Farewell Tour Continuity problems

[katherine5832]

Okay, I know I'm being nitpicky about this - and maybe I'm just too way observant for my own good - but has anyone else ever noticed a couple of continuity problems in the Farewell Tour 1 DVD?

The first one is during Take It to the Limit. Don's got his jean jacket on, the cameras cut away from him, then they cut back and his jacket is off, they cut away again and when they go back his coat is back on. This is right when they are singing "Take it...to the limit one more time..." for the first time in the song.

The second time is during Dirty Laundry. Near the end of the song when they're all jamming, Don's to Joe's left (the viewer's right) and in the next camera shot he's back on Joe's right side. There was no way he could've moved over that fast! I know Don's a god and everything, but he's also a quick change artist and can transend time and place? The guy's awesome!

Seriously, though, is there anyone on this board who was at that concert in Melbourne who can shed some light on the details of these two incidents? Or, with all of the knowledgeable people on this board, maybe someone who wasn't there knows what happened. Obviously, they had to reshoot some footage for some reason for these two continuity problems to occur. All I can think of is how lucky those people were that they must've seen an even longer concert than what the DVD viewers are seeing. Lucky dogs!

[Maleah]

From what I understand, it was recorded over several nights and footage from different nights were used throughout the dvd. There are several parts where Joe's hair is slicked back and then they cut away and come back and his hair is dry and flopping all over the place.

[timfan]

There are also problems with Already Gone... Joe has been wearing the blue suit with the yellow shirt beneath and suddenly the yellow shirt is GONE!! and he is wearing a simple black shirt beneath the blue suit... :P

Seriously, the show in Melbourne was recorded over three nights and the acoustic section was recorded a fourth time I believe..... So it is only natural that there would be some contiunity difficulties.

[shunlvswx]

There are also problems with Already Gone... Joe has been wearing the blue suit with the yellow shirt beneath and suddenly the yellow shirt is GONE!! and he is wearing a simple black shirt beneath the blue suit... :P

Seriously, the show in Melbourne was recorded over three nights and the acoustic section was recorded a fourth time I believe..... So it is only natural that there would be some contiunity difficulties.

I also noticed Joe wearing that same black shirt as they sing "There's a new kid in Town" as the song ends, but majority of the time during the song he is wearing the yellow shirt.

I saw something else. You would see Joe's shirt button all the way up and the next minute he has one button open.

I saw errors on all the guys except Timothy. I couldn't find anything with him. You would have Glenn's hair different or Don and Joe's shirts are different.

I think I've been watching this DVD too much. This one and the HOTE DVD. lol

[GlennLover]

I also noticed Joe wearing that same black shirt as they sing "There's a new kid in Town" as the song ends, but majority of the time during the song he is wearing the yellow shirt.

I saw something else. You would see Joe's shirt button all the way up and the next minute he has one button open.

I saw errors on all the guys except Timothy. I couldn't find anything with him. You would have Glenn's hair different or Don and Joe's shirts are different.

I think I've been watching this DVD too much. This one and the HOTE DVD. lol

You can never watch an Eagles DVD too much!

[shunlvswx]

You're right. I've been watching HOTE a lot lately. I never get tired of watching it every day.

I'm watching the F1 right now as I'm watching. I will watch HOTE this afternoon. It definitely makes the day go by when you watching it. Or hearing it too.

[shunlvswx]

OK. I take that back with Timothy. When the guys come back after their break, he's wearing a vest, but for the rest of the show he's not.

[katherine5832]

Thanks Maleah and Timfan for the info. I sure hope they bought multiples of their clothing (or at least had them cleaned) for each performance. Talk about your "Dirty Laundry!"

Now I'm going to have to go back and re-watch FT1 again (and again) to find the other continuity problems. What a chore!

[sodascouts]

You know I didn't notice these problems until they were pointed out to me! I guess I'm just unobservant. Well, I did notice Joe's hair, but I thought that it just got out of place while he was playing. More careful observation shows me that is not the case! It looks so much better un-slicked - maybe someone informed him of that fact! lol

Once the problems were pointed out to me though, I noticed another one - in some shots towards the end, Glenn's hair is a bit tousled and some strands fall forward, then in the next shot the strands are combed into place, and vice versa. I like the tousled look myself.

I think Joe must have done that different-shirt thing just to mess with everybody. He had to know - and had to have been told - that he needed to wear the same outfit every night. The only explanation is he did it on purpose! Wonder what Executive Producer Glenn Frey thought of that? lol

[Jeff Cooke]

I noticed the differences but that's pretty common these days. It's not like the old days when you recorded a concert and that's what you got. Now they are able to edit in and out and, though it makes for a cleaner more polished product, it seems to lessen the authenticity for me.