Barney - Walk Around the Block with Barney (1999) Review

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(More customer reviews)My 2 1/2 yr old daugter loves anything Barney, but she specifically asks for this tape by name. The songs are new, lively and catchy-great for parentswho are tired of the same old songs. I actually fine myself singing along to some of these. My daughter loves to imitate some of the sketches and dances, especially the title song. I can't recommend this enough! Whoever wrote the songs for this movie should do another!

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Tony Bennett - An American Classic (2006) Review

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(More customer reviews)To accompany his lustrous "Duets" CD, perennial crooner Tony Bennett recruited some first-rank talent behind and before the cameras to help him produce this remarkable TV special to commemorate his 80th birthday. It is at once a throwback to the network variety specials from the 1960's and 70's (before pay-cable rendered them obsolete) and a reinvention of the format incorporating biographical elements within the context of mini-video performances. The result aired on NBC earlier this week as an hour-long special. Without commercials, the program scarcely runs forty minutes, but it remains a superbly crafted showcase for a timeless singer. Thanks to Rob Marshall's innovative conception and immaculate direction, the show follows a roughly chronological timeline of Bennett's career with nine starry-eyed duets connected by brief snippets of his professional milestones.
Things start on a high note with Bennett in an empty theater singing Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" joined by a mellifluous-sounding Barbra Streisand, his most accomplished partner for the evening. In a jazz nightclub setting, he is surrounded by the acrobatic Tony Bennett Dancers and swings though "Sing, You Sinners" with a confident John Legend. In a recording booth at Columbia Studios, Bennett sings his first hit, "Because of You" accompanied by smoky vocals from k.d. lang and a languorous trumpet solo by Chris Botti. Visually, my favorite part of the program is the black-and-white recreation of the 1960's-style variety show complete with dancers in sailor tops and Capri pants. In this segment, Diana Krall joins Bennett on a finger-snapping "The Best Is Yet to Come" followed by a sonorous version of "The Shadow of Your Smile" given a samba-accented makeover by Columbian rock singer Juanes.
The inevitable Vegas sequence features a bevy of feather-fanned showgirls. In this milieu, Bennett is joined by Elton John on a jaunty "Rags to Riches", by new-jack crooner Michael Bublé on a swinging "Just in Time" (whose Dean Martin-style behavior may rankle the more feminist-minded), and finally by a surprisingly stationary Stevie Wonder leaning heavily on his melisma on his own "For Once in My Life" (which includes his trademark harmonica interlude). To show his popularity with the current crop of chart-toppers, Bennett is joined by a retro-styled Christina Aguilera and the dancers in full Fosse mode on "Steppin' Out". It all ends appropriately with a shimmering solo of Bennett's signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".
Providing the spoken interludes between the performances are Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Robert DeNiro. At about 45 minutes in total, the extras on the DVD actually last longer than the special itself. They start with a 2 1/2-minute trailer and go right into footage of the dancers rehearsing their four production numbers. What follows is an extensive making-of featurette which features interviews with Marshall, choreographer John DeLuca and other key members of the creative staff interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage.

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Following it's successful broadcast on NBC this past Thanksgiving, the Emmy and Grammy-award winning "Tony Bennett: An American Classic" was released on Blu-ray December 12, 2006. Created and directed by acclaimed director Rob Marshall (Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha), An American Classic is a ground breaking show staged as a contemporary reinvention of the variety special. In this "Docu-Musical", Marshall and his entire Academy-Award winning creative team take us on an emotional musical journey of this legendary entertainer's life by re-creating the seminal venues of Tony's career: from the 52nd street swing club to the early Columbia recording studio; from the classic TV studios of the '60's to the "rat pack" Las Vegas stage; from Carnegie Hall to his triumphant performance on "MTV Unplugged". Throughout, Tony performs his greatest hits while joined by many of the superstars that appear with him on his recently released, platinum-selling Duets album. This show invites us to celebrate the life of who Frank Sinatra called "the greatest singer ever." As the special ends, Tony Bennett takes the empty stage, this time alone, to deliver a definitive version of his signature classic "I Left My Heart In San Francisco". Blu-ray Disc Track Listing: 1. Smile - Barbara Streisand 2. Sing You Sinners - John Legend 3. Because Of You - K.D. lang and Chris Botti 4. The Best Is Yet To Come - Diana Krall 5. The Shadow Of Your Smile - Juanes 6. Rags To Riches - Elton John 7. Just In Time - Michael Buble 8. For Once In Your Life - Stevie Wonder 9. Steppin' Out With My Baby - Christina Aguilera 10. I Left With Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett Special Features:The Making OfShooting of Black & White FilmWalking the Stars Through Their PacesProduction Design From Page to Stage The Trailer The Tony Bennett Dancer's Rehearsals Video/Audio: Mastered in High Definition PCM Stereo (uncompressed) and PCM 5.1 Surround Sound (48 kHZ/24bit) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (640 kbps)

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This Is Elvis (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1981) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is Elvis is a Documentary that traces the life of Elvis from his early days in Tupelo and Memphis, his audition for Sam Phillips at Sun records, his first rush of fame, his early TV apperances, the contraversy over his performing style, his army years and his first meeting with Pricilla, his movie years, his 1968 comeback, his touring years in the 1970, up to his death in 1977. This is elvis combines actual footage of Elvis with reenactments with actors representating him at 11, 23, and 42 years old. It is narrated by Ral Donner, an Elvis impersonator who sounds excatly like him. Also other people in Elvis life, including former girlfreind Linda Tompson and road manager Joe Espisito, also provide narration.
As noted in previous reviews, you do get to see upstairs at Graceland, as well as how it looked when Elvis died. Scenes from his early TV apperances, including the Milton Berle performance that caused a scandal as well as the "above the waist" performance on Ed Sullivan. Concert scenes from his 1968 show, Thats the way it is, Aloha from Hawaii, and from his last filmed show in 1977, are here as well. The 1977 show has never been on DVD, manily because Elvis was in bad health and it was just seven weeks before his death. Still he sings a good verison of My Way.
This DVD set will include the original Theactral version from 1981, and the version that has been on VHS that had more footage. As noted in a review, Elvis does make some off color remark to his friends about a woman he had been with the night before, in the home verison, Ral Donner overdubed something less off color. Also the theatracial verson, in the 1977 concert, had the version of Are You Lonesome Tonight, where Elvis fouls up the spoken part of the song saying plus tax etc. In the home version, it is replaced with Love Me.
Thanks to The Elvis Presley Estate for finally releasing this on DVD. It is a must for all Elvis fans, young and old.

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Van Halen - Live Without a Net (1986) Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD features the complete New Haven concert from the tour to support the bands first album with Sammy Hagar. Live Without a Net takes you back in time to 1986 when the second incarnation of Van Halen was still green; A time when the band was full of energy, fun and love for one another. A time when the music was the most important thing for all of them. Indeed, this is a different band than what we see five years later on the Van Halen Live: Right Here, Right Now DVD from 1991. Here we see Sammy Hagar even picking up lead guitar duty on the keyboard ballads Love Walks In and Why Can't This Be Love. In addition to that two Hagar solo tracks: There's Only One Way To Rock and I Can't Drive 55 are incorporated into the bands set as if they were Van Halen songs. In the not too distant future egos would inflate and each band member would exist as a island on stage, but for the time being it's 1986 and this is Van Halen in their prime.
Only three stars because there's nothing special here. No special features and the new DTS and DD 5.1 audio mixes could have been better.

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Festival Express Review

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(More customer reviews)Folks, I can only say...it sure brings tears to my eyes to see
these people again, the ones that are gone. Richard Manuel singing "I shall be released", Rick Danko jamming with Jerry Garcia "no more cane", and especially seeing Pigpen blowing harp
during "new speedway boogie", and the shots of Janis singing two
great tunes "cry to me" and "tell mama". I guess I'm getting nostalgic in my old age, but these musicians meant a lot to me when I was young, providing the soundtrack to a lot of my youthful escapades. The Band played the best concert I ever saw
in 1970 in Pittsburgh, just a few months after this film was shot, so they are captured here in practically the same spirit.
I went to see the Flying Burrito Brothers once in 1971, but couldn't get into the bar because my girlfriend was underage, but they are shown here as a four piece singing "lazy days", so I finally get to see them perform.
This is a wonderful film capturing a wonderful cross country music express. The only complaint - woefully short for my taste- I could take a few more hours of this.

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Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock n' roll history, starring such music legends as Janis Joplin, The Band, and the Grateful Dead. Set in 1970, Festival Express was a multi-band, multi-day extravaganza that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation and a nation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and performers lived, slept, rehearsed and did countless unmentionable things aboard a customized train that traveled from Toronto, to Calgary, to Winnipeg, with each stop culminating in a mega-concert. The entire experience, both off-stage and on, was filmed but the extensive footage remained locked away -- until now. A momentous achievement in rock film archeology, Festival Express combines this long-lost material with contemporary interviews nearly 35 years after it was first filmed. DVD Features:DVD ROM FeaturesTheatrical Trailer

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Elton John: Elton 60 - Live at Madison Square Garden (2007) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was there the night of March 25th 2007 and what an evening it was. I know that's cliche but of the 9 times I have seen him, this was the absolute best show I have seen yet. Not only did he play for 3 1/2 hours, but he rocked it out like only the greatest of all time can. To hear his voice now performing 60 Years On to open his 60th birthday was beautiful, and that was just the first of 33 songs! He played for the die hard fans Where to Now St Peter, Ballad of a Well Known Gun, All the Young Girls Love Alice, and many others we haven't heard live in well over 20 years at least. If you're an Elton fan, you most defiantely have to get this. You'll fall in love all over again. If you are just a casual Elton listener, this will make you really understand how wonderful he truly is, and hopefully get you to dig deeper into the archive that is Reg Dwight's music. I will never forget that night forever. It was simply amazing and now everyone will get to experience just how magical the evening was.

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Elton John's record-breaking 60th sellout performance at Madison Square Garden on his 60th birthday, recorded on March 25th, 2007 and televised worldwide is the setting for his latest hit DVD, Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden. This DVD comprises awe-inspiring moments captured in breathtaking high definition, complete with 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes. A second DVD of bonus material presents 24 archival performances, from his earliest known TV performance on Swiss TV in 1970 to his BBC "In Session" show from 2006.Disc 1 The Concert: Sixty Years On Madman Across the water Where to Now St. Peter? Hercules Ballad of a Well Known Gun Take Me to the Pilot High Flying Bird Holiday Inn Burn Down the Mission Better Off Dead Levon Empty Garden Daniel Honky Cat Rocket Man I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues The Bridge Roy Rogers Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word Bennie and the Jets All the Girls Love Alice Tiny Dancer Something About the Way You Look Tonight Philadelphia Freedom Sad Songs (Say So Much) Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me I'm Still Standing The Bitch is Back Crocodile Rock Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding Your SongDisc 2 Live, Rare & Unseen: Your Song (Elton at 50 montage) Border Song (Swiss TV, 1970) Sixty Years On (BBC in Concert, 1970) Tiny Dancer (BBC Sounds for Saturday, 1971) Levon (BBC sounds for Saturday 1971)Honky Cat (Royal Festival Hall, 1972)Rocket Man (Royal Festival Hall, 1972)Crocodile Rock (Royal Variety show, 1972) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (TOTP 1973)Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Promo) Daniel (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976)Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976) Candle in the Wind (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976) Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976) I'm Still Standing (Night & Day Concert, Wembley, 1984) Bennie & the Jets (Night & Day Concert, Wembley, 1984) Song For Guy (Thank You Australia Concert, 1984) This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (BBBC TOTP, 2001) Tinderbox (BBC `In Session' Outtake From Saint Luke's, 2006)Also on Disc 2 Elton's New York Stories: Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters (Royal Festival Hall 1972) Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC) (BBC 'In Session' St Luke's 2006) Empty Garden (Two Rooms/OGWT 1982) Believe (Madison Square Garden 1995) We All Fall In Love Sometimes/Curtains (Madison Square Garden 2005)

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New Kids On The Block: Greatest Hits - The Videos (1999) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm an original Blockhead, so this was a lot of fun for me. After seeing the recent E! True Hollywood Story on the Kids, it made me nostalgic for the good 'ol days, so I picked this up. My money could not have been better spent. Several of my favorite videos are included here, as well as some I hadn't seen before. A special bonus is the DVD-only live tracks, which really brought back memories of the "Magic Summer" concert I attended. I just wish some of their later songs off the "Face the Music" CD had been considered 'hits' so they might have been included. Whether you're a newly initiated fan or even just curious, you should really check this out. If you're a fan from way back (such as I), this is a must-have. Even if you don't like the Kids and think them rather cheesy (I know there are a lot of you out there), it might be worth your time to check out Jordan Knight and Joey Mac's solo CDs. Trust me, they've grown up, and they have a different sound than you might expect. Keep an open mind, and you might be surprised. [Gotta spread the New Kids love.... ;-) ]

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New Kids On The Block: Coming Home (2010) Review

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(More customer reviews)I also attended the Seattle screening, and I was blown away at how good this DVD is. Of course the experience of watching it with the guys was something I will never forget. What band watches a movie WITH their fans? I can't think of one. That's why we BHs are family. This DVD is not a typical concert DVD. If you're expecting something similar to Hangin Tough live, this isn't it. We get to see the reunion from before the Today show in April 08 through to the Houston concert in July 09. And, it's from the guys' point of view -- how they prepared, how they felt, which concerts were their favorites, and where they're going next. If you consider yourself a fan of NKOTB, regardless of how insane a fan you are, this DVD is a must see! And for the current price of $9.99, I think almost anyone can afford it!

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After 15 years, The New Kids On The Block made a triumphant return to the world stage. 'Coming Home' the DVD will document the process and the many journeys the band went on as they toured the globe playing over 140 sold out arena concerts performing to a million plus fans. In addition the DVD will feature 6 live performances from the band's world tour, an assortment of bloopers, behind the scenes, band jokes and special moments with the fans.

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