Paul McCartney - Live in Red Square

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When I was a kid in the former Soviet Union in rare breaks between reading "War and Peace" and "Crime and Punishment", I used to listen to the Beatles' records. What a relief! I didn't understand the language then, it was pure escapism. Today I am fluent in English and I think these songs are mostly tongue-in-cheek and sometimes even corny. The Beatles represented the suburban tastes, not the avant-garde. Be that as it may, this music is pleasant, tuneful, and kind of liberating.The DVD, recorded in 2003 is half-music video and half-documentary. I liked the documentary part: e.g. one couldn't miss how touched Paul McCartney was during his visit to a Russian orphanage. I didn't like the music video itself - very "jerky" editing, though it does have some stunning images of the St. Basil Cathedral and the Kremlin.The in-between documentary is excellent and could pass for a decent introduction to a history of the Soviet Rock-n-Roll underground. In this DVD each song is interspersed with interviews regarding the Beatles by the aging doyens of the Soviet Rock-n-Roll scene. They share memories and praise the Beatles. They praise it too much. It is not the Beatles who represented resistance to the Soviet System, but the Russian underground Rock-n-Roll movement itself. What the movement did was to replace the ossified, wooden language of the party Nomenklatura and the official "culture". It found right metaphors for the young generation. It expedited collapse of the Soviet system, which was linguistically-challenged and crickety-old. The Beatles was a nice escape, it is still is. But I am against groveling and kowtowing to the Western culture, like some of the Russian characters in this video. The Russians have a pretty strong culture of their own. Still, we can all enjoy Paul McCartney's performance.

Everyone in the US should see this DVD. Back in the 60s, the USSR was no place to be if you were a fan of the Beatles. They explain how people in the USSR risked imprisonment by making homemade records of Beatle's recordings, and how oppressive things were back then for artists, poets, and musicians, with western rock music banned. The modern-day concert is also incredible! Many great crowd shots showing Russians of all ages and all walks of life totally amped out of their minds and bursting with absolute joy to see Sir Paul and his band. Evidently, the Russians are not the evil, sinister. booger-picking boogiemen that our US mainstream media constantly says they are!The show itself is also excellent--with a great playlist! Definitely one for the shelf! This DVD makes you feel good and warms your heart--with positive vibes and music that makes all the political BS go away!One word of note, the cameras switch very quickly during the concert--showing a different shot angle every other second or so, so those who need to see Paul and the band perform for long periods on their musical instruments should probably move along and find another live DVD.

Great video. The band sounds great and the event seems to have inspired everyone. A lot of reviewers criticize the quick editing and the cuts between band members and audience, but that doesn't bother me. Other reviewers have complained about the documentary footage between songs, but I thought it gave the whole thing a nice context. For example, I find it particularly touching when one Russian explains, almost tearfully, how hard it was to get ahold of a Beatles album behind the Iron Curtain; to Russian youth during the Cold War, the Beatles were simply from "a different planet" -- a planet that they knew that they would never, ever get to see. Paul McCartney has many, many concert DVDs on the market, but I think this one is pretty special in its own way.The whole show is great, but I was particularly happy to see the band perform "Let 'Em In" -- a song McCartney rarely performs anymore and a song they seem to really enjoy playing here. He also does a great job on Beatles' classics "Let It Be," "Hey Jude," and, of course, "Back in the U.S.S.R.," which goes over big in Red Square.Although short, the bonus St. Petersburg show is great, too, and it includes several songs not performed in Red Square. Don't let the complainers discourage you. This is a great DVD.

I an outstanding Dvd for a musical journey while traveling through Russia year ago, prior to Putins invasion of the Ukraine.

Jimmy Frederickson's remarks hit pretty close to home. This DVD was billed as a concert film but was really more of an A&E rockumentary about McCartney's tour of the former Soviet Union and what it meant not only for him but also for the people of Russia. This is not an unworthy study but it is NOT a concert film. His previous 'Back in the U.S.' was a much better effort. I would have even been happy had they made a DVD edit that allowed one to watch just the concerts without the editorializing. Overall, this is a pretty good rock documentary but not a very good concert film. I love Paul McCartney's music, too, but to give this DVD a 5-star rating it tells me that the people watching were not watching with a critical eye. McCartney's music will always be a 5-star in my book but this DVD doesn't do it justice. I think the Eagles (Farewell I Tour) have raised the bar for concert films from both a video and an audio perspective. Maybe next time for Paul. For the time being, I'd suggest you buy the 'Back in the U.S.' DVD along with the Eagles 'Farewell I Tour' DVD.

I was pleased and rate this dvd as advertised.

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PAUL AT BEST , PEACEFUL MESSAGE DELIVERED IN RUSSIA . THIS NEEDS TO BE A PURCHASED DVD FOR CURRENT AND EARLY DAYS ROCK MUSIC LISTENER AND VIEWING PLEASURE . DR.KEN WALFORD

Great show First rate for importcd

The "main" feature is more of a documentary than a concert and features maybe 60% of the actual concert. Audio footage seems to vary and it sounds like some of the crowd may have been overdubbed - just feels off.The St. Petersburg show is maybe 40% of the actual concert.Overall, the video quality drops because over 2.5 hours of video is backed on the DVD.