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Live: Farewell Tour (Mcup)

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Cher is amazing her music has been successful for 40 years and now she wants to concentrate her career in movies. So for that reason she has made her last tour (which is her biggest and more successful)and because of that we have now her very first live cd.
This cd was recorded in Miami (is the same show of the DVD concert). The show starts with the U2's "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" (Cher's version is better)and it's followed by the 2002 hit "Song for the lonely" and then comes the 1999 hit "All or nothing" and it keeps rolling with several classic hits.
This cd is not only special becuase it's gonna be the last live one. It's also special because it contains each fraction of Cher's music sience her first solo hit "All I really wanna do" and her 70's #1 hits "Gypsies, tramps and thieves", "Dark lady" and "Half breed". There's also the 1978 Top 10 hit "Take me home".
From the 80's it has the Top 10 singles "I found someone", "Just like Jesse James" and "After all" next to Peter Cetera.
And of course her 2 biggest hits "Belive" and "If I could turn back time".
This cd is very special, if you like music and like to collect cds, this is a must have.
"The farewell tour" cd has debuted in the Billboard's Hot 200 at #40.
I'd also recommed the DVD from this cd. It's very good and has an amazing production.

This limited edition CD is fantastic--and this comes from a Cher fan who is a 30-year-old male that is NOT a drag queen! (Or maybe I'm just one in denial, I don't know.) For those of you who don't like hearing Cher run through her classics, well, don't buy it. I assume everyone here is literate, so just look at the song list first; see if it is something that you might like. If you like her live material, this CD is for you!

The great thing about this CD is that it is a perfectly recorded live concert from a single night--not some hybrid recording from various live shows--and, with its wonderful sound, it will bring back some great memories of her farewell tour if you had a chance to see it. I would love to see her release other limited edition CDs of shows from the tour, just like Pearl Jam does with their shows. Even though her setlists seldom change from night to night, Cher's performance is always unique and exciting.

If you are a fanatic like I am and love hearing her stretch out a syllable on "Strong Enough" a little differently on this night than on other live or studio versions, you will love this limited edition CD. Just add it to the collection--it will treat you well. I listen to it all the time, along with her other recent releases. In fact, if you're lucky, this CD may lead you to a greater mystical-vibrational appreciation of Bob Mackie gowns, `60s and `70s Barbie clothes, dune buggies, Scooby Doo (did I write that?), and, of course, Cher herself. She is an institution. I'd like to write more, but I'm working on trying to get my sparkly wig to fit correctly--just how does Cher do that?

In 2003, Cher had still been on her LIVING PROOF: THE FAREWELL TOUR. But Cher had generously released a live album from one of the concerts from the tour. The album does not contain all twenty songs from the tour's setlist, but the album is just unbelievable and it proves that Cher can really kick major a** in concert. Read on.

I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
Cher included this song to open up each concert on this tour. Actually, Cher had already included this as the concert opener on her previous tour, THE DO YOU BELIEVE TOUR. This song was originally recorded by the band U2, but Cher knew better to make the song sound better than the way U2 did it.

SONG FOR THE LONELY
From the album LIVING PROOF (2001). The album version was amazing as it is, but the way Cher performs it here is just beyond incredible. You gotta love her.

ALL OR NOTHING
From the album BELIEVE (1998). Performed excellently. Couldn't have done any better than this.

I FOUND SOMEONE
From the album CHER (1987). Just perfect.

BANG BANG (MY BABY SHOT ME DOWN) (1987 Version)
From the album CHER (1987). As much as I love the original recording, the 87 version is much better and Cher rocks it out right here.

All I REALLY WANT TO DO (Medley Part 1)
From the album ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO (1965). Cher decided to put her first hit record on the setlist. But she only performs two minutes of it, making it a medley with three of Cher's other hit songs.

HALF-BREED (Medley Part 2)
From the album HALF-BREED (1973). After singing two minutes of "All I REALLY WANT TO DO", Cher slips right into "Half-Breed", where she only performs 1 minute & 33 seconds of it. Great job here.

GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES (Medley Part 3)
From the album GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES (1971). After singing a minute and a half of "Half-Breed", Cher slips into the third part of this medley, with "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", where she sings only 1 minute & 31 seconds of it.

DARK LADY (Medley Part 4)
From the albums HALF-BREED (1973) & DARK LADY (1974). After singing a minute & a half of "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", Cher finishes out this medley with singing 1 minute & 9 seconds of "Dark Lady", which includes the first verse and first chorus.

TAKE ME HOME
From the album TAKE ME HOME (1979). This was the only performance I saw from the concert while watching it on VH1. Cher was wearing a long red open sequenced vest, where most of her stomach was shown, a long red sequenced skirt, with her thighs revealed, as her dancers, both male and female, dressed in red outfits, dancing in erotic, orgasmic, and risque ways.

THE WAY OF LOVE
From the album GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES (1971). She did this just as great as the original album version.

AFTER ALL
From the original motion picture CHANCES ARE (1989). From the album HEART OF STONE (1989). This song is still beautiful after all these years. Remember, do not do this song on karaoke, unless you are an extremely talented vocalist. Singing Peter Cetera's part on this tour was Cher's keyboardist Paul Mirkovich.

JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES
From the album HEART OF STONE (1989). She does this song just perfectly. I still can't believe that Cher has hated this song "After All" these years.

HEART OF STONE
From the album HEART OF STONE (1989). Perfectly sung.

THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS)
From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack MERMAIDS (1990). Both Cher's studio recording and this live performance are just pure excellence.

STRONG ENOUGH
From the album BELIEVE (1998). The song was outstanding then and it is outstanding today. Cher sweeps through this song as if she recorded it yesterday.

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
From the album HEART OF STONE (1989). Still a classic for me. I love this song and Cher has performed it intelligently.

BELIEVE
From the album BELIEVE (1998). What a song to officially close your show. She performs this one amazingly.

I have never seen the whole show. I am considering buying the DVD of this concert, so I'll have to find out how visual it was, but the sound of it was just incredible, and if you haven't seen Cher on this tour, buy this album and DVD and you'll be able to experience it right in your living rooms DVD players and stereos. Below is the whole tour's setlist.

CHER: Living Proof-The Farewell Tour 2002-2005: Tour's Setlist

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Song For The Lonely
A Different Kind Of Love Song
DANCERS INTERLUDE: Gayatri Mantra
All Or Nothing
We All Sleep Alone
I Found Someone
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
VIDEO INTERLUDE: Sonny & Cher Medley (The Beat Goes On/Baby
Don't Go/I Got You Babe)
MEDLEY: All I Really Want To Do/Half-Breed/Gypsies, Tramps &
Thieves/Dark Lady
VIDEO INTERLUDE: Clips from THE CHER SHOW
Take Me Home
The Way Of Love
VIDEO INTERLUDE: Cher's Movie Medley (Come Back To The Five And
Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean/Silkwood/Mask/Tea With Mussolini/
The Witches Of Eastwick/Suspect/Mermaids/Moonstruck
After All
Just Like Jesse James
Heart Of Stone
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Strong Enough
Save Up All Your Tears
If I Could Turn Back Time
Believe

Finally at the zenith of her career,Cher has put together a musically tuned show that has been mastered sonically to appeal to the ear. Not only is it vocally adept, but the feeling of the concert is as dimensional as her very well sung hits. It is amazing that at her mature age her voice is better live than it has ever been. Great anthems like :Song for the lonely", and "Believe" have the audience enthralled. Cher performs songs from 1965(All I really want to do", to her current hits off "Believe", and "Living Proof" cds. This cd is a must for entertainment lovers, and of course those that are in awe of this diva at the top of her powers. Personal and humorous this diva dares the new generation of girl performers to follow her.."fat chance" to them, this is a legendary woman.Let's hope we are yet to see her do standards at Carnegie Hall!

I bought this CD tonight at Wal-Mart and have been listening to it for hours. If you love Cher and loved the NBC Concert Special, you've got to get this CD that features the monoloques and live performances from the Farewell Tour.

Songs include: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Song For The Lonely, All Or Nothing, I Found Someone, Bang-Bang, All I Really Want To Do, Half-Breed, Gypsies Tramps and Thieves, Dark Lady, Take Me Home, The Way Of Love, After All, Just Like Jesse James, Heart Of Stone, The Shoop Shoop Song, Strong Enough, If I Could Turn Back Time, and Believe.

As Cher said in the monoloque, welcome to the "Cherest Show On Earth." If you buy this CD, you won't be disappointed.

Finally! A Live CD from Cher. This is a must have for all Cher fans! Feautures the complete songlist from her Farewell Tour.

So wonderful. Great hearing the live performances and new arrangements of Cher's hits from the 60's and 70's, All I Really Want To Do, The Way Of Love, Half Breed, Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves and Dark Lady.

It begins with Cher's cover of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" which is ~awesome~.

One constructive comment/criticism: this Live CD ~does not~ have the Concert Intro which was a great mix of "Different Kind Of Love Song" and "If I Could Turn Back Time".

This mix was ~Awesome~. At the concert it was played as an intro/begining to the show during a video and photo segment of Cher's 40 year career. I enjoyed it immensly and it set the "mood" so to speak for a FABULOUS show.

In my opinion, would have done the same for this LIVE CD. It's a shame and dissapointment it wasn't included. The logic in excluding it escapes me. There was definately room for it on this CD with a total time of 67:36.

All in all, still a good CD. A definate must have for any Cher fan. Enjoy :)

This is what Cher fans have been waiting for! Being in the same room as Cher...well arena...can be tough enough...and now we can take home with us to listen to over and over again. Props to WB for finally realizing that Cher is...well everything. How can I review this CD? I could tell you how she's changed the face of everthing? I could tell you about the energy she rockets into the atmospthere...or I could tell you to buy this Cd. And I think number three works for me.

I've bought her DVD of The Farewell Tour and I wanted this cd because I loved the show. What a voice, it's unbelieveable. Her voice is so powerful and beautiful. I like the talking between some of the songs. She really connects with the crowd. I love it.

1. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: a great opening of the show. This songs is much better than the version of U2. Her voice is pure power. 10/10
2. Song For The Lonely: a great song and again a powerful voice. 9.5/10
3. All Or Nothing: one of my favorite songs, it's simple and catchy. 11/10
4. I Found Someone: cher sings this song so good that you'll love it 9/10
5. Bang Bang: a very strong song. 9/10
6. All I Really Want To Do: this is the best version of this song. 9.5/10
7. Half-Breed: this live version is so good 9/1O
8. Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves: this is such a good song and live it's even better 9.5/10
9. Dark Lady: just love it 9.5/10
10. Take Me Home: I love this song so much, this version is so disco that you just can't sit down 11/10
11. The Way Of Love: such a beautiful ballad 10/10
12. After All: in the beginning I didn't liked this song, but after a while I loved it 9/10
13. Jessy James: so powerful 10/10
14. Heart Of Stone: what can I say about this song? It's so great 11/10
15. Shoop Shoop Song: it's a good song, not my favorite but the live version is good 8.5/10
16. Strong Enough: love it love it love it 11/10
17. If I Could Turn Back Time: this song is so strong. I really love this song 11/10
18. Believe: this is such a great song, I just love cher 11/10

If you like cher you must go and buy this cd. It's a must have. Even if you're not a cher fan, this is THE best live cd ever. She's a diva, there's no doubt!!
I would give this cd 6 stars but it's impossible.

An EXCELLENT CD. Every fan of Cher should own one. I have a ton of Cher CD's, but you can never have too many. This CD, much like many live CD's, has edited applause. Which makes sense because you can't have applause over the performer's voice, whether they are talking or singing. It REALLY just won't work out. But this CD is excellent, and I'm not just saying this because I am a HUGE Cher fan. The CD has an assortment of songs from the long and prosperous career of music's best, making the CD even better. Too many artists sing songs only from their newest album and don't pay homage to their first hits that got them where they are today. Cher does that, and, making this CD even better, it really is Cher singing.

This is not only a fine concert CD, but it's also a good retrospective of Cher's music career. You get the classics ("Dark Lady", "Half-Breed"), the '80s rock ("I Found Someone") and the '90s dance comeback ("Believe", "Strong Enough") plus some forgotten classics ("Heart of Stone") making this almost an essential Cher CD.

Cher's voice sounds great, and all the songs are worth listening straight through.