Live at the BBC
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Actor: Dusty SpringfieldBrand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hip-O Records
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Movie Review: Dusty magnificently !!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ooh, to have been a teenager in the 1960's! For those of you young enough at heart to remember, here's a whopping two hours (more including the extras) trip down memory lane. For those of you young enough to have only just heard of Dusty Springfield and wondering what all the fuss was about, take a look at this, allow yourself to be entranced, and wonder no more.
Recorded during 1966-'67, the main part of the DVD is what's left of the Dusty shows performed for the BBC. Only a handful of her hits are included, but, oh boy, did she know how to pick a tune! As well as entertaining us with everything from soul and jazz, songs from musicals, a hit here and there, Dusty also included a few traditional songs such as "Poor Wayfaring Stranger"/ "The Water Is Wide"/ "You Better Run" and the beautiful "My Lagan Love". For those of you who love a sweet little ballad or two, there is none better than the sweet little lady herself to smooch you through songs like; "Some Of Your Lovin'"/ "To Love And Be Loved"/ "If You Go Away"/ "Time After Time" and "I Wish You Love", and to see Dusty singing "Call Me Irresponsible" with such ease and enjoyment, you would be forgiven for thinking you had just seen an angel.
For someone who was famously shy and private off stage, whilst performing you would be hard pushed to name another singer who could deliver the song to their audience with so much warmth and passion, and the pleasure of doing so, was evidently all Dusty's.
We also get to see her gentle cheekiness in songs like; "Gonna Build A Mountain"/ "Peel Me A Grape" and "If My Friends Could See Me Now", and in the 22nd September '66 episode there's a fair bit of funny and friendly banter with Dusty and a few fans.
Sometimes it seems, the musicians in the band didn't know how to end the tune, this is especially obvious at the end of 5th September '67 episode, even when the audience tried to help Dusty by applauding loudly, still the guys played on, you have to smile, though it's not very funny to see the poor girl trying to keep dancing like a lemon when the lyrics are over.
If i had to pick just one favourite for the occasions when i only have enough time for one song, if would have to be "Anna". Dusty sings this in Spanish whilst playing the guitar, and with humour and enjoyment she makes an absolutely superb job of it, then there's the thrill at the end when you hear how her audience very nearly bring the house down! As they do also, on many of the songs.
A run through the extras menu shows us a few '70's performances on various shows, and a revealingly frank and funny interview on 'Saturday Night Live At The Mill' from 1979, it's interesting to hear what Dusty herself had to say about her time in the States. Finally, when we can draw breath enough to look through the jukebox section, there's a delightful handful of hits, not included in the actual shows, and a few tracks that are.
Dusty Springfield, one of the most mesmerising singers EVER, and the eighth wonder of the world.....how lucky i feel to have discovered this DVD. They don't come any better than this.
Summary of Live at the BBC
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