Watching The Doors Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a sobering experience, for the viewer must confront the painful truth that popular music, to judge by its increasingly infantile and banal state, will never see their like again. Either that, or admit The Doors were an irrelevant footnote in the history of pop--an idle thought that a few minutes of this extraordinary concert will dispel. Fortunately for posterity, this July 5, 1968 performance was captured by four cameras and recorded in 16-track audio, and has now been digitally remixed for DVD. The result is a crisp... picture and generally excellent stereo sound that is far better than most archive footage of this band. On stage Jim Morrison has the aura of an intense performance artist, whose dark, smoky voice forms only a part of his complex persona; guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboard player Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore complement Morrison's free-associative outpourings with improvisational jazz-inspired interjections. They make music like no other band before or since: who else could segue effortlessly from Kurt Weill's "Alabama Song" to Willie Dixon's "Back Door Man"? And just when they're in danger of becoming too pretentious, Morrison bursts any lurking self-importance with a wry smile, a jokey aside or even a belch. But the seriousness remains, at least implicitly, throughout as Morrison's edgy lyrics--from "When the Music's Over" to "The Unknown Soldier" and "The End"--constantly hint at disturbing social undercurrents outside the concert arena. Is it fanciful to imagine that in the minds of his audience the ghosts of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement are hovering just out of view? Such thoughts are what make The Doors so unique: their music invites questions, positively dares the audience to ask them; that's why they remain so endlessly fascinating well over three decades later. And that's why this concert performance will find a home with any and every fan of the band. "The time to hesitate is through". --Mark Walker [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Unless you were there you&39;ve never seen anything like it - the legendary Doors at their peak in this the only complete concert ever filmed of the controversial superband Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl during the Fourth of July weekend 1968 The Doors perform their most critically-acclaimed music before a standing room only crowd Unlike other Doors material this once-thought-lost concert was captured by a four-camera crew with 16-track audio (mixed for the first time using digital technology) resulting in a production which enables fans both old and new to experience the actual sights and sounds of this immortal group on stage Subtle and powerful elusive and direct The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl reveals The Doors at their dark and brilliant best - now and forever Actors Jim Morrison Robby Krieger Ray Manzarek & John Densmore Director Ray Manzarek Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 1968 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English - Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Duration 1 hour and 2 minutes (approx)
The Doors perform live at the Hollywood Bowl on 4th July, 1968, in the only surviving full-length concert footage of the band. Includes definitive versions of 'Alabama Song', 'Light My Fire' and epic set-closer 'The End'.
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