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Barry Manilow: Manilow Live!

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I'm 27 and if you look at my music-DVD collection you would laugh...Metallica, Sinatra, Dave Matthews, Barry Manilow. Buy this disc. Even if you dont wnt to necessarily watch the DVD, you can put on the DVD, shut off the TV, and listen to one of the best Barry discs you will ever hear. Every song you want to hear from Barry is on this disc, and its in DTS format for superior sound quality to CD (I am assuming you have a HT set-up at home). Remember the first time you heard a CD and you were outright amazed at the difference in sound quality compared to tapes? You'll have the same feeling about DVD compared to CD after hearing this. Even without the center channel the sound is far superior. The fact that he plays with a real live full orchestra as compared to other shows he does where they are just taped tracks that he basically sings over is another reason to buy this DVD. The sound quality is just great. All in all, this is a must buy for anyone who remotely likes Manilow. He plays all his classics (every one), a few new songs, and does justice to 3 Sinatra songs on this DVD.

This concert performance by Barry Manilow was recorded at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in February 2000, and he is accompanied by a 30-piece orchestra. He sings many of his greatest hits including "Could It Be Magic?", "Mandy", "Weekend In New England", "One Voice" and "Copacabana" There is also a tribute to Frank Sinatra which was a real crowd pleaser as well as two songs from the musical HARMONY. Barry's diverse musical style shines in this performance, and the excitement of the audience is also captured with several standing ovations! I would recommend this concert very highly.

This show is for fans and non fans alike. It's amazing. Barry is in great voice, his selection of songs is superb and the orchestra sounds divine. "Every single day" and "Stars in the night" (from his forthcoming broadway musical "Harmony") alone are worth the 20 something dollars you pay for this DVD. They're some of the most beautiful songs I have EVER heard by ANY performer. Rivetting. They'll take your breath away. No wonder Rolling Stone has called him "the showman of our generation".

I was in the audience for the taping of this show. The atmosphere in the building was so electrified, it's a wonder all the fuses didn't blow throughout Nashville. I have seen the shortened preview of this show (6 songs were cut from the original concert) shown in June on DirecTV. The energy during the live performance was not lost on the tape at all. Barry gave 1000% of himself that night for this performance. He's amazing and proves that he undeniably is the "showman of our generation." Barry tenderly carresses each ballad with his sexy voice and makes you want to get up and dance to the upbeat numbers. His new songs from "Harmony" will leave you breathless. All of his hits are there, masterfully performed. If you aren't already a fan, you will be after you see this concert! I'm so glad to get it in its original length! Barry is amazing. You won't be disappointed!

I have been attending Barry Manilow concerts for his entire career. It's been an wonderful experience watching Barry evolve and mature over the years.

I've always felt Barry is at his best with a full orchestra as he is in this performance. Turn the lights down in the room while you're watching this concert and you can almost feel like you're there.

Barry's showmanship is superb in this concert. His rapport with the audience gets better and better over the years. His fans love when he calls someone from the audience onstage to sing a duet with him on "Can't Smile Without You". The fan he chose for this concert displayed so much exuberance! She was a good representation of what all of his longtime fans feel.

My only disappointment was that he did not have his very talented backup singer Debra Byrd along for this one. However, Barry is at a point in his career that he no longer needs to share the stage with anyone.

I am reviewing this DVD after just coming back from seeing him in person on his 2002 tour. As a die-hard Barry fan, it's difficult to compare the two concerts. They are very different.

MANILOW LIVE is a hard DVD to top. Barry's talent, his love of music, and his deep respect for other musicians leaps from the stage and touches your soul. Enjoy!

This is a very impressive performance compared to the choppy and poorly edited previous video, "The Greatest Hits...And Then Some".The setlist is strong and the delivery of each musical composition demonstrates Manilow's knack for keeping his 70's born tracks fresh. All of the songs are well-placed and chosen. His tribute to Frank Sinatra is reverent, yet lively and celebratory. With each ballad, Manilow still, after surely performing them thousands of times before, delivers them with the invaluable aide of the 30-piece orchestra that sounds incredible. Every song features the orchestra and it is easy to tell that special care was taken in the wielding of the melodies.The lights and camera angles are much more colorful and sharper than the previous video spoken of earlier. The audience, his band, and everyone else involved in the concert did indeed make this 1 hour and 45 minute show "Live and Clear".It deserves respect and to be owned.

Since you are reading this you are a Barry Manilow fan already so the recommedation is easy...go get the DVD. The video and sound are great. The video was mastered in High Def (16x9) and the picture shows that (wait till we get a High Def DVD!). Barry sounds great, does a lot of his standard songs and some new ones from his broadway show. Full orchestra backup. I don't know how long Barry can keep belting out those ballads..not easy songs to do for as long as he has been doing them. This is a definitive video. My only question is the sound mastering. It is done in DD/DTS 4.0, which in this case means no center channel sound. I don't understand the engineer's choice on this as I much prefer an "anchored" voice in the middle. The engineer could have blended some of the vocal in the center. Ah well, a small problem. Enjoy.

Barry Manilow's Live DVD is absolutely inspiring! I have been to two of his concerts in the past month. I bought this DVD at his concert in Milwaukee, WI and was on such a "high" from his music, I had to watch the DVD as soon as I got home (2:30AM), and every day since. We have a big screen television 56" and it is just like being in the audience. He told the story about how his Grandfather had inspired him to sing when he was 3 years old at one of those old record stores they used to have where you can record your voice, and all Barry said was no! He plays it on a scratchy 78 rpm record in the background as he starts singing This One's For You. I have NEVER seen such raw feeling put into every single song that he sings. My Grandchildren even enjoy watching the DVD, espically when he sings Daybreak! I highly recommend buying this, you will not be disappointed!

Manilow at His Best!

Everyone knows a Manilow song and you will love this new DVD. He sings some of his biggest hits and then some. The new songs from his new musical are broadway hits to be...Even Barbra would sing them...He is the singer of our generation and you will really enjoy this video!

I just watched this DVD and I must say I was impressed. I actually bought this for my mother to watch when she visits me in a few weeks and thought I'd pop it in and see how the concert was. Incredible. I'm a huge Sinatra fan so I'm not the best person to usually ask who is the best anything when it comes to music, but if there is a better concert DVD out there let me know, I will buy it tomorrow! I have the luxury of watching this on a 56 inch HDTV with a 16x9 screen and Dolby Digital surround sound and it was beautiful. It is a shame this DVD is only in the Dolby 4.0 format but once Barry starts singing it's a non-issue. I do not own any of Barry's music but I will be buying some soon. "Weekend in New England" was so incredible I had to watch it 3 times alone. The accordion part I could have done without personally but the kazoo part I actually liked. Go figure. Go buy a DVD player if you do not have one yet and GO BUY MANILOW LIVE!