Elton John & Billy Joel: The Piano Men - Live In Tokyo

I thought that I had already written a review for this product...but I guess that it did not go through the first time: /Well, I bought this DVD thinking that it was a recent concert of Elton John and Billy Joel...especially since the back cover said that it was made in 2009.However, turned out that the concert is from 1988-1990 or somewhere around there, so I was very disappointed.Also, there was scant performance by Elton John; miost of it was Billy Joel performing...since I had mainly bought the DVD to watch Elton John perform I was disappointed about that. (The front cover of this DVD is very deceiving, as it shows a recent picture of Elton and Billy performing together, leading potential buyers to think that it will be a recent concert.The footage itself was obviously not filmed by professionals...the slicing between songs and angle of camera during performances was poor.If I had known that the concert was so old, and that Elton John was not going to be shown very much in it, I never would have bought the DVD.Still, I gave this DVD three stars, because taking into account what there was, Billy Joel did put on a good performance.

Granted, the picture quality is pretty amateurish and it really skimps on the Elton John songs, but the Piano Men Live in Tokyo, as far as concert DVD's go is not bad. Full of all the Billy Joel segments from their 1998 Tokyo Face to Face concert, it features from songs you don't hear Billy sing in concert anymore (The Stranger, Just the Way You Are), Billy singing a cover of Elton's "Candle in the Wind" (during the time when he wasn't singing the song anymore), and the two of them performing "Your Song", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "My Life" (with Elton in a Godzilla mask and Billy trying to keep a straight face; one of the highlights), "The Bitch is Back", "You May Be Right", and of course "Piano Man" together. While only 77 minutes long, it does capture the highlights of their concert together and does include all the Billy Joel performances from the show. It would be nice to have seen some of Elton's solo performances, but highly recommended for Billy Joel fans, and if you can get past the poor picture quality, the audio on the other hand is very impressive. Definitely worth the $5 I paid for it.

Why haven't the guys put anything out "officially"? This is a Billy-heavy performance, which isn't a bad thing at all, but might put off some who are more into Elton. I have such a friend, so he was a bit put-off by this. I'd say this was not one of those nights when Billy was imbibing and ticking Elton off... he's in great voice and spirits, and the band absolutely rocks.

The DVD arrived in a mailing bag and not a mailing box (though it did have a dvd box) so it was not protected very well. The dvd had fallen out of the thing it snaps into and was sliding around in the dvd box and had some scratches, although this did not affect the dvd performance. It's weird that the photos on the cover seem much more recent than the concert. It was obvious that parts had been cut out, and I would have liked to have the longer version. Also, Elton John sang only a few songs-I seem to remember now that I had heard that he had laryngitis or some other throat problem when this concert was touring. Billy Joel was fantastic as usual and he does wonderfully singing Elton's songs. Overall good buy for the money.

This is an obvious import bootleg with the bootlegger's or TV broadcast letters "BWF" in the bottom right corner throughout the video. This was probably taken from a Japanese TV broadcast and the quality almost looks like someone filmed a TV monitor or used a generated VHS source instead of using a high quality TV signal.Still, the performances were very good and until something better comes along from an official source then this is "good enough" considering that it cost me less than 7 bucks for 77+ minutes of enjoyable music.The other reviewers are correct about the removal of all Elton John solo performances as this only has 3 Elton songs ("Your Song", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" and "The Bitch is Back") which are performed by both musicians together at the beginning and end of the video.

This dvd is old and not re-mastered therefore the quality, even when played on Blu-ray is poor. If you love Billy Joel and Elton John the quality will not matter to you. I did see them on this concert tour when they came to the states. I was particularly amused at the difference between the American audience of which I was a part, and the Japanese - not only in behavior, but how they come dressed to an event such as this.

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I missed this concert when they came through my town, so I was happy to find it on Amazon, and get to watch it.1) The DVD mainly focuses on Billy Joel, and Elton doesn't get shown doing some of his more classic songs.2) The video almost seems like it was shot with a camcorder by someone there at the concert. The quality was so-so in my opinion.I really like Elton and Billy's music, so I'm not sorry about making the purchase, just wish the quality was better, and reflected the actual concert more closely; Billy and Elton sharing more equal time on the DVD.

As a fan of both artists seen both live I'd been looking for a DVD of them together for ages. Then I found this one and couldn't wait for it to arrive. Then I played it!!The songs are great as you'd expect but the sound quality is not great, it was played on a blu ray player that does multi region playback so should be no problem there as there isn't with dozens of other DVD concerts.The visuals were truly awful. The whole feeling is darkness with a lot of pixelating in the background which is off putting to say the least. The images of the two stars were not clear and had a lot of 'movement' wavy lines across them again off putting and distracting. For those fans who know the bands members used by these artists you will have to trust the sleeve notes telling you who is performing as on screen you'd struggle to recognise anyone of them. Davey Johnstones hair is a give away but for the rest of them you may as well guess!!One to listen too without the images but that is not the point is it??

When I purchased this DVD I just assumed it would be of good quality. While the music is great, the picture quality is terrible...at least on the one I purchased. I would have purchased a CD had I known how bad the picture quality on the DVD would be, as it is not enjoyable to watch at all.

This DVD was one big disappointment.The quality of the picture was shaky, spotted and blurred.The quality of the sound was even worse and definitely not in surround as claimed.A music DVD for crying out loud!Even in 1998 they could have done a lot better.From the first minute on, I couldn't help thinking that this is either an illegal DVD or a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy and I couldn't get ride of this idea throughout the whole length of the DVD.Total waste of my time and money.Cornelis John;Elton/Joel;Billy Piano MeJohn;Elton/Joel;Billy Piano Me

It's true the sound is ok but the video is bad qualite...but the music is awesome!

El audio es bueno, y las canciones tambien, pero la imagen es pesima, muy mala, como cualquier descarga pirata de internet