| Paul Is Live: In Concert on the New World Tour | | Cast : | Paul McCartney | | Director : | | | Studio : | Universal Music & VI | | Format : | Color, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 01, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | August 12, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | NR (Not Rated) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | Damn Marketing | Content
 | 1) Mine is the Portuguese edition.
2) Damn Marketing: As in almost everything released, the companys always leave something out, deliberately, so they can release later a "new expanded special edition".
I do not know why they left out songs like Off The Ground, Another Day, My Love. They are beautiful songs, played on the tour, and shown on the TV Special.
DVD`s should be an improvement in every sense on what VHS editions were lacking.
What I have said, it applies mostly on Soundtracks, because they often leave out the songs that are the ones that people were looking for, or include different versions. Concert releases: you know they were performed, and simply not included, or poor editing, video and/ or audio. DVD`s, movies & music: not improving video/ audio, leaving out stuff, sometimes even more than the VHS editions, for instance the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, poor or no extras, well you get my point.
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| Rating | | | Date | March 26, 2005 | | Summary | Great Music . . . . . .but . . . . . Video Really Lacks | Content
| I actually had the privilege of seeing the New World Tour in San Antonio at the new Alamo Dome. The show was awesome, one of the best performances I have ever seen (and I have been to hundreds of concerts).
This video was an attempt to capture that tour. Unfortunately, it did not really convey the magnitude of what was going on (but then again, with concerts, film hardly ever captures the sense of actually being there). The music was great (though parts were compressed too much). The song selection for that tour was near perfect. If you like fast video takes, quick paced video moving, and flip flop sequences from color to black and white, as well as background shots over other parts, then this is the video for you. However, if you prefer simple concerts shots where you can see the players overall and not have the video quickly skipping from one player to the next, then you will probably not like the video portion of this DVD.
I would only recommend this DVD if you are 1) a huge Paul McCartney fan, 2) you love both Paul's music in the 80's and while he was with the Beatles, and/or 3) you are from the MTV generation and are used to watching this sort of video footage.
There were really only two redeeming qualities about this DVD and those are the music (i.e. the songs), and the extra footage/videos at the end (or after) the concert (with the exception of the PETA footage, which was a little overkill, no pun intended). |
| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2004 | | Summary | Looking for Changes | Content
| Yep. Looking for changes in the way Paul makes his concert videos! Ever since Paul left the Beatles in 1970, he's been giving us one great tour after another...and one bad concert film after another. First he gave us Rock Show, which was pretty darn good. Then, Get Back, which was a good effort. Next came this film, Paul is Live. Paul cuts to different performances (and sometimes different footage altogether) within the same song. Some of the footage is in color, some in black and white. Again, it cuts between the two within the same song. The music in this video is awesome. For the casual fan of McCartney, I recommend the "Paul is Live" CD. It features the same great music but without the bad video. If you're a die hard fan like I am, you'll probably enjoy this DVD. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 13, 2004 | | Summary | Don't just watch it once. | Content
| This DVD, the first time you put it in the player, will stink of bad production and really weird editing. Plus, if you know too much about this particular tour you will drive yourself nuts noticing songs out of order. But that said, it gets better after you've watched it a few times. The live versions of Beatle hits are great - this tour featured Drive My Car's only live outing to date. It's also nice to see Magical Mystery Tour and Lady Madonna - Macca's 88-93 band gave these songs a great rendition. The bad news starts when you get past those songs, though. Let Me Roll It is very boring with this band. The organ is way too low in the mix on the organ solo...that doesn't help. Plus nothing will ever compare to the blistering version found on Back in the U.S. / World . The tracks from Off the Ground aren't all that bad, there are five of them on the DVD, and 3 of them are good (Lookin for Changes, Hope of Deliverance, and C'mon People). Peace in the Neighborhood and Biker Like an Icon are songs that have grown on *me*, but I don't guarantee it will do the same for you. Oh, and as a...um..."bonus", we get additional versions of Let it Be, Yesterday, and Hey Jude. Let it Be would be good except that the director chose to include the only time Robbie gave a bad LiB guitar solo. Bleech. Yesterday is it's usual self, good, but I've heard it so many times by this point. And Hey Jude is my pic for worst track on the disc...there's just no energy. An alright DVD, I still watch it occaisionally, but when it's bad, it's really bad. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 07, 2004 | | Summary | Great Music, Poor Video | Content
| The music on this video can't be beat. Paul plays old Beatles hits as well as many songs from his then-new album, "Off the Ground." The problem with this video is the editing. What the filmmakers decided to do was to cut to different performances within the song, and and it also cuts from black and white to color within the song. Why would a 1993 concert be filmed in black and white in the first place? Then again, it's not as bad as the "Back in the US" DVD. |
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