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Genesis - When in Rome - Live 2007 (3 DVDs) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Genesis
Studio: EMI
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 90
Format: Anamorphic, Digital Sound, Pal
Languages: German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: To Be Announced
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 342
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.7
EAN: 5099951132699
ASIN: B000Y35A94
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: May 26, 2008
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 Well worth the wait June 26, 2008
Albeit the release was delayed it was well worth the wait.Picture,sound,lighting & the overall show were second to none.These guy's have to go down as one of the best live acts & musicians of all time.As for the idiot who thought this was dull he/she obviously has no appreciation of good music & spectacular shows.I was at the gig in Paris and was gutted I couldn't get to Rome for the last European show but the DVD will certainly do the job.Only downer for me was that Abacab wasn't part of the live set but that aside watching the DVD was like being back in Paris last June again and one of the highlights I'm sure a lot would agree was Chester & Phil on teh stools.The guy's can make music from anything.Long live the men in black!!!!!!!!!!
Genesis are back! June 18, 2008
I first saw Genesis in 1972 at the Melody Maker's Poll Winner's Concert in London, where they were supporting Wishbone Ash and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Over 30 years on, they sound as strong as ever as this DVD proves. Sadly only fragments of the material from those exciting times has survived into this 2007 set.
The familiar 5-man line-up pump out Genesis classics from all years in between and you find yourself asking the question "What fifteen year lay-off?". Sure, they look older but the music sounds as fresh as it ever did and Phil Collin's fine voice sounds as strong as ever.
Read the track listing to see what's included and you'll see that these are proven concert favourites. We're all bound to miss a personal favourite or two but these are "safe" numbers that the band can play well.
Other reviewers have mentioned the fact there are a few wobbles and mistakes, that may be true (see if you can detect them) but won't detract from your enjoyment of what was a fine concert seen by 500,000 people.
A few gripes, the concert is split over two discs and this is a pain. The "extras" include little vignettes of rehearsal and discussion of each song and are directly accessible from the concert footage. Once viewed they are probably best forgotten, but this does mean that one disc is not enough for the whole show. The third disc is a documentary of how the tour came about and has already been shown on by the BBC. Of interest, but only worthy of a single look. And Phil Collins' attempts to speak to the audience in their own language become tiresome, although the intent is laudable.
Overall verdict? This is a good concert, well-filmed/directed and with good sound. I don't think it's as good as "The Way We Walk" which is of a concert at Earl's Court, London in 1922. Sadly the DVD of that seems to have been deleted. But if you like Genesis, then "When In Rome" won't disappoint.
 MANCHESTER SHOW WOULD'VE MADE A BETTER DVD June 16, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was so looking forward to seeing this dvd , as being a huge fan of the band and going to the manchester show of this tour - (which was awesome and exceeding all my expectations), watching this dvd was something of a disappointment.
This has nothing to do with the music or extras - music as good as ever, extras really great, but as others have mentioned I think this country/ location was wrong for a filmed concert - why did it have to be in Italy when it could have been so much better at hyde park or knebworth in the U.K. or just film the old trafford show - after all genesis are a british band aren't they?
This concert doesn't have any atmosphere at all - it's a real effort for the people to cheer etc and the audience don't interact with phil like a U.K crowd would , and as such you just don't get the feel of being there. For any doubters compare this concert dvd to the "LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM 1987" DVD - thats a really great concert- which I have to say is still my personal favourite despite this release.
Seconds out, round 2 June 11, 2008
Up until last year, 'seconds out', which I saw at Earl's Court in '76 had been, for me, the peak of live genesis and 70s genesis my fave period. I saw the band several times in the 70s, including knebworth. I last saw them live in 1982 at Milton Keynes with Peter Gabriel. The last album I bought being Invisible Touch, which was, for me, only luke warm. However, I am stunned at this performance, after not playing together for so long, and I love the songs that I did not know well, performed superbly, particularly No Son of Mine and of course the inclusion of Ripples from A Trick of the Tail, fabulous!! I can't recommend this highly enough, I love it!! Long may Genesis continue, best live band in the world!!
Great concert, Great band but unfortunately I have to return it June 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great concert!!!
Well as far as I managed to watch since Disc II was identical with Disc III and therefore ended up with a copy of the documentary and missed the 2nd part of the concert!!!!
Hopefully Amazon will replace it.....
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