Cyndi Lauper - Live...At Last
by Jim Gable
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Actor: Cyndi LauperDirector: Jim Gable
Brand: BMG
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-27
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: SonyBMG Special Markets
Movie Reviews of Cyndi Lauper - Live...At Last
Movie Review: After I Finish This Review I Myself Will Hit The Purchase Button
Summary: 5 Stars
February 16, 2008
I have always considered myself more than just a fan of Cyndi Lauper. Admirer of a hometown recording artist who is unequivocally one of the most pleasant and emotionally stimulating female recording artists more accurately begins to describe my appreciation for Cyndi's unusual but fervently impressive contributions to her legions of fans and the music business, of great need now of her talents. Time after Time became an anthem replete with a luring type of sensuality and musical acuity. Having lived on the Upper Upper West Side of Manhattan which is still one of the five boroughs although some consider the island to be New York in and of itself, I was exposed to the seminal Doo Wop artists like Dion and later Frank Valli from Hoboken and Benny King from Harlem evolving years later to musicians and recording artists like Laura Nyro, Carol King(although her fist input was way back in Tin Pan Alley and the Brill Building). New York City, Philadelphia and Detroit were music marketplaces in those days , spawning the most incredible, soul, jazz, pop and folk rock artists that we have ever seen in our lives. From my neighborhood came Suzanne Vega. And as we New Yorkers in a very inappropriate directional disposition say "out" in Queens came Cyndi Lauper. Cyndi to me, as I viewed this DVD at my sister's house in San Francisco is all special delivery. She captivates her audience in this DVD because she has a powerful and special voice yet a noticeably sensual presentation and of course the song writing is everlasting and exceptional. My sister will not relinquish her copy and that's okay because even though I have already seen it, unlike other DVDs that you throw in a slot after a couple of visits, I want this one for my Long Island home. For those readers who are not from the Tri-State area, interestingly enough, Queens is attached to Long Island. I am so proud that I not only have a mutual love of music but even a geographical attachment to Cyndi Lauper. To true aficionados of real good music, Cyndi is the songstress of choice.
Jay Adler, Music Critic
Summary of Cyndi Lauper - Live...At Last
Studio: Bmg Special Products Release Date: 01/22/2008Cyndi Lauper may talk like Edith Bunker (or any number of other queens from Queens), but she sure doesn't sing like her. Indeed, two decades after she burst on the pop scene with her She's So Unusual album, Lauper's voice is arguably stronger than ever--an opinion borne out in Live... At Last, a 16-song, 112-minute concert recorded in New York in March, 2004 (the title references both her '03 CD of the same name and the fact that this is her first concert video since 1987's Cyndi Lauper in Paris). Unlike, say, such understated chanteuses as Norah Jones and Diana Krall, Lauper likes to wail, and if the result is occasionally somewhat over the top, it still makes for powerful performances of such familiar material as "I Drove All Night," "All Through the Night," and her biggest hits, "Time After Time" and the salsa-flavored "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." Indeed, Lauper is at her best when she simply rocks (the punkish "It's Hard to Be Me" is another highlight). Far less successful are the mannered, ponderous, and/or melodramatic arrangements of pop standards like "Walk On By," "If You Go Away," and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," while the French café vibe on "She Bop" is cute but insubstantial. The visuals (shot in high definition and viewed in widescreen) and audio are excellent, while bonus features include Lauper's guided tour of Queens. --Sam Graham
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