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The Moody Blues Hall of Fame - Live From Royal Albert Hall
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Product Details
- Starring: The Moody Blues, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory, Nedra Volz
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
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- EAN: 0014381975635
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- Format: Color, Live, NTSC
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- Label: Image Entertainment
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- Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Image Entertainment
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- Release Date: 2000-11-14
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- Studio: Image Entertainment
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1988-10-24
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- Title: The Moody Blues Hall of Fame - Live From Royal Albert Hall
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- UPC: 014381975635
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Product Description: With graying baby boomers becoming key underwriters of viewer-supported television, a staid Public Broadcasting System grudgingly acknowledged the existence of rock & roll in the 1990s. The Moody Blues, via their somewhat heavy-handed, 1993 concert video A Night at Red Rocks, were among the first Woodstock generation acts to end up in constant rotation during affiliate pledge drives. The band's PBS follow-up, Hall of Fame, is an improvement overall. Taped at London's Royal Albert Hall early in 2000, the Moodies' more freewheeling performance this time mixes satisfying selections from their catalogue of hits from 1968 to 1972 with a few Top 40 entries released in the late '80s ("I Know You're Out There Somewhere," "Your Wildest Dreams"). The sheer pleasure of watching the core quartet of Ray Thomas, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, and Graeme Edge ease their way into Mellotron masterpieces from Days of Future Passed, as well as the trippy curiosity of "Legend of a Mind" and the dizzying pop mutations of "Ride My See-Saw," is a study in grace. Backed by the once-fictional London Festival Orchestra (credited as a key musical collaborator on Days), the band eschews grandiosity for a pointed but delicate yearning, and whips up its typically stately tone of cosmic romanticism. The frenzied joy of a mixed-age audience brings smiles to the Moodies' faces and a sometimes-unexpected vigor to their vocals--catch Ray Thomas's booming "Welllll!" during every chorus of "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"--which helps to make this program a treat to watch repeatedly. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
Moody blues Hall of Fame Live From the Royal Albert Hall
Excellent. The songs sound like the originals of the 70's. Getting older, but they sound like they're still in their 30's.
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moody Blues at the great albert hall
this was a great moody's concert the camera work was awsome! the songs were well put together. I have seen the moody blues at least 4 times in my life and every experence was better then the last one! I'm luckit because i'll have a chance to see them one more time in my life time. but the moody blues have changed since i seen them in the late 70's & 80's with the retiring of Mike Pinder & Raymond Thomas. I miss there songs, but they have replaced Ray Thomas with a woman and added a pecousion to play with gearome Edge, one of the greatest drummers i'ev every seen. but the Moody Blues is now Justin Hayward & John Lodge are in control. Its the singing that makes me cry. Isn't Life Strange.
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The Moody Blues Hall of Fame From the Royal Albert hall
Beautiful music, exceptional blending of a symphony orchestra and the Moody Blues in a fantastic venue
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THE AGING ROCKERS, STILL CAN BRING THE HOUSE DOWN
I HAD RENTED THIS DVD FROM NETFLIX, AWESOME. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE YEARS OF TOURING HAS PUT A STRAIN ON THEM. JOHN LODGE IS NOT AS BOUNCY AS HE WAS IN RED ROCKS DVD, JUSTIN'S IMMACULATE FACE HAS AGED QUITE A BIT. HE STILL IS A HANDSOME DEVIL WITH HIS BLOND HAIR AND BLUE EYES. THIS MUSIC HAS NOT AGED THOUGH.THEY CAN STILL BELT OUT THE CLASSIC NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN, TO THE CLASSY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GET OUT YOUR DANCIN SHOES AND GET READY TO DANCE AND SING ALONG. GEMINI DREAMS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY PLAYING IN FRONT OF A AUDIENCE WITH SUCH POWER IS MIND BLOWING. RAY THOMAS HAS RETIRED, DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS, BUT HE IS HERE WITH HIS FAMOUS FLUTE. THE SONG ABOUT TIMOTHY LEARY IS OUTSTANDING BY RAY. JOHN LODGE'S VOICE, HOWEVER IS NOT AS IN TUNE AS HAYWARD'S, BUT HE IS A GREAT AND FASTFINGERED BASS PLAYER, AND DOES PLAY A 12 STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE DVD, MOODIES AT RED ROCKS. I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WAS IN 2000, BUT LOOK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME NOW. EDGE WITH HIS BOMBBASTIC DRUM PLAYING, HE GETS SO INTO IT. I GUESS AFTER PLAYING FOR 40 YEARS, THEY KNOW EACH OTHER VERY WELL. A DVD WORTH RENTING, OR BUYING TO DIE-HARD MOODIES FANS. GOD BLESS JUSTIN,JOHN, RAY AND GRAEHME FOR 40 YEARS OF MUSIC. WE MISS YOU RAY. THANK YOU
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Age Hasn't Slowed These Guys, Either
This was much better than I had expected, not that I didn't expect a decent performance from these guys. I just didn't know exactly what to expect since they were long past their "prime." However, like a number of other '60s groups that are still playing, these guys are still very good. Age doesn't seem to hurt their ability to sing, play instruments and entertain in concert.
Most of the songs were the classics of the group, the ones that made them famous. These gray-haired "old-timers" were very animated and really into the concert, and did a great job with their old songs. The concert had some electricity to it. The crowd appreciated their efforts and made this a fun DVD to watch and hear.
Overall, this is solid music by a classy group, who may look old but can still rock and sing with the best of 'em.
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