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Summary: All Hail The Princely One!
Review: PRINCE! What did his momma and daddy know when they named him that?! This cat reigns and this dvd is proof of that! All hail the prince! Reign in the Light, my EXTRAORDINARILY talented brother!!!!!!
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Summary: outstanding
Review: Wow, I have no idea what many of these other reviewers were watching (or expecting). This performance is absolutely fantastic. I first saw it on the DirecTv Freeview and immediately ordered the DVD. I have never been much of a Prince fan before. Good grief. where have I been? This DVD showcases his immense and varied talents -- guitarist, keyboardist, bandleader, songwriter, vocalist, live performer. He surely has to be at the top of his game. As he says before one of the songs, "There's no format tonight". Each song is a gem of either funk (I've never been into it), jazz, blues, rock 'n roll (the medley of "Whole Lotta Love" and the song that follows is worth the price of the DVD alone), pop, or love song. The band is simply great. The camera work is unique, holds your attention, and VERY good. The sound production, I suppose, could be a bit better (there are places where an instrument is obviously not being heard as well as it should) but is excellent overall. I can't stop watching and listening to this disc. I highly recommend it to any music lover no matter the preference in genré. THIS is great art.
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Summary: PRINCE - STOP BEING CHEAP!
Review: I SEEN THIS PRINCE CONCERT ON PAY-PER-VIEW, IT WAS FREE! I WAS BLOWN AWAY. PRINCE IS STILL THE SH*T. I DECIDED TO BUT THE DVD. SINCE THEY DID NOT HAVE IT IN STORES, I BROUGHT IT FROM AMAZON.COM. THE CONCERT IS STILL GREAT BUT THE PICTURE AND SOUND IS GARBAGE. PRINCE NO BETTER, THAN PUTTING THIS OUT.
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Summary: I attended the actual concert
Review: I went to the final show of the One Nite Alone tour in Las Vegas at the Aladdin hotel and sat 6 rows back. Mike Tyson (pre-facial tattoo) and Gladys Knight were in attendence. It was one of the most awesome experiences of my lifetime and was uncontestably the best concert I have ever seen.That said... This DVD does not hold a candle to that spectacular concert. First of all, the DVD showcases less than HALF of the actual concert. The second half consisted of Prince sitting at a keyboard performing old favorites. This was not on the DVD at all. There was a sizeable chunk of the first part of the show missing as well. The actual concert was about 3 hours longHow incredibly dissapointed I was to discover this AFTER I purchased the DVD. The video quality of the concert sucked. It appears to have been filmed with poor digital cameras and becomes pixellated often throughout the show. The camera angles are very amateurish. The sound quality isn't anything to brag about either. This DVD in no way captures the essence of the live powerhouse that is Prince. Prince is arguably the greatest live performer of all time, yet this DVD does not showcase it. I do not recommend this DVD.
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Summary: Save Your Money
Review: I like Prince, but the poor video and audio quality of this DVD spoiled the show. I kept thinking there was something wrong with my system until I put on James Taylor's "Pull Over" DVD, which I purchased at the same time. I was relieved to find that it wasn't my system. Pull Over is pristine. Hopefully Prince will put out something worth buying in the future.
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Summary: Disappointing concert, poor quality production
Review: Not only does this look like a disappointingly brief and offhand concert effort from Prince, but the production quality is pretty near the bottom of the barrel -- uneven film quality, poor sound, and bad camera work. High talent potential + low effort + poor showcasing = letdown.
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Summary: Disappointing Effort
Review: I was psyched to hear Prince put out a live DVD of a concert he did in Vegas. What better place to enjoy a Prince show than the city of sin and excess? Unfortunately, the show and the DVD are extremely lame. I'm not sure what decisions went into the musical selection for this show but it was not the up-tempo experience I had hoped for. Instead it borders on melancholy R&B/jazz with only flashes of the brilliant funkiness and stage presence that Prince used to be known for. The best track on this DVD is a cover song of Led Zeppelin. I kid you not. Several years ago, Prince would have torn the roof off of Vegas with a line up of showgirls while he ripped into "Pussy Control". We can only dream now of that kind of show. Coupled with the past few disappointments Prince has put out on CD, it appears the Purple One is migrating into waters that only his mostly fiercely dedicated fans will follow.
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Summary: A true musical genius at work
Review: I have been a major Prince fan for 20 yrs. And although even I must admit that he has released some pretty poor material for the past decade, I was absolutely FLOORED, by this show!! I have watched it almost non-stop for the past week, even 3 times in one day. He has matured and evolved as an artist with this set. He's even stopped wearing his sisters' clothes (except for the shoes). Showing his personality and sense of humor, He's obviously enjoying himself! Most music today is made with only a keyboard and drum machine by people who couldn't play a real instrument to save their life (and not possibly play a guitar the way ONLY Prince can. But a true musician would never settle for that!! He has the baddest band in the land!! Especially his bass player and Sheila E. showing how capable women can be. They are totally in sync, and the transitions are smooth, and they respond to his cues in a flash. He once again proves that he is THE ARTIST!! Mastering Jazz, Funk, Soul, Blues, Rock and even gospel in a way that seems to come so easily for him. (who else can do that?) I challenge you to find anyone who can even come close as a musician. As he says at the end of the set "don't hate me because I'm fantastic"! He has NO peers, and to all of those haters who are complaining about the quality, I read your reviews and you almost caused me to miss out on what I can only describe as the best concert I've ever seen in my entire life! If you aren't on that level, fine buy something performed by someone who can't sing, arrange, write, produce, compose, perform, conduct, or play dozens of instruments..... The only thing that could possibly surpass this concert is a longer DVD or being there in the flesh!
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Summary: All that talent...
Review: ...gone to waste. I bought this DVD sight unseen based on the incredible muscianship that I knew would be present. I also assumed a certain level of production value based upon the excellence of Prince's most recent studio albums, The Rainbow Children especially. What I got was a master musician and showman, backed by a world-class funk band, delivering a nuts-on performance, in front of a juiced-up crowd. That's where the compliments will end. The video and audio production was flawed in so many ways, it is hard to understand how anyone would have released it as a viable commercial product. I have seen low-res unmixed demos of t.v. show rehearsals that had more things going for them technically. To start with, the video quality was poor - extremely compressed with artifacts galore. The editing was aimless and inconsistent. The look and feel of the video effects (wipes and scene transitions) was public-access cable at its best. I kept hearing the editor in my mind say, "Hey, look what I just learned to do!" The audio was also unworthy of such a high quality performance. It sounded seriously like it was recorded live with no post-production sweetening. I would not be surprised to find out this was the case. Anyway, whoever is responsible for the production of this DVD would do well to watch some of the more masterful concert DVD releases of the last couple of years, like U2's Elevation Live, Eric Clapton's One More Car..., or the newly released "Concert for George" George Harrison tribute. There is so much to learn. I admire Prince. I love concerts on DVD. I wanted to like this DVD. I didn't. If you can find it on television, watch it there. Don't buy it (unless you want to buy my copy!!!!)
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Summary: Prince Knows how to Entertain
Review: Prince puts on a [good] show with his new skin-tight NPG band. This DVD is much more entertaining that the Rave concert, because you can tell that it comes from the heart, and is comprised mainly of new music_ even some excellent cover tunes. The Rave DVD was more of a " Las Vegas" style show with all the hits lined up, but this one reads as new and exciting material. Personal favorite: Strolling/ U want Me. It's refreshing to hear a new song about something other than god, these days. U Want Me is so Saturday-Night-Sexy and Silky Smooth_ great jazzy flava. This concert isn't preachy_ it's just really funky ( for lack of a better word at midnight). Eric Leeds may look like a professor these days, and he'll teach you things on sax too_ he's still da Bomb. Also, I have no problems with the sound quality. I understand the picture quality to be conceptual as the visual style of the DVD_ I'm surpirsed that some people didn't get that. I highly recommed this work. More than merits a review, but a view.
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