Sheryl Crow: C’Mon America 2003

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Sheryl Crow: C’Mon America 2003
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  • Cat.no: 9861549
  • Cert: E
  • Running time: 120 minutes
  • Year: 2003
  • Pressing: 2004
  • Region(s): 0, PAL
  • Chapters: 21
  • Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Languages: English
  • Subtitles: None
  • Widescreen: 16:9 (1.78:1)
  • 16:9-enhanced: No
  • Macrovision: No
  • Disc Format: DVD 9
  • Price: £16.99
  • Extras:None

    Director :

      Martyn Atkins

    Producer :

      James Pluta

    The band:

      Sheryl Crow, Peter Stroud, Tim Smith, Mike Rowe, Shawn Pelton

Four years ago,I reviewed Sheryl’sRockin’ The Globe LiveDVD and rather enjoyed it, the only track which didn’t do it for me being herfirst hit, All I Wanna Do, which she reportedly can’t stand herselfbut I guess every artist will have one of their own tracks that they’re fed upof performing even if the audience still want to hear it.

Now, with 2004 barely a month old we have a DVD release of her 2003 “C’MonAmerica” concert. As the list below shows, she hasn’t had many singles outbetween her last DVD and this one, and so there’s not much new material. OnlySoak up the Sun does it for me as a pop tune, but I really couldn’t seethe point of Steve McQueen as it just didn’t work and the cover ofThe First Cut is the Deepest was very lacklustre.

For this new concert, all the songs are performed in a very traditional fashion,leading to a totally unremarkable viewing, so if, like me, you’re not too keenon the recent material and you have the 1999 DVD then you may as well stickwith that. The only stand-out tracks for me here are Home, Leaving Las Vegasand Strong Enough, making me wish she’d drop the poppy stuff as it doesn’treally suit her and she can actually excel in these more ethereal-soundingtunes.

There’s a couple of other important reasons not to rush out and buythis disc either, but at least one of them isn’t Sheryl’s fault.

Her UK singles chart history to the end of 2003 is as follows :

Jun 94No.66Leaving Las VegasNov 94No. 4All I Wanna DoFeb 95No.33Strong EnoughMay 95No.33Can’t Cry AnymoreJul 95No.24Run Baby RunNov 95No.43What I Can Do For YouSep 96No. 9If It Makes You HappyNov 96No.12Everyday Is A Winding RoadMar 97No.22Hard To Make A StandJul 97No. 8A Change Would Do You GoodOct 97No.25HomeDec 97No.12Tomorrow Never DiesSep 98No. 8My Favourite MistakeDec 98No.19There Goes The NeighbourhoodMar 99No.19Anything But DownSep 99No.30Sweet Child O’ MineApr 02No.16Soak Up the SunJul 02No.44Steve McQueenNov 03No.37The First Cut is the Deepest

The track listing is as follows, but since there’s an extra chapter at thestart for the credits you’ll need to add one to the list below when makingyour selection:

1. Steve McQueen
2. There Goes the Neighborhood
3. Riverwide
4. My Favourite Mistake
5. C’Mon, C’Mon
6. The First Cut is the Deepest
7. Strong Enough
8. Redemption Day
9. If It Makes You Happy
10. A Change Would Do You Good
11. Home12. Weather Channel
13. Leaving Las Vegas
14. All I Wanna Do
15. Soak up the Sun
16. Everyday is a Winding Road
17. You’re an Original
18. Let’s Get Free
19. I Shall Believe
20. Safe and Sound
21. Rock N Roll

Ok, now for the first of the disc’s two problems, this one of which is notLa Crow’s fault. While the disc is presented in 16:9 widescreen, it’s notanamorphic. This is the sort of thing we might have expected – yet detested -when DVDs first came out but nearly six years on from their first introductionon these shores in April 1998 and it shouldn’t be allowed any more. The printitself is clean, but it still doesn’t stop me from declaring: Shame onyou, Universal.

Sound quality’s perfectly fine, though, coming across exactly as it shouldbe, and with a Dolby Digital 5.1 option although while this will be clearerthan standard stereo there’s no split-surround effects here.

And onto this disc’s second problem – no extras. You can’t go on tour forseveral months and have nothing to say, surely? There’s some ‘setting up ofthe stage’ footage during Riverwide in place of a live performancebut I certainly wouldn’t class that as an extra. There were no extras onRockin’ The Globe Liveeither.

Nothing much else to say except that the menus are basic and functional withsome music from the concert, and sadly there’s no subtitles for lyrics. Why?

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