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Between the Line: Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore

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I got this as a gift for my girlfriend. She has been going to Bareilles shows for the past 4-5 years and when she opened the present she was really excited. We watched it she really liked al the songs they played, and I thought that the DVD was put together really well.

It is Sara Bareilles live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, but during the performance, the dvd cuts away between songs and you get to hear little tid bit from Sara about how she came out with the ideas for the songs, and see a little behind the scenes things.

So if you are a Sara Bareilles fan, or you know someone that is, this is a great purchase that I would highly recommend.

I purchased Sara Bareilles' "Little Voice" CD last April & was very impressed, but being an old school music fan of 50 years, I always judge a performer by a live performance. I live in Buffalo, NY & recently passed on going to see Sara in Cleveland in early November & after watching the DVD, I'm so sorry I did. This gal has one hell of a voice !!!!! As good as "Little Voice" is, it only tells part of the story. In this live performance, Sara B. takes full advantage of the live setting & shows off her very smooth jazz flavorings, her ability to make a quiet ballad very dynamic & she can also belt it out when she has to. And by the way, she also kicks a-- on piano. Unfortunatly in todays music, theres not alot of real artists out there, but I put Sara up there with someone like KT Tunstall, another one of the few left in a rare breed.

For those of us who haven't been able to see Sara Bareilles live, this is as good as it gets, and we are SO lucky to have this CD/DVD combo! If you already have "Little Voice" (in single or 2-CD form) you won't be disappointed as this is all new material!

Here you get BOTH the video (DVD) and audio (CD) of Sara's intimate July 12, 2008 concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco. On the high-quality CD/DVD she sings songs from her megahit CD "Little Voice" -- it's clear how much better she is live. Her voice has a lot of soul and passion, especially in her amazing cover of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and the opening number "Bottle It Up." The concert also has the following songs: Vegas, Morningside, Love on the Rocks, Between the Lines, Fairytale, August Moon, City, Love Song, Many the Miles, and Gravity.

The 2-hour DVD is beautifully produced and a treasure for Sara B fans. Watching Sara up close perform on the piano and sing is amazing. The concert is taped professionally and in between songs we get intimate moments of Sara and her band, backstage footage, and private acoustic performances of Sara playing/singing with friends on the Northern California coast. If you want to get technical, the concert DVD is presented in 5.1 surround sound (boy are we lucky!).

Also on the DVD are three music videos: Fairytale, Love Song and Bottle It Up.

By the way, if you like Sara B, check out Brooke Fraser's CD "Albertine" on Amazon! (Another amazing singer-songwriter who's better live just like Sara B!)

**Please note: There is also a DVD-only version of Sara's intimate July 12, 2008 concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Don't settle for just the video, when you can get the video PLUS the BONUS audio CD of the full-length concert! It's such a treat to own both so that you can listen to the concert in your car or on your mp3 player or iPod. The CD/DVD combo is available on Amazon and costs the SAME (at least the regular price is).

Sara played her cd Little Voice LIVE in an quite excellent performance. This is better than the studio version. As other guys reviews mention, the dvd/bonus cd has many bonus material that gives you a good insight about this young woman, who is an excellent singer, songwriter/composer, quite charming and funny. If you really want to know if someone is good, watch them in a live performance. She performs like she owns the stage. Reaches every note and gives a new dimension to her material from Little Voice. In City, it reminds me of B. Hornsby music, and she is quite a piano player whose songs have a great beat. I watched and listened to this concert in my computer with my earphones, to flavor every single sound coming from her performance. Her new composition shows she has some great stuff coming, which sadly is not out. Come on Sarah we want more music from you!

When you first listen to Sara Bareilles at the surface you may come away with a pop-rock impression if you hear only certain songs and only hear her studio cuts. Don't let that fool you. You see the real Sara when you see her live. If you take the time to delve a little deeper you will find lyrical and musical depth that far supercedes her tender age and "Pop" status. Tender is actually a great adjective for Sara, but also Soulful, illuminating, hilarious, charismatic, down to earth, happily plebian, glamourous, beautiful human being that will have you enamored if you are not careful. (Obviously, I was not...) She is hints of Joss Stone, with spatterings of Janice Joplin, Etta James, Pink, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchel, Bessie Smith, Christina Aguilara, Norah Jones, and Elton John, but not like any of them. She is completely unique and refreshing with lyrical content in spades. Sara's lyrics are incredibly relatable, and so transendent. Experiencing her often chopped and twisting jazzy timings, harmonic note bending, soulfull, live performance is a bonafide spiritual experience.

Sara is currently touring Europe right this moment promoting her incredible 3rd album Kaleidoscope Heart which includes the her new hit single "King of Anything" and is available on this very site for the low low price of $7.99. Catch the ride before she blows up and goes uber mega big. I sure hope that she will be able to keep her down to earth, pixieish, small town sensibilities in the big City. She is living proof that a small town girl can strike out and make it big through relentless persistent hard work and constant striving and honing of her craft. She may have been born with a talent but so are alot of us who never did or will do anything close to this magnitude. It's her work ethic that set her apart. Meet her now. She's truely inspirational. You can get a good start on that with this Concert. When you get to know her you will see that Sara in no way appears to be in it to get rich and forget her self, where she came from or what got her their. She paid her dues in order to follow her dreams by living and sharing her art. She's amazing, especially live, and if you wait too long to discover that, when you inevitably really do want to see one of her live shows you'll be lucky to get a nose-bleed bleacher seat for $250 in an stadium show. If you act now, you may still have an opportunity to catch in her in a much more intimate venue.

The Fillmore Concert DVD is your chance right now to see her live for a full set. It's incredible. It's elite. Sara and her talented band really shine here. It's obvious it is her joy share her love and experiences through her amazing, complex, meticulous, jazzy, soulful music. You will have a good time too. She's infectious. She and her fans bring a sense of community and warmth that is palapable and touching even on DVD. The closest thing I have seen to a Sara Bareilles crowd is perhaps U2 in regards to incredible acts and their fanatical, mesmerized, participative audiences making each show a truely shared and unique event. The audiences make the show and Sara is able to generate that and throw in a big heaping of personal openness, tenderness, and love. In this performance you can actually feel the mutual love through the speakers and on the screen. And as always when she comes out on the stage she truely puts herself out their and shares her heart and soul for all to experience in all it's facets without fear or shame or emberrassment, loves it, and it shows.

For the record I am a 39 year old hetero man who is a 17 year civil servant who was teethed on U2, The Police (eh kinda poppish, yeah but I was 8 when I got started on them), The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Pixies, The Cure, Metallica, , Van Halen, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. I'm just trying to say, I'm not a wordy 15 year old girl, and I'm not a member of her paid PR team. Sara is a bit of a departure for me in mood, tempo, pop culture status, and audience constituency, but I am so very happy I took her detour. If you can truely appreciate music then this show and this girl are a must see. You will not regret the time you spend getting to really know her and her music. You can only do that by seeing her live. You have that opportunity for the best deal you will probably ever find right here and right now. This DVD packs all of that. And they throw in a CD too? How can you beat that? Personally I bought the Blue Ray edition of Between The Lines: Sara Bareilles Live At The Filmore [Blu-ray] for a little over $22 bones. I get to experience her in 1080P with Dolby TrueHD 5.1.

I couldn't recommend this DVD and exploring Sara's music any higher.

I defy anyone to name a better music DVD out there. We are fortunate that Sara is a current artist because when it comes to music DVD's, they need to be shot in the last 10 years for it to even have a chance of having it sound good. Any digitally remasted music dvd of a past artist is a waste of money, they universally sound completely awful. It amazes me that even DVD's shot in recent years don't have great sound quality. That should be the most important thing, and amazingly it seems like it is not. And that should be the first thing commented on in a review of a DVD, funny how it is not. You don't have to worry here, the sound quality is the best I have seen out of any music dvd.

So not only is the sound quality superb, but the filming of this was excellent. The video quality is very nice. You don't have an out of control camera person thinking that they can add something to the dvd with crazy shots and camera work. The way the housebout footage was mixed in with the concert footage was very well done.

And then there is Sara, what can you say. In my opinion, she is the best artist all time. There might be other artists with more unique and or memorable voices. But there is no other artist that puts it all together like Sara. I can listen to this DVD over and over, and there is only 1 song(fairytale) out of the 12 that I don't listen to over and over. How many artist have that many good songs, and are this unknown. It is kind of nice that she is still kind of underground. She is so genuine, and so refreshing as she speaks her mind and is not like all of the untalented pop stars that the media crowns as talented. Sara is so soulful and seems like she really enjoys performing. She rocks on the piano, and Javier Dunn on the electric guitar is unbelivable(Love on the Rocks and City might be two of the best songs ever).

This is the best music dvd out there period !!!!

I'm a new Sara Bareilles devotee, having found her song Gravity via the a cappella album Sonos Sings (which BTW is an astonishing accomplishment). This DVD is a stellar marriage of the Fillmore Concert footage, a house(boat) concert, and some staged "candid" photography. The filmmakers develop a narrative of a young artist coming into her own, finding success, and bringing her community (her fans) into the limelight. It's a very engaging story that goes alongside the gorgeous concert footage. The recording of the music is particularly stunning. Big kudos to the sound engineers who not only brought across a bright and scintillating mix from the Fillmore, but somehow captured live recording on the water in Sausalito with no distracting ambient noise. How did they do that? Editing is also first-rate. In just a few places, the posed photography looks stagey, but mostly fits into the myth-making that the film does about this new star who comes across as both open and powerful. Now THAT'S a winning combination in my book--someone you want to take home with you and almost feel she might come, but also an artist to respect for her songwriting and vocal power. Even though she writes great broken-heart anthems about relationships gone sour (WHO ARE THESE FOOLISH MEN, ANYWAY? Cheating on Sara Bareilles?????), here's hoping her second album finds her having more success in romance. We're rooting for you, Sara!

I find this DVD/CD presentation to be one of the best I own (I own many...). Sara is extremely talented and has an incredible voice. The production of this concert DVD took everything into account, including its audio and visual quality, its presentation and compilation as well as capturing Sara's amazing vocal talent. It's extremely creative, fun and emotional.
The inclusion of the 'houseboat' performances is really a kick, as is the integration of these 'houseboat' performances into the concert footage. The videos are really fun and creative. Being able to listen to the concert in my car is really cool, thanks to the included CD.
I was, am and continue to be blown away by this particular concert DVD. Nice job!!

I just become interested on Sarah when listening to "Love song". I bought the CD abd the this DVD came. Excellent performance and voice. She has a lot of talent. This DVD is very good since it shows a closer look to sarah personal side

If you don't know Sara Bareilles you will after seeing this DVD. She is an amazing talent and this live show at the Fillmore in San Francisco is beautifully filmed and has great sound! You will love her!