Rush: Exit Stage Left (1981) Review

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(More customer reviews)I never saw the VHS version of this concert. I wore out a dozen "Exit Stage Left" cassettes and my CD still gets a lot of play. Suffice it to say, "I love the music from this tour." The video footage was well captured and well done all the way around. No complaints there. But every song is interrupted with commentary and goofy visual effects that have nothing to do with the concert. For instance:
Geddy Lee on stage, "This a song about a car, this is called Red Barchetta." Then the audio and video are interrupted for some oration and a stupid, low quality visual. Fellas, that is tripe. Tripe. I want to see the concert, please. I want to listen to the music, please. Spare me the gimmicks. You are Rush. You do not need this kind of garbage. It detracts from the overall effect, which is to imagine yourself at the concert! When the DVD was made, the corny crap should have been canned. Most of the songs are corrupted in this manner. Thank God nobody pulled these pranks on the music album! Thank God. I am so sick of concert DVD's that fall into this same category. The only thing worse is the cursed "change the camera angle every second" effect.
Isn't anyone else interested in plain old concert footage? Am I the only one? I've been to hundreds of concerts. Can you imagine it? Geddy Lee in front of thousands of screaming fans, just beginning a song, then the lights and sound fade out, a voice comes over the P.A telling us what the song is about while some cheesy video footage is displayed. There would be a riot. People would trash the place. Why do DVD's of concerts have to be different? This is why I own very few concerts on DVD, and most of those have only been viewed once.

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DVD Track Listing 1. Intro - Exit...Stage Left Live DVD 2. Limelight 3. The Trees 4. Xanadu 5. Red Barchetta 6. Freewill 7. Closer To The Heart 8. YYZ 9. By-Tor And The Snow Dogs / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 Finale /YYZ 10. YYZ (Credits)

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