Cyndi Lauper - Live...At Last (2004)

Power,Performance and an Intimate Sincerity which is Palpable!

This concert will knock your socks off! Cyndi Lauper in "Live...at Last!" delivers a performance which is engaging,powerful,wistful and blatantly sincere. I disagree with the editorial review as pertains to the critical comments on 'the standards' Cyndi covers. "If You Go Away" is heart-wrenching without being sappy, and the power with which Cyndi delivers the Chorus will rattle your teeth! "Unchained Melody" is done with soul without going 'over the top', and of course her own opus' are done flawlessly. I love the dulcimer in "Time After Time", "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is done with a 'fun' Calypso beat and the substantively performed "True Colors" will have you reaching for a hanky. The first time I heard Cyndi in the early 80's I was surprised that such deeply profound, soulful sounds can come out of someone of less than towering physical stature. Well, with Cyndi the grand architecture is there for the asking- You'll find it in her Heart and Lungs! What a show-Wow! July 31, 2008

Great

i bought it for me and for friends gifts, we all enjoyed the show, I have seen her in concert a couple times before, do not expect fancy choreography, erotic acts, animals or FXs...will be only a great team of musicians, fun interaction with the audience, great performance and voice. There is many songs that she performance a lot better live than on the studio versions, something that usually is the opposite with most artists. May 29, 2008

After I Finish This Review I Myself Will Hit The Purchase Button

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 February 17, 2008

Unbelivable

This is one of the best music dvd's I've ever seen.Cyndi Lauper at her best.Believe me,it does not get any better than this.A MUST SEE November 25, 2007

Cyndi Lauper as an adult.

Cyndi Lauper - Live... At Last (DVD in Amray Case Packaging)
I purchased this because I am a huge fan of Cyndi Lauper. I have most of her albums. However the real reason I purchased this is because I have another concert video of her (Cyndi Lauper live in Paris)done in the 80's. She is backed by an awesome band that boasts Rick Derringer as lead guitar and backup vocals. I don't want to turn this into a review of the Paris video, but... it is possibly one of the best concerts I have ever witnessed, and I was at woodstock! Not the film, the concert. Cyndi, much younger starts the concert with Change of Heart and then goes right into the Goonies song, Good Enough. She never stops twirling and spinning, jumping... a real sight to behold. I wasnt expecting that when I bought this DVD, but I was expecting more. It just seems like Cyndi has moved to the Night Club type of venue. Yes,I know that she is older, and she's a mom now, but what does that mean. Damn, Bette Middler is 8 years older than Cindi but acts much younger. I like the DVD because I love Cyndi Lauper, but I really expected more. It also seems like she wants this to be her image because she seemed to put a lot of herself into this DVD. For example, included in the bonus features is this segment where Cyndi and a friend shoot some footage to be used in the DVD. She filmed this footage from her neighborhood either herself, or with a friend. It seems very personal, this DVD. Anyway, I expected to be rivited to my chair watching this. I was entertained, and she still has a great voice, but the Paris concert changed my life! I still rate this 4 stars!!! -John October 11, 2007

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