Jun 11 2010
No Better Place: Live in Chicago
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Fountains Of Wayne breeze into the Windy City with their warm, feel-good vibe, unleashing the hooks and humor that have made them champions of power pop. For the band’s first-ever live DVD, fans are treated to a career-defining set with punchy performances of their hits including “Stacy’s Mom,” “Sink To The Bottom” and “Radiation Vibe.” Having perfected the sounds of summer buzz with tight rhythms, carefree melodies and humor-laced lyrics, the indie pop quartet takes the s… More >>
No Better Place: Live in Chicago
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This DVD is a simple performance video — nothing fancy, no extra stuff, just pure Fountains of Wayne. That’s the way it should be since FoW is a great, straight-ahead kind of band. Love the music, love seeing them perform it. Great DVD.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve always been a fan of their music, so a live DVD really caught my eye. This is a great show. The band sounds and looks good and I’m hearing some of my favorite songs in a new way. Also, LOVE the acoustic bonuses. Even stripped down, FoW sounds awesome.
Rating: 5 / 5
While I love listening to the CDs or IPod there’s nothing like the actually watching the performance to really telegraph the meaning of the music and the genius of the band. This looks and sounds great on the surround. This makes a great addition to our collection and after the show there’s the extras that aren’t always there on music DVDs. The acoustic video is pretty great, like a mini living room concert If you are a FOW fan this is an eyeful and a must have.
Rating: 5 / 5
This was a great DVD, it gave the sense that I was actually at the concert with this great band. They had a great choice of songs. The sounds nad picture quality is amazing, and I highly recommend this to everyone.
Rating: 5 / 5
What’s the point of seeing a band live, especially a band that is all about the great song? I saw FoW earlier this year and then viewed this DVD about 5 months later. What I immediately noticed missing from the DVD was the band’s absolute in-person charm, which comes through mostly in their between-song patter with the audience. We get Schlesinger’s mock rock god histrionics at the end, but otherwise all the between-song interaction is left out, and so the natural rhythm of the show is absolutely not there. These guys are all about the execution and the product, the product is of the highest quality, and their wry approach is the needed balm that connects us all to the appreciation of it. Collingwood may be the most inscrutable front man in rock history, and about three songs in he realizes when the camera is on him and stops singing to it (just as he tries not to sing to the audience when he’s on stage). This non-front-man approach is fine as long as there’s something in between that connects performers to audience, and we don’t get that here. The censorship of one song was not very rock ‘n’ roll either. And, indeed, the audience looked comatose and fairly un-cool, but maybe that would have been remedied with inclusion of the aforementioned interaction.
Rating: 4 / 5