Bad Company: Hard Rock Live [Blu-ray] + Bonus CDBad Company: Hard Rock Live [Blu-ray] + Bonus CD
Live reunion tour concert from Bad Company, featuring Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke & Mick Ralphs performing a one night only sold-out show at The Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on August 8, 2008. Featuring 17 hit songs! Bad Company, Honeychild, Sweet Lil’ Sister, Burnin’ Sky, Gone Gone Gone, Pack, Live For The Music, Seagull, Feel Like Makin’, Movin’ On, Simple Man, Rock Steady, Shooting Star, Can’t Get Enough, R & R Fantasy, Ready 4 Love, Good Lovin’ Gone Bad.
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(out of 13 reviews)
Review by D. Nicholas for Bad Company: Hard Rock Live [Blu-ray] + Bonus CD
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I reserved and purchased this early. Big mistake…although the picture was good, I was very surprised at the sound. Paul’s voice was too spread out, and there was a distinct lack of bass. Treble was, overall, “tinny.” Bass was substantially lower than was present on my other Bad Company/Paul Rogers standard DVD’s/blu-rays. I have never had to crank the feed to my sub from 0.0 to 6.5. on Bad Company material. I played a number of other DVD’s during our Tuesday Night “Rock Show,” and found that several standard DVD’s sounded better…Echo and the Bunnymen for one. This DVD needs tweaking on the sound end. I will be checking [...] for reviews, BEFORE I buy, next time.
Review by robi1138 for Bad Company: Hard Rock Live [Blu-ray] + Bonus CD
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…after reading the other reviews. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the greatest concert disc ever but it is very good. That being said, some of the comments about the audio and video are essentially correct (with some caveats).
The picture is grainy and black levels leave something to be desired, but it is sharp and the colors are nice. I didn’t see any added edge enhancement and there are no encoding artifacts. Overall, not bad at all but not reference quality either.
The DTS-MA track has exellent resolution and is very clear. However, it is lacking any real bass and sounds too bright as a result. Also the mix suffers from (as others have mentioned) Ralphs’ guitar being too loud in the mix and Rodgers’ vocals being spread out to the rear channels too much. The stereo track lacked the bite of the DTS-MA track so after much fiddling I came up with a nice compromise. Because my Blu-ray player does the sound decoding internally (and passes the lossless sound to the receiver via analog cables) I was able to pass the core-only 5.1 DTS track over the digital optical cable to my receiver and play a bit with my usual settings. By increasing the crossover on the receiver from 60 Hz to 110Hz and increasing the subwoofer level a bit (about 3 dB), I was able to get a nice bass sound that wasn’t boomy and had some definition to it. The other advantage of this method is that it allows you to use the 5.1 track and (surprisingly) Rodgers’ vocals are not all spread out but are nicely locked up front with only reverb in the rear channels. Ralphs’ guitar also seems less prominent.
Finally, after listening to it twice, I paid more attention to the music and really liked it a lot. The first time through I thought the concert got better as it progressed but listening to the first few tracks again, it really was good right from the beginning. I don’t think Ralphs was that bad at all but the added guitarist does help. Rodgers and Kirke are excellent IMO and the added bassist moves things along. Overall a great collection of songs played very well by the three remaining members of Bad Co.
Definitely recommended
Review by MiSSiN for Bad Company: Hard Rock Live [Blu-ray] + Bonus CD
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Great band great sound, the Blu Ray picure quality is fantastic and the sound quality is excellent. I never got to see these guys play so this has to be the next best thing! The Blu Ray also comes with a CD of the concert so you can’t beat the price, it would be nice if other companies would include a CD along with their Blu Ray’s. You can’t go wrong with this concert it is really good!!
Review by stonewall for Bad Company: Hard Rock Live [Blu-ray] + Bonus CD
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I’d forgotten just how much music Bad Company made and how GOOD it was (is). For me, the video/audio quality of this dvd is adequate; wish the bass was more prominent. Aside from that this performance is top shelf. For critics out there, stop & think: these guys are into their 50′s and can still outperform many of today’s artists. I don’t know many other groups who were popular back in the 70′s who could perform as professionally or have the song catalog Bad Company does. I own many concert DVD’s. This is one of my top 10!!!
Review by P. Bhatt for Bad Company: Hard Rock Live [Blu-ray] + Bonus CD
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My expectations were modest given that this concert was over 25 years after the original line-up’s last release. I was very impressed with Rodgers – voice is still strong, seemed like he was having a great time. Simon was solid, while Mick’s solos were hit or miss. Backup guitarist and bass player were fine, though both looked out of place on stage. Set list has nearly all of their best material. Thought the audio quality was good, and video quality was average. Haven’t listened to the CD yet. The package is a steal for $17 – buy it if you’re a Bad Company fan or just like good classic rock. It’s unfortunate that the only live recording by the group in their prime is not readily available; hopefully it will be re-released sometime soon. On another note, the occasional crowd shots were amusing – lot of folks well past their prime!