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Which PJ DVD is the best overall?

F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
edited September 2009 in The Porch
I know that they are all probably great for different reasons. I just wanted to know other's opinions of which one gives the most bang for my buck. Thanks!
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  • Hammartime33Hammartime33 Posts: 207
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    im partial to touring band 2000. it's the most accurate capture of the live pj experience... great songs and performances. immagine is a close second because it's so unique and a good blend of a peek into the band behind the scenes and great performances in front of crazy crowds.

    i never cared for live at the garden. it does have a ton of cool features though and is a solid show, but towards the end it starts to feel more like "PJ & friends" with a ton of guests and stuff. they should've taken the buffalo show from that tour, which i hear they almost did.
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    soulsinging wrote:
    im partial to touring band 2000. it's the most accurate capture of the live pj experience... great songs and performances. immagine is a close second because it's so unique and a good blend of a peek into the band behind the scenes and great performances in front of crazy crowds.

    i never cared for live at the garden. it does have a ton of cool features though and is a solid show, but towards the end it starts to feel more like "PJ & friends" with a ton of guests and stuff. they should've taken the buffalo show from that tour, which i hear they almost did.

    I'll agree with this as well.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    i'd say touring band...i love SVT, but it's too short.
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  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    soulsinging wrote:
    im partial to touring band 2000. it's the most accurate capture of the live pj experience... great songs and performances. immagine is a close second because it's so unique and a good blend of a peek into the band behind the scenes and great performances in front of crazy crowds.

    i never cared for live at the garden. it does have a ton of cool features though and is a solid show, but towards the end it starts to feel more like "PJ & friends" with a ton of guests and stuff. they should've taken the buffalo show from that tour, which i hear they almost did.

    Funny, I had the 2000 one in hand, but purchased the Garden one (2000 was $5 cheaper even). I thought I'd check around before opening the DVD so that I could perhaps return it and get the other one instead...
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    East Troy 9/3/11
    East Troy 9/4/11
    Amsterdam 6/26/12
    Amsterdam 6/27/12
    Wrigley Field 7/19-20/13
    Worcester, MA 10/15/13
    Worcester, MA 10/16/13
    Hartford, CT 10/25/13
    Seattle, WA 12/06/13
    Denver, CO 10/22/14
    Fenway 2016 #1
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  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Is live at the showbox region free? Not seen this one yet but i fear it's US only.
  • PJ73PJ73 Posts: 68
    Personally, I like Immagine in Cornice. IIC is more than just a concert film as it has many scenes of the band off stage, sightseeing and interviews. The images are wonderful, it's in Europe, after all. I especially love a scene where Eddie and Boom check out church organs in these beautiful Italian (?) churches. Basically, where some vids are good for the music (MSG, for instance), IIC has good music and shows the band members' personalities as well. So for me, I got more out of this video than the others that out there.

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  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    SVT x infinity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    clnelson wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    im partial to touring band 2000. it's the most accurate capture of the live pj experience... great songs and performances. immagine is a close second because it's so unique and a good blend of a peek into the band behind the scenes and great performances in front of crazy crowds.

    i never cared for live at the garden. it does have a ton of cool features though and is a solid show, but towards the end it starts to feel more like "PJ & friends" with a ton of guests and stuff. they should've taken the buffalo show from that tour, which i hear they almost did.

    Funny, I had the 2000 one in hand, but purchased the Garden one (2000 was $5 cheaper even). I thought I'd check around before opening the DVD so that I could perhaps return it and get the other one instead...

    they're definitely both worth seeing. it's a matter of taste... i know a lot of people that think live at the garden is the best thing since sliced bread. it's definitely the more official looking thing... the big hardback binding, long show, 2 discs, million features. it's a worthwhile purchase, and the show is very good. it's just a different style of pj... the more big rock celebratory thing they've been doing the last few tours, where everything feels epic. touring band has nondescript packaging and whatnot and little more than a patchwork of live performances (like live on two legs was on cd), but the performances, while a little more rough and subdued, are very passionate.

    i should probably also acknowledge that i have a serious sentimental attachment to tb2k.
  • Snoopy Died For Our SinsSnoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    way to get the thread removed.............. ;):lol:
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Immagine at Cornice

    Hands down.
  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    Any thoughts on SHOWBOX DVD?
    EV Solo Boston 6/16/11
    East Troy 9/3/11
    East Troy 9/4/11
    Amsterdam 6/26/12
    Amsterdam 6/27/12
    Wrigley Field 7/19-20/13
    Worcester, MA 10/15/13
    Worcester, MA 10/16/13
    Hartford, CT 10/25/13
    Seattle, WA 12/06/13
    Denver, CO 10/22/14
    Fenway 2016 #1
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    Fenway 2018 #1
    Fenway 2018 #2
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    clnelson wrote:
    Any thoughts on SHOWBOX DVD?

    I liked it, but it always felt more minor to me. I think it was a fan club exclusive, so I don't know fi you can buy it in stores? It was kinda cool as it was shot in a small club and is a pretty good performance. But it was also kind of a preview show for Riot Act, so it's heave on RA songs... which sound tremendously better on the dvd than they ever did on album. It's also kinda cool cos it's a short, blistering show, very different from some of their others.
  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    The responses here actually sound like the internal struggle that I had while at the DVD store. There seems to be a strong reason to purchase each of them. So, for those that have seen or own all of them... which is the one you would keep if you had to lose the others?
    EV Solo Boston 6/16/11
    East Troy 9/3/11
    East Troy 9/4/11
    Amsterdam 6/26/12
    Amsterdam 6/27/12
    Wrigley Field 7/19-20/13
    Worcester, MA 10/15/13
    Worcester, MA 10/16/13
    Hartford, CT 10/25/13
    Seattle, WA 12/06/13
    Denver, CO 10/22/14
    Fenway 2016 #1
    Fenway 2016 #2
    Fenway 2018 #1
    Fenway 2018 #2
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Single Video Theory has waaaaay more spins in my dvd palyer than any other. Great insights into the band and how they work together.

    Showbox is ok, but its a lot of Riot Act from what I remember. I havent watched it in awhile. it does have a more dirty, dark, presonal feel to it. Also Im. in Cornice is spectacular.
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  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    Immagine at Cornice

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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,984
    IIC was great looking but something I've watched only twice. I anticipated more after hearing the Italy shows would get realesed as a DVD.

    To few songs (They shot material of five whole shows and that's all they could come up with) and songs are cut (RITFW and Betterman). So it's cool, but I would have wanted more songs on it.

    TB2000 is the one I play the most. I like the roughness of it. Great selection of songs. Don't know why I prefer it to Live At The GArden though, maybe because of it being a patchwork of arenas etc.
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  • ShawshankShawshank Posts: 1,018
    IIC for me.
  • modernmonkeymodernmonkey Posts: 190
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Is live at the showbox region free? Not seen this one yet but i fear it's US only.


    no,i have this one here in ireland,plays great..def worth getting.
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  • theoceansmademetheoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    soulsinging wrote:
    im partial to touring band 2000. it's the most accurate capture of the live pj experience... great songs and performances. immagine is a close second because it's so unique and a good blend of a peek into the band behind the scenes and great performances in front of crazy crowds.

    i never cared for live at the garden. it does have a ton of cool features though and is a solid show, but towards the end it starts to feel more like "PJ & friends" with a ton of guests and stuff. they should've taken the buffalo show from that tour, which i hear they almost did.

    AGEE WITH THIS POST. The Garden just doesn't do it for me and I too would have loved Buffalo, I was at State College but heard the night before was great too.

    My ranking is:

    1. Touring Band (its $1 cheaper than Garden BTW)

    2. SVT

    3. Show Box (1/2 is great and EV with the bush mask)

    4. Immagine

    5. Live @ Garden (should be the Other Garden--the real one used to stand in Boston)
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,002
    IIC - but I'm biased because I love anything Italian, and I really like the Avocado album. That organ scene with Boom is really spectacular, especially on good speakers! Best part: a bonus track performance of "A Quick One, While He's Away"!!! (yup, the whole 9 minute mini-rock opera)
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  • Backspacer 76Backspacer 76 Posts: 963
    Immagine in Cornice and Single Video Theory for me.
    Though Touring Band 2000 will always make me smile because I was front row (mike side) when they played Wishlist in Memphis. Great concert and great memories.........
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    clnelson wrote:
    The responses here actually sound like the internal struggle that I had while at the DVD store. There seems to be a strong reason to purchase each of them. So, for those that have seen or own all of them... which is the one you would keep if you had to lose the others?

    For me, touring band. Like someone said, it's gritty, feels almost like a bootleg, a real impressive dvd all around. It feels very PJ.

    After that:

    2. Single Video Theory... it's short, but seeing the band behind the scenes is a lot of fun, and it's all Yield songs so no duds, hehe

    3. Immagine in Cornice... I've probably watched this the fewest, but mainly becos i didnt watch many concert dvd's around the time it came out. it's a beautifully shot video, the fan clips are cool, fun to see the band wandering around Italy and chatting with people... it's a very unique dvd. And it's fun to see how crazy the euro crowds are compared to here.

    4. showbox... small club, solid, crazy show, makes the riot act songs sound half decent, it's a fun viewing

    5. live at the garden... good show, but feels like one of those prestige projects all the big bands do when they're doing retirement tours... bunch of special guests, long epic performances. it's a good dvd, dont get me wrong, but it's more becos that show was kind of an event, not becos it really captures what it's like to be at a pj show.
  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    IIC - but I'm biased because I love anything Italian, and I really like the Avocado album. That organ scene with Boom is really spectacular, especially on good speakers! Best part: a bonus track performance of "A Quick One, While He's Away"!!! (yup, the whole 9 minute mini-rock opera)

    Do they actually pull off the vocal harmonies like The Who?
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    East Troy 9/3/11
    East Troy 9/4/11
    Amsterdam 6/26/12
    Amsterdam 6/27/12
    Wrigley Field 7/19-20/13
    Worcester, MA 10/15/13
    Worcester, MA 10/16/13
    Hartford, CT 10/25/13
    Seattle, WA 12/06/13
    Denver, CO 10/22/14
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  • InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    probably the one they are going to make at the 4 philly shows :lol: would be awesome!
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  • EddieLedBetterEddieLedBetter Posts: 360
    Def not the Madison Sq Garden. I thought Ed sounded bad that entire show. Immagine is very sweet and my fave, I wore out touring band but still love the version of "Long Road" on there.
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