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has arrived this morning.
So I've read the booklet and not ready yet to watch the dvd.
Strangely though over the past several weeks I've finally been able to listen to TTATS with the exception of Void. Then again I'm in a very different mind place now than I've ever been.
Hope that it's been worth the wait, Barb. [img]smile.gif[/img]
It has indeed Terry. I waited for Nicky to get home from Uni and we watched it together. Captivating is the word I'd use. Quite like finding a missing piece to a jigsaw, you already had a good idea of what was in the piece but finally finding it and slotting it in.
We did comment he's been taking lessons from Robbie, he he quite some language there Mr Hayes!The only thing I missed was in Adelaide he finished the TCFC concert with Spin and it was absolutely brilliant! The London concert finished with Affirmation? Would have loved to see Spin live again.
<font color="#1175B5" size="1">[ August 25, 2006 08:27 AM: Message edited by: BarbT ]</font>
*thinks* Did I even go to a London TCFC concert? [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img] I think that I might have gone to one of them, *will have to check with Janie* [img]wink.gif[/img] *lol* and if my memory serves me correctly, he well might have finished off with Affirmation.
I haven't bothered to order a limited edition DVD but I might well buy the bog-standard one if and when it comes out in the stores. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Got my DVD today. I have read the booklet but not watched the dvd yet. I found the booklet quite moving and sad. I still find it a bit unsettling to read how much dh regretted Spin and how unhappy he was during that time, as that was when I 'discovered' his music and I stand by my liking for Insatiable and most of Spin.
Affirmation (the album) did provide a kind of escape and help to my problems at that time but Insatiable and Spin were the catalyst which began my admiration for the music and following that the artist.(I had Affirmation and Savage Garden but rarely played them until after I heard Insatiable on the Radio)
I admit to not playing any of his cd's lately but will probably do so after after seeing the dvd as I did after seeing 'A big night in'.
I am saving the dvd until I have some child free uninterrupted time. I was at the London concert that was filmed so am looking forward to reliving that - minus the screamming teenagers that were next to us way back in the stalls!
<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually you went to two of them [img]wink.gif[/img] Hehe there are a few people in that DVD that I recognise [img]tongue.gif[/img] ~~~Quote:
Originally posted by Twizzle:
*thinks* Did I even go to a London TCFC concert? [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img] I think that I might have gone to one of them, *will have to check with Janie* [img]wink.gif[/img] *lol* and if my memory serves me correctly, he well might have finished off with Affirmation.
I haven't bothered to order a limited edition DVD but I might well buy the bog-standard one if and when it comes out in the stores. [img]smile.gif[/img]
The DVD is both in parts funny but also quite poignant. I love the way the concert footage is interwoven with comments by Darren during the documentary. I found him to be extremely honest, but also very hard on himself. There are some extremely amusing episodes and what you see is a warts and all Darren, completely self deprecating.
I think that delaying its release until 2006 was in fact a very good move, because it allows the viewer a much clearer perspective on the past, on what was going through Darren's mind in hindsight. It's a very retrospective piece of film.
<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually you went to two of them [img]wink.gif[/img] Hehe there are a few people in that DVD that I recognise [img]tongue.gif[/img] ~~~</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">See, I got it mixed up with his D/L tour! *lol* TCFC was such a long time ago that I've gotten it all confuzzled in my mind so that I can't bloody remember what gig I went to or when and where! [img]wink.gif[/img] *tee hee*Quote:
Originally posted by Janie DP:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Twizzle:
*thinks* Did I even go to a London TCFC concert? [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img] I think that I might have gone to one of them, *will have to check with Janie* *lol* and if my memory serves me correctly, he well might have finished off with Affirmation.
I haven't bothered to order a limited edition DVD but I might well buy the bog-standard one if and when it comes out in the stores. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Glad that you UK gals have received your copies and that you're all enjoying them. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">He finished with Spin at the London concert I went to as well Barb - and I have to say I was looking forward to seeing that again as he was brilliantQuote:
Originally posted by BarbT:
It has indeed Terry. I waited for Nicky to get home from Uni and we watched it together. Captivating is the word I'd use. Quite like finding a missing piece to a jigsaw, you already had a good idea of what was in the piece but finally finding it and slotting it in.
We did comment he's been taking lessons from Robbie, he he quite some language there Mr Hayes!The only thing I missed was in Adelaide he finished the TCFC concert with Spin and it was absolutely brilliant! The London concert finished with Affirmation? Would have loved to see Spin live again.
<font color="#1175B5"><font size="1">[ August 25, 2006 08:27 AM: Message edited by: BarbT ]</font></font>
Never mind - it's great to see the concert again [img]smile.gif[/img]
I think we could've had a concert dvd and then a documentary later - but as he financed the thing himself - perhaps it would've proved too expensive?
I have to say that we may well have joked that pigs would fly before we'd get this DVD - but it was well worth the wait. Although I've wanted to see the concert for so long it has been the documentary that has both fascinated and amused me. It's so strange that Darren is so hard on the himself that existed then, and yet to me he still seems very genuine and likeable. The prank calls section of the doc is particularly hilarious, and I'm so glad I waited for the end of the titles to see that last scene!
As always Darren comes across as 50% headcase (I mean that nicely!) and 50% sensitive guy, over-sensitive at times!
A brilliant snapshot of a difficult time in his life.
<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know that feeling, just better to try to focus on the music because in many ways it really is seperate from Darren as he is day-to-day and i don't think his frustrations and problems at the time make songs with positive aspects to be less genuine. Think of it like art criticism, where you can choose to make the artist's life relevant to the work or you can choose to only evaluate the work itself, both are valid ways to view the art in question [img]wink.gif[/img]Quote:
I still find it a bit unsettling to read how much dh regretted Spin and how unhappy he was during that time, as that was when I 'discovered' his music and I stand by my liking for Insatiable and most of Spin.
<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree completely, it was a great move and made for a better film in the end I think. It's easy to be more honest about something when you have a few years distance and perspective, where trends and other signs stand out to you more because you aren't immersed in them to the same degree anymore.Quote:
Originally posted by Janie DP:
The DVD is both in parts funny but also quite poignant. I love the way the concert footage is interwoven with comments by Darren during the documentary. I found him to be extremely honest, but also very hard on himself. There are some extremely amusing episodes and what you see is a warts and all Darren, completely self deprecating.
I think that delaying its release until 2006 was in fact a very good move, because it allows the viewer a much clearer perspective on the past, on what was going through Darren's mind in hindsight. It's a very retrospective piece of film.
the backstage goofing around was a freakin' riot. The fake russian prank calls were priceless as was Darren's hairy conniption about the russian waitress and he had to tell ten people about it LOL I've done that XD