DVD Review CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift & Def Leppard
Here’s a review of CMT Crossroads DVD. Read the complete review HERE
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
“CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift & Def Leppard”
Two divergent musical worlds collide with peculiar but surprisingly entertaining results as teen country-pop star Taylor Swift and British arena rockers Def Leppard pair up for “CMT Crossroads.”
Their popular 2008 episode of the acclaimed “Crossroads” series is the first to get a DVD release, exclusively through Walmart outlets.
The DVD opens strong with back-to-back performances of Def Leppard’s “Photograph” and Swift’s “Picture to Burn.” Along with similar themes, the songs highlight the artists’ common ground, their penchant for dramatic pop melodies. “Hysteria,” “When Love and Hate Collide” and the bonus performance “Our Song” spotlight the enthusiastic interaction between Def Leppard, Swift and her talented band. Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen and Swift’s fiddler Caitlin Evanson in particular seem thrilled to be rocking together.
In between songs, the DVD weaves in snippets of conversation between the adoring Swift, a lifelong Def Leppard fan, and the Brit rockers, who also started their music career as teens and have some words of encouragement for the country starlet.
DVD extras: Three bonus performances, extended interview and press conference.