Pet Shop Boys - Montage (The "Nightlife" Tour) [DVD]

Heres' what you don't get with Pet Shop Boys "Montage-The Nightlife Tour": * no preening, posturing, and star tripping * no self promotion of recent album, stage play, back catalog, merchandise or website * no endless, moronic banter between songs * no tubthumbing or strident sexual politicking.Here's what you do get: * 111 minutes of soaring, melodic pop music, some of the best made in the past 20 years * innovative stage design and overlapping film imagery that enhances each of the 22 songs * engaging lyrics and charming stage persona of Neil Tennant * a "must have" for fans and a fine introduction to the band for anyone else with an ear for pop music. If all you know about PSB is "West End Girls," their only U.S. #1 from 1986, you may be pleasantly surprised.Sound and video quality themselves are quite good. Videotape does not merit the Explicit Lyrics Advisory that it's tagged with-there's no objectionable language that I could discern.

For a group from the '90s, that I for a long time OVERLOOKED....these guys are on the mark, on this video!

Being a huge fan of PSP, I recently attended their latest show, "Release". I was disappointed in the show, in that there was no "show", unlike previous tours (the music was still fabulous, as always). Still being on a PSP high though, I bought "Montage", and when viewing it, was reminded of their earlier shows and how I missed that aspect. "Montage" is simply a great PSP concert video, and hopefully not the last of their stage productions. Getting Dolby Digital sound with it on the DVD is a huge plus. I have to say that I enjoyed "Montage" more than the real show I just saw! If you are a PSP fan - get it, crank up the audio, play it on a big screen, and enjoy!

The staging was typical. The performances were good. I did find that the male backup singers made odd harmony choices at times but weren't too off. The post-production was awful. The montage consisted of images that were meant to relate to the songs. They were not rear projections but overlays. Many were so bright and flashing that at times I closed my eyes. I thought I was going to have a seizure. Luckily the editors seemed to have gotten tired towards the end and things calmed down a little. I'm going to sell my copy.

this is a great dvd if you like to do aerobic exercise,such as treadmill or exercise bike, I listen to 3 or 4tacks each session I do "Go West" ,"Being Boring", "New York City Boy" and "Always on my mind" are but several of the great tracks.Their other dvd Somewhere# also has good tracks,its more of a true live version (sort of unnplugged driving disco music) These are both great dvd's. Another good exercise ,very up,concert is Roxy Musics.

Wonderful concert and great sound!

It is one of my favorite video concerts and I have kept it on my DVR for five years. I wanted a permanent copy for when the DVR dies. Great concert and versions of their best songs. AAAAA++++.

Who ever produced the filming of this concert should be shot. They added cheap fade graphics & superimposed inappropriate & ugly images over ALL the concert footage. West End Girls is unforgivable. Do not buy this crap.

Following the more intimate "Discovery" and "Somewhere" tours, the Boys decided in 1999 to do their first world tour since "Performance" in 1991. The result is the "Nightlife" tour, called that way to support the eponymous album.To be very clear, the "3-star" review has nothing to do with the visuals. On the contrary, the layering of concert shots and projections is quite interesting and it helps immerse oneself in the experience. If anything, this is a plus on this DVD, IMHO.The problem is more the quality of the show itself. The set is busy with a massive L-shaped structure designed by architect Zaha Hadid. The structure is practical since one can project the films (on the vertical bit), walk and dance on a slightly upper ground than the stage itself (the horizontal bit of the "L") and this bit is deep enough to be opened and closed (to its best effect in "Vampire"). However, the size of this structure tends to overtake everything else and as a result there is an impression of gigantism which is not exactly what I think the Pet Shop Boys are about.After that, there is the show itself. At its core, the set list of this tour is a combination of Nightlife songs (7 tracks, the only listenable songs of the album) and greatest hits (16 remaining tracks, including one or two curios). The problem is that at close to two hours, the Boys don't really go the distance - and this is the first time I have to say that of one or their shows (except, maybe, the MCMLXXXIX tour, which was also the debut of PSB on stage).The main reason in my view is that there are some tunnels of boredom in that show. After the great "For your own good" - bizarrely offered as an Easter Egg here) and a fun rendition of "West End Girls", the Boys give a rather desolate version of "Discoteca" without percussion and an unforgivable travesty of "Being Boring". The first half hour closes with the soporific "Only the wind", mistakenly resurrected from "Behaviour.", and at this point I look at my watch (unheard of in a PSB concert). There will be another moment like that in the show when Neil Tennant will go unplugged with minimalist renditions of "you only tell me you love me when you're drunk" and "was it worth it?", the latter one utterly betrayed by this effort - considering how lush the musical production of this track usually is. As for the third part of the concert, it does not seem to be willing to end at all, starting with a flat "Always on my mind" and nondescript renditions of "it's a sin" and "Go west". The worst taste is reached with the audience's lighters all fire blazing in "Footsteps" - unthinkable considering how opposed to this practice the Boys have always been.So think about it, this could have easily been two stars. The show is salvaged overall with 3 stars due to the beautiful "virtual" duet with recently-deceased Dusty Springfield in "What have I done to deserve this?" featuring beautiful projections of the eternally young Dusty, as well as the very efficient resurrection of "Shameless", one of the best B-sides of the band, and a GREAT remix of "Young Offender".The costumes are quite ugly with poor Sylvia Mason-James particularly badly dressed by the rather uninspiring outfits of Ian McNeil. Neil Tennant looks like he has a hedgehog on his hair while Chris Lowe appears as if he had purportedly knocked over a pasta bowl on his head.Overall this is a rather boring experience, made worse by Neil's stage routine, now looking definitely passé...PSB fans will try and find "Discovery" and "Somewhere", in my view the best concerts of the Pet Shop Boys, together with "Performance", very efficient at showing how good the Boys can be putting a theatrical show together. Fans can safely pass on "Nightlife".

Momox is a brilliant company and I will definitely purchase from there again, my DVD arrived very quickly but I was so disappointed to be able to watch about 30 minutes - the DVD just wouldn`t play anymore and it missed about an hour and a half of a brilliant concert..

I would give this five stars if I was rating the music performance alone,but this assortment of live shows is spoilt by the overlay of a played film etc.that gets irritating.Not a patch on their recent shows.

this is a very good early live concert from the pet shop boys,with very good sound and vision,,and is covered very well with the pet shop boys covering their songs of that present time in their career....

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