Ehwmatt wrote:
Do they have live DVD(s)? if so, which one(s) is/are good? Wouldn't mind snagging one, been pretty impressed with YT footage.
Limited. I have Song from the Big Chair with producer's interview, but they only had two albums under their belt and were young, so mostly just for TFF fans. The one I like is Going to California in 90. didn't necessarily like the artistic way they edited the concert, though, and I don't even know if it's in production anymore. During the 90s Roland, after curt left, did two tours as tff for his albums Elemental and Raoul Kings of Spain, which was now guitar based and there are boots out there on Raoul tour '96, I think. but the person who was supposed to send me one never did. That Paris one I posted was just maybe ten songs, and Roland sounds good on the new songs, but a little strained on the older ones, since he hadn't really been singing live for eight years by then.
If you like their older synth sound, which was the first 2 albums, and their evolved sound (seeds of love) and then Roland's transition to alternative rock (Elemental and Raoul), I always recommend The Ultimate Collection, cd only, no dvd. It is three disc , great remastering, and is a comprehensive collection of all five CDs and some B sides from their sixth cd, and a couple covers. It just doesn't have their 2004 reunion cd, Everybody Loves a Happy ending on it, which is a completely different sound from Roland's output in the '90s, and was great harmonies on that CD.
But as a TFF fan, I love this compilation.