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Elly Roberts reviews
The Live Collection
Parlophone (EMI Music)
- Cert:
- Cat.no: 07243 544342 9 7
- Running time: 150 minutes
- Year: 2004
- Pressing: 2005
- Region(s): All, PAL
- Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, Stereo
- Languages: English
- Fullscreen: 4:3
- Disc Format: DVD 9
- Price: £15.99
- Rating: 10/10 (Music); 4/10 (DVD)
- Booklet: Includes dates, venues, credits.
- Extras:All The Best interview, The Best, Open Arms (live on Parkinson), ParadiseIs Here, Be Tender With Me Baby, Cose Della Vita (Eros Ramazzotti with TinaTurner)
Jumbled-up concert snippets neatly married together (from three previousDVDs) in celebration of her mass appeal:and no doubt a pension booster.
This comes as the visual companion to herAll The Bestcompilation CD from the end of 2004. Shes been off the road for a few years now, so its good to seethe soul shouter at her live best. Taking clips from venues in Holland andthe UK (along with unspecified venues), it shows the evolution of TT from astruggling ex-pop star to a world phenomenon.
Struggling to re-establishherself after an acrimonious split from ex-hubbie Ike Turner, she foughttooth and nail to get back on track. She supported The Rolling Stones,RodStewart and Lionel Richie in the mid-70s, eventually bouncing back with atruly defining rock-soul album Private Dancer in 1984.
Here, we get a eyeful of those famous pegs as she shimmies relentlesslyacross the stage. Its big presentation, big wigs and rasping vocals. Bydefinition, naturally its all about the biggies that graced the airwavesfor almost 30 years which made her one of the most popular live acts of alltime.
Of the huge tracklisting, there are many memorable moments, but the realhighlights include: a raucous duet with Bryan Adams as the two rough-necksslog it out, an intimate dance with David Bowie during Tonight (as Bowie isaccosted by a fan) and a sensual opening to Goldeneye, as shes revealed on apodium. She tackles I Dont Wanna Fight with high emotion,as tears swell-up.
During a lengthy interview, she reflects on her career,and specific songs with fondness, saying, “Listening to all the mixes, they feel now, theyfeel current. Im very proud to listen to them and to know that Im givingthis work out, because it represents a part of my life from the past all theway until now. Its a piece I can be proud of.”
Weblink:Official Tina.com
The full list of tracks included are :
1. Steamy Windows
2. Show Me Some Respect
3. I Cant Stand The Rain
4. River Deep Mountain High
5. Missing You
6. Goldeneye
7. Addicted To Love
8. Private Dancer
9. Lets Stay Together
10. Whats Love Go To Do With It11. I Dont Wanna Fight
12. In Your Wildest Dreams
13. When The Heartache Is Over
14. We Dont Need Another Hero
15. Its Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
16. Tonight (with David Bowie)
17. Nutbush City Limits
18. Better Be Good To Me
19. Proud Mary
20. Whatever You Need
Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.