Queen - Queen Rock Montreal/Live Aid [HD DVD] [1981]
Queen - Queen Rock Montreal/Live Aid [HD DVD] [1981]
Customer Review: An old Albatross gets a wondeful revamp!!
This DVD is “Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid”, the Live Aid bit lasts around 15 minutes and is Queen’s set in the afternoon and Brian and Freddie playing “Is this the world we created?”, there are also the odd interview and some rehearsal footage here, these bits however should be seen as “extras”, the main event is the 2 concerts filmed in Montreal in 1981.
Any one who is a Queen fan, probably has the “We Will Rock You” video or DVD, well this is the exact same film, but the quality in High Definition is astounding. The band apparently did not enjoy making this, they also did not own it, apparently they now do, and this HD DVD is a Queen Production. If you need any proof it is created by Queen, listen to the commentary supplied by Taylor and May, to get an insight into the 2 concerts and the events surrounding it.
Like I said previously the quality is astounding, the picture has been greatly improved, this was always one of my least favourite videos of Queen as I thought the quality was quite awful, this has been more than resolved. The sound quality is also now excellent.
So in summary, if you have the old version of this release I would advise you to definitely buy this version to get a true feeling of the concerts. It has been turned from something I would probably have never watched again into a truly great Queen concert experience, and for that it gets 5 stars.
Cheers!!
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