There are so many great details about the dvd which make it even better. What do you love about it? I'll start...
I love how Jim is standing behind the man and his llama during the actual concert...very funny.
I love the part in "O" when the end starts "the radio will play" and you see some girl going wild dancing.
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I love how Jim is standing behind the man and his llama during the actual concert...very funny.
I saw Tommy back there, too!
I love the camerawork. Esp. the tight close-ups of hands, shots of just Jim's mouth & beard and the mike, etc. It's a very beautiful and interesting film, even apart from the music.
Towards the end of Mahgeetah, there's a close-up of Jim's guitar. You can tell he's broken a string, but it doesn't matter. He still rocks it the fuck out. Love it.
Towards the end there is a shot of girl swaying to the music that I really love. I can't remember which song. She looks familiar.
I love how the extras has pictures of all of the fans from SF that took the time to get dressed up and play the "part". Nice going guys, and you were rewarded.
I love how Patrick does his flight routine on Run Thru.
I almost pass out from pure emotion when Carl drags those last couple of sax notes out at the end of Dondante.
There has been a lot of discussion on here of a lack of crowd noise but I for one am glad to finally have a live recording of Dondante that isn't ruined during the soft parts with lots of blabbing. (Though you can still hear it if you listen real close.)
Finally, for all of the reviewers over the last several months that used the term "aimless noodling" please watch the last 20 seconds of OBH (or any 20 seconds for that matter) and tell me that Jim and Patrick aren't the most connected, tightly arranged pair you have ever seen.
Road-Rabbits!!!!!
As amazing as this DVD is musically, I must say.....The final minute or so with the bear just sent me into this ecstatic-giggling-school-girl hysteria that I will probably never recover from. Seriously. How one band can be so funny and yet so honest and serious at the same time never ceases to amaze me.
i love the part at the end when they show the crowd screaming...the crowd that is "staged"...you can see Tommy and i think Jim in the crowd screaming...it was great!!!
QuoteI love how Patrick does his flight routine on Run Thru.
I always think of it as a "flight deck officer landing a plane" routine, but either way it is absolutely kick ass... I'm gonna try and get the moves down so I can do it with him.
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I think Brandon Jones is hilarious. The guy with the llama who gets torn to shreds at the end. I enjoy the ending of 'Off The Record' when he is in that physcadelic state. I went to grade school with Brandon and was always a character.
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I always think of it as a "flight deck officer landing a plane" routine, but either way it is absolutely kick ass... I'm gonna try and get the moves down so I can do it with him.
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I'm thinking we should all dress as flight deck officer's for one of the shows. We can signal each other back to earth after the solo on One Big Holliday.
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The flight deck crews have the most random and psychedelic color schemes since Sgt. Pepper's, but without the helmets (which are way too expensive for a costume), I doubt anyone would know what we're supposed to be.
Unless we wore randomly colored raincoats, ballcaps, and big bucket earmuffs, and waved these sweet ass flashlight things around...
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QuoteTowards the end of Mahgeetah, there's a close-up of Jim's guitar. You can tell he's broken a string, but it doesn't matter. He still rocks it the fuck out. Love it.
I break a string almost every time I play that song, it's kind of a running joke with the guys I play with. so that part made me smile too.
I love watching Jim rock out at the end of It Beats 4 U.
I love at the end of the credits when the bear is sitting on the toilet. ;D
QuoteI love at the end of the credits when the bear is sitting on the toilet. ;D
Apparently the answer to the age old question should be "Not always" ;)
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Apparently the answer to the age old question should be "Not always" ;)
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...actually very funny.
i wonder if that was what they were thinking when they put the bear on the toilet!!
Xmas curtain brings a huge sentimental grin to my face. That song takes me to a place where I was first getting to know MMJ, back....back...then
Does the Pope shit in the woods, though?
If he does he wears a funny furry suit to do so!
i love the fact that i thought my heart was going to explode several times while watching it for the first time and the fact that i almost cried when i saw the acoustic chorale dvd. :o
Quotei almost cried when i saw the acoustic chorale dvd.
I did.
Strangulation got me.
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I did. Strangulation got me.
if i was man enough to admit to crying,
Strangulation would get me too. ;)
QuoteI love how Jim is standing behind the man and his llama during the actual concert...very funny.
I thought that was Jim!!! ;D
Anyone else notice our very own Mr. CC Baxter in the photo gallery?
Nice pic CC :)
Which one is CC?
Another little thing I like about Okonokos... Jim does this hunched-over hopping from one side to another during Lay Low. It's funny looking.
When the lama/alpaca "mew's" right after the first two bass notes on Wordless.
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The Llama (that isn't a llama apparently!) :o
When the light rises up the side of Jim's body and fills him up right before he let's out the final screams in Gideon. Then aknowledging that you have experienced something that is on par with seeing Zepplin in thier prime, right after the song finishes.
QuoteThen aknowledging that you have experienced something that is on par with seeing Zepplin in thier prime, right after the song finishes.
I couldn't agree with you more!
I've thought this myself a few times, we really are fortunate enough to be part of something very special here.
I used to think that I would never be able to experience something that magical and true and breathtaking first hand. "We are..................."
MMJ is at the top of my buddy list.
(for some reason i didn't get logged out properly, so i haven't actually been sitting there ignoring everyone for the last 2 days.... my computer apparently loves mmj too much to let me leave!!!)
FINALLY i got myself a copy of the dvd... i kinda avoided reading how much you guys loved the dvd until i got it (jealously is not an attractive emotion), so just did a little catch up on all the comments....
wow.
i guess most people on the board now've seen the band live, but this is my first (kinda) live experience, apart from seeing various vids around the place. i've already watched it twice, and the whole thing was great... little things i love-
- the llama/alpaca has cute little fat (wooly but fat) legs
- jim getting up close & personal with his mike stand
- pat's moves with the drumsticks... does he do that every show?? very cool
- the stage setup looked great
- jim's vocals.... geez the man is incredible
- the whole damn thing really!
one teensy little quibble though, did anyone else think jim's guitar was a bit low in the mix sometimes? carl was always great, but there were times when i just couldn't quite hear jim clearly enough....
also loved the photo gallery. great idea... there were a few familiar costumes in there, did someone say cc got in the gallery?
Just found one thing i really enjoy. During anytime the shoot part jim and part the balcony girls going wild. I love that part.
The mirrorball during Steam Engine :o
I hardly could keep my eyes dry...
Sooooooo beautiful
Among many others....I just love it when Two-Tone Tommy grins at the end of Lowdown. Everytime I watch, I'm grinning right along with him! ;D
QuoteAmong many others....I just love it when Two-Tone Tommy grins at the end of Lowdown. Everytime I watch, I'm grinning right along with him! ;D
Agreed...that grin pretty much sums up the vibe.
"Steam Engine" has most of my fav moments...the mirror ball, when Jim punches out "Take your money". There's also a stellar "Yeah!" during the rock out.
Anyone else catch the shot where the side of the stage looks like a stairway to the sky?
QuoteAmong many others....I just love it when Two-Tone Tommy grins at the end of Lowdown. Everytime I watch, I'm grinning right along with him! ;D
OOOOOOOO!!! I TOTALLY DUG that! I thought that was THEE BEST! What a beautiful smile!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Me and my smilies - I'm a such a spaz! But it's so fun to be a spaz!
When Two Tone bangs his hand on the side of his bass during a drum part on It Beats 4 U. And every single frame of It Beats 4 U for that matter.
the view of patrick ('s hair) at the beginning of one big holiday as he rides the high hat (?). And every frame of one big holiday for that matter.
Ha, Ha........you're not watching it now by any chance. ;) :-*
the way they make the light shine up from underneath the drum set. and all of the lighting for that matter.
(can anyone tell I'm drunk and sitting at home on a Friday melting to OKONOKOS!)*
*I think OKONOKOS! should always have an exclamation point now. MMJ Law? ;)
Second the motion..............and YES!!!!!!! ;D
oh wow, you beat me to it, i just noticed! I thought somebody would catch on to me after 3 songs and you got it in two!
i've been lost in dondante.......
Those are some great moments! My latest thing to do when I get home from work is crank up OKONOKOS! and throw back a few cold ones. I tell ya, there's just nothing better! ;D
Haha I just now noticed the beachball at the beginning of It Beats 4 U! ;D
A funny moment...
Just saw this. During the last part of Off The Record, just before the outro, when Jims is about to do some jamming and soloing. He looses his pick. And somehow still tries to keep it going until he's able to get another pick from his mic. Looks quite clumsy. Don't think is too familiar with playing solos without his pick..... ;D
Jim pointing at the guitar tech guy, right before his solo in Lay Low.
Star Quality 8)
Edit: Oh yeah, I love the man with the shiney hat in the audience
On the Acoustic Chorale DVD, after at dawn, right before 'Sooner' there comes a roadie on stage, dressed in a rabbit suit. Do you see him?
Word!
I did not read the whole thread so this may be a repost but how about Jim stroking the mic stand during I Will Sing You Songs. You chicas had to be excited.
When A.Man High-Fives the guy next to him at the beginning of Xmas Curtain. It totally captures the awesome vibe of this concert! ;D
QuoteWhen A.Man High-Fives the guy next to him at the beginning of Xmas Curtain. It totally captures the awesome vibe of this concert! ;D
Yeah but thats the staged part just to fill you in. The Mustached man isn't at the concert, you can see Jim standing behind him sometimes viewing his own show.
I saw some guys high-five for X-Mas Curtain at the Ryman... so even if it is staged on Okonokos, if anything it's a reenactment, I guess.
;D
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Yeah but thats the staged part just to fill you in. The Mustached man isn't at the concert, you can see Jim standing behind him sometimes viewing his own show.
Even though its staged, it fits in really well!
This is a give-in, but everytime I watch it, I'm blown away, like I'm seeing it for the first time!! Not many live recordings do that to me. That's just one of many things that make this band so special! ;)