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And out of the revolution came the likes of Van Morrison,
Bob Geldof's Boomtown Rats, the Undertones, Thin Lizzie, U2,
Sinead O'Connor and once the self-confidence was established
the more traditional musos such as Clannad, Enya and The Corrs
were able to celebrate their roots in wonderful lyrical music.
From a Whisper to a Scream is done in similar style
to the most excellent Australian rock documentary series A
Long Way to the Top. It has film footage of shows and
concerts, excellent interviews with big-name Irish musicians,
such as Bono and Sir Bob Geldof, but (unfortunately) not enough
full songs. This, of course, was one problem with A Long
Way to the Top - your appetite was whetted with snippets
of songs, but you didn't get the satisfaction of enjoying
the whole thing.
The three episode series runs for just over 2.5 hours and
packs a lot of information in. The language gets a bit blue
at times as Geldof gets stuck into the show bands.
One of the distasteful parts of From a Whisper to a Scream
is that even Ireland does not seem to be inocculated against
the spread of the pop/boy band/producer-based pop drivel that
gets squawked out by the likes of - well we won't mention
it for fear of defamation action.
Anyway, this is a very fine look at decent Irish music and
if anyone is not moved by the haunting theme from Harry's
Game or Warning Sign by Clannad, or any of the Boomtown Rats
great early songs - they're deaf!
The video transfer, considering the multi-sources of the
footage, is acceptable, while the sound is a little too up
and down for purist's tastes. However, that said, we are after
the doco's info and are not necessarily sitting there expecting
pristine sounds.
Conclusion: Movie 75%, Extras 65%
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