VH-1 Classics
2007
This DVD set covers the years from 1992 to 2000 and it begins with a concert from the Revenge tour in 1992. I liked the Revenge album overall and I think this show saw the band pushing a little harder and it's a good concert. Then there is the Mtv Unplugged show from 1995 which also included Ace and Peter coming out for a few songs at the end of the performance. This was a decent show overall although the idea of KISS playing unplugged seemed and still seems a little odd. After that we get several make-up reunion shows. The one from Tiger Stadium in 1996 is easily the highest point of this set. The excitement coming form both the band and the crowd is just at such a high level and it stays that way throughout the entire performance. After that we get several more make-up reunion shows. All are overall good, but the best shows from this time are the ones from 1996 and the band's energy level seems to dip after that. There is also a show from 1973 thrown in for good measure. There was a time when I really loved KISS and then at some point in the 1990's I just kind of fed up with them slapping the KISS logo on everything and this whole reunion deal. KISS has just about always been as much a brand logo as a band name, I just didn't realize it for years. It's all a business, it's just that KISS have never tried to hide that fact and Gene doesn't care if we know how much he loves money. However, there have always been enough times that they have gone out and put on a good show. When KISS are on they are really on no matter who is playing lead and no matter who is behind the drum kit. This is a fairly solid set and the performances are of a good quality for the most part. It's also far better than volume 2 because that set put in too many interviews, snippets of concerts and parts that seemed more like extras than main attractions. This set concentrates on the music and gives you a lot of it. The only downside is that because so much of it is the reunion shows we get a lot of the same songs because they are only from a limited time frame. KISS fans will love this enjoyable set and even the more casual fan will likely be impressed as well.
I thought this was better than Vol 2 also. I expected everything after the Unplugged segment to be horrible, but the reunion tour wasn't bad and the footage from the Coventry show was neat.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Kiss' Unplugged album, so this set might be up my alley for concert footage. I also thought Revenge was better then the band had been for sometime. Nice breakdown Mark.
ReplyDeleteBob-The two long concerts on volume 2 were good, but then there was a bunch of filler and partial concerts in between. The set from Brzail wasn't worth much because it was such poor quality and the crowd was so huge that Paul had to yell rather than sing. They also covered nothing from Animalize or Asylum and just a few bad quality live clips from the Lick it up tour.
ReplyDeleteDPTH-Thanks. It's a pretty good set that's nice quality concerts and lots of music.