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Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas

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Ok, Is she a singer or what? "Live From Las Vegas" should be renamed "Lip-Sync From Las Vegas". This is a Concert, a MUSICAL, therefore you should be singing. I gave 2 stars because I have to admit it, she's hot all wet and there were a few FEW good acts... 3 is many.

In the late fall of 2001, Britney embarked on her third tour, The Dream Within A Dream Tour 2001-2002. I did see Britney on this tour twice: The first being on December 10th, 2001 and the second being June 28th, 2002. Both were here in South Philly. But this VHS and DVD televised concert was aired live on HBO when Britney performed at the GRAND MGM ARENA in Las Vegas on November 21, 2001.

The show starts off with one of Britney's female dancers walking towards centerstage, wearing a short pink & white nightgown, carrying a lantern, while dungeon sounds are played. The dancer makes it to centerstage and says, Is It All That I See Or Seem But A Dream Within A Dream? She then descends to the bottom of the stage, as two large flames shoot up on the sides, as horrifying music is set off. On the back-drop screen, a golden pixie flies across it and makes it to the front and says, Have You Ever Had A Dream That Felt So Real That You Could Not Tell The Difference Between The Real World And The Dream World? He flies away, to reveal a peaceful paradise picture. He comes back and says, Which World Are You In Now? The screen then reveals a bunch of people telling their dreams until Britney floats by in a bubble, which zooms out into a video of Britney saying, Last Night I Dreamt Of This Very Moment When I Was Here With All Of You... And Now My Dream's Come True. The picture cuts off as a hard version of OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN STARTS. Britney takes the stage, wearing a long-sleeved black half-top, black tasseled pants (an outfit similar to the outfit she wore in the dance sequences of the Stronger music video), complete with a long black Cape Coat, while chained to a huge platform, as she performed OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN. No, she wasn't chained to the platform during the whole song, she came off of it when she started the second verse. She finishes up OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN by saying, Ooh, I did it again! She falls backward, takes off the jacket and performs (YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY.

After (YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY, she went for a costume change. Britney came out, wearing a brown/gold jumpsuit, to perform OVERPROTECTED. After OVERPROTECTED, Britney went back for another costume change. Jon Voight took the stage. He tells a story of a ballerina princess who was locked in her jewelry box until her true love set her free. After Jon Voight finished, a large jewelry box was wheeled out to centerstage. The band started playing a ballerina version of BORN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. Britney came out of the box, elevating on a pedestal, wearing a white tank-top with rhinestones and a too-too. She sang the first verse and first chorus of BORN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY, until she started descending back into the box. Before she could disappear into the box, the front of it opened up. She takes off the too-too, puts on a movie-star-Marilyn-Monroe like coat, where the interior is the American Flag, to perform LUCKY. She started with the section where she says ISN'T SHE LOVELY THIS HOLLYWOOD GIRL? AND THEY SAY. She then sings the chorus, which leads into the bridge of the song. She then starts off with the first verse, second chorus, and bridge of SOMETIMES, with a thin white dress coat. She gets back into her box and is wheeled away as Jon Voight finishes the story.

After the medley, Britney comes back out, wearing, a black tank-top, grey dress slacks, complete with suspenders, to perform BOYS. After BOYS, Britney grabbed a long black coat and hat, where both had pink and green paint splattered on it, to perform STRONGER. She finished up STRONGER, took off the hat and coat, and sat down next to her piano player, who was sitting centerstage, playing a nice little piece. Britney sits down and has a chat with her audience, which leads into a beautiful performance of I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN.

She finishes I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN, as the back-drop screen shows Britney and her female dancers putting together a Janis Joplin wannabe band. They pen different old songs to cover, but can't find the right one until they come across I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL. Britney then takes the stage, dressed in a purple jacket, blue shirt, and green jeans, to perform I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL. She and her dancers are on this platform which elevates into the air. She comes down to the stage and performs WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE ME. After performing WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ME, she comes across a huge back-drop screen and has a battle with a video alter ego version of herself as she vamps through LONELY.

After LONELY, Britney took the stage, wearing a white, sparkling gown, to perform DON'T LET ME BE THE LAST TO KNOW. She takes another costume change after DON'T LET ME BE THE LAST TO KNOW. She comes back out as her and all her female dancers are dressed in Barbie-like outfits, to perform ANTICIPATING. After ANTICIPATING, she took off her Barbie outfit to reveal short tight green bikini top, yellow shorts, and green boots, to perform a jungle version of I'M A SLAVE 4 U. She finishes up I'M A SLAVE 4 U and says her good-byes. But she comes back out for one encore: ...BABY ONE MORE TIME, but I won't let that one out. Below is the tour's setlist.

OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN
(YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY
OVERPROTECTED
BORN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY/LUCKY/SOMETIMES (medley)
BOYS
STRONGER
I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN
I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ME
LONELY
DON'T LET ME BE THE LAST TO KNOW
ANTICIPATING
I'M A SLAVE 4 U
...BABY ONE MORE TIME

This is THE BEST CONCERT OF ALL TIME!!!! she puts on the best show.. you don't need to be a britney fan to appreciate this spectacle! Its got fireworks, rain, fire, lights an amzing HUGE stage setup. the costumes are amazing, the dancing is WOW!!! This shows what britney is best at she is a born entertainer! What i also loved about it was that she remixed her older songs such as baby one more time, oops i did it again and made them much more enjoyable and they WENT OFF!!!! She has lots of energy and LOOKS HOT!! Her choreography is incredible and shows you what britney is really about!! Also inbetween the songs she has the background dancers dance along to club music which also adds to the energy of the show!!!

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND this DVD to anyone who wants an uptempo, high energy, highly produced concert to watch. It is a MUST HAVE!!!!

The whole DVD was amazing. Period. Britney Spears knows how to put on an incredible show and it's great to be able to relive this epic concert with this DVD. Something I've been wanting for a long time and glad I found it on amazon :)

First she comes out with album after album of great music and now a DVD so great, it brings her to a whole new level.
Britney is hot and you can witness it all here, from her dance moves to the way she entertains all.
Highly, highly recommended!!

For all of the praise and acclaim that Britney Spears receives from the media and from fans worldwide (what they see in her, I still don't know), there isn't much Spears has done to justify it - basically she comes off to me as someone that got by on pure luck rather than talent. She can't sing a note in tune, her dancing is substandard, the songs are accompanied by cheesy outdated sequencers, and the lyrics are nothing short of abominable - and this DVD proves it. If the vocals have a pre-recorded sound to them, that's because they WERE pre-recorded - Spears is lip-synching throughout the whole "live" performance!

I'm sure Spears is aware of her many shortcomings - she hopes to distract everyone from them by wearing as little clothing as possible, including plenty of gratuitous cleavage shots (A note to parents: Keep this in mind when one of your children asks for this DVD). If there's anything I'll give her credit for, she sets a record for the amount of outfit changes she goes through during her performance - and that's about all I'll give her credit for. This DVD is all the proof you need that she is a lip-synching flunky and an average dancer at best - the only thing she's got going for her is her sex appeal, but that shouldn't translate to a successful career in the music industry.

In summary: This DVD is not worth your time or money. Spears can't decide whether she wants to appeal to children (through her cheesy bubblegum pop songs) or teenage boys and unmarried middle-aged men (through her revealing outfits), and comes up with something that's a complete waste of time, totally lacking purpose or substance. Basically, combine Teletubbies with a movie like "Showgirls", and you have Britney Spears: Live From Las Vegas in a nutshell - a concept that is as ridiculous as it is pointless.

OH MY GOSH!!! i have never seen anything like it!!
I DONT CARE IF IT WAS LIP SYNCHED!!! it was a spectacular show. the amazing dancing, costumes and sound. you don't need to be a britney fan to enjoy this concert!
BRITNEY IS SO TALENTED with her amazing dance moves and even though she isnt singing, we all know she can!! SHE spent alooooooooot of money to hold this concert and it was all worth it!!
i STRONGLY RECOMMEND this dvd for anyone who isnt a britney hater! for those who havent watched it.. you dont know what you are ,missing out on.

I saw the Onyx hotel show, expecting to see if this girl did anything better than the Vegas show...it was all the same. Britney Spears lip sync the whole show, and the only two songs she really sang (if you want to call it that!) she looked like she was in so much pain, as if she was having kidney stone pains, like a cat in heat! I felt so sorry for her because this girl is pretty with a nice body (it looks like she gained a bit of weight), but she just cannot sing. The whole show was a complete rip-off of many things combined that Madonna and Janet has done to death, nothing original. To me she's a pretty over paid stripper, that happens to be white, blonde and prety and acts like she's the ultimate 'girl next door' type, although everybody knows that's not the case...but hey, not to bash her completely, at least all that plastic sugar coating made her a very rich girl...but always remember, things don't last forever, so she better come up with a new formula soon before it all comes crashing down, she won't be Barbie forever.

Want to go see a real diva....MADONNA is coming to town this summer 2004!!!!

In her Live in Las Vegas get up Britney Spears should be crowned princess of lip-syncing not pop princess. Watching and hearing this is just like closing your eyes and listening to her CDs at home. She maybe live to the sight of eyes but the vocals aren't one bit live in this DVD or any other performance she has ever done. A big fat F on this DVD and this performer.

Britney's a horrible singer but damn she can put on a show! This DVD was amazing and had me watching the entire time. Worth every penny.