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Disco de Cheap Trick: “Silver [Video/DVD]”
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Silver [Video/DVD] |
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Fecha de Publicación:2003-08-04
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Tipo:Desconocido
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Género:Rock, Classic Rock, Mainstream Rock
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Sello Discográfico:BMG/Image
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Letras Explícitas:Si
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UPC:743218986130
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{$Cheap Trick} has been through it all: from barrooms to {~Budokan} to barbecues to this birthday bash. And what a fiesta: the boys blow through their career catalogue, hitting the numerous high points of their 25 years as a group and nailing each crowing achievement with the precision and confidence that could only come from rockin' the house together night after night. Several guests -- some famous and some family -- show up, but the true stars are, obviously: {$Rick Nielsen}, {$Robin Zander}, {$Tom Petersson}, and {$Bun E. Carlos}. {$Cheap Trick} is the brainstorm of colorful guitarist {$Nielsen}, who is one of the most memorable wise-acres ever in {\rock}, but on this night, the Master of Ceremonies diplomatically steps aside (except for wartime valentine {&"World's Greatest Lover"} and the spellbinding train wreck {&"Gonna Raise Hell"}) and lets his cohorts shine throughout the mammoth 29-song show. One of the greatest, but unsung, voices in {\rock}, {$Robin Zander}'s singing never needs support. His tone hardened with age, but never lost an ounce of power and still sets the standard against which all {\pop} voices are measured. In fact, here he delivers the best version of {&"Voices"} ever. Midway through the set, {$Zander} proclaims he's sung enough {\ballads} and intently begins belting out the rocky stuff. Whether snarling the incomprehensive lyrics of {&"You're All Talk "} (while playing a mean set of maracas) or crooning {&"Time Will Let You Know"} with his daughter, {$Robin}, he inadvertently blows away whoever is on-stage with him. (A long-lost live version of {&"Johnny Be Good"} reveals {$Zander} could even out-scream {$Bon Scott}.) Meanwhile, {$Petersson}'s full-bodied 12-string lays the bedrock for {$Nielson}'s flailing hot licks and {$Carlos}' wavering big beat. {$Petersson}'s turn at the mic on the immortal throwaway {&"I Know What I Want"} is always a pleasure, even though {$Nielsen} has tortured his once-delicious solo beyond recognition. And in the end, as in the beginning, it all comes back to {$Carlos} and the {&"Tusk"}-like chant {&"Who D' King."} Odd-man-out {$Jon Brant} shows up in some kooky headgear, working it on a couple of '80s killers he worked on. Shout-along should-have-beens like {&"She's Tight"} and {&"Never Had a Lot to Lose"} sound good, oh so good. The poignant {\pop} perfection of {&"Oh Candy"} and {&"Tonight It's You"} still resonates decades later. Like most great bands, {$Cheap Trick} possesses two personalities, one in the studio and the other under the spotlight. In the mid-'90s, when {$Cheap Trick} returned to the club circuit, the band didn't bring a keyboard player and each song benefited highly from the bare-bones {^Live at Leeds} powerhouse delivery that first broke the quartet back in the '70s. Such is the case with the opening numbers here, but the deadly keys of fifth member {$Tod Howarth} soon crash into the set. Luckily, his big-'80s chimes perfectly fit the wonderfully ridiculous {&"Can't Stop Falling into Love"} and {$the Rockford Symphony} orchestration accompanying grand opuses like {&"Stop This Game"} and {&"World's Greatest Lover"} finally frames those works as the masterpieces they are. {=Silver} signals the end of an era for one of the greatest live bands and one of the greatest {\rock} bands in history. This DVD works for the lucky people who were there and for the people who weren't. What more could anyone want? ~ Doug Stone, All Music Guide
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