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I love music DVD’s. Correction. I love some music DVD’s. I enjoy the interesting content you get that you can’t get at a concert.  It seems like bands and artists are so hit and miss when it comes to making a good DVD.  It’s easy isn’t it??  Just make it interesting!!!!

I bought the Kings of Leon: Live at the O2 London, England DVD.  I loved the last two albums.  A lot of people loved the last one.  As for the DVD…well it’s ok.  I mean it’s just a live show.  They don’t do anything crazy.  It’s no more advanced or interesting than my Police DVD I bought that is just concert footage from Atlanta way back in 1983 during the Synchronicity Tour.  In fact Sting has the upper hand in the stage banter catagory as  the Kings lead singer Caleb Followill came off a bit arrogant.

Muse had a DVD included with there album and it was essentially just concert footage. The difference is Muse incorporates robots, giant satellites, confetti and a cover song.  They also shot the DVD with more than 3 or 4 cameras!  This was also just an accent to the album as it came packaged with it…unlike Kings of Leon.

Some of the best DVD’s I’ve seen have come from Pearl Jam, Coldplay and Keith Urban.  These DVD’s had behind the scenes footage and intimate moments that were amazing and it offered a real sense of connection to the artists.  It is always great to hear interviews or see bloopers or just nice candid moments.  It allows you to really sink your teeth into the product, which is ultimately the artist…not the music.

My favorite DVD is actually a movie and an album.  The Last Waltz by The Band is one of the best music moments of all time. It’s also better than most of the DVD’s that come out these days and it was shot 30 years ago.  It has live footage, interview footage, candid footage, staged footage and if you watch it enough times you’ll see the bloopers like Neil Young struggling to find the key, Eric Clapton’s guitar strap letting go halfway through a solo and a drunk Van Morrison doing high kicks.

What are some of your favorite music DVD’s????