The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Bobby Keys
Directed By: Bruce Gowers
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9786305161929
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6305161925
Label: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1998-11-17
Running Time: 120
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1997-12-12
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Summary: Music DVD's
Comment: From the very first song to the end - this is the "Stones" at their very best! They leave no doubt why they've long been introduced at their concerts as "The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World - The Rolling Stones!"
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Disappointing Audio
Comment: The AUDIO SUCKS. Zero star rating. Sounds like a mediocre audience bootleg that was done in the rear of the venue. The performances and videography are 5 star which averages out to 3 stars. It's so sad considering the effort that went into the production that the sound was not commensurate with everything else. I'm sure glad I didn't pay good money to buy the DVD (rented from Netflix--writing this review to warn potential buyers). Still worth watching so long as you imagine yourself in last row of the nose-bleed section farthest from the stage.
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Summary: The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon
Comment: I am a rolling stones fan, as such it would have to be really bad for me not to like it. It is really good though/
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Summary: Not the Worst Nor the Best as Stones Shows Go
Comment: I love the Stones but this show doesn't excite me as much as other Stones' shows have.
I think there are basically three reasons for this:
1)The show is over-conceptualized. This is a Stones show with a theme, ie Babylon (don't ask for an explanantion on the exact connection between the Stones & Babylon, there isn't one, and would it matter if there were?). I love Pink Floyd and I love the Rolling Stones and I love the approach that each band takes to music. Pink Floyd's approach to music making and performance is conceptual but the Stones have always been appealing because they keep things simple. Pink Floyd's music is about alienation and living in a universe hostile to artistic production and authentic being and their conceptual shows convey these themes very well but Stones-style down and dirty rhythm & blues do not need anything but players and listeners. The Pink Floyd theatrics employed on the Bridges to Babylon tour just seem out of place at a Stones show. Unfortunatley, the Bridges to Babylon tour is full of stage theatrics and gimmickry. Authentic rhythm & blues do not need a specially built theatre w/ mobile bridges and video feeds, but thats what you get with this show. The bit where Mick stops performing in order to scroll a web page of fan favorites was not a good idea. Web surfing does not add excitement to a live Stones show. These kind of misjudgements hamper this entire set. Scrolling the web page where Stones fans choose what the next song will be is supposed to create a sense of spontaneity, and the bridge that leads to an island in the audience where the band plays two numbers is supposed to create a sense of intimacy. Neither gimmick achieves the desired effect. Few bands have ever appeared so disconnected from their audience and each other as this band at this St. Louis engagement. Bridges to Babylon is the least attractive album both graphically and sonically of the entire Stones catalogue (with the exception of Dirty Work). It makes sense that this album and tour were the beginning of another dry spell.
2)The band looks way too vegas. I respect the fact that some of them (Keith) do not try to hide their gray hair. The fact that some of them do obviously dye their bristled mops is not a big deal but the fashion is way too vegas and showy and it distracts from the music. All the guys except Charlie look a bit Queeny in this show. Thats fine for Mick & Woody who have always been a bit foppish anyway. But with Keith I don't want vegas. Even though I have ceased taking Mick seriously as a singer/songwriter/talent (I do still like him as a charismatic performer) I still buy Stones albums for the Keith songs: Slipping Away (Steel Wheels), The Worst, Thru & Thru (Voodoo Longe), Thief in the Night (Bridge to Babylon)....but, c'mon, Keith looks best in his old street clothes, and here he looks as if he has been dressed by a stylist.
3) Musically, too much flash and not enough grit. Even when they play a crowd and critic pleaser like Gimme Shelter the focus is on the outfits and how they look in motion. Same goes for Sympathy, in that song Mick's painted overcoat seems to be doing the performing and not Mick (who seems like his main interest is in fashion these days and not in music).
These complaints lodged, its still the Stones. But I would go elsewhere (especially the recent Shine a Light DVD) for better glimpses of this band.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Burned Bridges
Comment: "Bridges to Babylon" was not what I expected. That's my fault. The guys are old now and they seemed to be trying to enjoy what they were doing for this taped concert; but you could see the hum drum in their performance. I couldn't appreciate it for that reason and passed it on to someone else who might enjoy it.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Music DVD's
Comment: From the very first song to the end - this is the "Stones" at their very best! They leave no doubt why they've long been introduced at their concerts as "The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World - The Rolling Stones!"
Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointing Audio
Comment: The AUDIO SUCKS. Zero star rating. Sounds like a mediocre audience bootleg that was done in the rear of the venue. The performances and videography are 5 star which averages out to 3 stars. It's so sad considering the effort that went into the production that the sound was not commensurate with everything else. I'm sure glad I didn't pay good money to buy the DVD (rented from Netflix--writing this review to warn potential buyers). Still worth watching so long as you imagine yourself in last row of the nose-bleed section farthest from the stage.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon
Comment: I am a rolling stones fan, as such it would have to be really bad for me not to like it. It is really good though/
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not the Worst Nor the Best as Stones Shows Go
Comment: I love the Stones but this show doesn't excite me as much as other Stones' shows have.
I think there are basically three reasons for this:
1)The show is over-conceptualized. This is a Stones show with a theme, ie Babylon (don't ask for an explanantion on the exact connection between the Stones & Babylon, there isn't one, and would it matter if there were?). I love Pink Floyd and I love the Rolling Stones and I love the approach that each band takes to music. Pink Floyd's approach to music making and performance is conceptual but the Stones have always been appealing because they keep things simple. Pink Floyd's music is about alienation and living in a universe hostile to artistic production and authentic being and their conceptual shows convey these themes very well but Stones-style down and dirty rhythm & blues do not need anything but players and listeners. The Pink Floyd theatrics employed on the Bridges to Babylon tour just seem out of place at a Stones show. Unfortunatley, the Bridges to Babylon tour is full of stage theatrics and gimmickry. Authentic rhythm & blues do not need a specially built theatre w/ mobile bridges and video feeds, but thats what you get with this show. The bit where Mick stops performing in order to scroll a web page of fan favorites was not a good idea. Web surfing does not add excitement to a live Stones show. These kind of misjudgements hamper this entire set. Scrolling the web page where Stones fans choose what the next song will be is supposed to create a sense of spontaneity, and the bridge that leads to an island in the audience where the band plays two numbers is supposed to create a sense of intimacy. Neither gimmick achieves the desired effect. Few bands have ever appeared so disconnected from their audience and each other as this band at this St. Louis engagement. Bridges to Babylon is the least attractive album both graphically and sonically of the entire Stones catalogue (with the exception of Dirty Work). It makes sense that this album and tour were the beginning of another dry spell.
2)The band looks way too vegas. I respect the fact that some of them (Keith) do not try to hide their gray hair. The fact that some of them do obviously dye their bristled mops is not a big deal but the fashion is way too vegas and showy and it distracts from the music. All the guys except Charlie look a bit Queeny in this show. Thats fine for Mick & Woody who have always been a bit foppish anyway. But with Keith I don't want vegas. Even though I have ceased taking Mick seriously as a singer/songwriter/talent (I do still like him as a charismatic performer) I still buy Stones albums for the Keith songs: Slipping Away (Steel Wheels), The Worst, Thru & Thru (Voodoo Longe), Thief in the Night (Bridge to Babylon)....but, c'mon, Keith looks best in his old street clothes, and here he looks as if he has been dressed by a stylist.
3) Musically, too much flash and not enough grit. Even when they play a crowd and critic pleaser like Gimme Shelter the focus is on the outfits and how they look in motion. Same goes for Sympathy, in that song Mick's painted overcoat seems to be doing the performing and not Mick (who seems like his main interest is in fashion these days and not in music).
These complaints lodged, its still the Stones. But I would go elsewhere (especially the recent Shine a Light DVD) for better glimpses of this band.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Burned Bridges
Comment: "Bridges to Babylon" was not what I expected. That's my fault. The guys are old now and they seemed to be trying to enjoy what they were doing for this taped concert; but you could see the hum drum in their performance. I couldn't appreciate it for that reason and passed it on to someone else who might enjoy it.
A video/audio spectacular capturing the 1997/98 tour of the rolling stones in all its grandeur and glory. Scorching performances of 19 great stones tunes from satisfaction to gimme shelter to you cant always get what you want. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 06/28/2005 Run time: 120 minutes Rating: Nr
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