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Media Type: DVD
Artist: WOODSTOCK '99
Title: WOODSTOCK '99
Street Release Date: 03/07/2000
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP COLLECTIONS | | | Product Details: | | | Format:
| Color, Dolby, DVD, Explicit Lyrics, HiFi Sound, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Sony | | Run Time:
| 149 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 07, 2000 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 34 reviews |
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 Don't Get Hung Up On The "Woodstock" Thing...Apr 13, 2009
As a fan of filmed concerts, I avoided this one based on some of the reviews. It seems that folks are polarized on whether it's great, medicore or blasphemy. Finally, due to curiousity and the $10 price tag, I relented. What a gem.
First off, we all know the historical significance of Woodstock. 5 Days of Peace, Love and Music and blah blah blah. This event does not diminish the original and we all know how great that was and so forth. Get over it. This is a different event that highlights acts from the late 90's, NOT the 60's. Music constantly reinvents and things change.
This concert provides a sampling of bands form the late 90's. There are 25 bands on this disk and this concert manages a diversity of genre's. From soul to rap to pop to metal to punk. Someone argues that the songs selected aren't the ones they would have chosen. The songs here are pretty damn good and they represent. In between the songs are short segments involving the audience. These are well done and short enough as to not be boring.
What I like about this disk:
Great sound. Well recorded. Crank up the home theatre. 5.1 sound.
Good selection of artists. I'm in my 50's and liked most of the bands. I do have rather diversified tastes.
Nice filming and editing. Not the attention deficit editing which is all too typical of concert videos.
The price tag.
So in summation, I really liked this disk and have watched it multiple times. Really pleased with sound quality and filming. There are several really great performances and it's a bargain. If you love concert videos and 90's music you will find it well worth your while. If your preference is 60's music and you think Woodstock was was the be-all, end-all you probably won't like this. Save your bucks for the Woodstock Director's cut.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Excellent DVDAug 31, 2007
Im surprised that people have let their moral stand on the excesses of the event,mar their review of this disc.While I sympathise with those affected,I will stick to reviewing this disc,which is what this forum is for.
The Production values : Are top notch.I have bought some DVDs recorded in 2006,which do not look or sound as good as this one.The producers of this release knew their job well.
The Music and performances : Im a metalhead and I thought there would be barely 3-4 songs on this disc that I would like.Well barring 3-4 songs ( out of 29 ),I loved EVERY performance on this disc.The disc really captures the environment of the gig and brings it into your room.Its fun to watch the crowd go crazy during KORN and Metallica's set.There are some weak moments tho',but they can be easily overlooked.Im surprised that some killer acts like Godsmack,which made it to the audio CD did not make it to the DVD - thats disappointing.
The Extras - There's lots of em'.All the songs are interspresed with a walk around the Woodstock ground,so you get a good idea of what was happening around the place over the 3 days.So that makes it about 1 hours worth of bonus material,apart from band interview snippets and some other backstage stuff.
All in all,if you are a fan of great live music and grand concerts,this disc is an awesome deal.BUY IT !
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 It was called "Not your father's Woodstock" for a reasonJun 29, 2006
For people that weren't there allow me to explain Woodstock '99. I was never so sun burned, broke, dirty, strung out and tired in my entire life... and I have never had so much fun. No, it wasn't an ode to the 1969 Woodstock. It was my generations Woodstock and we rocked the house. I am not talking about the riots, there were so many people there they stopped counting and were letting people in for free on Thursday before the actual Woodstock started... a single person serving of pizza was 11 bucks and water was 7 dollars. I am not excusing the riots.. I am painting a picture. It was almost 120 degrees in Griffis with the cement and the amount of people, people were broke and tired/strung out/sun burned and they went bonkers. The thing is that it didn't start till Sunday night( Even if the wall was ripped down on Saturday ) and it was delightful other than that. I hope they have another Woodstock, I would go.. just bring more of my own food next time. I would like a more complete version of Woodstock '99, the crowds, behind the scenes, more songs from artists... but I will take what I can get.
2 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 in case my previous review gets edited for contentJun 02, 2006
I'm really tired by all this "metal" stuff. It can be catchy, and the musicians can be very good, but it requires alot of devotion to feel the music and listen to it all the time. It gives me a headache. I can't remember why, but I've chewed tin foil before and it tastes real bad too, neither do I know what's happened to the old tunes and love of the 60s and woodstock, but its all disappeared. "...that was then and this is now" so does that mean peace and love is lost, and instead we should forget our principles and live blindly?
-----------------------other reviewers--------------------------
"If you're looking for a variety of musical styles and performances of the late 90's, this is a good choice if you can look past it's technical shortcomings. If you're only a fan of one or two of the artists, it's really not worth it. Everything on this disc screams mediocrity."
"A woodstock festival with acts such as Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Korn, Offspring and countless other degenerate pop groups (yes, they are POP groups), can no longer be called a woodstock festival. The title of this DVD should be 'Woodstock: 3 days of mosh pits, molestation, and useless expendable garbage that some call music.' Half the crowd at this piece of corporate filth consisted of white, beer-guzzling jock college students, ravers, and teeny boppers just PRAYING that by some miracle the Backstreet Boys show up. And of course, thrown in the mix were old hippies who went to the first woodstock. God, that must have been like a 3 day acid trip from hell. So to sum up, dear reader, woodstock '99 showcased all of the reasons why music can never again be what it was in the age of woodstock '69. This was the woodstock for the MTV generation."
Such blasting feedback and distortion is not our new generations way of supporting revolution, its just stupidity, like how someone's gonna call me soft for saying this.
peace,
bonzo
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Good Bands, Bad Song SelectionFeb 19, 2006
If you were to just read the names of the bands you would automatically give this 5 stars. You can't really pay any attention to what some reviewers say. You may not really like all of the bands, but most are notable bands for the time. The problem with this DVD isn't the bands but the song selection. I understand that each band tries to control the video rights to its better songs but this is rediculous. I have to say that Everclear and Rage Against The Machine both have "A" list songs on this DVD. Other than that the songs chosen by other bands are somewhat subpar. This DVD is still worth buying if you can get a good price.
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