Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden Collector's Box Set - Amazon.com Exclusive [2 DVD/1 CD]
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Movie Reviews of Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden Collector's Box Set - Amazon.com Exclusive [2 DVD/1 CD]
Movie Review: Still, 60 And Still Rocking
Summary: 4 Stars
When it comes to great music, there have been some really great highlights this past year, especially in British Rock this year. With the reunions of The Police & Genesis this year, many people have been reintroduced with great songs and melodies that this generation, who seems to be more interested in Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, hasn't heard. That also can be said for Elton John, who this year celebrated 2 milestones. The first is his 40th anniversary since he met his long-running songwriting partner and friend, Bernie Taupin, who helped him make music history for five decades of great pop music. But, his biggest milestone is celebrating his 60th birthday, and a special concert to celebrate with.
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden is a well-dedicated and celebrated concert where Elton celebrated his 60th birthday, and his 60th live concert performance at Madison Square Garden. The concert is well-celebrated, as was shown earlier this year on the new My Network channel. The concert showcases Elton performing some of his biggest songs including classics like The Bitch Is Back, his standard Your Song, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues, the somber Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word and Daniel. The live performance of these songs sounds great and well-dedicated to his craft, even with some of his lesser-known tracks which are heard live for the first time on DVD like High Flying Bird, Roy Rogers, and his most recent track The Bridge from his 2006 album The Captain & The Kid. The DVD also includes other live performances from Elton's long-running career on the extra disc, including clips of performances from other New York events like Empty Garden, and Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters from 1973. The moments have all been remastered well, and bring out a great dedication of his carftsmanship of a great showman Elton has shown all over the years, and what so many acts today could still learn from him.
All in all, Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden is a great buy for the die hard Elton John fan, or for anybody who hasn't yet heard or seen the Elton John experience. It is a great buy for any music lover. I really think this is one of the best music video DVD's of this year, and Elton John still knows how to show it.
Concert: B 1/2+
Extras: B
Price: B 1/2-
Remastering: B+
Overall: B
Movie Review: EJ... A man and his music
Summary: 4 Stars
Disc 1: All Live (rare, lost then found, never before seen footage, etc...) All Remastered!! 1970 - 1989(?)... Wow!!! Hell Yeah!!!
The man can melt you with his talents. Simply the best!!! A musical legend!!
Disc 2: Live 2007, Hm? After seeing EJ on the first disc... no comparison!! His voice has obviously changed (weaker?); the vitality we once knew has gone!! Yes, he's 60 yet I couldn't appreciate these song as I once did... especially after the first disc!!
Musically EJ is the "MASTER OF THE KEYS AND SONG WRITING" - no question about that; glimmers of his greatness are evident in this DVD yet the spark is fading!
He's 60 which is still young these days. I think there's more to come if EJ can get himself physically together!!!
All in all? A "Very Good" show... it just doesn't compare to the first disc!!!
Movie Review: A great additon for a fan to have
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this for a gift but I have not given it away yet. I am fighting the strong urge to keep it for myself. It is a good thing to have in a collection.Movie Review: Elton at his Finest
Summary: 4 Stars
Elton sounds better than ever on this set. Great Video also. Also bought as gift for a friend.Movie Review: Reaching back 40 for 60
Summary: 3 Stars
Unlike arty and bombastic visual spectacles of artists like U2, REM or Pink Floyd, an Elton John concert on video is a pretty pedestrian affair. Always has been, and "Elton At 60" is no different. Having said that, Elton connects with his songs, leaving lights and other optic doo-dads to serve as mere window dressing for the words and melodies he and lyricist, Taupin, have crafted for 40 years. This show was recorded in March 2007 to mark Elton's 60th birthday, and his sixtieth show at Madison Square Garden in New York. An Elton concert doesn't quite have the pep and fire of show he did even ten years ago, but the result is a performance that more closely mirrors the pacing of the album version of these songs. In THREE and A HALF hours, most of the hits are here, of course, with some notable exceptions. His hits alone could fill that time, but what makes this collection worth having is Elton's revisit of classic album tracks like "Ballad of Well-Known Gun", "Roy Rogers", "Hercules" or the transcendant "High Flying Bird". Whether you're a completist, or thinking of venturing into an Elton live video for the first time, you should find the set compelling. The hit factor is one thing, but it's the album tracks that remind one of why this guy made such an impression and why he is still relavant sixty years on.