Rating: 
Summary: a gem
Review: I was mesmerized by her throughout the entire performance. The music was tight, the photography was concert-like, but the main attraction was, of course, Deborah Harry. She is a marval! She has the voice that can kill, or lull you to sleep at will. Her facial expressions rival bigscreen actresses in the ability to convey emotions, and she can dance! I loved watching her move, even though a bit subdued from younger days, the sensuallity and delivery of the songs was overpowering to me, actually brought me to tears. I loved this DVD, from start to finish and highly recommend it to anyone that loves to see music performed by a great rock band and sung buy a lovely rock (new wave?) diva with more soul than a bag-full of gospel choirs. Watch out Peggy Lee. Debbie is bad! Debbie is cool! Debbie can dance! Debbie is movin into the blues. Blondie is very alive and well, and I'm glad. Thankyouverymuch.
Rating:
Summary: a gem
Review: I was mesmerized by her throughout the entire performance. The music was tight, the photography was concert-like, but the main attraction was, of course, Deborah Harry. She is a marval! She has the voice that can kill, or lull you to sleep at will. Her facial expressions rival bigscreen actresses in the ability to convey emotions, and she can dance! I loved watching her move, even though a bit subdued from younger days, the sensuallity and delivery of the songs was overpowering to me, actually brought me to tears. I loved this DVD, from start to finish and highly recommend it to anyone that loves to see music performed by a great rock band and sung buy a lovely rock (new wave?) diva with more soul than a bag-full of gospel choirs. Watch out Peggy Lee. Debbie is bad! Debbie is cool! Debbie can dance! Debbie is movin into the blues. Blondie is very alive and well, and I'm glad. Thankyouverymuch.
Rating:
Summary: No-Holds-Barred Blondie!
Review: I've always enjoyed Blondie's hits from the late 70s and early 80s, but never considered myself a fan until I had the pleasure of seeing them live this past summer on their No Exit tour. At an amazing 54 years of age, Deborah Harry won me over immediately with her enthusiasm, energy and her determination to win over any crowd fortunate enough to see her do what she does best...perform! I was ecstatic when I discovered the tour was released on DVD. Deborah Harry offers a unique gift in her performance that VERY few performers rarely, if ever, possess in their careers, and that is clearly evedient on this DVD.
Rating: 
Summary: A little disappointed...
Review: It is always difficult to review a live dvd I think - you can never capture the atmosphere of a concert.Blondioe are great live performers though (as is eveident on this dvd), and they perform a good set, mixing the old and new music (which is 'classic' Blondie). So why am I disappointed? I saw this tour here in the UK, and there is so much missing on this performance. Where are the screens with the incredible imagery for exmaple? This isn't quite the same tour I expected it to be. Maybe the tour developed as it travelled, or maybe this was a one off performance, prior to the tour. Who knows... Again, I must stress though, that their performance is great as usual, which I suppose is what really matters.
Rating: 
Summary: Nothing is Real about this Track Listing
Review: Newer versions may have corrected the track listing which is where the the Product Details get their information, however the actual track listing on this DVD is as follows:
Introduction
Dreaming
Hanging on the Telephone
Screaming Skin
Forgive and Forget
Shayla/Union City Blues
Sunday School
Maria
Call Me
Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room
In the Flesh
Rapture
Rip Her to Shreds
X-Offender
Atomic
One Way or Another
Heart of Glass
There is a bonus music video, there are song lyrics (for only 4 songs), there are photos (3) but no DVD-Rom features or web links that I can detect.
The DVD itself: this is very high-energy performance with a very hot Deborah Harry (litterly) working up a storm with her audience and she and the band largely succeed in showing that "you can go back". I was especially impressed with her handling Maria and the high vocals that are a part of that song. The band did great too reproducing the special sounds of that song.
On the subject of the band, I do think they played too loud at times. DB's vocals seem to get lost in places. The guitars are too lound IMO, although I can appreciate that may be meant to be part of the sound.
If you can handle the predominant 'product placement' of a certain radio station (this DVD should actually be lower in price then) you are in for great sound and visual experience. This is far better than the bootlegs I trade and you'll be directly supporting the band!
Rating:
Summary: Blondie's Back!
Review: Nothing is better than having Blondie back after 16 years and this concert surely proves that BLONDIE IS BACK. Debbie and the band perform all of their hits plus tunes from their recent No Exit album and Debbie never sounded better. Best performances shown are "One Way or Another", "Call Me", and "Rip Her to Shreads". Blondie proves that the pioneers of punk/rock/pop are as strong if not stronger than they were before. A definite must for both old and new Blondie fans.
Rating:
Summary: BLONDIE LIVE: 1998
Review: Who doesn't love BLONDIE live!!! This is when they released the great album NO EXIT! It is great to see the band back in the buisness after taking nearly 17 years off. But they came back better than ever with songs like "Maria", "Nothing is Real But The Girl", "Screaming Skin", and "Forgive and Forget".
BLONDIE LIVE IS A MUST FOR ANY FAN!
Songs Include:
Dreaming
Hanging on the Telephone
Screaming Skin
Forgive and Forget
Shayla/Union City Blues
Sunday Girl
Maria
Call Me
Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room
In the Flesh
Rapture
Rip Her to Shreds
X-Offender
Atomic
One Way or Another
Heart of Glass
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