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Keeping Freddie's memory alive

Advantages: The biggest names in music contribute, money goes to AIDS charities
Disadvantages: A bit boring in places, some questionable performances

...Stadium to pay tribute to Freddie Mercury who died of AIDS on 24th November 1991. It's embarassing to admit, but because I'm only 19 now, a lot of the artists on the video I didn't know when I first bought it, and admittedly some of them now I'm still not that familiar with (although a lot more familiar than other people my age I'd guess) Because it's so long, you're not going to want to watch it all at once, unless you really have nothing else ...
...be pretty amazing to rival Freddie Mercury's vocal range and performance talent. Some tried, some failed, and some just did their own versions of the songs. In my opinion, George Michael gives one of the best performances, he sings "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" with Lisa Stansfield and rocks out "Somebody To Love" perfectly, getting all the audience going, I can only imagine what it'd be like to have seen him perform this live. Elton John sings ...

sandy_01 02.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

Make Mine A Double

Advantages: Shania x 35 !
Disadvantages: Quite a few duplicates

...to write negative comments on Shania reviews - so please move on if you are deeply prejudiced, insanely jealous or amusical.! Right, for the rest of you, here's a review on a boxed set of Shania Twain. Yes, a whole 35 songs sung by Shania herself on full-colour dvds. 1 The Concept ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The two discs are very different presentations of this favourite singer, and so I venture a mild criticism - not of the singer, of course - but of ...
...you meet stranger sights - Shania alternates between playing her guitar out in the fresh air, singing her heart out wondering where her guy spent last night, and singing inside the saloon, which is a breakfast shop filled with all the local old guys - even I felt youngish looking at them. Truth is, not one of them diverts their gaze from their breakfast to look at Shania prancing around them all. .. whose bed are your brains under, I asked! 5 Any ...

trevorbrock 12.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Shania Twain - The Platinum Collection / Live In Miami (Box Set) (DVD)

LIVE AID - DAY THAT ROCKED THE WORLD

Advantages: Great memories of a great day
Disadvantages: None

...date was yes it was Live Aid, I was 16 at the time sadly I didn't get to go there as it was down in London (Wembly Stadium), but I got to watch it all on the Television. It started in London at Midday, USA joined in at Midday their time which was around 5pm our time UK ended at 10pm then USA took us through to around 4am next day what a spectacular show it was. Now at that time Video Recorders were fairly new to the world and our house didn't have ...
...last year when they released Live Aid the DVD. Live Aid was the creation of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and it came about after they had recorded the original Band Aid song "Do They Know It's Christmas" which was created after Bob and Midge saw a BBC news report about the famine in Africa. Do They Know It's Christmas to this day is still the biggest selling single of all time and featured bands such as Duran Duran, Bananarama, Wham and acts such as ...

Superdadof1 10.12.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Live Aid (Various Artists) (Box Set) (DVD)

Five star performances

Advantages: Versatile performances, great sound, 70 songs
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...there is no doubt that Elton John is a very talented musician. In recent years he's been more famous for his outbursts & tantrums than for his music. Despite all that he is a very versatile artist as this DVD collection clearly illustrates. Like others from his generation, successful musicians such as David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney & Rod Stewart, they have all written their best material & have peaked with their careers. However, they ...
...Most Elton John concerts draw crowds form all age groups, from teenagers to pensioners & everyone else in between. This DVD is a collection of live shows by Elton John, but what makes it special is the type of shows. One is live in New York with his band, one is live in London with his band along with students from the Royal Academy of Music orchestra & another is a solo show in Turkey. BRIEF HISTORY OF ELTON JOHN For those of you who don't know ...

ScottishWestie 16.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Elton John - Dream Ticket (DVD)

Live 8 - Changing the World

Advantages: A day of History on DVD. Loads of really good artists live.
Disadvantages: No commentary and some of the extra's are a bit weak.

...names in music today performing live for your viewing pleasure. Its a bit like a compilation CD, but only you can see the artists performing live and the atmosphere from the crowds watching is electric and pulses through you as you watch. Its hard to explain in words how this show makes you feel. If you were there then you can reminisce of memories of the show you reember and the feeling you had when you were there. If (like me) you weren't there ...
...you can watch it all live now and still say that you were part of something big and helping the world. Back to the DVD. Its crammed full of performances on each disk. All in great quality (audio and visual) and are produced and captured very well. You turn off the lights, pull the curtains across, whack on the surround sound and you will feel like you are there in the crowd. The atmosphere is captured very well. The extras on the dvd are imho a ...

leebo87 09.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Live 8 (Various Artists) (Digipack And Booklet) (DVD)