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ZZ TOP GREATEST HITS DVD RELEASE on RHINO/WEA
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ZZ Top: Greatest Hits - The Video
Collection DVD
They're all here! ZZ Top's greatest videos, a groundbreaking collection from the band that made chopped cars, great-looking girls, and fur-covered guitars an art form all their own. Right from the start, with "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and the rest of the Eliminator trilogy - "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" - ZZ Top has pioneered the high-concept video.
From the deep-space weirdness of "Rough Boy" to the chain gang blues of "My Head's in Mississippi"; from the in-concert electricity of "Stages" to the Paula Abdul-choreographed "Velcro Fly," ZZ Top has always been in video's vanguard. In fact, they performed at the first-ever MTV Awards, where the radio city music hall audience seemed to spontaneously sprout chin whiskers. Who said video fans are passive? Certainly not ZZ's!
Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard have pushed the envelope of rock's visual potential, and here's proof.
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Includes:
Gimme All Your Lovin'
Sharp Dressed Man
Legs
TV Dinners
Sleeping Bag
Stages
Rough Boy
Velcro Fly
Give It Up
My Head's In Mississippi
Burger Man
Viva Las Vegas
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Texas blues/rock legends ZZ-TOP started rocking to the top of the Texas music scene in the early 1970’s. Guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard paid their dues with album after album of killer blues influenced Rock n Roll like TRES HOMBRES and FANDANGO.
The Texas bad boys finally broke into the mainstream big time with their 1983 album, ELIMINATOR. Their music label (Warner Music) helped elevate ZZ-TOP by producing an unprecedented four music videos taken from the four hits on the album. Constant MTV rotation brought the music of ZZ-TOP into people’s living rooms and into the history of pop consciousness. From that point on, few bands ruled the 1980’s music scene with a combination of critically acclaimed albums, successful touring, and movie-quality music videos.
All the videos were filmed in the original made-for-TV aspect ratio of 1.33.1. The videos are mostly from the mid-to-late 1980’s, but the digital authoring done here makes these dated material look brand new. If it weren’t for the obvious 1980s trappings (the clothes, haircuts, make-up, etc) you’d swear these are brand new. The images are razor sharp, and the picture allows a true sense of depth onto the screen. The colors are bold, rich, and fully saturated. Dark colors play an important part of ZZ-TOPS music videos and the black levels are tightly calibrated, which help to anchor the colors and clarity of the image.
From
the Audio Setup button, you can select Dolby Digital 2.0 sound (very good),
Dolby Digital 5.1 (awesome), or DTS (earth shaking) surround sound which
envelops you into the Rock n Roll fantasy land of ZZ-TOP. The instruments
are tightly integrated and the vocals slice through the walls of sound like
a knife through butter. The Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 tracks are truly
tight and powerful—superior than either CD or MP3 quality. The bass
is prominent and controlled.
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Reviewer: S. Hurley (Reno, NV USA)
If you saw only a few of these videos in their heyday on MTV you already
know how talented & cool ZZ top is as a band. ZZ Top proves that a great
video dosen't make the song, but a great song can be enhanced by the visual
aspects of the video.
Watching these videos on a HD TV with surround sound really takes these vidoes to a whole new level. Every ZZ Top fan should own this DVD
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ZZ TOP on the new CROSSROADS DVD RELEASE *****
Eric
Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD
OVER 4 HOURS OF THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS ON EARTH
COMING
TO DVD ON NOVEMBER 9
This two disc-set chronicles the festival which took place in Dallas, Texas
and brought together dozens of the world's top rock, blues, country, jazz,
and folk guitarists including ZZ Top. Check out the Crossroads Media Player
for clips and snapshots from the festival. Feel free to send the media player
to your friends!
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