Gloria Estefan - Live & Unwrapped

Starring:Gloria Estefan
Studio: Sony
Product Type: DVD

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Absolutely Love This One!
Not for everyone, but very well done!
Lastingly great.
Elmopalooza
my 11 month old son loves this!

Elmopalooza!
Starring: Jon Stewart , David Alan Grier , Rosie O'Donnell , Gloria Estefan , and Cindy Herron
Manufacturer: Sesame Street
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Basically, this is a collection of songs from 30 years of Sesame Street, in which sweet Elmo and his Muppet pals are joined by David Alan Grier, Jon Stewart, Gloria Estefan, the Fugees, Shawn Colvin, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Grier (of the comically sour face) and Stewart (of the ironic smile) provide some funny stuff, and the Muppets share songs with the musical guests. This nonstop revue is a blast for parents as well as little ones. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Love This One!.......2007-03-27

The music is addictive, we've had this DVD for 9 months or so now and it's one my daughter asks for by name. I've just ordered the CD for the car because she's always singing songs from it! We love the Shawn Colvin version of "Don't Want to Live on the Moon" it's very sweet and we sing it a lot together!

Not for everyone, but very well done!.......2006-12-29

Pros:

1. Some stand-out performances by some stars that only Sesame Street could get to sing with a puppet. Like them or not, En Vogue does a beautiful video about monsters. Rosie O'Donnell does a terrific duet with Elmo, teaching that singing isn't about "vocal talent" but presense and fun. Jon Stewart and David Alan Grier are both unexpected naturals on a Muppets'stage and showed serious kid appeal. And The Fugees are so good in this, their two minutes are alone worth keeping the movie for.

2. Nice, basic messages for kids and adults to learn: *problem-solving, *how to work together, *to never underestimate the contributions of the smallest (a lesson brought in several times) and *that music is for everyone, not just famous singers.

3. Some of the songs are very catchy. My 3 yr old is singing Gloria Estefan's Mambo song around the house after hearing it maybe 4 times.

Cons:

1. The title suggests it stars Elmo, which it doesn't.

2. Some of the artists are weak here, while others rock the house. I hoped for a lot better from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

3. Weak storyline will irritate those who gravitate to plot/drama (though it won't bother those who want the music and jokes.)

4. Lots of the performers were terribly "underutilized," which will disappoint adults who know what those folks are capable of. Tyra Banks is great with kids, but you can't tell from her twenty seconds in this movie. Chris Rock performs like he's literally reading the script for the first time.

5. The best jokes here are the ones only the adults will get, even though Sesame Street usually does a great job of making great "preschoolers-will-get-this" jokes.

Bottom line: Elmo-a-holics may feel "baited and switched" but general Sesame Street fans and music lovers will enjoy this one. This definitely could have been better but my son + I will be watching this a lot and loving it.

Lastingly great........2006-11-30

I bought this for my grandson 14 years ago and it went along with 6 other grandkids. The trick is not to give it to them too early.That part didn't bother any of my kids , they didn't seem to even wonder about Elmo. But after all these years I myself am not sick of it and believe me a lot of them have had to go. The reason I am even writing this today is that I getting another one because one of my boys is autistic and he STILL watches it.He loves Jon Stewart as do I and I have been trying to find a cd that has the same Kenny Loggins songs as in Elmopalooza. Can anyone help there? Anyway it is a great investment if nothing else - after children there are grandchildren and then, oh boy, great grandchildren. If that's necessary - actually I've never met anyone any age that didn't think it hilarious.

Elmopalooza.......2006-11-10

My daughter enjoys this DVD. It's not so annoying on the grate-on-your-last-nerve scale.

my 11 month old son loves this!.......2006-04-24

okay so hubby and i bought a vcd of this when our son was less than a month old thinking it'd be fun to watch when he got older. when we previewed it, we found it boring for a baby. but we already bought it and couldn't exchange it for something else.

fast forward several months later. my son was 8 months old when his nanny started playing this whenever she has something else to do. and beleive it or not, my son just loved it! at first there were particular songs he loved like "Just Happy to Be Me" and "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon". After several repetitions he now loves this video and is willing to watch it several times a day if we let him. he just sits entranced in front of the tv whenever we play this and he is very familiar with the songs. In fact we are already in our second vcd since the first one got scratched and doesn't play anymore. i also sing some of the songs to calm him down when he's not in the mood. overall a very good buy!

Gloria Estefan Live in Miami: The Evolution Tour

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Absolutely Fabulous...!!!!
A great musical event, GE fan or not.
Very nice
A sizzling concert
Fantastic!Iresistable to miss!.

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Starring: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
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ASIN: 157330039X
Release Date: 1997-12-09

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Absolutely Fabulous...!!!!.......2006-06-12

This concert was recorded in Miami.. It's Miami Sound Machine's home town.. The concert is really one of the best concert I've ever watched.. ABSOLUTELY FAOULOUS..!!! Thank you Gloria & Miami Sound Machine..

A great musical event, GE fan or not........2006-02-16

While I have always considered Gloria Estefan a closet weakness of mine (sort of how I actually like SPAM but still hide it in my shopping cart...) I must say that this is one fantastic DVD. Whether you think you like Gloria or not, you are likely to enjoy this show. Here's why:

1. High energy performance. It's clear that everyone involved in this show was enjoying themselves and works hard to put on an exciting performance. This concert features 17 musicians, including three percussionists, a 5-piece brass section in additional to the standard accouterments. It's an exciting show to watch.

2. Talent. Assembled on this stage is a top notch band, hands down. The percussion is excellent and the brass is spectacular. The song choices and their arrangements take full advantage of the talent on stage.

3. Arrangement. Yep, hands down the best arrangements of most of these songs I have ever heard. I love horns and percussion, which is one of the reasons I am drawn to jazz and latin music - especially styles with cuban roots - and the arrangements in this show are fantastic. The live aspect allows for so much more depth in the music and arrangements and for that this performance provides more than any other concert video I've seen. It's outright addictive.

4. Sound: Contrary to some of the other reviews, I found the sound quality on this DVD to be excellent. The mix is good, both on the 5.1 and stereo tracks. I burned the soundtrack to mp3s and it's great to just listen to, so I really think they nailed it on the sound for this one, especially compared to other live recordings which are usually disappointing for sound quality. Not so in this case, it sounds great.

5. Editing: While I would like to see longer and more plentiful shots of the musicians, this DVD does not have the ever-so-annoying MTV style of editing where they never let you see anything for more than a few milliseconds. This video's camera takes are long enough to enjoy without getting boring or feeling like you have attention defecit. Not a gold medal for editing, but again, compared to most of the concert videos out there that should have gotten thrown out of the competition, this one at least scores a bronze.

6. Emotion. Clearly this was the culmination of a tour and all seem to be happy to be performing in front of the home audience. This may seem a cheesy sentiment, but it makes for an intense, heartfelt performance.

All around this is simply a great show. Completely addictive. It's got fun, feeling, and flash, executed with exceptional talent and energy. Enjoy!

Very nice.......2004-06-01

this dvd is great after purcheing it i've wached it many time get it

A sizzling concert.......2004-03-18

I had known about this DVD for some time. I had resisted buying it for two reasons. One reason was the lack of 5.1 sound. The other was that I expected a two hour concert would have some slow parts.

Well I finally caved in and bought it, largely because of the great reviews it received here.

To my surprise, I did not feel there was any lull in the concert. In fact, it moves along at a very nice pace.

I was particularly impressed with how Gloria turned up the tempo in the last half hour at the point most of us would have been exhausted.

My favorite part was her chit chat with the guy in row two who brought the binoculars.

As I was watching the concert I started thinking, "Great concert, too bad there is no 5.1". In a moment of wishful thinking I pressed the sound button on my DVD remote and toggled on 5.1 sound! I double checked the DVD case--no spec about there being any 5.1 but my disk (purchased March 2004) does have it. To activate the 5.1 you can press the menu button and then configure the audio options or can just toggle the sound button on the DVD remote.

How is the 5.1 sound? To be truthful, it is better than the 2.0 sound but not a whole lot better. It is certainly not as good as the 5.1 mix on her Atlantis or Que Siga La Tradicion DVDs. However I'm still very pleased to have it.

Fantastic!Iresistable to miss!........2001-02-14

I have been her fan since 1988 and her music changes but her sincerity in singing her songs never seems to fade.This musical episode has been one of my favorite,been watching her dvd almost everyday.Gloria's maturity shows coz she sang her songs with more passion and guts(its not she has never been good even though she was recovering from flu that disrupted her voice for the show!)For her fans she full-heartedly performed and gains never-ending standing ovation.Miami Sound Machine was ever voted the best band in the world!Their sound is crystal but the D/DGTL has compressed much of the sound produced and the live ambience supressed to its minimum level.Overall the songs were well knitted with surprises....a musical journey not to be missed!

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A Great Benefit To Support
Unforgettable night... even 8 years later!
SPECTACULAR!!!!!!
divas are forever
La Regina Del Soul

VH1 Divas Live
Starring: Jennifer Aniston , Patricia Arquette , Mariah Carey , Bill Clinton , and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Director: Michael Simon
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Once an appellation reserved for high-flying operatic stars, the diva has gone mainstream in recent decades, mirroring pop music's post-rock recovery of glitz, glamour, and theatrical hyperbole. Where once there was but a handful of pop divas, fans can now find a growing legion of contenders, a trend underscored by this 1998 cable special originally produced for VH1. The show's producers start with the title's high concept (five divas, one stage!), add an admirable if shrewd charity hook (the better to recruit platinum stars without prohibitive fees), and provide fans with an otherwise straightforward revue, interspersed with introductory cameos from film and television actresses.

For the starring quintet's fans, VH1 Divas Live is hard to disparage: Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, and Mariah Carey provide the requisite combination of beauty, high-ticket sartorial glamour, and stage drama, and their brief sets hew to their biggest hits. Beyond that common formula, these four do diverge somewhat, Dion and Carey most closely following the mannered tradition of the prima donna, Estefan (who, between songs, admits her bemusement at inclusion) offering an earthier and less calculated variant, and the nominally country-oriented Twain rounding out the headliners as a diva-in-the-making, perfectly packaged if vocally more modest.

Still, it's the show's "old timers" who remind us of what's too often missing from today's diva--the emotional largesse that fans crave, and an underlying sense of true worldliness. The fifth featured diva, Aretha Franklin, has never achieved conventional glamour, but what she offers in vocal power and career prestige enables Lady Soul to cast a long shadow across the entire show, even when her actual performances are duets or ensembles. And Carole King, also along for duets and ensemble spots, is even less to the diva manor born, a quintessential singer-songwriter even when draped in an elegant black suit, but her longstanding credibility likewise translates to pole position here. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

A Great Benefit To Support.......2007-03-12

When funding for school music classes were being cut all over the country people kind of brushed it off as a non-necessity. Studies prooved that many kids prosper in other academic subjects when taking a music class. Art should be available for all kids in school as well as sports. This benefit concert brought awareness to that. Mariah, Celine, Gloria & Shania all appeard to support the cause. And of course Ms. Aretha Franklin. The performnaces were great. Carol King was brought out as a special guest of Celine Dion. The best part of the show was when the diva's sang You've Got A Friend and Natural Woman. This show sounds even better with the 5.1 sound.

Unforgettable night... even 8 years later!.......2006-09-13

This concert is amazing! It has everything:
- Great looking divas
- Great performances
- Shania Twain (she's the best in the concert for me)
and of course, appearances by Jennifer Aniston and Patricia Arquette
A MUST-BUY FOR EVERY DIVA FAN!

SPECTACULAR!!!!!!.......2006-07-29

I have seen this video I don't know how many times... I never get tired, It never bores me.... It is the best video I have seen in my life!!! It is trully outstanding... I strongly recommend it.. You will not regret!!

divas are forever.......2006-06-02

i like the show. i bought the dvd and like it so much. i like all of them, mariah, gloria, shania, celine and carole but i kinda dont like aretha she just want to tell everybody that she has high voice but its irritating to hear. I like aretha's songs performed in the show like chain of fools and a natural woman but i dont like her as an artist. I dont know i just dont like black female singers who keeps on shouting when singing. I like the performance done by carole, celine, gloria and shania when they did you've got a friend its perfect and so nice to listen and watch for. if vh1 will do again a show like this pls include already those country singers who are so great as far as i can measure like reba, dolly, loretta, linda ronstadt, brenda lee, leann, faith and the dixie chicks, why are these people left behind when they are the best to showcase their talent?

La Regina Del Soul.......2006-01-23

I thought that this was a great way to start off a series of shows to save the music. But what most people don't know is that it was an unofficial tribute to Aretha Franklin, as noted by VH-1. And righfully so, Aretha is the original diva. her vocals aren't what they were, but she still delivers in a way that leave you breathless. She dominated the stage. All of the other ladies were good as well, but they lack the confidence that Aretha has, which i'm sure comes from a killer voice and also a lifetime of singing.

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Its always great to see Gloria in concert.
A little bit disappointed

Gloria Estefan - Live in Atlantis
Starring: Gloria Estefan , Justin Timberlake , Marc Anthony , Celia Cruz , and Lance Bass
Director: Marty Callner
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ASIN: B00005M2BY
Release Date: 2002-02-26

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Its always great to see Gloria in concert........2002-05-14

This concert is for the Latin blood in all of us - even us down here in New Zealand.
Its not the entire show I'm sure, but the music is rich and full bodied. Her voice mixed with great musicians is a real treat!!!
A must have for your collection.

A little bit disappointed.......2002-03-26

After watching the video of Gloria's Evolution Tour, I expected something similar with the Atlantis concert. This video is different from every other live concert recorded by Gloria. It offers new songs from the album Alma Caribena, with Celia Cruz and Jose Feliciano as guests. Songs (5) of Alma Caribena played here sounded pretty identical to the record, which was boring sometimes, as I was looking for something new, a different sound.
Two thumbs up for the new versions of "Conga/1-2-3/... (medley)", "coming out of the dark" and "turn the beat around/Higher...(medley)". Percussion was spectacular.

I didn't like the edition of the video...It doesn't show a concise sequence between songs. It's like watching "the best of Atlantis" instead of a whole concert. Personally, I don't like that. Audio is OK.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent !!!.......2005-10-01

This DVD is essential for a fan !!!!
Very good Live !!

Good concert..........2005-01-24

I went to see Gloria Estefan on her unwrapped tour here in Atlanta, and I tell you, it was great, cheap flamingos, beach plastic balls, palms were all over, I think it was a budgeted concert, the one in Vegas, that poodle and the wowan I think it was so cheesy and tacky! they didnt showed up in Atlanta tough... I love Gloria, I've following her career since the beginning of, I enjoyed the concert better than the DVD. I also think the stage in Vegas was too big for the band and dancers and her of course, too big, sound was ok....They should recorded the Atlanta or New York concert I knew it was great also, her clothing, sound and stage was perfect for her....

Great Singer and great dvd .......2004-12-11

I just got her dvd unramped and i fell it love with here and there are some very funny things in it.
gloria has been a isprashion to me because when i listion to her sing it make the world around me stop and only i can here gloria i love here for about my hole life she is the greatest

Not her best work.......2004-07-24

Y'know, Gloria, I just love ya to death but sometimes you need to break a sweat. This is not Ms. Estefan's best work. The music is fabulous and flawless, especially the new numbers, "Te Amare" in particular - a new Estefan classic which you won't be able to get out of your head, worth the price of the disc alone. The band as usual is brilliant, the songs are addictive, you can't help but move as you listen. But Dearest Gloria, I feel used and abused! Where's the passion? Where's the movement? Where's the funk? Why so antiseptic? GET OUT OF VEGAS! I don't expect you to do gymnastics but you move as though the audience is taking up your time! Just because you're surrounded by great, gorgeous dancers who really DO deliver the goods doesn't mean you get to perform at half speed. But let me get back to the positive - the music makes up for everything. Well, except the big plastic alligator and the toy poodle and the wacky housewife and the cheap flamingoes.... C'mon Gloria, you're MUCH better than this.

Great if you are a devoted fan otherwise forget it ..........2004-07-19

OK so I am comparing this to the latest Cher DVD when I make the above comment ..... Now there is a concert DVD that was a faboulous presentnation and technically stupendous ...

Appart from the actual DVD being a technical diaster ... and as other reviewers noted the concert DVD lacked any other footage besides the concert ... I couldn't believe that they actaully made this DVD in Las Vegas ... what is with that .. They rolling stones taled Vooodoo Lounge in Miami and Gloria Estefan her concert in Las Vegas .... gimme abreak ....

The audience was great but certianly subdued and that of course reflected on the concert ... It actually helped make the silk pink flamingos appear cheesy ... and I mean real cheesy!