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Fantasy: Live at Madison Square Garden [VHS]

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In my opinion, Mariah Carey was the greatest female pop singer of the 1990s. And this 60 minute concert, recorded at Madison Square Garden, is perhaps her finest performance. Recorded at the peak of career, this concert is virtually flawless. Mariah Carey's voice is absolutely stunning. She looks gorgeous, and the audience is visibly captivated throughout the show. This is not only one of the most significant pop performances of the 1990s, but of all time, and should be a part of any pop music fan's collection. Forget about the last 5 years of her career, including Glitter, the publicized emotional problems, and popularity deterioration. This concert will make you appreciate the impact Mariah Carey has had on the music world.

I love this concert! It has my favorites like Fantasy, Make It Happen, Open Arms, Dreamlover, Without You, One Sweet Day w/Boyz II Men, I'll Be There with Wanya Morris, Hero, Always Be My Baby, Forever, Vision Of Love and two music videos: One Sweet Day and a bonus video that wasn't on the VHS tape, Anytime You Need A Friend (Club Mix). There are also interviews and behind the scenes footage from The Fresh Air Fund's Camp Mariah. This is an incredible DVD and Mariah's voice truly soars on this DVD above anything and everything! Her 8 octave voice is so unique, she is like no other singer!!! Mariah is my favorite singer of all time and it's a must have for Mariah fans!!!

This concert video is Mariah's best so far. The first time I watched it, I was speechless. I had never seen Mariah like this before. She was totally confident, relaxed and gorgeous. Her voice is not as strong as in her previous concert video - Mariah Carey. This, however, is one of the reasons why I love this concert. She demonstrates that she is really seasoned to the concept of live performnce, instead of singing as she would in the studio. She doesn't seem to be trying to prove anything to anyone. The entrance, singing Fantasy, is simply fantastic. My favorite highlights include: Fantasy, Dreamlover, Without You, Always Be My Baby, Vision of Love, I'll Be There...the whole concert! Two fantastic performances, however, are: Make It Happen - what a performance! Especially the little addition after the third verse of the song. I just love it. Next, and believe me, this is a classic Mariah performance. She sings Hero with a massive choir of young people. A single light from above illuminates her as she opens the song. She stands in a long strapless gown, on a plain stage with mainly bluish lights with a standing microphone. The choir marches out part-way into the song. She belts out Hero with a delicate thread of a voice. And at the end, she opens both her arms in a giving way to the audience...it is magical.

My only complaint is the way Vision of Love was cut on this DVD -I first bought this concert in the VHS format. On the tape, after she sings Forever, she introduces her back-up singers and then Vision of Love starts...with the intro music (though not with the bang as in the original version). On the DVD, right after Forever, you see the audience and then, WAP!, Mariah starts singing: "Treated me kind..." I prefer the VHS version of this part of the concert.

The bonus videos, One Sweet Day and Anytime You Need A Friend...I will talk about the latter. The AYNAF remix video is fun fun fun. It appears to be mainly a compilation of behind-the-scene actions for the actual video of the original song and the photo shoot for the cover of the single. It's fun though. I especially love the part where a lady gave one of Mariah's back-up singer a little blouse (I imagine one of Mariah's) to try on! That was hilarious. In another scene, Mariah was 'ironing' her hair - black women used to press their hair to make it straight...so I guess Mariah was trying to emulate a black woman by 'pressing' her hair as well. Only thing is, she was using an actual iron!!!

Fab concert, fab bonus videos, fab product.

This is one of my favorite Mariah Carey concerts. Her rendition of "Fantasy" is one of the best she's done live. There is a palpable feel to this concert because the sold out crowd were as enthusiatic as they come. Mariah was huge when this concert was recorded and it shows in this footage. At the time, "Daydream" was her latest album so this concert features material mostly from that album. I love her "Make it Happen" performance and "Always Be My Baby". This concert is one of the last ones she did before she got divorced from Tommy Mottola, which means her image at this point was still more conservative. But that's one of the reasons I like this concert. This DVD edition does not offer much in the way of extras, but does have two bonus videos from the time period this concert was recorded. It features the videos for "One Sweet Day" and "Anytime You Need A Friend" (Dance Version). It took them a LONG time to release this on DVD and this is the first of some of her former VHS releases to go to DVD.

If you're a fan, you gotta have it!! If you're not, buy it anyways and you will start to know a bit more about this amazing artist. This is one of the best concerts performed by Mariah ever.
Buy it and you won't regret!! Believe me!
I have this is on VHS, but it's old old old so I'm buying the DVD right now!! It's totally worth it!

MARIAH CAREY IS THE BEST SINGER AND THIS VIDEO HAS IT ALL ITS A LIVE SHOW IN NEW YORK SHE PERFORMESFANTASY, MAKE IT HAPPEN, OPEN ARMS, DREAMLOVER, WITHOUT YOU, ONE SWEET DAY, ILL BE THERE, HERO, ALWAYS BE MY BABY, FOREVER, VISION OF LOVE, AND A BONUS VIDEO OF ONE SWEET DAY SO GET IT ITS GREAT.

I wouldn't give the 5-star so easily, but it cannot be denied that this is one of my favorite DVDs. Yes, it was "cut" -- not a complete continuous concert -- but that takes nothing from it.

I was impressed -- yes impressed -- by Mariah's lack of showmanship. It isolated her talent, which is her incredible voice (along with some great songwriting). It made me appreciate the later CD, The Education of Mimi even more. What a difference between the singsong stuff on this DVD, versus the bold stuff on Mimi. When do we get a more recent concert, Mimi??? I'll buy it!

Additionally, for those of you with kids, this is a completely family-friendly DVD, including the "Camp Mariah" segment. Mom, Dad and kids can sit in the living room on a Saturday night and enjoy the heck out of this DVD. The part where Mariah enters stage-left during One Sweet Day is an inspiring moment.

Buy it. I'm a "Mimi" fan for life.

Im Very Happy As All The Mariah Fans That This Very Video Is On DvD Now,I Must Say I Love Everything About this Video She Is Amazing Thats It;Plan And Simple. Mariah Carey Is God! She Is My Fag Hag!! (LOL) I Have Worn Out My VHS Of This And Im One Of The Many That Has Purchased It!!

Great concert! Great performance! It's a showcase of Mariah's awesome talent and the best songs of her career. It's great that this concert is now on DVD but the downside is that my copy was not re-mastered for Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. I wonder if a Dolby Digital 5.1 version will be released so the audiophiles will also be very happy.

I bought "Fantasy:Live at MSG" at a local video store for 20 dollars but it was the last copy on the shelf so I knew it had to be mine. Boy, I was not dissapointed. Mariah's voice and stage presense is absolutely amazing in this awesome concert video. I could not expect better from Mariah. I disagree with the customer who commented that Mariah lip-synched on this video because I firmly believe Mariah does not do that on live performances. She always sings with her real voice she does not sing over a format she has done before. She isn't Britney Spears ok? I loved how Mariah is so friendly toward her fans. She always tries to get everyone involved in her songs and she wants to give back to all her fans, whether you got front row seats or you are way in the back, way up or way down. Mariah always has that place for her fans. I really felt as if I was in the concert myself! I could just feel as if I were with her at MSG even if I really wasn't. Her voice is stunningly beautiful. Mariah has all her octaves and her pipes are in superb condition. She can hit the highest or lowest notes. The really cool thing is Mariah seems to be truly enjoying herself during her concert and she really gets her fans involved and keeps them entertained. She only changes outfits about two times throughout the entire concert compared to her "Rainbow" tour when she changed about 9 times in two hours. But I still think that her music is much more important than her image. Of course Mariah looks gorgeous and her voice is equally impressive. I would have paid 30 dollars for this video or more. I love it!!