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Dishwalla Pictures
Band:
Dishwalla
Origin:
United States, Santa Barbara - CaliforniaUnited States
Band Members:
JR Richards (vocals), Rodney Browning (guitar), Scot Alexander (bass), Jim Wood (keyboards) and Pete Maloney (drums)
Dishwalla Album: «Dishwalla: Live - Greetings From the Flow State»
Dishwalla Album: «Dishwalla: Live - Greetings From the Flow State» (Front side)
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  • Customers rating: (3.5 of 5)
  • Title:Dishwalla: Live - Greetings From the Flow State
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Review - Product Description
Between the fall of 2001 and summer of 2003, Dishwalla went on tour to promote their 2002 release Opaline. Produced by Gregg Wattenberg (Five For Fighting) and recorded in Los Angeles, the album proved relentless on the radio airwaves with the Top 20 hit, "Somewhere In The Middle." Touring consistently for two years, the band performed 258 shows in 470 days covering both ground and air. The performances were recorded live and these moments capture the band in what athletes call "the flow state." Dishwalla was in the zone, redefining their boundaries and performing better than ever. Traveling with the Navy Morale Welfare Recreation tour in Europe and North Africa on board the USS Nimitz only fueled the intensity of their performance. This album is the result of a rock band doing what they love.
Customer review
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
- synchronisation

Great band and solid live performance but who on earth edited this video, i mean really did he bother to look!

I think the oscar moment is during the guitarists soloist preformance, i beleive the synchronisation is a full 30 sec behind what he's actually playing.. so well done genius!!

Customer review
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
- Not representative of Dishwalla quality

I read the comments about the editing before I bought but it still didn't prepare me for how BAD the editing on it was. I swear it was edited by a junior high media class on the last day before summer break. I'd be really interested in how/why the band or their management let this one get put on the streets. Camera angles were also limited.

I love Dishwalla and I did enjoy watching this DVD and some of the special features, but for the price one should expect much much more. This DVD could have been so much better.

Customer review
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
- Greetings......Love it!!

I'm surprised I haven't heard any reviews for this DVD from the Dishwalla faithful out there. So I'll start it out by saying that while the actual footage is somewhat lackluster and straightforward, the sound is wonderful. And, as always, Dishwalla plays the kind of tight close-knit show that I would expect from a band that has been playing together for so long. It's this kind of closeness that has kept this band on constant spin in my player for over 10 years now. I know that there are some that would only buy singles, and now even more so with Internet downloads...that seems to be a mainstay. But with this band, I've never been disappointed with any whole album overall. Particularly Opaline and their recent self titled CD. Here, we have a re-release of sorts with Greetings from the Flow State. Although the song listing is somewhat different from the original CD release, it is no worse for heavy wear in my opinion. Just proves to me the band is well versed and practiced at what they do...entertain. As I mentioned before, if you are some kind of video perfectionist, you aren't going to find anything here that you might find on a more heavily produced video DVD that sits among the shelves.

But the kicker, in my opinion, is some of the extras on this release. Anyone, who knows a little about this band, will know they are a serious touring band. The DVD extra's contained, give a fantastic video summary of the USO tour they traveled on during 2003 for the US Navy. Yes, I'm probably a bit opinionated about the whole thing, as I was embarked onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt when they played a show in the ship's hangar bay. I thought it was great when they showed the "haircut sequence" on the DVD when Pete Maloney, the drummer, got a "high and tight" from one of the ship's barbers. And yes, I am very opinionated when a band...instead of raking political dirt over our countries men and women soldiers and sailors, just goes out to them, and thanks them for doing what they are doing by giving them a little bit of "Home".

So give this DVD a view. I highly recommend it. Particularly if you are a fan of bands like Lifehouse, Verve Pipe, Semisonic, and like bands. I also recommend anything else by this band, but start with Opaline or the self titled CD. Guaranteed good music!!

Customer review
- GREAT!

Have been listening to the CD of this concert for awhile now. Fantastic. Dishwalla has always been one of my favorite bands, but i never got the chance to experience one of their live shows. I highly recommend this to any Dishwalla, or rock-n-roll, fan. I would have given 5 stars, but a couple songs from the CD are not on the DVD, and the editing of "Give" was very dissappointing. Except for that, I enjoyed this DVD very much.

Customer review
- Must have been some deadlines on the finished product!

After purchasing this DVD, I have to agree with some of the other reviews. The editing leaves a lot to be desired. The show is good however. There are definitely some crucial timing errors at a few points during this concert. I would imagine the band had a finish deadline date that made them have to settle for the editing done on this DVD. The extra features are fine as well as entertaining. But I have to ask, why would you end "Give", right before the instrumental at the last part of the song? I have the live version of this song on this same CD, and it's all there. They also left off the song "Every Little Thing", which is on the CD. Also a clean beautifully done acoustic version of "Angels & Devils", which sounds like an extra cut without the live audience, that's not on the DVD as well. Usually the DVD has more extra songs than the CD would normally have to offer. I guess not in this case!