Search - Suzi Quatro: Leather Forever, The Wild One Live! on DVD

Good show, poor DVD quality - for die-hard fans only!

Youri | Moscow, Russia | 04/18/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This DVD has two major drawbacks in quality department - poor sound and weird video editing. Individual instruments are lost in audio mix, Suzi's bass can be heard only during her solo, and all in all one can hardly hear treble or bass - only middle range frequencies.

The video editing is done MTV-style: quick takes, fast cuts preventing to see what's going on, no long shots, if there are some close-ups, they are really close - only the face is seen. I've got an impression that the camera man got some new modern equipment and he tried every trick in the book with it, while the editor decided that several different shots per second is quite normal for live rock performance. As a result after 5 minutes of this video motley my eyes got tired, and very soon I've got a real headache!

Artists like Suzi do not need all this modern video extravaganza - her music is a little bit old-fashioned (and we love her for this!), and her show should be shot accordingly. The show itself was quite good, and it can be seen in the second half of the program when the editor slows down a little bit and allows us to see the performance (at last!).

As for b/w archive footage and old video footage embedded by the editor into the show itself, frankly I would prefer to see it in bonus materials: complete versions of old videos and archive footage.

Five stars for the show and only one star for DVD quality ends in resultant three stars.
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Leather Forever?

T. Day | Australia | 12/08/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This DVD is terrible she should of stuck to basics and not have back up singers and trumpets I actually turned if off half way through.I would rather see a DVD of all her video clips right from the start of her career."