Judas Priest - Electric Eye DVD

[Blitzkrieg]

I picked this up the other night for something to watch and it is pretty darn good! Priest Live! is a great show, despite being the most 80s thing I have ever seen haha! All the glam chicks in the audience surprised me too. It took me a few songs into it to get comfortable watching Rob with that horrid hair cut, and the robot in Electric Eye is possibly the cheesiest thing ever, but it was a good gig. I hadn't seen any live footage of the band before, and was surprised to see them all so happy, it was weird. Rob didn't stop smiling for the whole gig.
Excellent picture and sound too from what I could tell. A very well edited gig too, Mr Harris should take note.

I think Sydo will really dig this DVD as I remember him saying he likes music DVDs and he likes Turbo, and they play more than half of it.

I would like to see something from the Ram It Down or Painkiller tour though, that would really rock!

The video clips are hilarious too, I couldn't wait to see the Freewheel Burnin clip again, and it was even funnier than I remembered haha!
The Painkiller clip is one of the best videos ever though, awesome shit.

The discography is a cool extra, and it plays an audio track from each album. Is the first I have heard from Ripper era Priest, and it isn't as bad as I imagined, very aggresive music and a great sound which is cool. What is it that is so bad about the albums? Because I think I might actually like them.

The BBC clips are a cool extra as well. I pissed myself watching the 'Living After Midnight' clip where Rob has such big fluffy British hair, he looked like Tim Brook Taylor.

Fuck me I can't wait to see what Priest come up with next though, and god damn I hope they tour. The music on the Ripper era stuff is quite good, and Halford's solo shit is awesome, so they could put together one hell of an album.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

I have Priest...Live! on video and its an AWESOME show isn't it!!! If I could choose any tour to see Priest on, it would be that one. With Painkiller 2nd choice. But the Turbo tour had a better stageshow and lots of songs off Turbo so that makes it my first choice

How AWESOME is KK's big blonde hair and sunnies? He looks great! And I wish there was foxy big haired metal chicks in the crowd like that at gigs I went to! Def Leppard - In The Round video is full of chicks like that too in the crowd haha!

I wish bands still did big arena shows like they did in the late '80s. That was the best era for live bands easily

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

The discography is a cool extra, and it plays an audio track from each album. Is the first I have heard from Ripper era Priest, and it isn't as bad as I imagined, very aggresive music and a great sound which is cool. What is it that is so bad about the albums? Because I think I might actually like them.

The music on the Ripper era stuff is quite good, and Halford's solo shit is awesome, so they could put together one hell of an album.

Actually I think its the music that lets those albums down, not so much Ripper. He definitely ain't no Halford but its more the musical direction of those albums that most people (including me) don't like I think, rather than his vocals. Priest were always a fun spirited anthemic metal band, and I think that great spirit which is what made them Priest is what is missing from those albums. It's missing those big choruses & everything that is basically what Priest were all about, great fun songs you throw your fists in the air and chant along to.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeah it is an awesome show and would have been a great tour to catch them on! And I agree it would be awesome to see a band like that in an arena environment instead of the size venues they play now (probably festival hall at the largest). Oh well, I still hope like hell that they tour, as I missed them last time, and want to see them with Rob!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Ahh yeah I can understand that. I didn't think it would have been Ripper that let them down, and I remember people saying the song writing on Demolition in particular was very poor, I just haven't heard it for myself to decide. The actual sound they have is quite good though, not far from Painkiller sound, so the next album has huge potential IMO.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Yeah The Palace was FAR too small for Judas Priest (although they didnt even sell that out so Festival Hall would've been a disaster, which is sad). It was good to see them in an intimate environment as well though, back in 1987 the thought of seeing them in a venue like that up close would have made people jealous I think as a one-off experience, but I'd still take an arena show anyday!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Yeah the sound itself on both albums is fine (not as good as classic Priest but still nothing wrong with it), but the songwriting just sucks. They've focused too much on trying to sound heavy/aggressive to keep current, which is fine, but forgotten about writing good songs that are catchy with good choruses and a fun spirit.

Halford on the other hand, was able to update his sound and make it heavy, aggressive and current... but at the same time he wrote great songs with catchy choruses and a fun metal spirit. Priest didn't get it right.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

If they tour again, on the back of a strong new album and with the right promotion they MIGHT be able to play Festival Hall, which would damn rock.

 

[BlindGuardianKill]

Great value DVD. Great to have all the clips in one place and full marks that they added the live show and extra BBC material. A must for any fan of true metal. Priest are indeed Metal Gods!

 

[spawn]

Nightcrawler is such a great song

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yes, it is.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Having Halford back alone will draw a bigger crowd coz I've spoken to alot of people who said they didn't go last time because Halford wasn't singing.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeah I know, and if they promoted that and let people know they would draw a decent sized crowd, and having a strong album out that could possibly chart for a week or two would help even more.

 

[Bucko]

Tis a great DVD it especially like the Old Grey Whistle Test stuff............

 

[Lord Tim]

The only thing that shits me about the DVD is the quality of the transfer of Priest Live!... Has anyone noticed how much video noise and pixelation is happening in there? I know it's a transfer from a pretty old tape but fuck, I still think the video looks a lot better - that's some shithouse encoding by whoever did that!

All that aside, fucking awesome DVD!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I noticed a bit of pixelation but didn't really notice any video noise, though you probably have a better ear for that sort of thing LT.

Great gig though!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Video noise isn't a sound, its when you get interruption/interference or whatever on the screen, like what happens sometimes on Foxtel I think

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Ahh, well in that case I did notice a little bit of flickery and such, but it wasn't really anything that bad, and it still looks and sounds great.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Bumped for Sydo. :Spin:

 

[Sydo]