Midge Ure - Rewind - The Greatest Hits Tour

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Tracklisting
1. Cold, Cold Heart
2. Call of the Wild
3. Fade to Grey
4. Dear God
5. I See Hope
6. (You) Move Me
7. No Regrets
8. Alone
9. Breathe
10. One Small Day
11. Monster
12. Beneath a Spielberg Sky
13. Lament
14. Vienna (Duet with Russel Watson)
15. Love's Great Adventure
16. If I Was
17. Hymn
18. The Voice
19. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

Customer Reviews:

A surprising gem.......2004-12-01

I havent been an Ultravox fan but I bought this after revisiting them via Live Aid. This is one of those serendipitous discoveries you make when you take a risk.
It is just a really great concert. Midge sings with great emotional expression and the music is really full-bodied and up to date - even those older hits he covers really well. His words are poetic and reminiscent to me of David Grey.
It is well filmed and there is really not a weak song on it.
It also has one of the strongest starts I've seen to a concert.
I am now won over and will be keeping an eye on him in future.
He is also someone who would appeal to a wide range of agegroups.
This is a 'Wow' rating from me.

Powerful Midge!.......2003-07-24

Having been a fan of Midge's since his Ultravox days in the late 70s and early 80s, this DVD was everything I could have wanted. I thought his Breathe CD was absolutely fantastic and Move Me was even better! His music always fills me with emotion. Powerful stuff. He is a brilliant songwriter and talented performer. His whole band on this DVD is pretty impressive. The keyboardist is wonderful. Midge's guitar work is also great. My favorite tracks were most of the ones from the Move Me CD. Monster is the most powerful tune! Alone is also a favorite. If you are a fan of Midge's work, this DVD will not let you down, so buy it! You won't be sorry!

Midge Ure - Great DVD!.......2003-07-01

When I buy a DVD for music, I demand great sound and fun visuals with it. This DVD does not have great sound (a bit bassy), even with playing with the audio set up. HOWEVER, it does have some very good live versions of the hits that Ultravox/Midge Ure fans will appreciate. "Lament" - one of the most beautiful hauting songs ever made is WONDERFUL here. Simply - more synthesizers where used (I think). It is great watching Midge during this song, as with all his songs - he and his fans will FEEL his music!

Will we see Midge running around the stage like a Garth Brooks-type? No. Any background dancers? No. How about a fancy light show? Nope. Just a great concert that I wish I saw (even though I did see him live in Los Angeles awhile back)in person.

Even though I wished he sang "Visions In Blue" and "Reap The Wild Wind" I will settle for this for now and hope that a new improved DVD will provide these great songs for us.

Special Features includes the video to the songs "Beneath A Spielberg Sky" & "(You) Move Me" - both are good songs. Also has interviews with him in regards to some of his hit songs, interesting tidbits here for you fans.

Buy it, you'll like it...it will just wet your appetite to buy his other CDs if you already do not have them, and also wishing for a better sounding DVD in the future.

You MUST see the extra's on the DVD.......2002-10-19

I saw this when it was on Australian TV and enjoyed it but felt there was so much missing. When the credits came up I found out that we had not seen ALL of the show and I was told that the DVD would have "extra's".
I patiently waited to buy the DVD and am very glad I did.
When you see the "extra" you will discover how hard it was for the cast and crew to rehearse the show due to the venue not being available to rehearse when they needed it, and the things that got in their way and made it difficult for them to do the show. Up till 24 hours beforehand, many of the cast had not been able to reherse on the "real" stage. It just makes the show more special for me because of all the hard work that went into it.
John Bowles was wonderful singing "All I ask of you" (It was so obvious how wonderful he would have been when he played that part in the Australian production of "Phantom"), Tony Vincent was wonderful and I would love to see him live, Elaine Paige was fantastic as usual and Kris Phillips was a wonderful link between the Chinese and English versions of the songs.
I would recommend this to all my friends who love ALW's music

Tony Vincent, Superstar.......2002-08-28

While I found that in this Andrew Lloyd Webber concert special, that Sandy Lam and a slim few other featured vocalists were not neccesarily the best choices for the show (Lam sounded nervous through much of it, and her stage presence was lacking), most were fabulous.

Elaine Paige was as good as anyone would have thought her to be, as she is one of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals' most famous alumni.

Kris Phillips, though I felt his Phantom renditions couldn't match par with Michael Crawford or Howard McGillan, did a wonderful job singing the title song from Sunset Boulevard.

However, I felt that the real star of the show was American Tony Vincent. His voice was phenomenal, and his stage presence and charisma was huge. As a viewer, I could sense that Tony was enjoying himself immensely, and if he wasn't, he did a heck of a job faking it. And that's what musical stars are supposed to do.

Overall, I would say this concert was well done, and the people in China were lucky to see it live.

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