10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Warning- only 4 songs/11minutes!, Jun 7 2008
By Bryan Barrow - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Beat, Beat, Beat (DVD)
$11 for 11 minutes/4 songs? the Amazon UK site has this for 3 pounds (6 dollars)...
the tracks are:
1. Stop Stop Stop
2. Bus Stop
3. Carousel
4. Instrumental and Dance
I haven't watched this recently, but if I remember correctly these are live, not lipsynced performances.
Great for Hollies fans, but not a good value...
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Time Capsule Of A Band Americans Saw So Little Of, Feb 7 2009
By John Werner "JWW" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Beat, Beat, Beat (DVD)
Though this dvd does little to alieviate the paucity of video of early Hollies as it's only three songs proper and a sort of hoedown exit-music improvisation. That said, I love this stuff. The first cut, Stop Stop Stop, gets things off to a rousing start and shows the teenage Tony Hicks playing great on an iconic way cool Vox 12-string electric guitar. Allan Clarke looks charismatic and Graham Nash is the serious one. Bus Stop and Carousel follow for three great songs all back-to-back. The video and audio are as good as one can expect which is to say not perfection, but certainly good enough to enjoy. It's fortunate just to have this made available and I want to encourage more to be made of available, hopefully not just the European rock and roll TV shows, but American ones too like Hullabaloo, Shindig, Where The Action Is, ABC's In Concert, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, and Midnight Special. What makes this, and other Beat Beat Beat shows so special is the fact the performances were live and not lip-syncs. It makes it clear The Hollies were not a vocal group, but a real rock band that could rip it up. Perhaps this is for mostly fans due to the price/song quantity thing, but just about everyone of any taste would have to admit these were, and are, great songs. I love it and recommend it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
EXCELLENT live band!, May 2 2010
By Richard J. Goldschmidt "Rick Goldschmidt" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Beat, Beat, Beat (DVD)
I have watched this several times now and it is well worth the money...no matter how short it is. The DVD shows that THE HOLLIES were great live! They captured just about everything on the recordings live! AMAZING!