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Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same Actors: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant Directors: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Dolby, Widescreen Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 136 minutes Studio: Warner Studios Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 1999-12-21 Buy from Amazon |
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From Amazon.com For Led Zeppelin fanatics, this 1976 feature The Song Remains the Same is a treasure of searing live performances, particularly welcome in light of the sad scarcity of such visual material from the band's great decade. Despite the group's road weariness after a long tour, their final, three-night stand at Madison Square Garden in 1973 was full of the old power. Performances of "No Quarter," "Whole Lotta Love," "Black Dog," "Dazed and Confused," and "Stairway to Heaven" underscore Zep's charisma. Trouble is, you don't get an unbroken performance here. Viewers have to wade through a mishmash of documentary insight into the lives of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones, as well as fantasy sequences supposedly inspired by the thoughts and fantasies of the band's individual members. It's mostly garish and silly, but there are some nice elements, especially insights into the late Bonham's life. The DVD doesn't offer much in the way of add-ons (a theatrical trailer is about it), but there is also enhanced viewing for 16 x 9 televisions. --Tom Keogh From Description Experience the lightning of Led Zeppelin's 1973 Madison Square Garden concert-and enter the dreams and backstage lives of one of rock's all-time best-selling bands! Year: 1976 Director: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot Starring: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones |
 "The song remains the same"It is a monumental song which revive my memory over the last 30 years.  ""Does anybody remember laughter?""Ah, the wonderful memories of midnight madness movies! ROCKY HORROR, PINK FLOYD THE WALL, and this. A strikingly visual Led-Zeppelin concert experience, filmed like a real motion picture and not a typical concert video. No other band has ever duplicated themselves on film like this, and they probably never will. Just hearing the long, live version of "Stairway To Heaven" is worth it all.  "Great Concert; Hillarious Movie Concept"For those of you who got this, watched it, and screamed WTF, here's the answer: It's a Led Zeppelin concert. As for my take on the rest of the movie, I'm guessing the producers/screenwriters/actors/and everyone else were all high. The point is for the concert. The rest is just for a good laugh. And for me, it was a five-star laugh. However, it'd be nice to be able to give it ten stars, because I have to give a whole seperate five stars to the concert itself. The Madison Square Garden Concert is incredible. I love it and how it was put together. So, even though I was only able to show five stars, I would like to give this DVD ten stars. The concert was awesome, and the movie was a definite five-star laugh. It is very much worthit. "take it as it is"I made the mistake of buying the newest DVD before this one. There is no comparison. I was used to hearing these tracks from the album of the same name, and the movie format it is unedited, usually a good thing. But I found the sound track fading in and out at the most inopportune times. No Quarter from the album has the most riveting organ and guitar solo, but it must have been filmed on a different night for the film, because it is shorter and lacks bravado. Yes, the fantasy sequences are a bit dated and cheesy but that comes with the territory of the film and when it was made. Overall it is still good but nothing compares to the newest DVD for live musical content. A must for any Zep fan to have. "Nice visual effects, even if it gets boring at times!!!"To begin with The Song Remains the Same is a must have for any die hard Zeppelin fan as it was their only official live release (well up to 2003) on DVD, and you get to see the band alot & though a bit one sided you do see a side of Zeppelin you probably won't see again & also you see the engulfing figure of Peter Grant which is worth a laugh anyway!!!! Also the live performances stand up more than they ever did on the album version. For example because of the visuals Dazed & Confused, Moby Dick & Whole Lotta Love are not as tiring as listening on the album. And also there are some added songs Black Dog (though for some reason it's been cut in length) & Heartbreaker, although for some reason Celebration Day (which is on the album) isn't included on the film version!!! Overall The Song Remains the Same is not an essential Zeppelin DVD now that the 5 1/2 hour DVD is out, but it is worth buying to see what Zeppelin & their management were like back then (the film though released in 1977 is based on the bands Houses of the Holy tour of 1973) & it is also possible to see how the press & public thought of Zeppelin at the height of their popularity!!!! |
