Tina Live [CD/DVD]

Unbelievable!
This is an event I wish I could have witnessed. This woman is truly a great performer, especially at 69 years of age. What a wonderful concert to watch repeatedly. I will never get bored watching this woman perform. Thank you Tina. (the camera work settles down after the first number or two. the first song should have seizure warnings on the label. jk)

If I could give this 6 stars I would
A truly astonishing performance, with Tina in great voice and having a ball working the crowd. Her vocals are astounding and if anything have improved with age. This is quite remarkable when her rock and roll peers, Daltrey, Plant, Jagger are all struggling to do what they did vocally a couple of decades or more ago. The only downside to the concert as presented on the DVD are some of the set piece theatrical interludes. It's plain that they are necessary to help pace the show, allow for costume changes and let Tina catch her breath for a few minutes. However some of them are overlong and a bit tiresome. Special mention should be made of John Miles who played some great guitar parts and who shone in a very tight backing band. It's a pity that Tina hasn't performed his classic hit 'Music', as it could make a great feature in her show. As with all great performances, this CD/DVD leaves you wanting more and so fingers crossed that Tina decides to record some new material and keep performing.

Excellent performance
I confess, I was never a big Tina Turner fan and was only familiar with the tunes I heard occasionally on the radio. When I saw this concert it just blew me away. Everything about this concert was outstanding - Tina, the dancers, the band, the filming. Tina looks and sounds phenomenal, especially considering her age. The most noticeable thing to me was how good her voice sounds, she hasn't lost a thing. She sings with authority and has no problem with high or low notes, she just nails it. The band is smoking and the dancers really add a lot to the performance - both the band and the dancers are really tight, I read somewhere that the dancers rehearsed from 8 to 16 hours a day and it definitely shows. Her background singers both have outstanding voices and Tina is gracious enough to allow both of them to take a solo. Tina looks like someone who really enjoys what she's doing and truly appreciates her fans. I've got a lot of concerts on DVD, and this one rates at the top in terms of overall performance and entertainment value. You can't go wrong ordering this DVD, it's excellent in all aspects.

My 3rd Tina Turner Concert DVD and perhaps the best...
I'm proud to add this Tina Turner Concert DVD to my collection. I was fortunate enough to see her at the Sandstone Ampitheatre outside Kansas City during her "Wildest Dreams" tour in 1996 or '97 I believe. I'll never forget it. I then collected her Live at Wembley one last time concert DVD. I had heard snippets about her doing another tour but then saw through this website she had another concert on DVD and was excited to get it. It doesn't disappoint!! Some may disagree, but I think "Steamy Windows" is the best concert opener she's done-the opening beat and guitar riff was adrenaline pumping and seeing her slowly come down on the platform dressed in sparkling black and raring to go was great. Also, this is not a stadium setting, but I liked it that way. It has more of an intimate close setting to it and the change in regular view to live view brings the concert more to life. Just my opinion too is that this is the best song selection she's done. I liked the inclusion of "Typical Male", "What You Get Is What You See", and "Jumpin' Jack Flash". I loved she included the powerful ballad rendition of the Beatle's "Help" and the bluesy "Undercover Agent For The Blues". One of my favorites is "Addicted To Love" and I'm thrilled I finally have a version of Tina's on CD now as well, although the tempo was slowed down a bit for this concert. This leads me to some noting that Tina does "slow down" for this concert. I did notice it and agree it has to do with the limited stage area and Tina's age, BUT still, once I got used to that, I was still just amazed at what she could do. Some may not be able to adjust to that, but she was turning 69 when she did this concert. I wish I had that energy!! I loved her costumes in this concert. The sparkling black blouse-short slacks in the opener was great. The red flowing cape over the red dress that starts "Acid Queen" was eye capturing. She even dons an evening gown for a number which was a surprise for wow, did she look great. Ok, so the blonde wig and costume for "We Don't Need Another Hero" distracted me a bit, but still I liked the instrumentation better in this concert. The dancers, band, sound and picture quality-excellent. I'm with the Tina Turner fans who are happy to not only have this latest concert, but also the accompanying CD! I wish the entire song list would have been included, but oh well... Almost all the high point songs are included. In closing, the only downturn for me was a bit of sadness for in Tina's last song "Be Tender With Me Baby", observing her and her gaze at the audience when the song was ending really struck me as a "goodbye", especially her last look at the audience. It was like she's saying "It's time to say goodbye, but thanks for being there for me and it'll be ok". Maybe I'm wrong, who knows. In any case, she's been one of the most generous artists in having no problem releasing her concerts on DVD. She's very good to her fans and I'm proud to say I'm one of them. Sincerely, William

simply the best
I received this concert dvd two weeks ago, I opened up a bottle of wine, and sat down in my surround sound theater living room. I was completely blown away, the sound and visual was awesome. The set list was great. I just love steamy windows,private dancer, we don't need another hero. Tina turner looks so good for her age, and she has such incredible energy that the young stars can't even match. Buy this dvd