Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1935 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-11-19
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 132 minutes

DVD Description
This groundbreaking concert film of Led Zeppelin's electrifying 1973 performance at New York's Madison Square Garden is a magical mystery tour through the band's live gig, as well as backstage footage. The film also delves into band members' personal lives and even recreates their own private hallucinations via animated sequences. A must for fans of the group and those new to the wonder of Zeppelin.

Synopsis
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME presents the very best of Led Zeppelin's legendary 1973 appearances at New York's Madison Square Garden. Interspersed throughout the concert footage are behind-the-scenes moments that supposedly reflect each band member's individual fantasies and hallucinations. Includes blistering live renditions of 'Black Dog', 'Dazed And Confused', 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Whole Lotta Love', 'The Song Remains The Same', 'Rain Song', and more.

Customer Reviews

Oh no!! I am so disappointed!
I am really shocked. I bought the Remastered CD set and was very pleased with that. But this is a wasted opportunity!!
It is basically a platform for Messrs Plant and Page. All too often Jonesy and Bonzo's performances are lost or ignored by the camera.
The actual finish is not too hot either - what worked so well with the CD does not work here!
Quite frankly, this is a bit of a mess in places. When one consideres that this is supposed to be a "Special Edition", you might understandably expect the presentation to be a bit "special". In my humble opinion - it's not!
In my humble opinion - they needn't have bothered!
Just stay with the CD!

Zep At Their Best !!!
Well, the wait was worth it, I have had the original release (on VHS ) since it was first released and although I was impressed the first time round, this is special!! It was like listening again for the first time and the sound quality is excellent. If like me you had the oppertunity to see Zep in the 1970's you will remember them in all their glory, if you didn't then this is a fine example of Zep live and unharnessed. To be picky, I would have liked the extra tracks on disc 2 to have been in their original concert running order, but apart from that this is as good as you will get. Thanks to Jimmy Page for an exeptional remix, " Its been a long time since I Rock n' Rolled this much !!!!!!!

Great presentation of a dated, disappointing movie
So `The Song Remains The Same', essentially a bad film about a disappointing Led Zeppelin show, gets a makeover by virtuoso audio-visual engineer Kevin Shirley. Nobody should be surprised that the outcome is essentially a bad film about a disappointing Led Zeppelin show presented in terrific technical quality. The old DVD was blighted by Led Zeppelin's below-par performance, pretentious individualised `fantasy sequences', continuity errors, and the clumsy integration of genuine Madison Square Garden footage with segments mimed later in England. Moreover, the audio was metallic, distorted, in mono, and sped-up. Kevin's made a decent fist of repairing the worst audio splices, and the sound is now crystal clear, at the right tempo, and in a gorgeous, wide stereo mix. Sadly, a handful of newly added songs are included on a disc of extras, rather than being blended in to the main feature to make up an entire show. I understand that a legal dispute prevented such a re-edit of the visuals, and this may also explain why the continuity gaffes remain. Of the new material, Kevin's developed a brilliant montage for the interlude in `Over The Hills & Far Away', and parts of the `Celebration Day' visual have also been very skilfully assembled from rough, inconsistent fragments. However, this product has to stand or fall on its artistic, not its technical-, merit. What Kevin couldn't do, of course, is to make disparate visual sources spliced together carelessly have a cohesive feel. Nor could he convert tired musical performances into urgent, inspirational ones, nor ennoble the self-indulgence of rock stars acting out fantasy escapades. The film is made implausible on the eye by its patchwork nature, end-of-tour fatigue permeates the music, and consequently there is a modest ceiling on how good this movie can ever be. It is a good thing this reissue has appeared because the technical quality of the old DVD, and its CD counterpart, was damaging to the good name of Led Zeppelin. Now that TSRTS has been upgraded, I hope future Led Zeppelin releases focus on more inspirational performances from this superb rock band.