Crowded House Album: “Farewell to the World Live: 10th Anniversary Edition [DVD]”

A perfect band,a perfect night,a perfect city. This is a visual and audio delight. The quality is top notch. Being the bands last show adds tremendous emotion to the event. These are absolutely fantastic songs played on the forecourt of the beautiful Sydney Opera House. It is just amazing to witness how good this band actually was. I had no idea until I saw this show.

Reflecting back on this show does evoke a sadness that the drummer Paul Hester is no longer with us. He was a true character and it comes through completely on this DVD. Its strange how we often dont realise/appreciate how special someone is until they are gone.

This show is a must for anyone who wants to hear brilliantly crafted songs. The spectacle of the Sydney Opera House and surrounds also makes this a show all Australians and KIWIs alike should be proud of.

I cannot imagine anyone being dissapointed in owning this DVD set.

I bought this in PAL format on a VHS tape when I was in Sydney many years ago and I am so grateful that it is finally going to be released on DVD in America (in NTSC format!). This band was so under-appreciated and so damn outstanding. Neil and Tim Finn are such amazing songwriters, singers, musicians and performers. Almost everything they do is of such great quality. Crowded House was a great live band and Neil was (and is still) such a strong presence on stage. What an awesome send off to the very best band to ever come out of the Australia/New Zealand region.

A fantastic conclusion from an outstanding band! I own a worn out PAL copy of this I purchased while in Sydney in 2000 and had converted to NTSC upon my return to the States. I always hoped that one day someone would finally see to it that this get a proper, world-wide release on DVD. The deluxe package for only $20? You can't beat that price. Thank you, Amazon! Long live the music of Neil and Tim Finn! In my book, they are right up there with Lennon & McCartney and Difford & Tilbrook when it comes to songwriting partnerships from outside the U.S. You can R.I.P. with a satisfied, big grin on your face now, little drummer boy.

I remember the first concert vividly, beamed into the homes of all us Aussies. Crowded House was one of the greatest bands to ever come from our shores (and thanks to the Kiwis just a little bit too!). This concert really was the band probably at their finest, loosened from the shackles of internal conflicts and turmoils that precipitated the need for a break, which at the time we thought was permanent. I had this on VHS as soon as it came out and so with great pleasure do I get to crack this open and relive the memories yet again. The cd is fantastic also but if you get a chance to sit and absorb just how good this band was, it is certainly worth the watch. Great memories all around.

Incredible! I just got Farewell to the world and though I have been a fan since Don't Dream It's Over hit the airways in America, I never got the chance to see them. I have seen Neil Finn, every chance I have gotten since the last ten years of CH's absence. But wow, now that I see this dvd, I finally see Crowded House in all their glory with adoring fans in front of the Sydney Opera House. Such bliss! For those of you that missed CH, this is a great place to start. And for those you that still might think of them as a one hit wonder from the eighties, think again.

And I am greatly looking forward to their reunion. I am so lucky that they are coming to me as I live a near The Coachella Festival where they will be performing in April. Hallelujah!! The future suddenly looks very bright.

Paul Hester will certainly be missed this time around, but he lives on in this dvd and is completely brilliant.

I am as I type in my first viewing of FTW and I guess I must have missed the audio sync problem the other reviewer mentioned. But it sounds incredible and looks great. Beautiful set, great production value, and Sydney Harbor and the Opera House. I am a bit sorry that though I ordered and paid for the Deluxe Package, I got the rather nondeluxe package. Will deal with it I guess, though I am not sure I want to part with the extremely deluxe concert inside the not so deluxe package.

Buy it now!!!