Music, Pop
Three years ago I bought a DVD player to watch movies in the gym while burning calories on a Stairmaster. This gave me the chance to watch some music DVDs. I started off with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, then watched U2, the Rollingstones’s Slick Tour, Evanescence, and finally Dave Matthews Band Live in Central Park. The first minute of Springsteen Live in Barcelona was amazing because the sound on the DVD was far better than any sound of a live concert I had heard before. You felt as if you were right there on the concert floor with thousands of other people. Before long, however, I got t tired seeing the band go through the same motions. Watching U2’s Go Home - Live From Slane Castle was also underwhelming. You learn that The Edge and not Bono is the musical force behind the band. I am a big fan of few Rolling Stones tunes like “Ruby Tuesday.” But watching 60-year-old men behave as if they are teenagers is painful to watch. The most interesting part of the Four Licks DVD set is the part that takes you behind the scenes of preparing the concert tour. You come to appreciate the marketing and management genius of Mick Jagger. Evanescence in Anywhere But Home proves that stage presence is not easy to accomplish. It is better to simply listen to Evanescence’s one hit My Immortal. The band has no stage presence to speak of. The big surprise in my music DVD discovery tour was Dave Matthews Band’s Live in Central Park. The band members were by a long shot better musicians than the other groups I had watched on my hourly stairmaster sweat sessions. Click on “More” to see song from this free Concert in New York City.Music DVDs: Bruce, Evanescence, Rolling Stones, U2, & Dave Matthews Band
Music, Pop
Good news for all Police fans. Sting has finally become nostalgic and agreed to going on tour with his old band members from the Police, Steward Copeland and Andy Steward. He used the answer the question whether he could ever imagine going on reunion tour with The Police. “This would be good cause to have me certified insane.” Watch a fun video webcast of the their news conference performance the morning after they played at the GrammyThe Police Reunites for the First Tour in 24 Years
© 2026 Peter Murmann. Powered by ExpressionEngine.
