Live in Concert-Natalie Merchant

Starring:Natalie Merchant
Studio: Elektra / Wea
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Didn't think of a title
Natalie at her best
Two complaints
avoid the live DVD, buy the studio recordings
Energetic and suprisingly playful

Live in Concert-Natalie Merchant
Starring: Natalie Merchant
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Music Video & Concerts | Genres | DVD | Video

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Natalie Merchant - VH1 Storytellers
10,000 Maniacs - Time Capsule (1982-1993)
Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983
Live in Concert
Blind Man's Zoo

ASIN: B00002ND7X
Release Date: 1999-11-09

Customer Reviews:

Didn't think of a title.......2006-01-21

Natalie is unique. She's wonderful, extremely feminine, utterly poised, completely natural, brilliant, with a rare and beautiful voice. Her lyrics shine as gems of insight. She's a treasure to be near.

The pre-show interviews on this dvd show her to be more popular with women than she is with men. What I think is going on is that her fans adore her without aching to go to bed with her. Her appeal isn't sex appeal, as it is with almost every other lead singer or actor. She's not as cheap as that. She's not like that idiot Brittany Spears dressing like a whore.

In fact, Natalie is covered up almost as much as an Arab. You can see her face, and her lower legs, but not a whole lot else. She's just fine that way. She sways and dances, she smiles and shares her wonderful personality, and you really don't need to see her cleavage. There's no way in hell you're getting a peak at that.

Think about the lyrics of most popular songs. They are usually about either sex or an insincere phony version of moon-june boy-band romance for pre-teens. Natalie is one antidote to that garbage. But she is awfully sweet medicine.

She's smart and completely without ego on stage. She's deep too. For those of you knowledgeable about astrology, she's a Scorpio, like Neil Young. There's another brilliant songwriter who doesn't play "star" onstage, doesn't play celebrity, doesn't show ego.

Natalie's band on this dvd is very good, as she herself comments late in the show.

I was happy to hear her sing Beloved Wife, one of my favorite of her songs. Who else but Natalie would write a song about an elderly couple's love for each other, the aged husband wondering if he should commit suicide to be with the beloved wife he has just lost to illness. The lyrics of this song are priceless, and always reminded me of my own parents, when my mom was suffering with illness and my father was the caregiver.

Who else could have written that song? The only people I could think of are Simon and Garfunkel, for their song Old Friends. So you can see what level Natalie is on. She's writing with the intelligence and sensitivity of Simon and Garfunkel. There aren't too many on that high level.

I'm glad Natalie is in our artistic world. With so much unoriginal garbage around, we're lucky to have her.

Natalie at her best.......2005-10-10

This one is great! Personal stories about song writing and wonderful performances. Many extras and music only too just for listening pleasure. Highly recommend!

Two complaints.......2004-09-24

1) The concert clocks in at only 60 minutes. Why were so many songs cut? This is a DVD! Give us at least 90 minutes worth of material.
2) It claims to also contain a documentary. It doesn't. It has a few minutes of clips of fans. That isn't a documentary.

Other than the above it is great. It should be like a $9.99 DVD given its insufficiant usage of the space provided.

avoid the live DVD, buy the studio recordings.......2004-06-11

I was very disappointed in this DVD, so much so that I returned it. The audio quality is poor, with enough audible distortion that I found it unlistenable, and I am not an audiophile, just a mainstream consumer. The video quality is marginal, about on par with a second-generation VHS copy. The direction is poor, with many shots of the back of musicians' heads. The extras, interviews, etc. are either brief or non-existent. Compare this DVD with Diana Krall: Live in Paris in terms of audio/video quality, direction, extras, etc., and they are as night and day. I recommend avoiding this DVD and enjoying Natalie's studio recordings.

Energetic and suprisingly playful.......2003-06-17

Natalie is a happy, joyful person beaming with life and energy as she entertains her crowd. The painful and annoying slow motions shots of her dancing and spinning can be easily overlooked by these truely awesome performances, a brilliant and beautiful performer with and amazing voice. A great show! I can't wait to actually see her live now.

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