Elton John - One Night Only (The Greatest Hits Live at Madison Square Garden)

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Summary: Pathetic
Review: Only an incredible fool would like this album. When he plays Main Offender, a Hives cover, it sounds like he choked a chicken or dangled a baby from a roof like Michael Jackson.

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Summary: Don't take Elton John for granted!
Review: Somehow it's easy to overlook Elton John when considering the auteurs who make rock n' roll magical. Maybe it is because Elton seems to have always been there creating hit song after hit song that he is often taken for granted. That is a mistake. This DVD offers up a non-stop stream of radio friendly pop/rock from a legendary musician with a still outstanding voice. The performances are almost too good to have been recorded live. The guest stars were mostly unnecessary but never an impediment to the enjoyment. Billy Joel, Mary J. Blige and Anastacia turned in exciting and energetic performances. But the credit must go to Elton John for reminding us that simply reveling in the pleasure produced by excellent rock songs is too rare these days to be taken for granted.

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Summary: one night only
Review: Overall, this is a pretty good and entertaining show. However, the guest stars tend to be distracting and annoying. It's depressing seeing Elton introduce one guest after the other, especially when bizarre choices clash with a fairly predictable setlist. While Ronan Keating sounds good on "Your Song", and Kiki Dee on "Don't go breaking my heart", Bryan Adams and Mary J. Blige are ridiculous. In Adams' case, 'sad songs' really do say a lot. Similarly, Blige fails miserably in her blatant attempt to take over "I guess that's why they call it the blues," making the song sound unrecognizable. While Billy Joel is expected, perhaps Elton should have been joined by George Michael on "Don't let the sun go down on me." One of my favorites, "I don't wanna go on with you like that" should have been performed like the album version, instead of the club/techno version that it is here. As for "Candle in the wind", I thought he should have ended it like he did when it was released as a live single in the mid-80's. As for the sound and visual quality of the show, it's decent as well.

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Summary: It's captainFANTASTIC
Review: If you have a great surround system with DTS, this is fantastic. Elton plays all his hits. If you've been to an Elton John concert over the last few years, you'll see he starts off this concert the same way with a great starter " Funeral for a Friend", "love Lies Bleeding". But I have to say there was'nt a bad one on the dvd. My favorites were "I Dont Wanna Go On With You Like That", and "Club At The End Of The Street", because he dont normally do those in concert. But also The Beatles "Come Together" was absolutely fantastic. I've been to four concerts, the most recent in New York City in March of this year and I really felt I was there in the audience of this concert.

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Summary: elton john : older, wiser, and better than ever
Review: Elton John has done so many great shows in his life ( and I've seen one )that it's a shame that not all of them can be heard on
CD or seen on tape. Fortuneately, this is one of the very few
exceptions. The concert shown on this tape is an extened version of the one - hour 2000 CBS tv special. It features 27 tracks. It features classics like " Bennie and the Jets ", " Candle In The
Wind ", and " Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ", as well as many others. It also features a rocking cover of The Beatles song,
" Come Together ". It has many great highlights. It features a heartbreaking, powerful performance of " Someone Saved My Life Tonight ", and a rocking " Crocodile Rock ". It also features performances of lesser - known Elton songs like " Little Jeannie ", " Blue Eyes ", " Sacrifice " and " I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That ". The tape features also features guests
Billy Joel, Mary J. Blige, Ronan Keating, Bryan Adams, Anatascia,
and Kiki Dee, who does an showstopping duet with Elton on their
classic duet " Don't Go Breaking My Heart ", the song that closes the show. And if 27 Elton classics aren't enough to satisfy your craving, theres a bonus music video of Elton's video
for his song " I Want Love " with Robert Downey, Jr. lypsynching to Elton's recording. This concert shows you that even in his 50s', Elton still is the hardest - working man in show business... that is, in my opinion. So buy this tape if you want to hear great music.

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Summary: Great, Great, Great !!!
Review: Very good DVD. Most of Elton John's greatest songs are here.
Guests' participation makes it even more fun.
Sound is excellent.
Video quality is very good too.

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Summary: Great concert
Review: This concert DVD is great. Those old songs of this amazing singer when heard on a 5.1 digital receiver make me shake like the audience.They are very well selected. The sound quality is excellent, but the picture is strangely below good quality.
The concert was performed recently, so it's strange not to assume a good digital picture which this DVD deserves.
On conclusion it's a must buy DVD for all Elton's fans, and for those tied to the 70's music like me.
N.B. After rating this item 4 stars, and watch this DVD again I have to adjust the rating to 5 stars. This DVD is one of the best musical concerts, and it deserves to be on the top of my DVD music collection.

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Summary: If you like Elton John you must have this DVD
Review: A very complete compilation of Elton John's greatest hits. Excellent quality.

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Summary: Viewer from Carmel, ME
Review: The audio is great. The video is simply awful. It is not clear at all, like all my other DVD's.

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Summary: THIS DVD WAS INCREDIBLE-A BIG SHOW IN ROCK HISTORY
Review: In 30 years os sucess in America(his first work in USA was in 1970) the One Night Only was absoluted this finest live performance.In your piano and of his band(who includes Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone), the show in New York make the city a Eltoncity.Your performance of his classic hits like "Your Song","Rocket Man", "I don't wanna go on you like that".His duets with Billy Joel, Anastacia, Kiki Dee, Mary J. Blidge was great.A classic DVD who never been forgoten.The bonus track of the "I Want Love" was great.
THIS DVD WAS ESSENTIAL