Tina Turner - Simply the Best

Starring:Tina Turner
Studio: Capitol
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

tina turner simply the best
Good except...
Surprises... but better than the VHS if you own a 5.1 receiver.
Love the long lost videos
Simply the best? I don't think so ...

Tina Turner - Simply the Best
Starring: Tina Turner
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00006JDR4
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Customer Reviews:

tina turner simply the best.......2007-01-11

I love tina turner and the way she sing the songs is very beautiful.

Good except..........2006-04-07

I would give this a much better review, especially since I am a big fan. But, they left out WAAAYY to many good videos (i.e. We Don't Need Another Hero, One Of The Living, Two People, etc.) Oh well, maybe someday a reissue.

Surprises... but better than the VHS if you own a 5.1 receiver........2006-02-27

Nice selection of 80s videos from a diva of soul!

I was happily surprised to see a 5.1 stereo option. While not as "full sounding" as the only other DVD music video I have that uses 5.1, it's still Grade-A in sound quality. The audio is crisp and clear. Just not as 'full sounding' with the bass as I'd have liked; but the other 5.1 disc I have set my standards up waaaaaaay too high.

Video quality isn't perfect, but it looks like some restoration was done on the video. No real complaints here.

DVD compression artifacting is very prevalent (so HDTV owners won't be happy).

But the worst aspect was the video for "Nutbush City Limits". I was pleasantly surprised to read this on the cover as it's one of my favorite songs. Why she had to remake it, I have no idea. What's wrong with the original 1975 version??! Seeing this new lame electronica version (and I usually like electronica!) is bad enough, but intermixed with video and film clips; half of which are poor quality but the only part of the disc that has anything pre-1983 on it... :O

It's still worth it. Quite the time warp. But best if purchased for under $18.

Love the long lost videos.......2004-04-13

I got this one from my sister because she knows I love Tina so I was excited to see the track list. I was glad they had put the Nutsbush, Break Every Rule and many others on this DVD. What I wasn't glad with was the live versions. They are good but some had videos that could've been put on here instead. Another thing was the Private Dancer video was edited. I remember seeing a longer version of this video on the web and so i thought this is where they got it from but no. Oh well i'm no one to diss so I love this DVD and will cherish it as long as I live. And if another one comes out then I'll get that one too. i am happy with this DVD not only because it's Tina but because my sister drove all the way to another town to get it for me. Now that's love.

Simply the best? I don't think so ..........2003-12-02

The whole idea of DVD's is their capacity to accommodate more material. But this DVD is no different to the VHS release although it does have 5.1 surround sound as well as the traditional dolby digital 2.0.

Firstly, do not expect any special features, this is a bare bones release.

The track listing is acceptable, yet fails in some ways. As many reviewers have stated, several of the videos have been replaced with concert footage (a big 'no no' for a video collection). What's annoying to me is, the songs that have been replaced are personal favourites so I am a bit cheesed off.

Let's run through them:

We Don't Need Another Hero - a 1985 video does exist out there, but we get a lacklustre concert performance instead with Tina screaming rather than singing.

Typical Male - do you remember the excellent video for this? Well it aint included on the DVD. We get a concert performance again.

I Can't Stand the Rain - concert footage again. Perhaps a video was not made for this song.

It basically means that someone at EMI liked the concert footage more than the videos and decided we would all agree with him/her. Not so.

There is other concert footage on the DVD but it's okay because that was the way it was originally filmed (eg. Tina's live cover of "Addicted to Love").

One obvious ommission is "One of the Living", the second single from the "Mad Max 3" soundtrack. Perhaps copyright reasons prevented the use of this track.

Also missing are videos from the 1970's including "River Deep Mountain High" or "Proud Memory". I assume this is because the DVD focus on the 1980's (why not say so on the cover?). Still, the DVD could have been updated to include hits from the 90's - one can assume that a Volume 2 DVD must be in the works.

One inclusion that is a good selling point is the alternative video version of "What's Love Got to Do with It" (which was scrapped), as well as the version that got used worldwide.

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