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Nelly Furtado: Loose - The Concert

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Nelly Furtado had one of the greatest years of her career from early 2006 to late 2007. This concert came out recently, showcasing a number of hits from her Loose album and some older ones. I brought this concert because of the simple fact that I love the Loose album and wanted to see it come to life in front of my eyes. I was disappointed!!!! Nelly's performance was so boring, I almost had to force myself to keep watching. With songs like "Wait for You", "Afraid", "Say It Right", and "Give it to Me" being performed, I expected nothing short of an amazing concert. She absolutly murderered her own songs making me hate the live version of them. At times, even the crowd was silent and appeared stunned at what they were looking at. Stick to the CD and do not purchase this DVD, you'll regret it! I've brought some pretty crappy things in my life, but this is by far one of the top of that list.

First off I love Nelly Furtado, she is an extremely talented musician and very beautiful. But this DVD was so disappointing. Let's start with how every song is completely different than the studio recordings now in some cases this is a good thing but here it's not. Nelly's performance is so-so but the thing that really ruined it was the band and her dancers. Also you can tell that the song's were doubled-over, meaning that the studio song is playing in the background and they are singing in harmony with them which is lame. So over all: Don't buy this DVD just watch a couple of clips on youtube and see for yourself.

If ur looking for her to entertain on stage like Pink or Madonna, this isn't it. Nelly don't play dat... On the other hand, if U R looking to become part of the concert experience, this is IT! A MUST HAVE for ALL Nelly Furtado FANS! What a GREAT Christmas gift for the Nelly fan on your list!

As a big Nelly Furtado fan, I really looked forward to this concert DVD. But I'd save my money -- Nelly can do better than this. Her albums, be it the more folksy "Whoa! Nelly" and "Folkore" or the more mainstream "Loose" -- are musical powerhouses, full of dynamism, passion, and verve. There's simply no one quite like Nelly, who has been influenced by artists around the world. She can sing Indian-tinged dance songs just as easily as she can belt out a soulful guitar piece reminiscent of Lilith Fair. It is therefore puzzling that her concert DVD falls so flat. Her "Come As You Are" and "Folklore" tours were thrilling, with Nelly running and jumping around the stage, connecting with her audience intimately, and setting the roof on fire. Her previous concerts had the air of someone who, on a caffeine high, just happened to stumble into a concert hall to join and lead the raucous crowd. On this DVD, she is stiff, calculated, and seemingly aware that this is her biggest tour yet -- so it better be commercially successful. Instead of her old school sneakers of yesteryear, she dons precarious high heels that prevent her from moving much. She waves her arms as she's glued to the mike stand. When she does move, it's with half of the energy she's usually known for, curious since this seems to be her biggest audience yet. Though it is understandable that she cannot reach into the crowd as she did with her smaller, more intimate concerts, this does not mean she can't forge a connection, which seems more vital for a show of this size, where there are fans who pay for nosebleed seats to see you perform for them. Her costumes are awkward and ill-fitting, more for the purpose of capitalizing on her new sexy image than for ease of maneuvering. It was difficult to watch the DVD to the end; it was, quite simply, boring, a descriptor I never thought I'd apply to Nelly Furtado. Though it is wonderful that she is experimenting, evolving, and embracing a new and mature image, it is at the expense of showmanship. It seemed that she thought she was performing for an audience made up of cardboard cut-outs. She flashed her beautiful smile, waved to the crowd, and thanked everyone for supporting her, but even these motions seemed rehearsed and choreographed. The live variations of her songs, previously so exciting in that she often brilliantly improvised them, are now awkward and vapid reworkings, akin to the throwaway remixes by obscure DJs you had to endure back in the day when people still bought physical CD singles. "Loose," a great pop album, falls flat in its translation to concert form. Previous album songs are mostly similarly mangled and made irrelevant, with the exception of the gorgeous "Try." I hope Nelly can find a way to recapture the magic of her old performances while continuing to grow as an artist. It seems that she threw out the baby with the bathwater.

Like the rest of the world I thought "Loose" is an amazing album, her best work yet, but I have an appreciation of her work before this album, a more spiritual, experimental sound that is hers. I love her music, love her voice, she is a talented writer, and she has unique beauty (her face looks like it was perfectly chiseled). Her videos from "Loose" were great "Say it Right" was my song of 2007, "Permiscuous Girl" an amazing track, "All good things (come to an end)" lovely track and video and "God's hand" another beautiful ballad that is only Nelly Furtado.


So I have it clear that I love her, but I did not enjoy this concert at all, okay they where moments, when she sang the ballads I paid attention. But the production level seemed mediocre, I mean 'Loose' was the biggest female solo album that year, an incredible success. The concert does not show this, and to make matter worse I by mistake bought two copies of this DVD. Its just not a concert I want to watch over and over again. Man I was disappointed.

i watched this concert on tv about 12 times and just loved it. so wanted to buy it to get the whole thing in order and play it whenever i want. the show hits every emotion. nelly is crazy talented and the musicians and dancers are great.

I don't personally own this dvd as of yet, but I will soon. I was fortuate to see this concert on direct tv, channal T101 where they show several concerts of our favorite singers and Nelly Furdato happen to one of them. It was one of those days where, "There is none thing on"! I like Nelly,so I tune in to watch her concert. Let me tell you, Nelly has got some energy. I love the fact that you can hear every word she sings. She had fun,the audience and so did I! I felt like I was on stage. Everyone on stage was having fun! This is a must have dvd!

I recorded this concert on the MTVHD channel and have watched it over and over again. I did not realize that I knew so many of her songs, and loved her performance of the other ones as well. She puts on a great show, I would love to see her in person.

Loose CD is great. This concert is most definately not. Others are correct that the aspect ratio is not anamorphic and is not good on a widescreen tv, especially with an upconverting dvd player. Stretches out the picture and makes her look short and fat.

Performance is also very sub par. I don't know how you put out such a great CD and then butcher it in concert then release a dvd of it so everybody can see how bad you did it live.

And what's with the poodle hairdoo? Blah

Not a big fan, just caught her music video at the gym and picked up the concert dvd as nelly is talented and catchy but I have to say this show is lethargic. i own over 150 dvd's and like to show them off but this one is not a rocker. check out pink's "i'm not dead yet".