Genesis live 2007 - die erste Tour der Band seit 10 Jahren produzierte bereits das Doppelalbum Live Over Europe, nun erschien die langersehnte DVD When In Rome 2007. Buy Genesis 2007: When In Rome: Live [DVD] on Amazon.com FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for When in Rome 2007 [DVD] - Genesis on AllMusic - 2008. When Genesis first announced that they would be reuniting for a world tour in 2007 — just like everyone from the Police to Van Halen that year — I'll admit that I. Genesis - When In Rome 2007. Country. 500.000 people in Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy on the 14th July 2007. in other reviews on DPRP but I find him to have. Share this Rating. Title: Genesis: When in Rome (Video 2008) 8.7 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. 如果您想下载Genesis - When In Rome 2007 DVD的BT种子文件或数据,请使用迅雷、QQ旋风、uTorrent等BT工具下载或使用115网盘、百度云盘等离线下载。. DPRP : CD & DVD REVIEWSTracklist: Intro, On A Perfect Day, In The Mouth Of Madness, Crack The Big Sky, The Slow Crash Landing Man, Return To Whatever, Surfing Down The Avalanche, Thoughts (Part 2), Drum Duel, Skeletons At The Feast, Walking On The Wind, Hereafter (Ryo Solo), As Far As The Mind Can See: Part One (Dreaming In The Age Of Answers), Part Two (Here’s A Man), Part Three (They Know We Know), Part Four (Stream Of Unconsciousness), Rearranged, Medley: The Water, Medley: Go The Way You Go. Extras: Special Photo Gallery: A Brief History of SB in Music & Pictures Jez Rowden's Review. If there’s one thing Spock’s Beard are partial to it would be a live release and this one arrives only a couple of years after the. Glutton’s For Punishment set. Live (also available as a double CD) is the second concert DVD from the Californian band after 2. Don’t Try This At Home, which was filmed at the 0. Tilburg. This concert was also recorded in The Netherlands, this time at the Boerderii in Zoetermeer on 2. May 2. 00. 7 and features the entire 1. The track listing here is very different to either of the previously mentioned sets with, as expected, a high song count from the post- Neal Morse albums. The latest self- titled release. Octane and none from. Feel Euphoria (the only other album completely ignored is. Snow). Elsewhere, the set list covers a lot of ground with the pre- Morse material and works at bringing both eras together in one package. This spread of material both shows where the Beard are today and what an illustrious history they have and how this history has been integrated into the current outfit with no one needing to enquire after the whereabouts of Mr Morse. The older tracks are well placed within the set and the new numbers hold up well in their company. As regular listeners know they have always had a liking for a good pop hook within their Gentle Giant influenced complexity and this has become more the case in recent years, but there is still space for songs like the multi part As Far As The Mind Can See which is the focal point of the second part of the set. This is a very enjoyable watch and the band look like they’re having a great time. As the DVD starts and prior to the menu you get Ryo Okumoto leading band and crew in bonding pre- gig chants culminating with a vigorous “BANZAI!!”. Throughout the show Ryo, in trademark bandana, can’t resist mugging cheekily to both camera and crowd and finds time to stand on one bank of his keys while playing the other. A roadie is on hand to ensure he doesn’t break anything – most probably his neck! Tour drummer Jimmy Keegan also indulges a passion for crowd surfing on a couple of occasions – very successfully too with a suitably “supportive” crowd. His attempts to get Nick D’Virgilio out there as well are slightly less successful! The rest of the band are less keen on the liveliness but have masses of charisma and are clearly having a good laugh. This is not a studious muso- band and other than Dave Meros remaining the image of calm and cool while pulling off some brilliant bass runs at the rear of centre stage and Al Morse occasionally peering over his glasses in a scholarly way while soloing they bounce through an energetic set with aplomb. The stage is swamped with equipment: - two drum kits; Ryo’s two banks of keys; additional keys for Nick and Dave; Al’s pedals and acoustic guitar on a stand; Dave’s bass pedals. Somewhere amongst all this kit lurk cameramen – but where? They remain well hidden throughout despite the many long shots and close ups– where do these people hide while filming? Hand held cameras add to the “live” feel and the director does a good job tying everything together and keeping it interesting. The camerawork throughout is excellent and unobtrusive and a very good light show adds to the effect. Given the cramped stage conditions and the size of the enthusiastic crowd in what looks like a pretty small venue, my guess is that it was a very hot and sweaty evening. The main body of the set is book ended by the opening and closing tracks from the last album and this adds to the consistency with highlights from SB interspersed with other, older tracks. For me SB is up there with the best work of the band. Yes, there is a bit of filler and the epic As Far As The Mind Can See does not quite work completely but the chosen selections here work well in a live setting. After excellent opener On A Perfect Day we get two older pearls with In The Mouth Of Madness and Crack The Big Sky. Nick starts with guitar (including a nice acoustic/electric duet with Al), adds a bit of keyboard and starts Crack The Big Sky on drums before returning to his mic. D’Virgilio is developing all the time as a front man and is confident in the role. His vocals are slightly higher than Neal Morse so some of the older tracks sound a bit different, but the band has recaptured their essence in this new setting. Next up is the stately The Slow Crash Landing Man with a great solo from Al at the end, his finger playing style well in evidence. This is followed by jazzy instrumental Return To Whatever, which sees the four full- time band members proving themselves to be a formidable musical unit who know each other well. Surfing Down The Avalanche thumps along nicely with complimentary head banging before the familiar Gentle Giant harmonies of Thoughts (Part 2). Vocal performances throughout are excellent and if this is how the harmonies are executed live then they are to be congratulated. It is unclear if this is a “warts- and- all” performance or whether overdubs have been added – hopefully the former. The Drum Duet suggests a Genesis vibe (as does the “drummer becomes singer” scenario) but that is where the similarities end. The duet itself is entertaining with Nick and the excellent Keegan swapping parts before locking in together for the finale. The other solo spot is left for Ryo and an emotional piano rendition of ballad. Hereafter; not your typical prog keyboard solo and a nice change of mood from the rest of the set. Between these two we get a mix of new and old with sinister instrumental Skeletons At The Feast followed by Walking On The Wind. Two very different tracks that show off how multi- faceted this band is. The main set ends with the full version of As Far As The Mind Can See. Split screen is briefly employed during a guitar duet in the first part and Dave adds some jazzy melodic bass. Part two extends the jazz vibe in a more up- tempo vein which edges into Flower Kings territory. A bit of Genesis for part three before the rousing finale, which features some lovely keys and backing tracks for the orchestral sections. Lastly we get Rearranged, starting out slowly before building to a fitting climax with that great keyboard part. Having thoroughly enjoyed the gig itself the encore, for me, is a bit of a let down. On paper it looks great – a medley of two tracks from The Light; The Water and Go The Way You Go. The Water is probably the proggiest part of the show but for some reason it doesn’t quite work – maybe after almost two hours of variety with plenty of up- tempo rocking, this just seems a little staid and lacking in dynamics. At least you get to see Ryo adding some scat vocals! Not bad, but could be better as is this version of Go The Way You Go which just isn’t quite anthemic enough. No problem though, still a great show. The current material is much more straightforward and sleeker than of old but there is always the possibility of a twiddly flourish or unexpected side turn that will keep dyed in the wool prog fans happy. This band knows how to put on a show and play with mastery most can only dream of. DVD extras are thin on the ground comprising only a neat photo gallery option which is better than most in that it links tracks chronologically from all of the Spock’s albums accompanied by key excerpts from those albums. This is much better than the usual throwaway gallery option but it is mainly the lack of other extras that loses half a point from the rating I would otherwise award. Sound and visual quality is excellent, audio options offering Stereo and Dolby 5. Surround. This is a great and enjoyable release from a band that is developing into their second phase nicely. On this evidence they are one of the most entertaining of the newer prog acts. I believe they still have their masterpiece within them and with writing responsibilities appearing more democratic in the group than they used to be hopefully that work might yet arrive. In the meantime enjoy this great slice of accessible prog from an excellent band that you can see in the flesh on their current European Tour. Recommended. Ed Sander's Review. To be perfectly honest, I think it is a shame that The Beard filmed this tour instead of the previous one that was released as the live CD. Gluttons For Punishment. The setlist of that tour was so much more interesting with a lot of my favourites and no single bad track and with the Flash Before My Eyes cycle which in my opinion is much stronger than As Far As The Mind Can See. The setlist for this tour does of course include interesting material, among which some oldies that haven't been played live for a while. Still, I can't get overtly excited about the gig. The excitement of hearing The Water is spoiled when it moves into Go The Way You Go after six minutes already. The latter is an encore I've heard often enough and I would much rather have heard a full The Water (minus the last part perhaps). The last album Spock's Beard wasn't the best album the band has made and the choice of songs for the setlist does not always include the best tracks of the CD. I could have done without the dragging Slow Crash Landing Man, the fusion Al Morse solo track Return. To Whatever and Ryo's Hereafter solo. I would gladly have traded them for some tracks from Feel Euphoria (like Onomatopoeia or The Bottom Line) or Octane (She Is Everything would be a better choice for a ballad).
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