Look At All The Love We Found: LIVE – A Tribute To Sublime

(DVD/CD Set)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: B-     Extras: C-     Concert: B-

 

 

When they were at their peak, the band Sublime had definitely hit a nerve and its lead singer Bradley Nowell was on his way to Rock immortality.  He still reached it, but when he self-destructed, it was a blow to fans everywhere.  Still, the legacy was established and Look At All The Love We Found is a tribute concert to the band’s work by such name acts as Fishbone, The Banned featuring Chuck D and Los Lobos participated in this event.

 

Running an hour on DVD, I was surprised to see the Los Lobos song omitted from the CD, but songs like Date Rape, Get Out, Saturday Night, Badfish and of course, What I Got.  The performances are sincere, but the event does not cohere as much as it could since it seems to be more freeform than a tribute should be in general.  If you are a fan or just like their music, this will quench your curiosity about how the differences between the originals and covers turned out.  Otherwise, expect an uneven presentation.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image was shot on video, likely some form of digital High Definition, but has detail limits too hard to ignore and the lighting is mixed at best.  The sound is here in Dolby 2.0 and 5.1 mixes, but the DTS 5.1 is the best, though it too exposes the limits of the recording and audio transfer it clarity and depth limits.  The CD’s PCM 2.0 16bit/44.1kHz Stereo is about the same and only beaten by the DVD’s DTS.  Extras include stills, Music Video for Fishbone’s cover of Date Rape and clip from the album’s release party.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo