Fantomas – The Director’s Cut Live: A New Year’s Revolution
Over ten years after Fantomas released their Director’s Cut album featuring covers of film and television themes, they release a DVD and mp3 album (available separately) of a live version recorded (it doesn’t specify, but I think it was) New Year’s Eve 2008/’09.
I’ll start with the album: It’s OK. Not too different from the original. Maybe some parts are extended. I’d probably only recommend it for completists. It does also have an encore of Simply Beautiful. The other difference is that the drums are played by Dale Crover and not Dave Lombardo. But they’re played similarly enough though.
But the DVD is where it’s at. I’m generally not into concert DVDs. This one’s OK. It at least has multiple camera angles and looks good. There are also some goofy things in there that I don’t want to ruin, but enhances the experience greatly.
The real reason that you NEED this DVD is the commentary which is provided by America’s Funnyman Neil Hamburger. Which, by itself, was awesome enough when I found that out. But when I selected the feature a couple nights back, I was delighted to find that it’s not just an audio commentary. There’s video of Neil watching the video while the concert plays in the bottom corner. It elevates an awesome feature to totally amazing.
