London Calling: Live In Hyde Park

Great concert! The video and sound quality of the show are excellent. I'm very pleased to have this in my collection of widescreen format concerts in 1080 HD versus DVD. So much better of an expereince to see and hear in a Home Theater system of todays gear.

Everything, amazing performance by Bruce Springsteen and his band, it was non stop, a great afternoon of music, Bruce is brilliant, and so is his band, Bruce is relentless, was completely soaked in sweat, and really had the audience enjoying every moment of the very long concert in London ‘s Hyde Park. Highly recommended!

There is no question in my mind that this is not only the single best Springsteen/E Street live concert video, it is probably the best I've ever seen by anyone. This is an epic, powerful, joyous, splendid 3 hours of the power and joy that Bruce brings to rock and roll. From his covers of London Calling and Stephen Foster (yes the 19th composer of "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" and "Swanee River") to his buoyant ode to hopes of the Irish immigrants in "American Land", he delivers. There isn't a break in the three-hour set which starts in the afternoon and ends in the darkness of evening. Of course they do BTR and an achingly beautiful version of "Jungleland" where you can hear the strain on his voice near the end of the set, the smokiness that allows you to hear his age but sung with the original phrasing, not the rushing-through-the-lyrics phrasing that we've seen for the past 10 years. The sound is impeccably mixed and the variety of the show--he does songs from "Working on A Dream" and "The Rising" that blend in now as beautifully as the classics of BTR, Darkness and The River. I love the New York live set. I love the Barcelona live set. I love Hammersmith Odeon London live set from 1975. I love the older versions before Clarence's back forced him to stop vamping and dancing with Bruce. But at this point, if I could only have one live performance of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, it would have to be this one. Get "London Calling: Live from Hyde Park." It's remarkable.

At 60 years old, there is no equal to Bruce & the band when it comes to concert performance......even those pretenders at 1/2 his age cannot compete when it comes to a Live Concert performance. Clocking in at about 3 hours, the London Calling concert is (1) awesome (2) unbelievably CLEAR sound for outdoor concert (3) has great mix of fan favorite songs from the last 30 years. From opening note to last encore, Bruce does not let up, slow down, or take a break......it is non stop, wonderful, clear sounding, floor stomping music.For fans that already have the Live in NYC or Barcelona concerts, this is a MUST for your collection, as this also includes super live versions of Outlaw Pete, Working on a Dream, Trapped, No Surrender, of course opening to a rocking London Calling, and haunting The River, plus 20+ other songs.Bruce takes audience signs of songs and makes changes on the spot, which is pretty amazing. Touching scene was Bruce reaching out to what looked like a 6 year old, held up by the parent, and Bruce stretching the microphone out to the boy ( while being held up by other fans ) so that we can hear the kid sing " Waiting on a Sunny Day".....Quite a scene, and, quite a concert.Film and sound are top notch ( 5 stars ), and, ordering with Amazon had my baby in my player in 2 days.

This is the best Bruce Springsteen DVD out there on the market. Great film from afternoon into evening. Springsteen is soaking wet after just 4 songs, what a performer! Saw 2 of his shows on his last tour excellent stuff. The band is top notch form here, Max plays the drums with unrestrained abandon. Nils Lofgren is still a great guitarist, and still jumpin' around after hip surgery, great interplay between Bruce and Stevie Van Zandt during the whole concert. On the song "Out In The Streets", Bruce goes down in front of the crowd and has to get back up the stairs and states "Give me a f---ing elevator, i'm 60!" classic. This is one of the best concert disc i've seen and you can get it for only $15 or less. Let's hope Bruce doesn't wait to many more years for his next rockin' album and tour.The Band: Bruce Springsteen guitar-vocals-HarmonicaRoy Bittan -KeyboardsClarence Clemons - Sax BV and HarmonicaNils Lofgren -Guitar BVGarry Tallent -BassStevie Van Zandt - Guitar BVMax Weinberg - DrumsSoozie Tyrell - Violin BVand Charlie Giordano - Keyboards- Accordion ex-Pat Bentar member 1982-1988.

As is widely known, there's just nothing like attending an E-Street Band concert. I'm so glad this Blu-Ray is available because, as far as trying to approximate being at a concert by watching one on TV, this is just about perfect. Great setlist, terrific performances, beautifully shot and edited, first-rate sound quality. Also, there's the matter of Springsteen's mood. Although he always take the stage to honor his fans and give them a good time, I've seen him, on occasion, be in SUCH a good mood that it take a bit of edge off the show. In this concert, he's a bit on the serious side and many of his songs are best with just a bit of angry edge. That just makes it really, really great. Last thing: There's no end to superlatives about the band. To the last person, whether officially E-Street Band or one of the supporting musicians, these people are tremendous. (By the way, in a fully just world, Soozie Tyrell, would be granted "full membership.") But, that all said, holy cow: Max Weinberg. This guy is a beast. Plays the holy living hell out of the drums for 3 hours, looks like he's dressed for dinner, and doesn't even appear to break a sweat until about 2 hours in. Amazing.