This review is based on the CD of the 'Family Values" concert of 1999 in Kansas City. I chose to review this CD because it is one of my favorite CD's to listen to, it has great songs, great bands, great performances'good times. And now, my review of 'The Family Values Tour 1999."
Track 1. Break Stuff ' Limp Bizkit
This was the opening song of the concert and 1 of 4 for Limp Bizkit. Break Stuff was a great choice to open the concert and set the tone for the night. The Vocals were ok (as with all Limp Bizkit songs) and overall the delivery of the song was great. This song gets a 4 out of 5 stars.
Track 2. Lacquer Head - Primus
I'm not a very big fan of Primus. The song in this concert wasn't all that painful but I usually skip over this and the other performance from Primus. I'll give this song a 3 out of 5 stars.
Track 3. Mudshovel - Staind
Easily the best song of the night. Staind comes out rockin' and the crowd does also. Aaron Lewis blew me away with the vocals. Also, nice bass performance. If you dont like this song you need to get checked for a pulse. This song gets a 5 out of 5 stars.
Track 4. Falling Away From Me - Korn
Korn isn't at the top of my favorite bands list but I still enjoy them. They have one more performance on the CD and they are both high calibur. Why is it all the songs on the CD sound better live than recorded? 4 out of 5 stars.
Track 5. Rockwilder - Method Man and Redman
When I saw this on the CD cover I thought the apocolypse was coming.I didn't think that this song would be in the concert, but yet it is. This was quite the opposite of the apocolypse. "All mah homies to the south side!" Hah, yea, this song was great. A little bit short, but not many flaws in the performance! 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Track 6. Hey Man, Nice Shot - Filter
The first of 2 Filter performances, this was a great starter. You gotta love Filter, great band. The vocals weren't great, but everything else was. This song gets 4 out of 5 stars just out of principal (not a 5 because of crappy vocals.)
Track 7. Rearranged - Limp Bizkit
Bizkit up to bat again. They hit a home run in the first inning, and...what's that? Another Home Run? Wow, good night for Bizkit. This toned down the audience a bit but still was a great song, they kept the concert in balance. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Track 8. A.D.I.D.A.S/Good God - Korn
The second Korn performance of the night and a nice way to go out. The distortion in the song sounded fuzzy to me (?) but the chorus had me enticed. The vocals were decent, so the song wasn't that bad. This'll get (another) 4 out of 5.
Track 9. My Name is Mud - Primus
Still not impressed. Not the best from Primus. I can't say I'm that big a fan of them anyways, but this song was all around mediocre, and it just didn't "do it" for me. Nice try, but you struck out this concert. Come again next year...another 3 out of 5 stars.
Track 10. Welcome to the Fold - Filter
Filter rocks my socks off again. Nothing about this song was perfect, but I still enjoyed it. The vocals are still an issue in my book and that is what really bugs me about Filter, but it didn't ruin the overall value of the song that much. 4 out of 5 stars.
Track 11. Keep Hope Alive - The Crystal Method
Up to this song, I have never heard of TCM (really.) I'm glad I heard this song, because I thought it was great. TCM had nice delivery and the sound effects were sweet. Not my favorite song on the CD (that goes to Mudshovel :-) ) But I'm giving this song a 5 out of 5 stars.
Track 12. I Would For You - Limp Bizkit
Bizkit up to bat for a third time....and another hit. Not the best performance of the night (hard to rate them all, they were all good) but a great one at that. They burned Spin Magazine (remember that issue?) and another soft song balanced out the night again. They needed it to wind up for their next song...3.5 out of 5 stars.
Track 13. Nookie - Limp Bizkit
Time to close out the night, and Limp Bizkit goes up to bat one final time...and a GRAND SLAM!! Everything was kick *** about this song, and what a way to go out with a bang. This leaves the biggest imprint on my mind of the concert, the rocking, the fireworks, good times. 5 out of 5 stars.
Well, That was the main section of the concert and the CD. There was, however, one last song after the concert, which was..
Outside- Aaron Lewis and Fred Durst
The 2 of them teamed up and kicked a lot of ***. They should do more songs together :-). Aaron Lewis's vocals always rock my socks off, and Fred Durst was actually good, so good job. 5 out of 5 stars.
Ok, so there we go, my review of the Family Values Tour 1999 CD. And my final rating for the CD is a 4 out of 5 (I averaged all the track ratings together). This is all my opinion, so please don't bash me (constructive critisism of my reviews would be appreciated and taken to heart, so please comment.) This is my 2nd review, I also reviewed Evolver from 311 but I didn't feel I put a quality job into that one so I went more in depth for this review. Later days, please rate and comment :-)
