VH1 Presents: Donna Summer Live & More Encore! (1999)

Pretty good flashback.

I was hoping she would have sang more of her hits than she did, she went off on a tangent and was singing a bunch of songs I never heard of.

I hope they release here current Crayons tour on DVD, I would be first in line to buy.

Rock on Donna! August 5, 2008

The only Diva

When I first saw this dvd, I was stunned. What a performance. In 1999 she was 51 years and singing like she was in the eighties. Donna has always been my favourite and I'm glad she's stille going strong. The long version of Last Dance is great and the duet with Tina Arena is suprising to say the least. This is a definite recommendation. The songs are all almost originally sung, and the band performs great. Nice to see her husband in the beackground vocals!!

June 22, 2008

Summer is coming...

"Live and more encore" is titled as a sequel to Donna Summer's 1978 #1 album "Live and more". Recorded in early 1999 by VH-1, it featured a lovely looking Donna (with a new haircut) largely unchanged by time vocally, singing some of her numerous hits, a few new songs, and some covers. Also very nice is her warm interplay with the audience, especially for songs like "On the radio" and the rapturous welcome given the new song "My life" (a classic ballad/dance anthem). It must be noted that some versions of the songs here are edited differently from those on the accompanying "Live and more encore" CD. Examples are "MacArthur Park", "Hot stuff", and "My life" (which are cut shorter than the CD versions), and "She works hard for the money" which is much longer and features Donna introducing the band.

Featured on the DVD (and not on the CD) are the slightly jazzy standard "Someone to watch over me", the moving autobiographical self penned ballad "If there is music there" (which has Donna wiping away a tear at the end), the gospel "Riding through the storm", the upbeat folk/rock self penned "Don't wanna work", and the lovely pop/soul self penned ballad "Nobody". I ripped these songs for play on my iPod.

The DVD features an autobiography, discography, chart statistics, and you can turn on song lyrics to display while each song is being performed. Also included are two music videos for the new studio recording "I will go with you (Con te partiro)" which earned Donna a Grammy nomination in 2000. The different videos feature alternate versions of the #1 dance hit, and show a stunning Donna with a lovely backdrop of dancers. We also get to see some behind the scene shots; the crowds arriving for the show, Donna arriving, getting dolled up for the show, etc.

An enjoyable concert and a feature filled DVD, well worth it. Donna (at 59) is still touring and putting up an energetic show. Her new CD titled "Crayons" is tentatively scheduled for a May 20 release, and a cut from it, "I'm a fire" (which is vintage Summer) is already scorching up clubs in the US.
February 24, 2008

Also available on DVD!

"Live and more encore" is titled as a sequel to Donna Summer's 1978 #1 album "Live and more". Recorded in early 1999 by VH1, it featured a lovely looking Donna (with a new haircut) largely unchanged by time vocally, singing some of her numerous hits, a few new songs, and some covers. Also very nice is her warm interplay with the audience, especially for songs like "On the radio" and the rapturous welcome given the new song "My life" (a classic ballad/dance anthem). It must be noted that some versions of the songs here are edited differently from those on the accompanying "Live and more encore" CD. Examples are "MacArthur Park", "Hot stuff", and "My life" (which are cut shorter than the CD versions), and "She works hard for the money" which is much longer and features Donna introducing the band.

Featured on the video (and not on the CD) are the slightly jazzy standard "Someone to watch over me", the moving autobiographical self penned ballad "If there is music there" (which has Donna wiping away a tear at the end), the gospel "Riding through the storm", the upbeat folk/rock self penned "Don't wanna work", and the lovely pop/soul self penned ballad "Nobody".

The concert also comes on DVD which features a biography, discography, chart statistics, and you can turn on song lyrics to display while each song is being performed (and sing along to your heart's content). Also included are two music videos for the new studio recording "I will go with you (Con te partiro)" which earned Donna a Grammy nomination in 2000. The different videos feature alternate versions of the #1 dance hit, and show a stunning Donna with a lovely backdrop of dancers. We also get to see some behind the scene shots; the crowds arriving for the show, Donna arriving, getting dolled up for the show, etc. A much better buy than this. February 23, 2008

I never was a big fan but I really enjoyed this.

I never was a huge fan of Donna Summer, but I must say that she looked and sounded great, and I enjoyed her newer stuff about as much as her classics. It made me think that I really didn't appreciate her talent as much as I should have back in her heyday. This is worth watching for the blast-from-the-past effect alone, but you might find yourself more of a fan when it's over than when it begins. November 12, 2007

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