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Steve Vai: Where the Wild Things Are [Blu-ray] By Steve Vai (Actor) & Steve Vai (Director) Our Price $ 23.38   Retail Value $ 29.97   You Save $ 6.59  (22%)   Item Number 3167564   Buy New Item Quantity: Available on the Internet only.

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	Beyond Amazing  May 11, 2010
I saw Steve & co. in one of the best live shows I've ever seen on this tour in New Jersey, so imagine my delight when I heard that he was putting out a DVD/bluray from the same tour! Suffice it to say, I was not disappointed. In fact, frankly, I was thoroughly blown away. Chances are, you're familiar with Mr Vai's unhuman chops. I must say that the band he chose for this tour was, by all accounts, very much up to the challenge of playing with a musician of this magnitude. The violinists on this show were amazing and truly added another dimension to Steve's already beautiful and multi-layered music. All the musicians here played together with such harmony that you'd swear they'd been doing it for years. (Some of them have) Also appreciated was the fact that everyone was given their moment to shine. The duet between Alex DePue and the absolutely STUNNING Ann Marie Calhoun left me in awe, wanting to go buy a violin. But not only were the chops all-around fantastic, but more importantly, you could tell that every member was really enjoying themselves, having the time of their lives, and putting their heart and soul into every note played. As far as the direction of the video, I pretty much considered it flawless. People who buy a Steve Vai video buy it to watch him play guitar. And with Where the Wild Things Are, you won't miss a note. The cameras always knew where to be, which on occasion was focused very closely on Mr. Vai's hands during very difficult passages. Now I know it was filmed in 720p rather than 1080p like some have complained, but I will say that on my 36" 780p television, it was rather spaklingly good quality. In short, if you love complex music, amazing musicianship, and just a flat-out mind-blowingly good show, BUY THIS DVD (or bluray or whatever) By the end you will be so in awe of what you just watched, you'll need to watch it again and again.
	5 stars .... an audio visual spectacular with guitar god VAI  May 9, 2010
This blue ray disc captures the whole concert atmosphere in the most vivid details... superb sound and visual... Steve Vai is performing in my living room...simply amazing...
	Good  May 3, 2010
I expected more when it comes to blu-ray, but it sure is one of the best performance of Steve Vai.
	Excellent Blu-Ray  Apr 8, 2010
The Blu-Ray looks good and most importantly it sounds really good also. The 5.1 mix is very well produced...
	That Sounds Like Noise, Mr. Vai!!!  Mar 12, 2010
What an incredible performance Steve Vai lays down on Where the Wild Things Are. 2 hours and 40 minutes worth of incredibleness!!!! And wait a minute....a rock concert with violins??? Let's just put it this way: you will think about violinists in a whole new (heavy metal???) light after you watch violinists Alex DePue and Ann Marie Calhoun shred their violins on the second song of the DVD. Vai and the rest of his band (including bassist Bryan Beller, drummer Jeremy Colson & guitarist Dave Weiner) put on an energy filled show in Minneapolis throughout the 27 songs on the DVD (well, 26 really, plus a band intro track). So why 4 instead of 5 stars? A memo really needs to go out to all bands and music DVD producers that says at minimum: "1) Music DVD's should be produced to the highest standards. 2) The musical performances within should represent the talent that made the studio recorded CDs sell. 3) Theatrics are very cool too, as long as you can pull them off without deterioration in the quality of the music." Vai (he produced the DVD too) gets high marks on all 3 aspects with a few unfortunate, stand-out flaws. Let's break it down then for Where the Wild Things Are: 1 - "Music DVD's should be produced to the highest standards." - It's here and only here that Where the Wild Things Are has its flaws. The main issue is with the picture quality. It was recorded in 720p, but it doesn't look like it. There seems to be some kind of lens filter that really took away from the effect of feeling like I was in the front row of the concert versus watching it on TV. I've watched A LOT of music DVDs, most recently Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott's, so I know with the right lighting a DVD can be produced to have the effect that you're not looking at your TV and more like you're looking through a magic window from the front row of the concert. But Vai's Where the Wild Things Are for whatever reason seems to be a Grade B picture. The picture is good; it's just I've seen much much better. The DVD was recorded in 2007, so there is no excuse for a good versus excellent picture quality. The average picture is not noticeable on a standard def TV, but it's very noticeable on a high def plasma TV. I think that just "flat" would be a good way to describe it. The visuals are well-directed and "mostly" don't jump all over the place every 2 seconds. There is some of that though, and it's very annoying. For some reason the notion is that quickly changing the visual projects the energy of a song...and that's a stupid notion. The camera shots in Where the Wild Things Are "mostly" give you nice long looks at each performer at the right time; if you were actually at the show, you'd probably be looking at the performer that the camera is on. But every now and then it switched to the quick look editing that killed the illusion of having a front row seat to the show. There were also too many of out of place cheesy video effects; no one wants to see distracting video effects over performance. I just don't understand how that silliness ever finds its way into the final cut of a DVD concert release. There were even some occasional messages that crossed the screen (for example a handwritten note apologizing to a roadie for tripping over him). All of this being a complete hindrance to the enjoyment of the awesome Via performance. The sound on Where the Wild Things are is amazing. A thunderous Dolby 5.1 recording will shake your whole house if you're set up for surround. If not, I suggest listening to this through headphones if your DVD player or TV has the output. Talk about feeling like you're at the show?...Just crank up your theater system's volume or use headphones and you'll feel like you're sitting right on the stage with Vai and company. 2 - "The musical performances within should represent the talent that made the studio recorded CDs sell." - The band prior to hitting the stage definitely committed to each other to go out and play the tightest show ever. Regarding playing the songs to represent how they sound on the CD? I can name only 2 Steve Vai songs by name: The Audience is Listening and The Attitude Song, and of the two songs only The Audience is Listening is included in the show. I've included the track listing below, but would you really know any of the songs by their titles? I mean a devoted Vai fan probably would, but I've never even heard any of these compositions until I saw them on the DVD. The 2 hour and 40 minute (mostly) instrumental show (Steve, please, don't sing) on Where the Wild Things Are gets a kind of pass on being true to the CD. For an instrumental show the standard is more about playing the songs as tight as or better than what's on the CDs. And Via and company came through in spades. 3 - "Theatrics are very cool too, as long as you can pull them off without deterioration in the quality of the music." - Unless you call Steve Vai's signature exaggerated facial expressions, prance and swagger theatrics, there are really no over-the-top theatrics at all in the performance...which is great! The band just totally rocks out and plays the music, and as I said earlier, they perform everything to perfection. So to sum it up, Where the Wild Things Are is killer. But if you wanted to experience it on Blu Ray in 1080p, you don't get that high def picture that you might have expected from a 2009 Blu Ray release. However, the performance is superb and really shows that Vai is one of the most talented guitarists ever. The performance makes Where the Wild Things Are more than worth the purchase. Add it to your cart! Performance Track Listing: 01. Paint Me Your Face 02. Now We Run 03. Oooo 04. Building The Church 05. Tender Surrender 06. Band Intros 07. Firewall 08. The Crying Machine 09. Shove The Sun Aside 10. I'm Becoming 11. Die To Live 12. Freak Show Excess 13. Apples In Paradise 14. All About Eve 15. Gary 7 16. Beastly Rap 17. Treasure Island 18. Angel Food 19. Earthquake Sky 20. The Audience Is Listening 21. The Murder 22. Juice 23. Whispering A Prayer 24. Taurus Bulba 25. Liberty 26. Answers 27. For The Love Of God "That sounds like noise, Mr. Vai!!!" Indeed....beautiful noise.

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