet Joe Strummer, the featured player in this high-quality documentary about his legendary, incendiary and influential band, The Clash.

Don Letts, a one-time DJ at the band's favorite club, the Roxy (and subsequent member of Mick Jones' post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite), culls from his catalog of amazing archival footage and draws upon his unparalleled access to the band to show us just how the Clash rose to the be the powers they were (and, to some extent, how crushed they became).

The film starts out as an almost standard, run-of-the-mill rockumentary, with two exceptions: 1) this particular rock-doc is about one of the greatest bands of all time, so the music clips, although short, are stunning. And 2) Joe Strummer was one of the world's more interesting and compelling narrators in both thought and tone. He's immensely quotable and the timbre and tenor of his voice would no doubt have you captured and enraptured no matter what he was commenting on.

Some great stories are told about the formation of the band and the origins of songs like "I'm So Bored With The USA," "Garageland", "White Riot", and "London's Burning". And it's a real treat to see outtakes of the band in the studio actually recording some of their albums (the shot of Joe, with headphones on, recording the vocal for "All The Young Punks" sends chills down my spine).

But the movie really takes off toward the end, with the descriptions of how the band began to crumble and implode. Letts' history with the band members grants him an access much more important than mere physical access - he has an emotional intimacy with them as well, so he really gets them to open up.

Thus, it is very powerful to hear Strummer's stinging yet bittersweet words about Mick Jones. Because on one hand, he says Jones began behaving like "Elizabeth Taylor in a filthy mood" (ha!) and that "punctuality wasn't one of his talents." But at the same time he adds: "his was a talent worth waiting for." And later, he implores all would-be bands out there: "If it works, don't mess with it - do what you have to do to bring it forward."

In watching the film's captivating conclusion, you get the sense that if just one little thing had gone differently for them (i.e. drummer Topper Headon not doing drugs, or Mick Jones having "a little more self-control") they might have played together for another twenty years.

Such is the fine line between the powerful and the crushed, and Letts does a mostly-excellent job in showing us how this line is drawn, and what happens if it is crossed.

p.s. of the 44 minutes of bonus interview footage, make sure to listen to the 11 minutes with Paul Simonon - he tells some very amusing stories with topics including (but not limited to): a night in a Scottish jail with assorted Clash fans, abusing Legs McNeil, and wearing a rabbit suit. Actually, one of my favorite things about this film is being able to hear more from Paul, because - much as I love them - I'd already heard plenty over the years from Mick and Joe and almost nothing from Paul. (That said, Joe tells a particularly hilarious tale of his own about stealing a mic from 200 ft above the stage of the English National Opera).

Good For Clash Fans.......2006-07-15

What You Can Expect: A documentary fashioned after The Beatles Anthology, only about 9 hours shorter. Instead of using a narrator, the story of the Clash is told mostly by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon. The documentary doesn't have a great deal of depth, but you get a quick overview of how the guys met, their earlier work, their influences, and their politics. They talk about growing up on the Beatles and the Kinks and not wanting to end up playing concerts with symphonies, like Rod Stewart.

They go on to cover their early concerts, writing songs, recording the albums, and the eventual dissolution of the band. Overall you get a decent amount of information and some interesting stories. The best aspect is watching the guys seemingly come to a few conclusions about their career right in front of the camera as they share some of their regrets. For any fan of the Clash, this is a great source of information and a way to learn a bit more about the band.

What Not to Expect: This is not a great introduction to the Clash. If you're not at least familiar with the band and punk rock in general, there's not much here to bring you up to speed. You might feel a little lost. This is really a better fit for Clash fans who would like to see some extra interviews with the band.

You also shouldn't expect to see a lot of songs. If that's what you're looking to find, go for a concert film. There are a lot of snippets from tracks throughout their career, but no song is played in it's entirety.

This is your father's punk rock........2006-02-24

Pity the poor mall punks.
Seems like any dink with a Hot Topic frequent buyer card and a labret piercing can be "punk" these days...well kids, I'll be quite honest with ya...you have it easy.

Do yourself a favor...hell, do ALL of us a favor...take a look at your CD collection and if ANY of the bands therein have been in any sort of rotation on the music video channel of your choice....THROW THEM OUT.

Then go buy this DVD and see what punk was, is and always will be about.

You see kids, "back in the day", as we old timers like to refer to it, being a punk wasn't exactly the "hip" thing to be...you got your ass kicked by just about everyone.
Jocks, cops, rednecks...being a punk was a dangerous prospect....shows were often broken up by the police...it was violent, vital and very real.

This DVD is just a gimpse into that era.
An era that changed the way the world looked to a whole lot of us.
I was a suburban kid...bands like The Clash, The Sex Pistols and The Damned opened my eyes to a whole different segment of society that I never knew existed.

So take some time and learn a little about the history of "The Only Band That Matters"...you'll be better for it.

For us older types...this DVD is an amazing document.
The live footage is great...the interviews are entertaining...and, frankly, seeing Joe Strummer talk about the history of the band brought a little tear to my eye.

The bonus footage is killer too.
Anyone who calls themselves a fan probably already owns this disc...but for those who want to discover more about a band that important to so many, it's a must see.

If I Should Fall from Grace - The Shane MacGowan Story

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Shane's Rather Boring in his Biography
If you like Shane this is a total must for your collection
Brilliant
Reality uncompromised
The Pogues at their rowdiest, poetic best.

If I Should Fall from Grace - The Shane MacGowan Story
Starring: Deirdre O'Mahony , Victoria Clarke (II) , Kirsty MacColl , Philip Gaston , and John Lydon
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IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE (MACGOWAN,SHANE)

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As any Pogues fan could've told you, The Shane MacGowan Story was destined to be funny, sad, uplifting, depressing, and utterly irresistible. By the time this engaging documentary was produced in 2000, MacGowan--former Pogues frontman, notorious drinker, and one of the greatest songwriters of his generation--was still the unrepentant alcoholic who caused his former bandmates so much worry. They loved him then and love him still (bandmate Philip Chevron speaks most eloquently of their history), and for all his toothless cackling and constant stupor, MacGowan is seen here as an amiable Irish pub-crawler, coherent in thought if not always in speech, still making music (with his latter-day band, the Popes), and obviously devoted to his wife, Victoria Clarke, an enabling saint whose love for MacGowan is joyfully unconditional. Archival clips, video excerpts, and interviews with MacGowan's friends and family complete this comprehensive chronicle, making it an essential addition to any punk-'n-Pogues library. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Shane's Rather Boring in his Biography.......2007-05-10

I love the Pogues like anyone but I have to confess, Shane's a very boring interview. He drags in his speak and repeats what he's said numerous times in previous interviews. Tipperary this and Tipperary that...

That being said, I loved the early footage in his year's with the Nipps and found the footage of an older, wiser MacGowan performing in Dublin to be an expression of bewildering nostalgia. That man has literally gone to hell and back and he's still standing, even waltzing with his mother on stage to a crowd of young Irish lads who still treat him as the "next big act" in Ireland.

His biographies are more interesting than his recollections of his life in interview.

If you like Shane this is a total must for your collection.......2007-05-03

I saw this film a couple of years ago, I finally purchased my own copy of it.
This documentary is just fantastic and covers more or less the entire life up to the present of the great Shane Macgowan. Rather than just copying what most people have written about this movie I will just say a quick little quirp about what I really enjoy about it.

First off the opening of the movie sold me right away. The Popes live performing Paddy Public Enemy #1. That right there had me.
There is a ton of music in this documentary which I really enjoyed; too many music documentaries never have enough music and actuall performances for my liking. This one has a huge amount.

Many of the interviews are fantastic also. Not your typical "Oh so and so is a great performer", super in depth interviews about who and how Shane really is.

There is not a lot of extra stuff worth while except the extended interviews, do yourself a favor and be sure to check out "Shane and Nature" or something along those lines, it is hilarious!

So if you love The Pogues, if you love The Popes get this movie you will not be disappointed one bit!

Up the Republic!

Brilliant.......2007-01-12

This movie shows the genius that is Shane, warts and all. A little rough to watch his slide into olblivion but it also gives you appreciation for where he has been and where he is going. I saw the Pogue's last year for Paddy's Day in NYC and he still has not missed a step musically or performing.

Reality uncompromised.......2007-01-08

A real dose of where this artist came from and the influnces that made him what he is. I would have given this five stars if it was more introspective of the artist, although what they got was probably the best they could hope for. There is some great music and interviews and if you read between the lines, a sensitive artist. Somewhat depressing but definitely real.

The Pogues at their rowdiest, poetic best........2006-12-10

To these ears, this recording and Run, Sodomy and the Lash are the two classic Pogues CD's. On the other one, you can understand the words but the passion in this one makes up for amy lack of understanding lyrics. What can you say about a combination of politics, Catholicism, sex, love, Irish traditional music and punk? What can you say about a fantastic writer such as Shane McGowan, with the backing of such a musically strong and impeccable band? The results are magically compelling from the title cut that moves along at the speed of light, to the moving song about immigration, Thousands Are Sailing. McGowan sings with all the passion of someone nearly possessed but behind the passion is someone who knows the power of great poetic lyrics and a good melody-he really writes songs that stand the test of time, and the passion is what I would call Irish soul music. Try to listen to The Turkish Song of the Damned and not move at least your feet. I remember when I saw them back in 1987 in London with my English cousin-they seemed to all be drinking on stage as was most of the audience, and I thought I would be squished to death in a rumble, but fortunately that didn't happen. But nearly 20 years later, the music has lost none of its power and remains a favorite to this day.

Shane MacGowan & The Popes - Live at Montreux 1995

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Shane and the Popes Rock Hard
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The Basics

Shane MacGowan & The Popes - Live at Montreux 1995
Starring: Shane MacGowan & The Popes
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Across the Broad Atlantic
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ASIN: B00069FLCM
Release Date: 2004-11-16

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Shane MacGowan first came to prominence as the frontman and principal songwriter of the The Pogues writing huge international hits such as "Fairytale Of New York" and "The Irish Rover". After splitting from the band in 1991 he reappeared with a new band, the Popes, who released their debut album "The Snake" in 1995. He remains an iconic figure in Irish music.

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15, 1995, this is the first DVD to be released of Shane MacGowan and The Popes live in concert.

Customer Reviews:

Shane and the Popes Rock Hard.......2005-09-30

Great concert for the Shane fans in all of us. Thnks to Montreux. Now if they could just release a video of the Guiness Fleadh concert in NY on Randall's Island. It rained so much that it became a mudbath! Shane still rocked that night. That was awesome!

Yeah yeah yeah yeah .......2004-12-13

Shane is in great form here, He even break dances at one point and does some nice go-go dance moves during one tune. The Popes sound great and look like they are having a lot of fun during this show. It's also nice to hear some songs from the first Pogues album as well as a few choice covers. If you love Shane pick up this DVD pour a dark one and enjoy.

The Basics.......2004-11-23

If you're reading this chances are you're already a Shane fan, so let's get to the important stuff so you can hurry up and buy the disc:

Shane's in great form.
The Popes are in great form.
The picture and sound are clear and crisp.
The songs are excellent.
The dvd is a definate keeper.

Tiocfaidh Ár Lá

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Aside From Courtney Love's Screams.....
Cool Movie
Hysterically funny reviews
Put me Straight to Sleep.....
funny as Hell

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Customer Reviews:

Aside From Courtney Love's Screams............2007-02-10

For die-hard Clash fans, rather for fans of the late 1970's English punk movement, this movie is hard to resist. An eclectic group of musicians and actors, including Joe Strummer, members of The Pogues, Dennis Hopper, Elvis Costello, and Jim Jarmusch, this homage to Spaghetti Westerns is wonderful. If you get it. For those who might necessarily appreciate the actors, the humor may be lost.
This project was director Alex Cox's immediate after Sid & Nancy, the story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his violent love affair with Nancy Spungen. In fact, Courtney Love may have been channeling Nancy for her role in Straight to Hell. She is the only truly bad addition to this movie. Her annoying and insescent screaming was hard to get through at certain points.
Overall, if you have an appreciation for all of these personalities on one set, in one film, then it is well worth the purchasing price.

Cool Movie.......2006-08-19

I was worried about not liking this movie. I'd read a lot of Reviews that said it was weird or boring. But I love Joe Strummer so I had to check it out. and I was pleasantly surprized to find a quirky laugh out loud movie. IT Is a DARK comedy. and you'll either love it or hate it, get it or not. I only gave 4 stars because Courtney Love annoys me she's the only downside to the movie, but her part isn't hugh so it's bareable. I loved seeing Strummer playing a cool sexy guy, he had some great funny moments. Shane Macgowan made me crack up when ever he's on screen. I was also surprized to see some actors in it that are now recgnizable from their recent work like an actor from medium and one from 24. Give this movie a chance and you'll be rewarded.

Hysterically funny reviews.......2006-07-17

Yup, this film--which happens to be one of my all-time faves--is not for everyone. Way back a bit before Sting and Bono gave a whole new meaning to the idea of pompous jerk, British punker musicians brought a real Midlands working class sense of irony and absurdity to the world--often not only through their music but through their stage chatter. Some of the flat-out funniest people I've ever encountered were punkers from the Eighties. The single-most un-funny human I've ever known was a major league grunge performer, and let's not even go near modern rappers and the whole EMO phenomenon. In other words, if you're a Post-Eighties kid this movie probably won't work well for you as you're probably soaked in earnest and dreary. A Brit recently told me that Americans have totally lost their sense of irony. There you have it.

The premise of this film was brilliant--let's take a bunch of Brit rockers to Spain (because a concert gig in Central America fell through), write a script in two days, and make a Spaghetti Western using a dilapidated old set from the early 70's. This couldn't happen today for a variety of reasons, one being that a bunch of musicians with any public reputation wouldn't put up with the lousy accommodations in order to have a bit of fun. Then there's that sense of humor thing again, I can't think of any performer today who could pull off what (just to give a few examples) Joe Strummer and all the Pogues do here. They probably lived on Pepsi and hot dogs for the three weeks it took to shoot this wonder, and they probably didn't give a hoot. And then again, this couldn't have happened back then with American punkers who tended to be snots. I think we stopped being funny a long time ago.

The pace is slow because the film does a great job of emulating its models; mainly those classic Clint Eastwood films. So there. However, it's beyond mere parody and there's plenty of terrific slapstick and just goofy humor all the way through the flick. It's one of those films where there are almost too many memorable vignettes--a bit where Strummer is in a clinch with a gal and his gun accidentally goes off and he has to fake having been bitten by a snake is, for me, one of the classic funny moments in film. The soundtrack alone (at least until kids who are easily bored started writing reviews for Amazon) was, for many years, considered to be classic. The, uh, "violence" is farcical and hardly graphic; also, to have fun, they scrupulously avoided obscenity and nudity in the film, which is what everybody expected from this gang. I understand it got an R rating almost by accident.

Anyway, I love Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, and all those screwball comedies of the 1930's and this film is one of my favorites. Elsewhere in Amazonia another youngster expresses her boredom over the Cary Grant collection that includes "The Awful Truth"--a flick that rivals Shakespeare. Need I write more?

Some day, when all us tedious Americans who think humor is sadism, making fun of people, and/or doing disgusting things (the lowest forms of humor by the way) are all dead and gone, and the country is full of newcomers who can find genuine joy and laughter in things, this film will be regarded as a classic.

[Raegen Butcher down below gets it dead right by describing this film as a people-sorter in the manner of "Big Trouble in Little China"--a gem that is for me up there with "Gone With the Wind" and "Citizen Kane." I generally find that anyone who doesn't like "Big Trouble" or this flick puts ME to sleep in minutes. And while I'm at it, what's with these one-star reviews because something bores you? Everybody I know under the age of thirty these days is bored by anything that isn't exploding in their faces. It tells me more about the reviewer than the product being reviewed]

Put me Straight to Sleep............2005-09-11

Unless you enjoy lots of meaningless violence, this movie is a total bore. Three guys and a pregnant Courtney Love rob a bank, and escape to a western town. There is a lot of shooting and a lot of people die. And that is pretty much the depth of the plotline. A few funny lines in there, but definately not enough to be considered a comedy. You know it's a bad movie when an hour's gone by and you're still waiting for the point. Don't waste your money on this one.

funny as Hell.......2005-08-21

I saw this twice during its too brief(one week!)run in Seattle in 1987 and i was always showing it to people later on video who thought i was INSANE, which may or may not be beside the point, but this is one of THOSE movies, like BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, that can inform you about someones personal sense of humor and taste. Either you get it or you don't. I think this movie is some kind of psychopathic classic that perfectly sends up the extreme amorality of the spaghetti westerns and prefigures the homicidal men in black suits later to turn up in Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. And few films can top it for sheer nihilistic rip-it-apart glee. I am glad it is finally being seen on DVD in its original aspect ratio, because in the theaters it had very carefully staged WIDESCREEN compositions which were lost on video. The cast is uniformly weird and wonderful: Sy Richardson, channeling pure self-righteous macho bad-ass blackness, JOE STRUMMER, showing a surprisingly light touch for comedy, Dick Rude,hilariously channeling a psycho-punk James Cagney,COURTNEY LOVE (Hang in there, girl!)gives a truly committed performance as a shrill whining NANCY SPUNGEN MONSTER, the POGUES almost manage to say their dialog, ELVIS COSTELLO doesn't have much dialog but acquits himself well. I could go on and on about the rest of the cast, and there's plenty of them still to mention, including and especially MIGUEL SANDOVER, who does the greatest CLINT EASTWOOD send-up i have ever had the pleasure of watching.

Watch this film ...you'll either get it...or you won't. I laughed like hell.

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It's about the music not the pictures.
bad seeds don't fall far from the tree
Ditto the Mixed Bag
The bad seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty crappy for such a great artist.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Videos
Starring: Nick Cave , Mick Harvey , Barry Adamson , Hugo Race , and Warren Ellis
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It's about the music not the pictures........2006-04-09

Nick doesn't even like making videos. Rent don't buy this one. It's much more worth your while to buy a live performance DVD.

bad seeds don't fall far from the tree.......2005-08-02

Videos are, demonstrably, not a strong point for the Bad Seeds. Neither are they a point of interest for the band. If you are interested in inspired and objectively interesting videos, look elsewhere. However, if you like to watch Nick Cave dance around while Blixa Bargeld looks very pretty in the background, you've found your match. The commentary between the videos is entertaining and offers a glimpse into the minds of the otherwise taciturn Bad Seeds. This is a collection for the collectors, or the über-fans.

Ditto the Mixed Bag.......2005-04-02

If you have not seen this DVD, it must be restated that Cave and his bandmates admit from the very start that they do not like doing videos. So, if you presumably already have these songs on CD and many of the reviews lean toward the negative, why own this? Well, in my view, The Videos is a great collection precisely because it is so primitive and often silly. I don't like all the songs and would rather that others had taken the place of those I don't like, hence the four stars. But overall, this is a video that any Nick Cave fan should be eager to own because actually watching Cave perform adds so much more to the songs.
The following are my favorites:
1) Staggerlee---Cave in his most menacing stance. The dancing is so silly you may roll on the floor laughing.
2) Where the Wild Roses Grow---Manichean juxtapositions. Cave and Minogue play their roles to the hilt. And then there's that snake...
3) Into My Arms---The imagery is what gets you. Very stark.
4) Henry Lee---The video does not really fit the words, but you can feel the sexual tension generated by PJ Harvey and Cave.
5) Red Right Hand---Always a great song, sinister as Cave can make it.
6) Do You Love Me---Actually, I couldn't care less about the bozos he filmed in a Brazilian dive, but the performance is urgent and bursting with Cave's energy.
7) Jack the Ripper---Full of blood, brings the lyrics to hideous life.
8) Mercy Seat---Somewhat weak, but Cave looks the part of a loser who is about to be fried. Could have been a lot more graphic, but still a great song.
9) The Weeping Song--The set it comical (with the phony water and rocking boat, the guys swilling Retsina), the dancing stupid, and Blixa Bargeld with a voice tailor-made for a song like this.
10) I Had A Dream, Joe---Shows the band at its most manic. No acting per se, but lots of great shots of individual band members frantically playing and Cave working himself into an exhausting frenzy.

What didn't I like? They could have jettisoned What A Wonderful World and In the Ghetto for sure. They stink out loud, particularly that last,the aural stench of which still lingers in my ears.
Addressing one reviewer's complaint, one can skip the commentary before each song by selecting the songs one by one rather than playing the whole thing through. A bit of a pain, but its an option.
So, overall I ditto the mixed bag judgement of several reviewers but reiterate my recommendation of The Videos for anyone who is truly a Nick Cave fan. I plan to enjoy this DVD frequently and you may find that you will too as long as you remember the proviso that these videos are not the acme of the art.

The bad seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-03-31

The bad seeds certainly! I liked Where The Wild Roses Grow, because the video is excellent. Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue are great in this one, but I figure that's just because I like Kylie and nothing else but Nick is good in this one! The only Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds video I like.

Pretty crappy for such a great artist........2004-11-25

I really enjoy Nick Cave's music and I have almost all of his CDs. He has a deep and poetic lyrical style that is rare in popular music today. So when I saw his DVD of music videos, I was intrigued. Man was I let down. Maybe two or three of the videos are tolerable, most are bad and a few are outright terrible. I am pretty forgiving to low budget productions in most cases. Usually I can get passed the cheap sets and poor camera work on videos, if they are creative. But something about these videos' cheap production was just plain bad. If you like Nick Cave, stick to his audio collection and just pretend you never saw this DVD.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos [Region 2]

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It's about the music not the pictures.
bad seeds don't fall far from the tree
Ditto the Mixed Bag
The bad seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty crappy for such a great artist.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos [Region 2]
Starring: Nick Cave , Mick Harvey , Barry Adamson , Hugo Race , and Warren Ellis
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Birthday Party - Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Let Love In
No More Shall We Part

ASIN: B0001EL054

Customer Reviews:

It's about the music not the pictures........2006-04-09

Nick doesn't even like making videos. Rent don't buy this one. It's much more worth your while to buy a live performance DVD.

bad seeds don't fall far from the tree.......2005-08-02

Ditto the Mixed Bag.......2005-04-02

The bad seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-03-31

Pretty crappy for such a great artist........2004-11-25

Average customer rating:

Nostalgia for sexy noise of the seventies

The Filth and the Fury [Region 2]
Starring: Nancy Spungen , Helen Wellington-Lloyd , Sid Vicious , John Lydon , and Billy Idol
Director: Julien Temple
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

( F ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00004XQRJ

Customer Reviews:

Nostalgia for sexy noise of the seventies.......2006-11-09

To me, it is much more left to imagine than doco had shown already.

A useful work as still not so much to see of this scandalously famous band grasping the fame a generation ago.

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