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Summary: WOW
Review: Excellent concert. Joe has mellowed alot from his earlier days....his stage presence and delivery is not as wild as it used to be. Video is excellent, great close ups and the lighting is very good. Joe "sweats" to his oldies. Puts his heart and soul into the tunes. The band and back-up singers are fabulous. You'll recognize every song. The sound is wonderful. It is a concert dvd I would watch over and over again. I'm not a HUGE Joe Cocker fan, so that should speak volumes. If you're looking for lots of action during the concert......you'll be disappointed, if you're okay with the singer standing in front of a mike and belting out their hits with their heart and soul, you'll love this dvd. The setting of this concert arena is very pleasing.
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Summary: WOW
Review: Excellent concert. Joe has mellowed alot from his earlier days....his stage presence and delivery is not as wild as it used to be. Video is excellent, great close ups and the lighting is very good. Joe "sweats" to his oldies. Puts his heart and soul into the tunes. The band and back-up singers are fabulous. You'll recognize every song. The sound is wonderful. It is a concert dvd I would watch over and over again. I'm not a HUGE Joe Cocker fan, so that should speak volumes. If you're looking for lots of action during the concert......you'll be disappointed, if you're okay with the singer standing in front of a mike and belting out their hits with their heart and soul, you'll love this dvd. The setting of this concert arena is very pleasing.
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Summary: Great Show! Great Rocker!
Review: For the avid cocker fan....... This is excellent Joe cocker. It may not be 5.1 but it is super. Highly recommened. Songs could not be of better choice. Buy It now.
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Summary: below average
Review: I bought this one because its excellent review of another customer. Picture format is only in 4:3 which is ashame. Though the quality of the picture is good. Good encoding, beautifull skin tones. Pitty the lightning director is not that creative and used that awfull backlights with gobo's. The sound is in AC-3 5.1 dolby, but never impressing, and with low dynamics. It's the regular TV-mix we hear, it's not remixed for dolby 5.1 with it's extra dynamics and LFE output.I feel the band is average. The directors cut is not more than an average TV-special. All the way, wouldn't recommend it.
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Summary: I'm feelin' alright and gettin' by with a little help
Review: I felt like I was taking a chance on buying this disk. Guess I was, but immediately knew it was better than I expected. This guy looks like he might have just walked off a trawler or come up from a coal mine. But what a song-myster he is!!!... The different arrangements on a couple of the tunes were also very good.
This DVD is a KEEPER. I noticed the drummer is the same guy that played on the Tina Turner Amsterdam show.
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Summary: I'm feelin' alright and gettin' by with a little help
Review: I felt like I was taking a chance on buying this disk. Guess I was, but immediately knew it was better than I expected. This guy looks like he might have just walked off a trawler or come up from a coal mine. But what a song-myster he is!!!... The different arrangements on a couple of the tunes were also very good.
This DVD is a KEEPER. I noticed the drummer is the same guy that played on the Tina Turner Amsterdam show.
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Summary: Cocker's grainy voice still rocks the house!!
Review: Ok so the guy has aged a few years and he sweats like a stuck pig before slaughter during most of the show (damn couldn't they at least have given the guy a towell) but then for those of us that buy this DVD we probably suffer from the same problems and, at that age, we probably couldn't sing worth a damn. Cocker serves us his most popular hits with each one being a memory for me and probably most fans of his. During the more than solid one and a half hour live show, backed up by an exceptional band that knows how to rock Cocker does not hold back. Although I noted that he couldn't quite hit the high note screams in 'With a Little Help From My Friends' but then who would even attempt that piece after an hour long concert. The technicals and the sound quality of the DVD are exceptional for a live outdoor concert and I reccommend this performance to
anyone that enjoys rock in its purest form......
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Summary: The Best Live Performance Available from Joe!!!
Review: This is a great concert from a legend who seems to get better with age. He's transformed that voice into a very interesting instrument. Shot in Germany over two nights, You get the feel for sheer power of a full band outdoors live. The only gripe I have is that I really don't want to see crowd shots during the performances. Keep the cameras pointed at the stage!
The band is made up of some of the best session musicans and backing vocals in the business. It's loud, extremely tight and full of sound with multiple keyboards, Hammond organ and a great sax player. Backing vocals Maxine Sharpe and Stacy Campbell are fantastic. Of all the videos out there of Joe performing - including his most recent DVD of "Respect Yourself" - this performance to promote "Across Midnight" is his best. For those who do not like the highly produced sound of Joe's efforts in the past decade, you'll enjoy a couple of tracks from his "Organic" CD. Plus a great mix of his classics including Delta Lady and Cry Me A River. I really like the full "wall of sound" delivered in "The Letter". Wow. Buy this one and leave the others alone. I've shown this to friends who have a mild interest in Joe and now can't wait to see him live. He's a hard working guy that really delivers a great show and is out on the road performing each year.
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Summary: The Best Live Performance Available from Joe!!!
Review: This is a great concert from a legend who seems to get better with age. He's transformed that voice into a very interesting instrument. Shot in Germany over two nights, You get the feel for sheer power of a full band outdoors live. The only gripe I have is that I really don't want to see crowd shots during the performances. Keep the cameras pointed at the stage!
The band is made up of some of the best session musicans and backing vocals in the business. It's loud, extremely tight and full of sound with multiple keyboards, Hammond organ and a great sax player. Backing vocals Maxine Sharpe and Stacy Campbell are fantastic. Of all the videos out there of Joe performing - including his most recent DVD of "Respect Yourself" - this performance to promote "Across Midnight" is his best. For those who do not like the highly produced sound of Joe's efforts in the past decade, you'll enjoy a couple of tracks from his "Organic" CD. Plus a great mix of his classics including Delta Lady and Cry Me A River. I really like the full "wall of sound" delivered in "The Letter". Wow. Buy this one and leave the others alone. I've shown this to friends who have a mild interest in Joe and now can't wait to see him live. He's a hard working guy that really delivers a great show and is out on the road performing each year.
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