Since this is a compilation of songs starting at the Goo album,I won't be too harsh on the fact that Sonic Youth made a lot of great albums before that(EVOL and Daydream Nation rank amongst the greatest albums ever made)which aren't present on this DVD.
This DVD is a great add-on for any fan of the band as I am myself.The videos might be cheezy at times,but it's obviously all about the music which is brilliant.Highlights on this DVD are Mote which has a great video and Hoarfrost.It is a shame that some of the songs are edited like Sugar Kane,Sunday and most of all The Diamond Sea.Sugar Kane and Sunday are slightly shorter than their album originals which is directly noticed by any fan but the short version of the epic song Diamond Sea is a mayor let down.Where the songs clocks at 20 minutes on the album Washing Machine,on the DVD it only clocks at about 5 minutes which means that the entire noise explosion at the end of the song is taken away from us.
Despite that obvious negative point it still is a great disc which can be put on at any party as background or foreground music.And when you reach Diamond Sea just put on Washing Machine and play the original classic.
A definite must have for any SY fan!

★ MV導演系列為您再推薦今年度推出的四位享譽全球MV導演當中的第ㄧ位 MARK ROMANEK 。 MARK 執導過無數令人印象深刻享譽全球的音樂錄影帶，合作過藝人包括 Beck、David Bowie、Keith Richards、R.E.M.、Lenny Kravitz.、Johnny Cash到流行天后 Madonna 其中最讓大家樣相深刻的當然還包括替流行天王 麥可傑克森與妹妹珍娜傑克森執導的 SCREAM。
★ 這些 Mark 所執導過的音樂錄影帶、共讓他榮獲了超過20座的MTV 音樂錄影帶大獎與3座葛萊美獎和一座鄉村音樂獎及3座全美告示排音樂獎，而其中還有兩支音樂錄影帶更成為紐約現代藝術博物館中的收藏展覽品。 1997年更榮獲MTV音樂台頒發的首位 Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award 得主。
★ 這?圖VD除了收錄 Mark 歷年?硭鶊虒н^多首精彩音樂錄影帶與珍藏MV Director's Cuts版本之外，也同時收錄許多珍貴的短片與 Ben Stiller 班史提勒、Chris Rock、Robin Williams 等人之精彩專訪，聊聊他心目中的這位享譽全球MV大導演。
★ 2002年，與羅賓威廉斯共同合作的《One Hour Photo / 不速之客》的成功，也讓 Mark 在近幾年開始跨足電影拍攝工作。

DVD 內收錄 :
音樂錄影帶 Music Videos:
99 Problems (director's cut) Jay Z
Faint Linkin Park
Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hurt Johnny Cash
Cochise (director's cut) Audioslave
Hella Good" (director's cut) No Doubt
God Gave Me Everything Mick Jagger

Got Til It's Gone Janet Jackson
Criminal Fiona Apple
Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails
Devil's Haircut Beck
El Scorcho (director's cut) Weezer
Novocaine For The Soul Eels
Little Trouble Girl Sonic Youth
Scream (directors cut) Michael and Janet Jackson

Bedtime Story Madonna
Strange Currencies R.E.M.
Cold Beverage G. Love and Special Sauce
Closer (director's cut) Nine Inch Nails
Jump, They Say David Bowie
Rain Madonna
Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz
Wicked As It Seems (director's cut) Keith Richards
Free Your Mind En Vogue
Constant Craving K.D. Lang


精彩短片與藝人專訪 Docummentaries:
The work of director Mark Romanek. A brand new documentary featuring Beck, Jay Z, Rick Rubin, Michael Stipe, Janet Jackson, Trent Reznor, Anthony Kiedis, Gwen Stefani, Keith Richards and others
Romanekian - Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Robin Williams discuss Mark's work
Making Of 99 Problems

藝人與導演拍攝MV幕後花絮 Interviews and Commentaries:
Individual artist and director commentaries for all the music videos


內附56頁彩頁導演手冊 56-page color book:
內容包括Mark所珍藏於執導MV時所拍攝之珍貴相片寫真及導演 Spike Jonze 專訪 Mark Romanek精彩內容。

Jay Z premiered his long-awaited visual for "Picasso Baby" on HBO August 2. The Mark Romanek-directed visual begins with Jay explaining the concept of the video and his thoughts on hip-hop as performance art."We're artists. We're cousins," he says. With the video he hopes he's "Bringing the worlds back together. I try not to have any expectations going into a performance."Set in a sparse room at Milk Studios in NYC, Jay walks into his performance space and is surrounded by fans, media personalities and notables. Inspired by Marina Abramovic's "The Artist Is Present" exhibit, select people take turns facing off with Hov as he raps to the "Picasso Baby" track.Covering the worlds of art, music and film, the cameos include "Macbeth" actor Alan Cumming, actress Taraji P. Henson, hip-hop personality Fab Five Freddy, writer Judd Apatow, several members from the cast of "Girls" like Adam Driver, rapper Wale, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley and actress Rosie Perez.Performance artist Marina Abramovic has the biggest cameo, engaging in several stare downs with Hov. "It was great. So much energy," she says after the shoot happens. She said in an interview that she hopes that rap fans will get interested in performance art after watching "Picasso Baby." "For me, it's very important that the rapper community and the Twitter [community] actually start Googling to understand what performance art is," she told NY Mag. "It's really important that I can shift the public from the one field [i.e., pop music] to the arts, which rarely happens. So, this was really a very meaningful thing."By the end of the video, the guest stars turn into a screaming throng of Hov fans, and the performance art becomes a recognizable rap show. Hov sums it up at the end. "Rap is pretty much thinking out loud...It's there for the world to see."