The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over [2005]

I bought this as a gift for my 89-year old Dad, who had watched a recent TV documentary on the Eagles, and he raves about it. He has watched the DVD almost every night and is amazed at the musicality and professionalism of the band.

Excellent music and also good for anyone that like the eagles comes in Excellent condition

i was sitting in my room watching this dvd for about the 4th time this afternoon, and felt compelled to write a review!! i really can't believe that i owned this dvd for about 6 monthes before i got around to watching it because i feel as though i have really missed out!!i am a massive fan of the eagles, and i love both their slower and more upbeat songs, perhaps thats why i wasn't in a hurry to watch this because it is mainly limited to slow to mid tempo songs, HOWEVER that does make it any less thrilling to watch!!the sound quality on the dvd is superb, and the vocal performences are top notch. as usual don henley takes the lead for the most part and his gritty voice is amazing!! there are a few lead vocals by timothy b. schmit(he has an angelic voice) joe walsh, who also has a great distinctive voice, and of course glen frey, who for me has the least 'interesting' voice, but the guy an certainly sing!! oh, and as usual for the eagles, the vocal harmonies are amazing, and you can tell that they are all into what they are doing!!as with the vocals, the music is also superb, they have al obviosuly learnt something over the years, but show that they work best together....joe walsh and don felder spar particularly well together on their guitar solos!as i said the tracks are mainly slower offerings, but are all brilliant, wasted time and i can't tell you why are performed particularly well, as are the two Henley solo offereings, 'the heart of the matter' and 'new york minute'. these two are actually the highlights for me and infact made me go out and buy the Henley abum that they are taken from, although these live versions are actually better i think!!there are several new songs on the dvd, 'love will keep us alive' ad 'get over it'(one of the few 'rockers' on here) are the best!!'in the city' is also brilliant, as is 'life in the fast lane'. an alternate(almost spanish) version of hotel california is interesting, though not one of the better songs!all in all this a great dvd but one of the best bands ever, and the performence ever dips below excelent!! i strongly recomend this to anyone who is moderatlt interested in the eagles, or just beatfully crafted songs and great musicianship generally!!

Love their music

Well, maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration with the title! However, as other reviews have stated in detail, this is a good laid-back concert, although it is obvious with the editing that it is not the whole concert and I wonder how much more of the concert we are missing. In the final credits there is a clip of Glenn making fun of Don who has forgotten the words but why put this in as an afterthought?My main disappointment is that the final track "Seven Bridges Road" is only available if you have a DTS Decoder. So, whose bright idea was it to limit the final track to only certain people? Geffen Records you should be ashamed of yourselves!

This is how this DVD strikes me. it's not that the contributions of the others are poor, it's just that Henley's, both in singing and in songwriting, are outstanding. The highlights for me were the renditions of his "New York Minute" and "The heart of the matter" (from the solo album "The end of the innocence"). And of course there's "Hotel California", "Wasted time", "The Last Resort" and "Life in the fast lane". Moreover, Henley knows exactly what he wants, and he's quite funny as he tries, in the documentary preceding the concert, to persuade a more bluesy feeing out of the string section in "New York Minute" ("They're playing like white people! Yes, yes, I know they ARE white people!")Having said that, Both Glen Frey and Joe Walsh turn in good performances. And the eventually-to-be-fired Don Felder? One begins to see why. A very competent guitarist, but no more than that - he doesn't sing a single number (from memory, he only ever sang lead once in his Eagles' career).All in all, a very nice recording, with a very good blend of acoustic and electric.

I already have the 2005 Farewell Tour concert on BluRay and wanted to see this earlier one from 1994.The two complement each other beautifully. It's interesting to see the difference between the two.Hell Freezes Over is a beautiful production, and the pre-concert build up is really good too. Picture and sound quality are excellent.Hotel California's treatment immediately raised the hairs on my neck, and that set the tone for the rest of the numbers.Yes, it's a shame for those of us who don't have DTS encoding that there's an unaccessible track, but overall, the DVD is well worth it.

This has to be the ultimate in Eagles or for that matter any music DVD!Do DVDs wear out? - I've played this enough times in the short time I've had it!The Eagles cannot be outdone with work like this. This DVD is particularly good as the great Don Felder is still with them and all the tracks are great. Truly exceptional tracks are of course Hotel California with the tremendous intro, Wasted Time, New York Minute and Get Over It and Life In The Fast Lane- can you see what I'm doing here? I'm in danger of listing all the tracks- it really is that good. If you could only take one DVD to a desert island then this is THE ONE!