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Elly Roberts reviews
Jive/BMG
- Cert:
- Cat.no: 82876656789
- Running time: 90 minutes
- Year: 1999-2004
- Pressing: 2004
- Region(s): All, PAL
- Sound: Dolby Stereo
- Languages: English
- Fullscreen: 4:3
- Disc Format: DVD 9
- Price: £17.99
- Rating: 2/10 (Music); 10/10 (DVD)
- Extras:Spatial time-line, expanded videos featuring never seenbefore footage including alternate versions, multi angle versions, multiaudio versions, hidden bonus features and interactive surprises.
Baby One More Time? – well, actually, 20 times.
Its the worlds top-selling teenager in all her pop video glory. We get tosee for the first time, the cow-eyed all American going through the pop metamorphosis over afive year span with 20 fully blown videos, alternate takes and a gamut ofoptions, it turns out to be a great DVD.
Having sold over 40 millions albums worldwide, Spears in nothing short of a phenomenon.With little artistic music merit, shes been the product of a product. The art lies very muchwith a long succession of directors and production companies whovepropelled her career. Most of the music and lyrics are inane.
Oops! I Did It Again, Baby One More Time and Lucky are great pop songs, but the restseriously flounder as she experiments with direction. For four years shesfailed to hit the top spot in the UK, until the single Toxic. For someonelike Britney, thats a hell of a long time, with Christina Aguileraconstantly snapping at her heels.
So the crown has been wobbled but notquite removed, but to be wobbled is an indication shes on the decline, sothis timely release may redress the balance in her favour. If the music hadas much class as the immaculate visual imagery, she would have buckets ofcredibility. Sets and lighting make the individual packages work, as they dofor her live shows, with rolling costume changes and as many dancers aspossible, when needed. Its all very Hollywood glam and shiny (even down tothe DVDs silver pack), but short on substance.
Watching the video clips, the music becomes almost incidental. She does herthing very well, wherever the settings, with the images indelibly stamped inyour minds eye. Britneys a good looking chick and more than able to flaunther wares. Its a whole load of fun, and should never be taken tooseriously.
The full list of tracks included are :
1. My Prerogative
2. Outrageous
3. Everytime
4. Toxic
5. Me Against The Music
6. Boys
7. I Love RocknRoll
8. Im Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
9. Overprotected The Dark Child Remix
10. Overprotected International Video11. Im A Slave
12. Dont Let Me Be The Last To Know
13. Stronger
14. Lucky
15. Oops! I Did It Again
16. From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart
17. Born To Make You Happy
18. (You Drive Me) Crazy: The Stop Remix
19. Sometimes
20. Baby One More TimeMore info atBritney.com /Britney Spears.com /Jive Records.com /BMG.com
Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.