Guided By Voices: The Who Went Home and Cried

"Guided by Voices: The Who Went Home and Cried offers a full-frame transfer that features little visually and ranks at the level of bad home-video footage. Plus, a strange line cuts across the screen and actually splits people's bodies into two noticeable sections. The sound levels vary throughout the film, and much of the audio is muddled. Wind makes loud noises over the music, and the dialogue is sometimes quiet and incoherent. The portion of this disc that should excite fans would be the inclusion of 21 minutes of bonus concert footage. The tracks appear from a show at the Whiskey in Los Angeles and offer little energy. The crowd barely moves, Robert Pollard misses some words, and the sound quality is extremely poor. The songs included are: ""Hot Freaks,"" ""Tractor Rape Chain,"" ""Shocker in Gloomtown,"" ""I Am a Scientist,"" ""Echos Myron,"" ""Liar's Tale,"" ""Motor Away,"" ""Peephole,"" and ""Smothered in Hugs."" This is a pretty nice collection of tracks with six entries from Bee Thousand and a few other gems. Sadly, the extras provide little worthwhile material. The strange line once again appears on the screen, and the pitiful sound is worse than many VHS concerts."