Tango in the Night Concert DVD

[secret love]

Originally Posted by sjpdg

I was at the Cow Palace in San Francisco where this video was shot. It was my first ever FM concert (1987) and I was totally blown away! Rick Vito and Billy Burnette rocked that place. Mick completely blew my mind with "World Turning", as did the percussionist (Asante?) on that tour and the "Behind The Mask" tour a few years later. It was just incredible.

I bought the VHS (pre DVD years) and practically wore it out. "Isn't It Midnight", "I Loved Another Woman", "Oh Well", "The Chain" are all favourites from that time. What I liked about "The Chain" was how nobody (Rick or Billy) jumped in over John's bass solo. I've always thought Lindsey sort of cuts John off and this version sort of lets John stand out. It is (in my opinion), one of the greatest bass solos in rock history. "I Loved Another Woman" and "Oh Well" were definite "throwback" versions, paying homage to the band's blues roots, something basically completely lost in the B/N era. "Isn't It Midnight" just rocked back then. Superior to the album version in my opinion.

I agree with the production of the video with others comments. Mainly I liked the video from the standpoint of listening to the music on the video, even though there was a lot of post production editing and so on.

I would buy it again, mainly for sentimental value having been at one of the shows where it was shot, and for the ability to listen to the music in those versions again. I'd say worth the money.

I bought the DVD and watched it this morning. It was definitely over-edited, I agree. Stevie's backing vocals in Everywhere sounded as though they were added in post production. It was too choppy - too many quick changes of where the camera was focused. Did not like the merging of back stage footage with on stage performances of the songs. I like to watch what the band are doing on stage. Disappointed that Stevie did not rock out while singing Stand Back - no twirls, no dancing.

Hightlights were Isn't it Midnight, Little Lies, Seven Wonders, Oh Well, I Loved Another Woman and Songbird. Mick's drum solo was cool though I liked the 2003 version better. Mick appeared to tell a camera-man filming backstage to "**** off" at one point which was funny. Maybe my lip reading skills are not up to scratch. I would rate the DVD maybe 6/10. The sound quality was fairly good. If you were to close your eyes, or just play the DVD with the TV screen turned off, you would probably appreciate it more. It is worth watching - just be warned the production/editing is a little disorientating.

Having watched the Tango in the Night DVD, The Dance DVD and a lot of Live in Boston 2003 videos on YouTube; The Dance is still my favourite. Love both the 1997 and 2003 versions of Silver Springs. The Dance DVD has my favourite filmed performance of Everywhere, plus the four new songs which rock, especially Temporary One and My Little Demon.

The DVD was definitely worth $11 (was charged $1 online order fee).

As a side note, does anyone else think that Stevie wears a lot more make-up than she did in the 80's/90's/00's? She appears overly made-up in videos from the current tour, like a gorgeous clown. Second side note, where in Australia can I buy Live in Boston 2003 (DVD)? The DVD needs to be Region 4 to work in my DVD player.