Savage Garden: Superstars And Cannonballs (UK)
Live and on tour in Australia
Certificate: none
Running Time: 110 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Musical Recording
Synopsis:
Filmed during the Australian leg of their massive world tour, Superstars and Cannonballs takes you to the heart, soul, and nerve-centre of one of the world`s most popular and successful bands and includes, exclusive to video, the never-before-seen, full-length documentary Parallel Lives. In this intimate video journal, Darren and Daniel give unprecedented access to our cameras, allowing us to follow them on stage and behind the scenes. What is revealed is a surprisingly frank insight into the minds and experiences of two very talented individuals. For the very first time, Darren and Daniel talk candidly about their unique creative collaboration, friendship, and life on the road.
Accompanying this sensational documentary is the entire 90-minute Live Affirmation Concert.
Filmed in spectacular widescreen during their hometown Brisbane concert, a staggering 11 cameras bring to life the excitement and frenzy of the real concert experience. So take the best seats in the house for the music video that will blow your mind away. This is Savage Garden like you`ve never experienced before.
Tracklisting:-
The Best Thing
Break Me Shake Me
To The Moon and Back
The Lover After Me
I Don`t Know You Anymore
Santa Monica
Two Beds And A Coffee Machine
You Can Still Be Free
The Animal Song
Hold
Gunning Down Romance
Crash And Burn
Truly Madly Deeply
Chained To You
I Want You
I Knew I Loved You
Affirmation
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
`Parallel Lives` Documentary
Band commentary
3 bonus music videos - `I Knew I Loved You, Crash And Burn, Affirmation
Discography
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English
Music From:
Savage Garden
Distributor:
Sony Music Vision
Your Opinions and Comments
Darren has an incredible voice and stage presence, while Daniel may be a gifted musician, but, alas, has a stage presence of a dried up eggplant.
The video transfer is excellent. There are no compression signs at all and the colors are well saturated. The concert was filmed with 11 cameras and the angles (while repeating themselves, eventually) are very nice.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is excellent as well. The surrounds are nicely used for crowd cheers. Darren`s voice is so difficult to reproduce, but the soundtrack actually redefines it. Do note, that by muting the center channel, you can actually get a karaoke version of the entire concert.
As for the music - well, some of the 17 songs are better than others, obviously, but even the not-so-familiar songs sound great (and look great as well). Darren, Daniel and the band really give their souls in this concert.
The menus are all beautifully animated with music.
The extras include a visual commentary by the band to 9 songs, a 30 minute documentary about the concert, 3 songs with multiple angles and 3 music videos (which look absolutely amazing).
Bottom line - a great concert of a very good band packed in an excellent disk. Highly recommended.