From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
            Got the NY Concert DVD yesterday. As I said previously, the S&H was   
   $8.50. There was $1.48   
   postage on it (even less than the $1.81 on the 'Diamonds and Guns' DVD). $7.02   
   for handling a DVD   
   box?? I want that job!   
            I watched the concert today. On the back of the box it said it was   
   filmed May 31, and June   
   1st and 2nd. I didn't know there were three shows. Lucy sang more songs in   
   this concert (19 versus   
   14). At first I thought she had an all new set of songs, but she sang a lot of   
   the ones she did at   
   the Roxy concert (a list of both concert songs is at the end). I understand   
   the Chicago concert had   
   more of a bluesy feel with songs to reflect that.   
            Unfortunately, the concert was rather uneven.   
            Lucy came out wearing a silver space suit (as she called it), it   
   looked like a silver wet   
   suit. She had red, blue and yellow lights shining on her. As form-fitting as   
   it was, there was no   
   way she could move that wasn't erotic, evocative, and provocative (not that   
   I'm complaining!!!).   
   More than once she had her back to the audience shaking her so-fine booty to   
   the music.   
            I guess Lucy thinks the LA audience is more laid back that the NY   
   audience because during   
   the first half of her show, her voice sounded like she was really straining to   
   rock out. Twice   
   during the song 'Piece of my Heart' she had to take swallows of water.   
           During the second half she came out wearing blue jeans, a black belt,   
   black chaps, a   
   metallic   
   green bikini top and what looked to be a silver chain mail kind of halter   
   front.   
            And as she did at the Roxy, she introduced her band during the song   
   'What'd I Say?", and   
   then Reneé came out, this time wearing a red fringed Go-Go suit (it was blue   
   in LA).   
            It was during this second set that Lucy changed from being   
   Lucy-the-Rocker to   
   Lucy-the-Entertainer. She wasn't straining her voice as much and the songs had   
   a more natural sound   
   to them.   
            At the Roxy, she sang "I'll Stand By You" as her closer (except for   
   the encore song) and   
   dedicated it to the soldiers fighting in the Middle East. When she sang it   
   this time, it was fourth   
   from last and she dedicated it to Daisy. (And I still got a bit choked up.)   
            As with the Roxy DVD, there is the concert itself, and then the songs   
   listed so you can   
   choose which ones you'd like to watch again. There is bonus footage of Lucy   
   selecting and   
   rehearsing a couple songs.   
            I am still amazed at how good Lucy looks, and how much energy she   
   puts into her   
   performance. Her stage presence is every bit as good as ANYONE's!   
            For some reason, the NY crowd didn't seem to be as vociferous or as   
   animated as the LA   
   audience. Maybe it was a smaller venue, or maybe the microphones didn't pick   
   the calls, whistles,   
   and applause.   
            There is no doubt that the Roxy concert rated and A+. And I wish I   
   could give the NY   
   concert an A+ also. Rating the separate halves, I would give the first half a   
   B, and the second   
   half an A+, so they average out about an A or an A- .   
        I just thought of another reason why I may have liked the second half   
   better -- I was more   
   familiar with those songs -- 6 for the first half (out of 11) and all 8 of the   
   ones in the second   
   half.   
   ............................   
      
   Roxy Songs                            NY Songs   
      
   Feeling Good                          Feeling Good   
   Jump Into My Fire                 Shakey Ground   
   Down On My Knees             Down On My Knees   
   Total Control                        I'm The Only One   
   Maxine                                 Total Control   
   Like The Way You Do         Maxine   
   Do You Want To Dance?     I Wish I Was Your Lover   
   Cowboy Song                      Do You Want To Dance?   
   Something To Talk About      Never Pass This Way Again   
   Piece of My Heart                Something To Talk About   
   Tell Mama                            Piece of My Heart   
   What'd I Say?                      Tell Mama   
   I'll Stand By You                 What'd I Say?   
   Pull Up To My Bumper         Take My Breath Away   
                                              What's Up?   
                                              I'll Stand By You   
                                              True Colors   
                                              Total Eclipse of the Heart   
                                              Delta Dawn   
      
      
   --   
   David   
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