Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour At Madison Square Garden [Explicit]

You don't have to be a Lady Gaga fan to appreciate the quality of this blu ray DVD program. First -- the people at HBO did a great job in editing the material -- the performance moves - it is dynamic, with great sound and color. Their use of black and white for the interspersed black stage scenes was clever. I have never really listened to Lady Gaga before this DVD. Some of her music seems very good and her staging was great. My only complaint is that this blu ray disk does not support "resume play". Thus if you put the disk on stop or want to watch the program over several nights it will start over from the beginning -- this is a very irritating feature of many blu ray disks.

Love her. Great concert.

I can and have watched this a million and one times. It is inspirational, motivational, and entertaining as all hell. I originally saw this on HBO in the beginning of 2013 and found myself watching or listening to it as I cleaned, got ready, cooked.....finally I decided to buy my own copy and I work in entertainment. I brought this to the dressing room at work and everyone went crazy and we watched it all day long between shows. This is a really great show and GaGa is her usual amazing, crazy, and wonderful self. Even Liza Minnelli was there, how can you go wrong?

Four years later and I still enjoy this concert. Lady Gaga is great and the songs rock. So why buy the DVD instead of just downloading the songs? Three reasons: 1) The costuming and staging are incredible and worth seeing. 2) The energy of the crowd is fun (the beginning is really cool; you can just FEEL the excitement) 3) The back up dancers! They are astoundingly talented and go full out for the entire concert.

This is a great performance of Lady Gaga's earlier hit. It's energy pack with great vocals and great images. A must for any Gaga fan. The extras are fun as well.

There isn't much to say about Lady Gaga that hasn't been said already, but die-hard fans and new-comers alike to New York's avant-garde pop sensation will be pleased with HBO's treatment of The Monster Ball, Gaga's second world tour. It's campy, it's flashy, it will make you want to dance and it will make you understand why Gaga has taken the world by storm. You might think you've heard Paparazzi on the radio 500 times by now, but it's certainly a fresh experience at The Monster Ball, where she sings it as she's devoured by a giant light-up angler fish while wearing a dress that's half Wizard of Oz, half origami and 100% sparkly...seriously. Even Gaga's lesser known (but still fantastic) songs are treated with all the glamour and energy of her A-listers. "Teeth" is extended into a 10 minute raise-the-roof sing/scream-along, and So Happy I Could Die is performed in a dress that's...well...alive. The Monster Ball is one of those "see-it-for-yourself" experiences that a review can't do justice to. As far as the Blu-ray transfer, both the video and audio are well up to par with what is expected. Expect to be able to count every sequin on-screen, or see every fiber in Gaga's radiant wigs. I only deducted a star because this isn't exactly the completely concert. Gaga's actual tour was enhanced by primarily black-and-white interludes made by the photo-artists at SHOWSTUDIO. And boy, were they something. The starting interlude, a dramatic black-and-white countdown set to "Finally," was probably the moment everyone remembers from their trip to The Monster Ball. HBO decides to cut most of these interludes and drastically shorten the others. "Dance in the Dark," the intro song, is also shortened. This is acceptable for TV broadcast where time is a concern, but don't cheat people paying for the DVD or BD out of the full experience. They had the full footage available and decided not to lengthen the concert for home video release. This, in my opinion, is unforgivably lazy. Other than the unfortunate editing, Monster Ball diehards will love revisiting Gaga's most famous tour to date.

Like reviewer K.K. before me, I'm also in my early 60's, straight, though LGBT friendly, and I adored Lady Gaga after watching this video. I've seen almost every act -- from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Queen, Led Zeppelin, etc. -- and Lady Gaga is right up there with them all in this performance. I became a fan after borrowing a copy from my local library and purchased it on Amazon recently. To me, Lady Gaga is a blend of Cher, Freddy Mercury, and maybe a little Jerry Lee Lewis, (as she plays piano AND electric guitar with her spike heels in the show), plus she can dance and sing like a 'Broadway Baby'. I saw her live this summer for her ArtRAVE tour and she sang and danced her heart out for two hours nearly nonstop, and she never lip-synched a note. What I liked most about her is her interaction with her audience. She takes time to read letters from the crowd, and wears their gifts of clothing, plus spends time giving inspirational pep talks to those rejected for being "Born This Way." Lady Gaga is a humble superstar. I expect great things from her, and this DVD is a great introduction to her many talents.

Love this DVD

Qualité de l’image et du son très bien. Quant au spectacle lui-même c’est fantastique. Lady Gaga étant à une période de sa carrière déterminante…

Un live incroyable ! A voir et à revoir !

As a fan of Lady Gaga I really enjoyed this. I’ve seen this show live at a different venue during the same tour. I wanted to relive the experience and this dvd did the job. Great performances of all the great and beloved hits. This is a must have for any Little Monster.

Todo muy bien, desde la entrega hasta la calidad del Blu-ray

Nach langem sehnsüchtigen Warten ist sie nun endlich da - Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour auf DVD und Blu-ray.Ich war einer, von wahscheinlich, vielen ,die vorbestellt hatten. Heute,einen Tag früher als eigentlich angegeben, kam die Blu-ray bei mir an - Riesenfreude ! Eigentlich wollte ich nur mal kurz reinsehen und mir die gesamte Blu-ray abends in Ruhe ansehen- aber schon der Vorspann hat mich fast vom 'Hocker gerissen'. Die Blu-ray hat ein tolles Menü,mit dem man auch während des Konzerts navigieren kann . Auch einiges Bonusmaterial ist dabei,wie z.B. Photogallery, Backstage und 'Born this way' a cappella . Das Konzert selbst ist einfach unglaublich . Etwas derartiges habe ich noch nicht gesehen . In jedem Stück ,das Lady Gaga auf die Bühne zaubert,liegt soviel Herzblut und Persönlichkeit, wie ich es bei noch keiner anderen Künstlerin erlebt habe -sie gibt wirklich alles. Sie lässt einen Einblick in die Garderobe während des Garderobenwechsels zu ,hält immer einen direkten Draht zum Publikum und erzählt von Demütigungen aus ihrer Jugend . Kostüme und Farbenpracht des gesamten Bühnenwerkes sind hervorragend . Die Qualität von Bild- und Tonmaterial ist einer Blu-ray nach heutigen Maßstäben mehr als würdig . Nur bei Spots mit sehr geringer Beleuchtung ist ein leichtes Bildschwächeln zu verzeichnen . Die Bässe in den einzelnen Titeln sind der Hammer ! Vom Vorspann über die 'Monsterparty' bis hin zum A Cappella Abspann ist diese Scheibe ein Leckerbissen erster Klasse , die ihresgleichen sucht .