Product: Tina Turner: Live in Amsterdam (1996)
Rating: 5.0
More stars are needed for this one!!!
I caught this tour when she hit Knoxville in '97, and it was the first major concert I had ever been to. What a way to start out, huh? This DVD captures the energy and excitement of her show in a way that's fantastic! The picture is clear, the sound is SO awesome, the camera work is fantastic.The ONLY drawback to this disc is that at times you can tell audio from one show is used for video from another, so that it appears that she's lip-syncing, when Ms. Turner doesn't resort to such tricks. The show was recorded over three nights, in front of over 150,000 people, so I guess some sloppy editing work is in evidence here. This, remarkably, doesn't take anything away from her performance in this show. The lady is astounding! I can only hope and pray that I have half that much energy when I'm 56! Wow! She moves all over the stage, usually VERY energetically, and she looks SO sexy and beautiful!Her musicians and dancers deserve some good attention here, as they back her up beautifully.All her old hits are featured here, along with some new ones from her 'Wildest Dreams' disc, which I might add, is a great disc. The main highlight for me, I guess, is 'Proud Mary'. This song is coreographed and performed so perfectly, the fact that it was written by, performed first by, and belongs to Creedence Clearwater Revival never enters your head for a moment. What an amazing piece of rock-and-roll history we're treated to!All in all, please get this disc, and see what this astounding, talented LADY can do to an arena full of complete strangers: make them into adoring, thrilled friends, if only for a couple of hours on a hot night in Amsterdam.