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decades, from Move it on Over to The Guess Who One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer. But damned if he doesn’t do it Running Back with the vitality of a man half his Thru Canada age. He isn’t the only one having a good time. ViK / BMG —DS If your Christmas list includes a local friend or relative who digs Live Stock music and is between 40 and 60, Devo your holiday shopping is a snap. Live in the Land Just hit the video store and pick up The Guess Who’s Running Guess Who top list of new concert DVDs of the Rising Sun Back Thru Canada DVD. The main event is the more than we can say for seems to be favouring on this live Sick / MVD band’s memorable Live in Boston, filmed in DVD, it won’t be long. If you buy Yeah Yeah Yeahs Talk about devolution. Older, storm-lashed concert at 2002 just weeks after the this for your kid, you’re a sad grayer and thicker around the mid- CanWest Global Park in drug-fuelled death of excuse for a parent. If you buy it Tell Me What Rockers dle, the once-mighty Spuds tarnish 2000. But along with the bassist John Entwistle. for yourself, you’re just sad. to Swallow their legacy by squeezing back into powerful 16-song gig You’d think watching —DS those yellow jumpsuits and flower- (which originally aired on Pete Townshend and Interscope / Universal pot hats for a 2003 tour of Japan, CBC), you get five bonus Roger Daltrey carry on in Wondering what all the fuss over where they robotically pump out tunes that didn’t make DARRYL the wake of tragedy David Bowie Yeah Yeah Yeahs is about? Check their hits like trained seals. Please, the initial cut, one song STERDAN would be moving. But A Reality Tour out this live DVD and you’ll know. boys, stop before you embarrass from the tour’s opening [email protected] mostly it’s just depress- Bizarro singer Karen O is a mes- yourselves. Oops, too late. show in Newfoundland, a ing — like watching two ISO / Sony merizing combination of Iggy Pop, 1/2 — DS 20-minute interview with Burton escaped lifers shackled together The Thin White Duke is a benev- Patti Smith, Courtney Love, P.J. Cummings and Randy Bachman, on a raft, paddling like hell but olent monarch in this stylish 2003 Harvey and a kid on a sugar high, Jefferson Airplane and rehearsal footage. On second going in circles. Hearing them plod live set, romping through a gener- while the guitar-and-drums band thought, better buy two copies — through a sluggish set with a new ous 30-song set that reaches from rock way harder than one nerd and Fly Jefferson Airplane once you get a load of the way bassist is bad enough; hearing Ziggy Stardust to New Killer Star. a goth oughta. Plenty of extras these old guys can still kick out them snipe at each other in the No major extras, but after a 150- including videos, backstage The Doors the jams, you’re gonna be sorry interviews (Roger’s first thought at minute show, who really needs an footage and fan interviews. you don’t have one for yourself. John’s death: “F—! I’m stuck with encore? —DS Live in Europe: 1968 the miserable one!”) is worse. We 1/2 —DS 1/2 —DS still have hopes for a new Who Eagle Vision / EMI album; DVDs, not so much. Curtis Mayfield Two flashback-inducing sets for The Who Isle of Wight: Steve Earle / Live at Ronnie Scott’s the hippie in your household. Fly Boston: Jefferson Airplane is a decent doc- Live at the Isle of The Flatlanders / Sanctuary / EMI umentary on the seminal psyche- Wight Festival 1970 The silken-voiced ’70s soul leg- delic San Franciscans, with a slew Gene Simmons Susan Tedeschi end plays an hour of classics like of interviews, archival footage and Eagle Rock / EMI full performances of classics like Speaking in Tongues Live From Austin, Texas People Get Ready, Pusherman and Live in Boston Freddie’s Dead at a British club in White Rabbit and Somebody to Sanctuary / EMI New West / Sony 1988, during his tragically brief Love. The Doors’ Live in Europe is Warner KISS bassist Gene Simmons comeback. Sadly, Superfly isn’t on a spottier affair, with assorted TV That title should read Live From and live versions of chestnuts like Not all Who albums are created spends a mildly amusing hour Austin City Limits. Each of these the set list, but an interview by equal. Neither are all Who DVDs — hanging out in his Hollywood man- Paul Weller is decent consolation. When the Music’s Over, Light My excellent DVDs has a full hour-plus Fire and Hello, I Love You, fleshed especially not these two. Live at sion, playing standup comic on an set that was shot and edited down 1/2 —DS the Isle of Wight and Live in Australian lecture tour, cavorting out with interview snippets and for the long-running music show. tales of Morrisonian excess from Boston sit at opposite ends of the with celebs and models, hyping And each entry in this new series spectrum. The former captures the his wares and jabbering about his George tourmates Grace Slick and Paul is a sure-fire winner with great per- Kantner. original band in full, breathtaking favourite subject: Himself. formances and unaired footage. Airplane: flight at a U.K. rock festival, blast- —DS Whether you start with a raucous Thorogood ing through a fiery 85-minute set 1986 set from a young Steve Earle, 30th Anniversary Tour Doors: —DS that includes most of their then- Christina Aguilera a folksy 2002 gig by local heroes latest album Tommy. Despite the The Flatlanders, or an eye-opening Eagle Vision / EMI amateurish production, if you’re a Tangerine Dream Stripped: Live in the U.K. 2003 gig by funky blueswoman “I know I’m fulla s—t, but I’m Who fan — and who isn’t? — it’s Susan Tedeschi, this is the next having a good time,” says the Live in America / 1992 essential. Which is RCA / BMG best thing to being there. Delaware Destroyer. We couldn’t Eagle Vision / EMI No, it doesn’t quite live up to Each: 1/2 —DS put it better. At a recent U.K. gig, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. the title. But judging by the S&M Thorogood plows through the blue- stage set and outfits Xtina collar blues-rockers he’s been —DS doing for FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5 2004 WINNIPEG SUN 31 Top Tens DISCS Pop Singles For more CD reviews www.canoe.ca 1. AWAKE IN A DREAM Kalan Porter LIVE actually seems to consist of left- 2. YEAH! Usher overs from the original sessions, 3. LET’S GET IT STARTED The Donnas judging by the personnel and Black Eyed Peas recording data. Even better, their 4. I BELIEVE Fantasia Gold Medal joint tour quickly collapsed into vio- 5. AMERICAN IDIOT Green Day lence and jealousy, with Kelly suing 6. BALLA BABY Chingy Atlantic / Warner Jay for $75 million after being pep- per-sprayed and booted off the bill. 7. COME CLEAN Hilary Duff Thank heaven for bad girls “Make up to break up, that’s all we 8. EVERYTIME Britney Spears — ’cause bad girls get better do,” croons Kelly here with remark- 9. AMAZING George Michael every day. At least, The able insight. Guess that means a 10. I BELIEVE Diana DeGarmo Donnas do. threepeat is only a matter of time. On their sixth album and sec- 1/2 Source: Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ond major-label release, these —DS California punkettes trade in their Rolling Stones Ramones shirts, buy some old 2Pac Local Best-Sellers Stones albums and get in touch Live Licks with their inner guitar-rawk god- Live 1. CHUCK Sum 41 Virgin / EMI desses. Leaner, cleaner and Death Row / Koch 2. STARDUST … GREAT AMERICAN sharper than their previous work, Gold Medal’s dozen cuts find the SONGBOOK VOLUME III We call shenanigans! Since the Well, at least we know Suge gals tempering their trademark girl-group brashness with slightly Rod Stewart early ’90s, the Stones have stuck to Knight has a sense of irony. mellower ’70s rock and metal grooves, stronger melodies and more 3. HILARY DUFF Hilary Duff the same game plan — put out a —DS studio album, do a world tour, put laid-back, sultry vocals. 4. WORDS & MUSIC John Mellencamp out a live album. But with the two- Sure, they still “just want to get you undressed.” But instead of just SOUNDTRACK 5. CONFESSIONS Usher disc Live Licks — their eighth con- kneeing you in the crotch and ripping off your clothes, Brett 6. AMERICAN IDIOT Green Day cert release — Mick, Keef and the Anderson and co. shimmy up beside you, breathe huskily in your ear 7. MIRACLE Celine Dion lads are getting ahead of them- and talk you out of your trousers — before kicking you out of bed 8. FUTURES Jimmy Eat World selves. And pushing their luck. Live and asking “is that all you’ve got for me?” Ouch. It doesn’t get much 9. THE CHRONICLES OF LIFE & DEATH Licks, taped on their last tour, fol- better — or badder — than that. Good Charlotte lows 2002’s Forty Licks best-of and Wish we were as impressed with the DualDisc technology utilized 10. GENIUS LOVES COMPANY 1998’s live set No Security, making on Gold Medal. It’s the newest music biz gimmick — CD tracks on Ray Charles it the third compilation since their one side of a disc, DVD content on the other — but if this set was last studio disc — 1997’s Bridges to anything to go by, it’s a long way from perfected. The thicker-than- Source: Nielsen SoundScan Canada Babylon, if you remember that far normal disc clattered annnoyingly in our player, skipped at the slight- back. OK, the performances on this est touch, crashed our computer — and most of the CD’s final track 23-song set are cracking, the set list was missing. According to the record label, the initial run of defective Country Singles has left-field entries like Monkey discs had been recalled and replaced in stores. Still, it’s a long way Man and Worried About You, and the Gold Medal performance we had in mind. Team America: 1. IN A REAL LOVE Phil Vassar the production is vibrant, with Keith 1/2 out of — Darryl Sterdan 2. I HATE EVERYTHING George Strait and Ron’s slashing guitars sharply World Police 3. SUDS IN THE BUCKET Sara Evans separated in the mix. But really, how 4. THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT many live versions of Satisfaction Various Artists Brooks & Dunn and Brown Sugar do they expect us Willie Nelson 5. MR. MOM Lonestar to buy? Get back to the studio, Atlantic / Warner 6. STAYS IN MEXICO Toby Keith boys — and near as we can tell, you It Always Will Be If Night Ranger did the sound- 7. NOTHING ON BUT THE RADIO owe us a double album. Lost Highway / Universal track to a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, Gary Allan —DS it couldn’t be any more hilarious 8. THE WOMAN IN YOU Over the past few years, and over the top than this score to Kenny Chesney COVERS Willie Nelson has made a the South Park duo’s puppet action 9. DAYS GO BY Keith Urban blues album, a kids’ album, parody. Except that Trey Parker and 10. BACK WHEN Tim McGraw Rod Stewart and umpteen self-congratula- Matt Stone are actually trying to tory live, duet and tribute make you laugh with spoofish Source: Billboard Online Stardust … The Great discs with an endless string songs like the show-tuney Everyone of guests. With It Always Will Has AIDS, the fist-pumping anthem American Songbook III Be, though, he’s made America, F**k Yeah, the power bal- Music Videos J / BMG another kind of album — one lad Only a Woman and Kim Jong Il’s Elton Johnish lament I’m So Ronery. Once was OK. Twice was plenty. you might want to hear more than once. 1. WORDS & MUSIC: GREATEST HITS John Mellencamp But three volumes of Rod Stewart On this refreshing 14-song outing, the Red-Headed Stranger takes —DS 2. PHINALLY PHAMOUS Lil Wyte crooning Tin Pan Alley standards is the reins of his career again, assembling and delivering a strong slate UNDERGROUND more than anyone should be forced of original songs and covers. Willie dishes up some honkytonk frivoli- 3. DISCLAIMER II Seether to endure. For those who care, this ty on I Didn’t Come Here (and I Ain’t Leavin’), gently unwraps the 4. STREETS IS WATCHING Jay-Z time out, the raspy old rooster simply pretty balladry of the title cut, claims Tom Waits’ Picture in a The Catheters 5. A REALITY TOUR David Bowie transforms another 14 classics — Frame as his own, gets jazzy on a couple of cuts (including a duet 6. MIRACLE Celine Dion including Embraceable You, Blue with Norah Jones), shares a slice of bittersweet heartache with Howling ... It Grows 7. PENSANDO EN TI K-Pas de la Sierra Moon, ’S Wonderful, I Can’t Get Lucinda Williams and even makes a Toby Keith song sound good. and Grows!!! 8. ALPHA & OMEGA Bizzy Bone Started, Night and Day and (why, And by the end of it, he’s made his strongest, least forced album 9. NORTENAS FAMOASA Lord, why?) What a Wonderful since 1998’s Teatro. Not that that’s not saying much, of course. Sub Pop / Outside Los Tigres del Norte World — into cocktail-jazz cheese 1/2 out of — Darryl Sterdan If Mudhoney were raised by 10. STRIPPED: LIVE IN THE U.K. so bland it would bore your granny. wolves, their guitars couldn’t snarl Christina Aguilera Even worse, he drags guests like any fiercer, their drums couldn’t Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Bette bash any harder, their singer could- Source: Billboard Online Midler and Dolly Parton down with Let’s Have a War, Nick Lowe’s n’t bray any louder — and their CDs him. Somebody stop him before he Peace, Love and Understanding, couldn’t be any more feral and fear- records again — or, even worse, Devo’s Freedom of Choice, Black some than the sophomore set from Underground discovers Billy Strayhorn. Flag’s Gimme Gimme Gimme — and these Seattle garage-punks. converting them all into an identi- —DS 1/2 —DS 1. ANTICS Interpol cal-sounding batch of creepy, sub- 2. SPOOKED Robyn Hitchcock Mansonesque goth-metal dirges. 3. DENTS & SHELLS Richard Buckner A Perfect Circle —DS The Thermals 4. LEVIATHAN Mastodon Emotive F—ing A 5. UNIVERSAL AUDIO The Delgados HIP-HOP Sub Pop / Outside 6. JIMSON WEED Nathan Virgin / EMI 7. THE WAKING HOUR David Francey “This is how we go; soft and There is something to be said for hip-hop and R&B on the widely 8. NEW ROMAN TIMES putting your own stamp on covers R. Kelly & Jay-Z ignored Best of Both Worlds — only slowly,” claim The Thermals. Liars. Camper Van Beethoven instead of blindly Xeroxing other to see the whole affair implode The choppy distorto-punk and yaw- 9. WET FROM BIRTH The Faint Unfinished Business ping emo vocals of this searing people’s songs. There is, on the when Kelly was hit with a raft of sex 10. FRANK BLACK FRANCIS other hand, little to be said for sim- Island Def Jam / Universal crime charges. Now, apparently not sophomore album tell the real story. Frank Black ply taking a random bunch of oldies Who says history never repeats? knowing when to leave well enough And they make F—king A a disc that lives up to its title. — John Lennon’s Imagine, Marvin In 2002, horndog balladeer R. Kelly alone, they’ve issued this equally Source: UMFM 101.5 Gaye’s What’s Going On, Fear’s and rap kingpin Jay-Z tried to marry underwhelming followup — which 1/2 — DS