Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live
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Actor: Blind Boys of Alabama, Hukwe Zawose, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Peter GabrielDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, 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: 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.)
DVD Review: Supper's Done and Over
Summary: 2 Stars
I am a big fan--but I really can't fathom the point of all of this. Peter has walked "right into the machinery." Saint Peter, indeed. I'll listen to Steve Hackett instead. He's still alive.DVD Review: The Great Peter Gabriel
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this DVD for my fiance and he has watched it around 10 times within a week or so. This is one of the most entertaining and original concerts that we have ever seen. The performance of "Upside Down, Downside Up" is just awesome. I also love the "Blind Boys of Alabama" and to see them with Peter Gabriel was a real treat. I would love to see this concert live but until then, this is FANTASTIC!!!!!!DVD Review: Best Live Concert
Summary: 5 Stars
Seeing the preparation, then the perforance, is what makes this concert in the round, a great video concert expirence.
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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