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Living Colour – New Morning: The Paris Concert (Inakustik/MVD DVD)

 

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

 

 

When Living Colour arrived in 1983, they represented the harder side of the new Wave with their combination of funk, hard rock and even metal sensibilities, but did not always get he credit they deserved.  Formed in 1983, it took five years before they hit it big with their first album Vivid, leading to hits like Cult Of Personality and Glamour Boys.  However, between a decline of Rock, emergence of Hip Hop/Rap, artificial racial barriers and radio tanking to the lowest common denominator, they held on until the mid-1990s and folded.  Now, there back and their recent New Morning: The Paris Concert from July 2007 is now on DVD.

 

Underappreciated in their time, they still seem a bit ahead of it playing with a feel and intensity that put them on the map, performing the following songs:

 

1)     Type

2)     Middle Man

3)     Funny Vibe

4)     Song Without Sin

5)     Nova

6)     Sacred Ground

7)     Memories Can’t Wait

8)     Papa Was A Rolling Stone

9)     Glamour Boys

10)  Crosstown Traffic

11)  Go Away

12)  Either Way

13)  Ignorance Is Bliss

14)  drum solo

15)  Flying

16)  Love Rears Its Ugly Head

17)  Cult Of Personality

 

 

 

With all the hype about Guns-N-Roses finally releasing their album Chinese Democracy 17 years (!!!) after it started, you’d think they were the last and only important story in Rock (or any other) music going, but acts like Living Colour have been good for years and this 07 minutes long concert is non-stop, impressive and shows that they have only become better with time versus some of their contemporaries.  Unlike GNR, the original line-up survives and that was never easy, even at Rock’s height for any group.  Far from a legacy band, Living Colour is as alive as ever and that makes this one of the most intriguing and entertaining New Morning releases to date and there are many to now choose from.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image seems to have originated on HD of some kind, but I bet this will look really good whenever the Blu-ray rolls around, as this is nicely shot.  The DTS 5.1 mix is rich and even edges out the PCM 2.0 16/48 Stereo, while both make the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix seem secondary.  Except for an out of print DVD-Audio of the band that we missed, this may be the highest fidelity presentation of their music released to date and playing this good, has demo moments to boot.  There are no extras, though there should have been.  Still, this is one of the best DVD concert discs of the year.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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