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MATCHBOX 20 - SHOW: A NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF MATCHBOX 20
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| While Matchbox 20 have been a byword for AOR, director Hamish Hamilton's concert film has a sense of scale and occasion that makes Rob Thomas and friends look like a group with something almost thrilling to say. Caught in Atlanta during their 2003 tour, the band build a head of steam banging through hits like "Push", "3 AM" and "Bent"....full text |
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'Middle of the Road' is a label that somehow seems to have been applied to Matchbox Twenty with considerable relish by many of the holier than thou rock 'n' roll critics who constantly seem to lambast the band for their lack of risk-taking, mundane lyrics, and FM radio-friendly tunes. I remember a review of one of the band's Sydney concerts late last year which was particularly vehement and damning to the point of outright hatred. I remember the reviewer being particularly scathing of the boredom the songs and lead singer Rob Thomas inspired and noting just how bad some of their lyrics were. Most notably he hated the line from their big hit 3AM - "she thinks that happiness is the mat that sits on her doorway...". Well if that's all someone has to worry about the world really is a boring place isn't it? I've never really understood why someone who obviously hates an artist so much would go along to a concert. Why not send someone who might actually enjoy the material? Since bursting onto the scene with their multi-platinum (12 times alone in the US) debut album Yourself Or Someone Like You in 1996, Matchbox Twenty has produced some truly memorable, catchy, and commercially successful material, and more importantly have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide - a huge measure of success. Their debut album saw songs such as 3AM, Push, and Real World all become successful singles and stamp the band as a big player on the adult contemporary rock scene. Their follow-up album released in 2000 was Mad Season, and proved they were certainly not one-hit wonders. It contained gems such as If You're Gone and Bent. The band's most recent album, released in 2002, More Than You Think You Are shows new signs of maturity with the exquisite single Bright Lights. This concert forms part of the tour promoting that album. This performance was recorded in Atlanta in June 2003 at the Philips Arena. The regular band members of Rob Thomas (vocals), Paul Doucette (drums), Kyle Cook (lead guitar), Adam Gaynor (rhythm guitar), and Brian Yale (bass) are joined for this show by Matt Beck (keyboards). It is a high energy stadium concert, filled with heaps of bright lights, and with some 22 cameras used this means there are plenty of interesting angles and close-ups to keep everyone happy. Twenty songs are performed in this near-100 minute show which includes every hit the band has enjoyed in their short career....full text |
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Superb! Having seen Matchbox Twenty on the Uk leg of this tour, I was looking forward to seeing this. From start to finish, this DVD is crammed full of great songs and musicianship. Disease in particular is awesome. Highly recommended....full text |
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