Paul Rodgers – Live In Glasgow (Eagle Blu-ray)

 

Picture: B+     Sound: B+     Extras: B     Main Program: B+

 

 

They say that if “it’s too loud than you’re too old”, but apparently the 60-something year old Paul Rodgers never got that memo and if he did, he didn’t care anyway as this aging rocker puts on a highlight concert in Glasgow performing many of his hits through the years with bands Free, Bad Company, and The Firm, which all three he led to success during his time there and now he’s the front man for Queen, who sought for years a viable replacement for Freddy Mercury. 

 

The performance is strong and supplies a great enough cross section of hits to keep the crowd going throughout and Rodgers shows that he is in no hurry to slow down at all.  His bluesy Rock N’ Roll style shines through and even captures some of his newer material mixed in to give audiences some new material to chew on as well. 

 

Track Listing:

 

I’ll Be Creepin’

The Stealer

Ride on a Pony

Radioactive

Be My Friend

Warboys (a Prayer for Peace)

Feel Like Makin’ Love

Bad Company

I Just Want to See You Smile

Louisiana Blues

Fire and Water

Wishing Well

All Right Now

I’m a Mover

The Hunter

Can’t Get Enough

Seagull

 

 

The band features Howard Leese, Lynn Sorensen, Kurtis Dengler, and Ryan Hoyle who tear through the tracks solidly and allow space for Rodgers to command the audiences attention, even on Blu-ray the experience comes fresh to the viewer with a 1080i High Definition Transfer that showcases some of the best we’ve seen yet from any concert.  The depth of the stage along with tight shots and wide crowd shots all look remarkable with loads of depth and detail that help bring a realistic quality to the performance.  This along with a very strong DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix brings about the best experience into your listening space and thanks to Blu-ray we are able to get to be there without leaving our homes.  I will say that while the mix is definitely a high resolution mix, there are times where it’s weaker than expected on certain band riffs or other moments where you would expect greater thickness and punch, however, the singing shines through the mix and the overall richness of the instrumentation is never loss, even when taken down to the PCM 2.0 Stereo mix, although the Dolby Digital 5.1 lossy mix shows just how muddy and unclear things can get for an easy comparison.

 

 

-   Nate Goss