Go West – The King Of Wishful Thinking Live
Picture: C
Sound: B- Extras: C Concert: C+
Go West is a British Pop duo that had a couple of hits
from 1987 – 1992 in the U.S., but are only remembered for the most part by
their hit The King of Wishful Thinking from the 1990 cinematic atrocity Pretty
Woman. Now, they have issued a live
concert on DVD called The King of Wishful Thinking Live and it offers 17
songs, including the title song as finale, plus most of their older hits (which
they get out of the way in the beginning with Don’t Look Now and Faithful)
and a few covers that do not work. This
is most evident not only in the fact that all the songs sound the same, but in
the awful cover of the Smokie Robinson & The Miracles’ classic The Tracks
Of My Tears. Yet another bad cover
of a great Motown classic, they drag it out about as badly as playing the old
45rpm vinyl single at 16 rpms!
So that means this is for fans only, and this is a mixed
bag for them. I have no idea how this
would compare with the original studio versions and could not care less, but it
is competent enough and the playback is not half bad. The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is somewhat colorful,
but has some serious detail trouble, including micro-digititis on the
edges. The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is the
nice surprise here, with some real articulation and even some fullness. Extras include an interview where they are
well spoken enough, outtakes, brief “blog” text, and “Glow Preview” about their
next project. Now you know.
- Nicholas Sheffo
