Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live
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Actor: Blind Boys of Alabama, Hukwe Zawose, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Peter GabrielBrand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Live, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Geffen Records
DVD Reviews of Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live
DVD Review: too depressing
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a huge fan and own everything he has ever done. I waited to buy this one for such a long time because friends said do not do it. They said what I am going to say below.
To see this after the wonderful Secret World Live DVD is just too depressing. Peter has aged 30 years in the short 10 year span this was made since the SW DVD. The whole first half of the show is SLOW and boring and it finally picks up at Solisbury Hill. However, it is short lived. He just looks terrible. I am not sure if he had health issues, but this is far too depressing to watch and he does not play many hits in this show. He plods along, barely able to move. Such a far cry from his Secret World Tour which I saw in person and on DVD and is FANTASTIC. Buy that one. Don't waste money on this one. Not worth it. So sad. I know our heroes get old and bloated, but this is just too depressing.
DVD Review: This concert is excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first concert I watched on my HD projection unit, upconverted to 1080 and it is beautiful. Crystal clear, and the sound quality is phenominal. In 5.1 surround on a screen that large it's as close as you can get to being there without actually being there. The stage theatrics are awesome!!! Downside up has Peter and his daughter hanging upside down on a descended track walking in circles. The Barry Williams Show has TV camera's and is more like a music video than a straight out concert performance. On Growing Up Peter is inside a huge ball jumping up and down around the stage. Again I just can't overstate the visual effects. It's very well done. The inclusion of the stage crew in between songs is cool too. It gives a sense of just how much effort goes into a production like that behind the scenes. I didn't have the album UP before I saw this video and I went out and got it afterwords because the music is what I think to be his best work. It's less pop and harkens back to his roots. Probably doesn't get much radio play, but I'd count that as a good thing.DVD Review: growing up
Summary: 3 Stars
No too bad ,only thing dissapointed with was the amount of time showing under the stage. Got annoying after awhile.Over all just a bit dissapointing.DVD Review: Simply An Experience
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply put, this concert DVD is not just music, it's an experience. I watched it again today for the 'umpteenth' time and just can't get enough of it. The sound quality is outstanding and the camera angles are great. Peter interacts perfectly with the audience and puts out one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen.DVD Review: Growing up, getting old and tired?
Summary: 2 Stars
I was very disappointed with this concert; it had very few up-tempo songs ("Solsbury Hill," "Sledgehammer," "In Your Eyes," "The Barry Williams Show," and "Digging in the Dirt" if you think that qualifies). Gabriel seems content to spend most of his time behind his keyboard/processor. There are some cute gimmicks - hanging upside-down for the song "Downside Up" and bouncing in a big Zorb(?) ball. Riding a bike for "Solsbury Hill" provides some movement. I don't know why Melanie Gabriel climbs into a wood rowboat for "Mercy Street;" it adds nothing to the show and in fact she's hardly shown at all.
The majority of the songs are low-key and lack energy. Starting with "Here Comes the Flood" and ending with "Father and Son" were not the best choices. The second-to-last song, "In Your Eyes," would have been a much better finale - it would leave viewers feeling like they'd FINALLY gotten a Peter Gabriel show.
Melanie Gabriel may be the star's daughter, but she's not much of a backup singer. Bring back Paula Cole!
I thought that "UP" was a pretty dreary album, so this definitely influences my opinion here.
If you want a good show, buy "Secret World Live." It has great energy and almost all of the best songs. (Why doesn't he play "Biko" anymore? Apartheid may be over, but it's still a great song.)
Description of Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live
Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 10/03/2006Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live presents the complete 2003 Milan concert from Peter Gabriel's tour based around the album Up, featuring 17 tracks across 134 minutes. Literally central to a memorable show is a revolving stage that sees Gabriel going for a cycle ride in an exuberant "Solsbury Hill," performing "Growing Up" inside a Zorb ball, and delivering a gravity-defying sky walk in "Downside Up" with daughter Melanie. Accompanied by regular sidemen David Rhodes (guitar) and Tony Levin (bass), Gabriel is joined by the legendary Blind Boys of Alabama for the spine-tingling "Sky Blue," throughout mixing recent tracks like the abrasive "Darkness" and "The Barry Williams Show" with established crowd pleasers such as "Red Rain," "In Your Eyes," and "Sledgehammer."
Gabriel may be less wired than before, but he commands the arena with effortless charm and charismatic presence, his voice retaining all its paradoxically fragile power. Presented in an understated blue light and shot in an unobtrusive, gimmick-free style, the concert begins and ends in virtual darkness with Gabriel alone at a keyboard; from the opening "Here Comes the Flood" to the final "Father, Son," Growing Up is rock theater of rare intimacy, emotion, and intelligence.
The DVD is presented with a flawless 16:9 anamorphically enhanced picture and three soundtracks: rich and clear stereo, excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 and even more precise and detailed DTS. The Story of Growing Up is polished nine-minute documentary in which Gabriel talks about his ideas for the tour and the presentation of some of the songs. Tony Levin's View (five minutes) sets the song "More Than This" to photos taken by the bass player. --Gary S. Dalkin
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