Two DVDs including promo videos and stacks of live performances.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70148 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-07-05
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Best of, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 235 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Galaxie 500: Don't Let Our Youth Go yo Waste 1987-1991 is an ideal collection of materials both for completist fans of Galaxie 500 and anyone who hasn't heard the Boston low-fi band's sometimes powerful legacy. The two discs in this set cover, among other things, the trio's ventures in music videos, each of which is a provocative barrage of found footage suited to Galaxie's searching, psychedelic sound. More focused is a suite of live performances, with plenty of space for Galaxie's introspective jamming, taped for British television in 1990 and including a fine version of "Here She Comes Now," with a floating, Velvet Underground-like feel and imaginative guitar solo by Dean Wareham. Most of what's here, however, is bootleg concert video shot in the U.S. and U.K. Quality varies radically, but the best of these live dates transcends technical limitations, particularly a fierce, October 1990 set played at San Francisco's Kennel Club and a brilliant show, one month later, at the University of London, in which this inspired if sometimes-lugubrious outfit played as if possessed. --Tom Keogh

Synopsis
Tracklisting details not advised.

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Customer Reviews

slo-fi
I'd recommend this to a die hard Galaxie 500 fan, but not to a casual fan. One of the best things about this two DVD set is the fact that it includes the band's four official music videos, all directed by Sergio Huidor. There is also an excellent live performance, recorded for a UK TV show, including an interview with former MTV VJ Paul King. One of my main reservations with this set is that a good deal of the concert footage contained within is of poor quality. For some this may add to the experience, Galaxie 500 probably aren't suited to high definition visuals, so the grainy and sometimes out of focus footage is probably appropriate. However, it got on my nerves after a while.

To be honest, Galaxie 500 weren't the most exciting live band anyway; they didn't have the intensity of My Bloody Valentine, the manic energy of the Pixies or Sonic Youth's theatricality. Apart from a fairly traditional, psychedelic light show which was featured in some of the later gigs, there is practically nothing to engage with visually for most of the performances. At no point does Dean Wareham set his guitar alight and play it with his teeth, in fact the occasional burst of feedback is about as much excitement as he provides here. I have no idea why this needed to be two DVDs rather than one, as it is Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste doesn't lend itself well to being watched in one go like Talking Heads' legendary concert movie Stop Making Sense. On the other hand it is quite a comprehensive compilation of live recordings, and as such it should satisfy the most obsessive Galaxie 500 fan.