Robin Williams - Live 2002
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Free Music Notes for Live 2002
Free Music Review: Hilarious
Hit: 5 Stars
There is not one minute on this album without a million laughs. The energy and brilliance of this guy shines through. Yes, there is profanity, but that is fine; the comedy wouldn't work if he said, "Oh, fudge golly gee darn" all the time. You will have to gasp for air every time you listen to this because you will be laughing so hard. Buy it!!!Free Music Review: Surprising retro to his older days
Hit: 4 Stars
My initial response to this CD was of relative shock at the amount of profanity on these discs, but in comparing it to other albums he's made in the past, Robin has always cursed often in his standup; it's just been awhile since he was on tour. With all of the serious and children-oriented roles he's taken in the last ten years or so, it's easy to forget how he got started. All that being said, he hasn't lost the touch at all! I found that I was laughing despite myself at several points, and in awe of the raw amount of energy he still has. His format has not changed much, either, as he skewers politicians, terrorism, celebrities, and silly American practices and vanities.
The double disc format is a good one, as the listener gets a feel for the different crowds and cities that were played to over the course of the tour.
Free Music Review: Pretty good
Hit: 3 Stars
I thought the jokes were great on this album, but it falls apart somewhere near the end, probably when he gets in on the subject of Viagra. Maybe it worked better as a visual gag (haven't seen the DVD yet), but as audio alone it was lame. The regional jokes on Disc 2 were okay, but his rap song "The Grim Rapper" did nothing for me. So overall, the album was just middling, and nowhere near as solid as his "A Night at the Met" album from the late '80s.Free Music Review: A great CD of Robin, except for one thing...
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a brilliantly made CD of Robin's material from his North American tour. For those who complain about Robin's CDs I understand because if you listen to any of his CDs they sound a tad too inconsistant. However, this one sounds pretty good and also includes some stuff at the end of the first CD that was featured in his encores on tour.My only real complaint is that he could've included more cities in his second disc as that he had plenty of room for it. I was at the April 2, 2003 concert at the Fox Theater in Detroit, and there was some humor that should've been included on the CD. First he talked of Detroit being Kabul, Afghanistan's sister city because of all the buildings knocked down to make room for Comerica Park, he said the Fox Theater was "the Pope's bathroom", a guy was there who came dressed as Popeye armed with a vinyl copy of the soundtrack to the movie (hoping for Robin to sign it) and Robin just tore him to shreads, plus he joked that Barry Sanders should've played for the Red Wings if he wanted to be on a winning team here. I'm just disappointed at this, because it isn't like he had no room left on the disc. It's only 42 minutes long.
Otherwise it is a great disc to have.
Free Music Review: 5 Stars for Robin, 0 for the recording, 2.5 Average.
Hit: 2 Stars
If you love Robin's Live on Broadway DVD, Do NOT buy this CD. While the jokes are almost the same, this CD is not the live recording of Robin's Live on Broadway's Beacon, NYC. Rather, it is a collection of the almost same materials (many of which will be later perfected in Beacon as you see on the DVD) performed through out other cities, which neither have the right environment nor the spontaneous audience as in New York City.