picky Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 OOPS! That should read "1941"! ...my bad! I got a package from Amazon last night (always a good thing!). It contained my shiny, new copies of '1941' (John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd) in widescreen and 'ZZ Top Greatest Hits - The Video Collection' (JUST RELEASED ON DVD). I only had a short time to review them a bit before watching Tampa Bay win the Stanley Cup last night. But, a cursory review of both proved both fruitful and disappointing. '1941' looked and sounded great, and I can't wait to watch the whole corny 2-1/2 hours of it! I mean that affectionately. I already own a VHS copy of 'ZZ Top Greatest Hits' and on our new theater system, VHS tapes look mighty poor. So, when I discovered they were finally releasing this 1992 video on DVD I jumped at it thinking the video quality would be much improved. WRONG!!! with the exception of 'Viva Las Vegas' most of the video I checked out was better than the VHS but very grainy. The good part is ZZ Top sounded better than ever. It appears that they did some serious work on the soundtrack and mix ( both DD and DTS). Don't get me wrong, I will still enjoy watching this DVD, but with some disappointment with the video qualty. I realize that ZZ Top is not for everybody (what is?) but I have always loved their blend of Tex-Mex-Blues! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Yea, you can't go wrong with ZZ Top. I really like alot of their stuff. Back in the mid 90's I won their whole cd catalog from the local radio station here. I recently purchased their 2003 release "Mescalero". I highly doubt there will be any top ten singles from this album but nevertheless I think it's a good listen.... just more of that grungy bluesy style they do so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Hiya Picky ...ZZ Top will be in Lansing Michigan in July Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wheelman Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 I absolutely love zztop. Rythymeen is brutally heavy. He runs like 18 fuzzboxes in a line at one time for that tone. Insanity! Just got paid baby! Man I love zz, but let me know when a live concerts happens on dvd. I was on ebay and found one bootleg one. Risky business though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 The stars at night are big and bright Squeek!Squeek!Squeek!Squeek! Deep in the heart of Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 When I first bought ZZ's Six Pack release I was just glad to have two albums on each disc.I put in the first disc and was instantly amazed at the audio quality.The guys spent some time making sure these recordings were tweeked as much as possible and you can hear the difference from the old albums,great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 I REALLY love the first two tracks on their 'One foot loose in the blues' album ('Brown Sugar' & 'Just got back from baby's')! Worth a listen. Hallwalker: Thanks for the heads-up! I see they're in Muskegon and Mount Pleasant that week, too. Funny they aren't coming to Detroit this time around. They must be only playing smaller venues, which I hear is their real forte. I doubt I will make it up to see them in Lansing as it's 4th of July Weekend and we already have "obligations". I too, would love to have a DVD of their concert footage, as I enjoy concerts much more than just "MTV-style" videos. I saw them in Detroit at the Palace of Auburn Hills for their 'Recycler' tour a few years ago. That concert was worthy of a DVD and I'd like to have it for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Muskegon may be do-able... about 45 minutes for me. Would be better yet if they stopped in Grand Rapids again. I caught them last time they were here, I think it was with Lynrd Skynrd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronicus Dragon Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 I caught ZZ Top here in Pensacola not too long ago--had a ball <g>----Nugent headlined for them lol. Nugent had a bow onstage and put an arrow into a huge pic of saddam---was too choice. They are still very tight. well worth going to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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