Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:03 am Posts: 24177 Location: Australia
Worth buying? It's expensive, but I need to stop salivating over it every time I go to the record store. Does anyone have any thoughts on it?
_________________ Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:45 am Posts: 1836 Location: Up Yer Maw
I have it and have watched it 4 times. Pretty interesting footage and history. Think there is plenty of extra dirt that is missing, which won't come out til Macca dies.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:03 am Posts: 24177 Location: Australia
Does it have some good live performance stuff?
_________________ Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:20 pm Posts: 1384 Location: S.F.
The Anthology is excellent, I have only saw it on VHS. But I hear the DVD has tons of extra features. The VHS version is in depth and has alot of live performance clips from the Cavern Club to the Apple Rooftop. Also, the videos for the 'new' Beatles songs were cool. It's very informative, and worth the price.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 3955 Location: Leaving Here
You would be better off checking it out for free from the library to watch it, and then decide.
We have it here in my house, for the novelty mostely. There is very little on it that was "new" to us (being a "Beatles" house ala bootleg video, cds, etc.)
I bought it last week. Its better than the vhs series because the extra dvd outtakes are amazing, I just wish they were mixed in with the main package.
Cool extras - Way more revolver coverage, cut for time constraints only. A lot more recent footage of them reuniting and playing out on a lawn (except Ringo keeps trying to take off just when its getting good) and in the studio. some unreleased beatles songs sung by george, one thats really pretty good. Lots of making their modern videos too.
Its definately worth it, but if youve seen imagine and other tv/movie specials, plus followed their legacy for the most part, it may seem a little terse, like they could have showed a lot more ultra obscure shit for people who already know the basics. Well worth grabbing though I did sweat over the price a bit.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:03 am Posts: 24177 Location: Australia
I think I'm definitely more than a casual fan, in fact all I seem to listen to at all lately is The Beatles, so I'll pick it up sooner or later. Thanks
_________________ Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
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