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(More customer reviews)I enjoyed this concert so much !!! Selena was amazing. I even loved the short "extras" included in the DVD about the "Selena" movie. My favorite and most fascinating bit there was the side-by-side comparison of Selena's moves and Jennifer Lopez's moves. It made me appreciate the hard work that was put into the movie to make it as authentic for the fans as possible and to keep the integrity of Selena's performances intact.
As far as this concert. Wow!!! She really made that stage her own and had a great interaction with the fans that night. She had great confidence and a love for her fans. How do I pick a favorite moment? Her upbeat songs were so much fun that it was not hard to imagine everyone up and dancing to the concert. Those were such great songs too. They really knew how to pick out material that could show off the song, Selena's vocals and the band's talent (her sister,Suzette, was not a part of this concert, she was out sick that night).
The slower songs were wonderful as well. Selena could really emote those lyrics and listening to her made me feel like she lived through what she was singing about. One of my favorite songs was (and still is) "No Me Queda Mas". That sort of sound with her voice like she was trying to hold back tears as she was singing was really heart-tugging. It made me feel like she was really emotionally wounded.
Songs like "Cobarde" and "Si Una Vez" showed a strong, womanly strength in her voice. It was a perfect fit.
And of course the fun, dance songs are classic Selena. She was just beginning to show what she could do with the "Disco Medley". Awesome. She would have effortlessly recorded all English-language albums with her unique style of music and topped the charts. "Baila Esta Cumbia",'Techno Cumbia", "La Carcacha", "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" are just fun to see her and the band cut loose and give so much of themselves to the crowd. I could tell that they truly enjoyed performing.
"El Chico Del Apt 512" was really exiting too. How did she keep up such a vocally challenging song towards the end of the concert ? She smiled throughout and came through like a champ. How many other singers could pull that off? Not many. Especially with such a physically demanding concert.
Lots of singers now use recorded backup vocals to help them to cover for their own vocals while they are dancing and singing. Not Selena. It was all her. No fancy stuff. Just talent.
"Como La Flor" was the showpiece. It was sung with lots of affection for her fans. It was that special signature song that would forever keep her in her fan's hearts. The lyrics of the song tell of someone who wishes someone well and for them find love somewhere else if it could not be with her. It reached people because she made it so genuine. It came from her own heart, from her own generous nature.
And her closing words... telling the fans to take good care and the hope to see them all soon and giving them thanks and all the credit for everything that they had given to her and the band is just enough to make me want to cry for the loss of such a giving and genuine human being like she was.
But somehow I think that it is the fans that keep her spirit alive and hopefully she will have inspired the young kids that she reached to become a bit like her. It would be a better world because of it. It would not be such a devastating loss that way. It is inspiring to see that she still reaches people who may not even speak Spanish, but to her, there were no borders and people were all good. This DVD brings it all back. She wanted to reach out to everyone and somehow she still does. It makes me happy to see that....
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