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amyjared Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 11 Eugene, Oregon USA Gender:	Biggest Bang? Jun 6^th, 2008 at 12:27pm Sorry if this has been already discussed, but I tried to find it and couldn't. I've been seeing this 4 dvd set on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/4-DVD-BOX-SET-THE-ROLLING-STONES-BIGGEST-BANG-Concert_W0QQit... And wondering if anyone has it, has seen it, knows whether it's worth it or not. Thanks for any help!
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ijwthstd Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,068	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #1 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 12:29pm It's worth $9.99-20 to watch once or twice. The whole thing was poorly put together and got nowhere near the amount of TV time as Four Flicks for me.
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mojoman Rocks Off Regular Offline HMERLS Posts: 6,593 joyzee Gender:	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #2 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 12:37pm its like watching a adult film with "mature" actors.......
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Re: Biggest Bang?
Reply #3 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 12:44pm

amyjared wrote on Jun 6^th, 2008 at 12:27pm:

Sorry if this has been already discussed, but I tried to find it and couldn't. I've been seeing this 4 dvd set on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/4-DVD-BOX-SET-THE-ROLLING-STONES-BIGGEST-BANG-Concert_W0QQit...

And wondering if anyone has it, has seen it, knows whether it's worth it or not. Thanks for any help!

Even $20 is a steal. It cost about four times that amount in Europe. $20 for about 8-9 hours of the Stones on DVD? What is there to debate?

Not as great as Four Flicks because it doesnt work as well as a concept, but Keith's performance of "Learning the Game" from Austin is worth the price of the package on it's own.

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fireontheplatter Ex Member	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #4 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 5:04pm the way things are going these days 10 dollars might not be such a piss in the bucket, but i say go ahead and make the investment even if it is just for the 5 block argintena set. this i like the best. i come and go with it these days, but it is never far away. yes, go for it....buy it.
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GotToRollMe Rocks Off Regular Offline 'soft and freaky' Posts: 1,918 Gender:	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #5 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 5:11pm Try Amazon.com. You can get it new for around $15 or used starting at about $9.50.
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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 16,083 Atlanta Gender:	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #6 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 5:11pm bid lower.
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fireontheplatter Ex Member	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #7 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 5:17pm Some Guy wrote on Jun 6^th, 2008 at 5:11pm: bid lower. that is funny. you and mojoman are the king of 1 liners.
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homesickjameswilliamson Rocks Off Regular Offline Alcoholic Cunts Like Knives Posts: 110 Gender:	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #8 - Jun 7^th, 2008 at 4:28pm i got it and love it, what is the 'concept' behind four flicks, i think i wanna get it, but i dunno its always like £40 -50
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Reply #9 - Jun 7^th, 2008 at 4:57pm

homesickjameswilliamson wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 4:28pm:

i got it and love it,

what is the 'concept' behind four flicks, i think i wanna get it, but i dunno its always like £40 -50

Same as the concept behind many of the shows on the tour when they would play small, medium and large sized shows in the same city, which is what they did in about a dozen cities.

Three different types of shows - theatre (Paris), arena (new York) and stadium (London) - with three setlists of considerable variety.

the ABB tour basically had the same type of show regardless of the size of venue - so there isnt really the variety to justify four discs.

Its a good DVD and the price of the package in North America is pretty much for nothing, but of the two Four Flicks is superior. For me, its the most essential product the Stones have released in the last quarter century.

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Re: Biggest Bang?
Reply #10 - Jun 7^th, 2008 at 7:21pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 4:57pm:

homesickjameswilliamson wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 4:28pm:

i got it and love it,

what is the 'concept' behind four flicks, i think i wanna get it, but i dunno its always like £40 -50

Same as the concept behind many of the shows on the tour when they would play small, medium and large sized shows in the same city, which is what they did in about a dozen cities.

Three different types of shows - theatre (Paris), arena (new York) and stadium (London) - with three setlists of considerable variety.

the ABB tour basically had the same type of show regardless of the size of venue - so there isnt really the variety to justify four discs.

Its a good DVD and the price of the package in North America is pretty much for nothing, but of the two Four Flicks is superior. For me, its the most essential product the Stones have released in the last quarter century.

the theater paris show is impossible to watch under any circumstances. the camera just wizzes around way to much.
the clarity of the picture throughout is oustanding

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Reply #11 - Jun 8^th, 2008 at 12:11am

I way prefer Biggest bang. Flicks is ok. the Paris & MSG shows are ok, but i find myself utterly bored to death by the Twickenham show. That stage was easily their dullest stadium set up.

I cant recall, but i think biggest bang cost about $50 here. I do know 4 flicks was around $80, which was still a ok deal for what you got, but i got it cheaper anyway.

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Holden Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,317 Tampa Bay Gender:	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #12 - Jun 8^th, 2008 at 8:21pm Biggest Bang is awesome, especially the Rio show. Even though the set list was hit heavy the band was really on fire. Part of me wishes Scorsese had filmed that show instead.
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glencar Ex Member	Re: Biggest Bang? Reply #13 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:22am It's amazing how much we do get to see these days. How many years did we go w/o getting to see live performances except on grainy bootlegs?
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Reply #14 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 11:40am

Four Flicks I think the stadium show is excellently filmed and edited. It's tough to watch Paris, I wish we had the option for just 1 camera at the rear of the venue on the full stage but I don't usually look at the TV when I watch that. At least the overdubs synch up properly unlike Austin.

And the Biggest Bang documentary totally blows. It has some good footage here and there like Argentina but it plays like a bad late night infomercial.

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Re: Biggest Bang?
Reply #15 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 12:22pm

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Gazza wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 4:57pm:

homesickjameswilliamson wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 4:28pm:

i got it and love it,

what is the 'concept' behind four flicks, i think i wanna get it, but i dunno its always like £40 -50

Same as the concept behind many of the shows on the tour when they would play small, medium and large sized shows in the same city, which is what they did in about a dozen cities.

Three different types of shows - theatre (Paris), arena (new York) and stadium (London) - with three setlists of considerable variety.

the ABB tour basically had the same type of show regardless of the size of venue - so there isnt really the variety to justify four discs.

Its a good DVD and the price of the package in North America is pretty much for nothing, but of the two Four Flicks is superior. For me, its the most essential product the Stones have released in the last quarter century.

the theater paris show is impossible to watch under any circumstances. the camera just wizzes around way to much.
the clarity of the picture throughout is oustanding

Theres probably a reason for that. Ronnie was so off his face they probably wanted to keep his on-screen time to the bare minimum.

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Reply #16 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 11:35am

Gazza wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 12:22pm:

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Theres probably a reason for that. Ronnie was so off his face they probably wanted to keep his on-screen time to the bare minimum.

i have heard of this claim before, but to me he behaves and plays just like most shows, not any worse

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Reply #17 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 12:15pm

speedfreakjive wrote on Jun 10^th, 2008 at 11:35am:

Gazza wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 12:22pm:

[quote author=fireontheplatter link=1212773244/0#10 date=1212884511][quote author=Gazza link=1212773244/0#9 date=1212875850][quote author=homesickjameswilliamson link=1212773244/0#8 date=1212874132]

Theres probably a reason for that. Ronnie was so off his face they probably wanted to keep his on-screen time to the bare minimum.

i have heard of this claim before, but to me he behaves and plays just like most shows, not any worse

Plenty of eyewitnesses reported it at the time (Angiegirl and Mathijs definitely did from memory) to the extent where Jagger quite visibly went over to the sound guys after a few songs and ordered them to turn him down in the mix. Maybe he sobered up as things progressed - he's certainly not on camera that much in the released DVD as he would be expected to be. Perhaps there was a bit of "post production" done.

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Reply #18 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 2:33pm

Gazza wrote on Jun 10^th, 2008 at 12:15pm:

speedfreakjive wrote on Jun 10^th, 2008 at 11:35am:

Gazza wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 12:22pm:

[quote author=fireontheplatter link=1212773244/0#10 date=1212884511][quote author=Gazza link=1212773244/0#9 date=1212875850][quote author=homesickjameswilliamson link=1212773244/0#8 date=1212874132]

Theres probably a reason for that. Ronnie was so off his face they probably wanted to keep his on-screen time to the bare minimum.

i have heard of this claim before, but to me he behaves and plays just like most shows, not any worse

Plenty of eyewitnesses reported it at the time (Angiegirl and Mathijs definitely did from memory) to the extent where Jagger quite visibly went over to the sound guys after a few songs and ordered them to turn him down in the mix. Maybe he sobered up as things progressed - he's certainly not on camera that much in the released DVD as he would be expected to be. Perhaps there was a bit of "post production" done.

i'm presuming his pre-tour drying out period(as alluded to on the Tip Of The Tongue doc) had ended by this time then really?

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