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Summary: AMAZING
Review: AFTER SEEING THIS ON HBO I DECIDED TO GET THE DVD AND PLAY IT ON MY HOME THEATER SYSTEM, WOW!! FIRST OF ALL THE BIG WIDESCREEN CAPTURES EVERYTHING AND MORE. FROM THE MUSIC TO THE CHOREOGRAPHY ALL ARE FIRST RATE. I ONLY WISH SHE STILL USED THE SAME DANCERS TO DATE. ITS AMAZING HOW CONTROLLED MADONNA IS IN EVERY DANCE MOVEMENT AND ALL THE WHILE IS SINGING WITHOUT A WAIVER IN HER VOICE. SHE IS UNBELIEVABLY CONDITIONED. I AM WAITING FOR THE BLONDE AMBITION TOUR TO COME OUT ON DVD. CAN'T WAIT. I HAVE HER CIAO ITALIA ON DVD. THAT WAS EXCELLENT ALSO, HOWEVER MADONNA AT THAT POINT HAD NOT TRUELY DISCOVERED HER CREATIVITY. SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL BY HERSELF WITH A FEW PROPS, AND RELIED MOSTLY ON HER DANCING, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT BY THE WAY. I THINK MADONNA WILL ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO REINVENT HERSELF THROUGH HER MUSIC AND HER CONCERTS. SHE IS TRUELY THE ORIGINATOR!!!
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Summary: GIRLIE SHOW IS DA BOMB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I don't care about the topless dancer , I care about MADONNA !
She's the best dancer , next to JANET JACKSON . But the show was slightly boring with THE BEAST WITHIN , because MADONNA wasn't on stage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I personally think this is one of MADONNA'S best tours ever ! You should get this VHS or DVD if you truly love MADONNA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Outstanding Performance
Review: I remember travelling to London to see Madonna's opening night of this Tour in September 1993. I was very excited & moreso because up until that point I thought that the Blonde Ambition was the most lavish spectacular ever brought to stage & screen. What could Madonna do next? The Girlie Show is definitely not a duplication of Madonna's 1990 Tour. Lavish, yes, but it does not go the Greatest Hits route. Madonna at the time was getting a lot of bad press due to the nature of her Sex book (which is very bland really) & her Erotica album (which I feel is one of her best). The Girlie Show therefore had to be something else & it is. Lipsyncing aside (Erotica/Justify My Love/Vogue), The Girlie Show is an impressive hommage to spectacles of old from harlequins to troubadours, 70s Disco & Deitrich, Madonna's Tour demonstrates her cultural awareness & her influences. The show, like the Blonde Ambition Tour is divided into segments.
SEGMENT 1: The Dita files. A series of darker dance numbers performer by Madonna in her Dita outfit. Erotica, the show's opener is Madonna's sole presence on stage, with dancers in the background. Good for what it is. But does not get the juices flowing, as the songs lyrics promise. Fever rocks - not one of my fave songs by Madonna, but she gives it plenty of life & sings it live! as well - she lipsynced to this one in London. Quite a sexy routine also with 2 dancers. Madonna flirts with the crowd. Vogue is an elaborate spectacle, with Madonna, Nikki & Donna wearing what look chandeliers on their heads, & indulge in artsy dancing. Cool. Rain demonstrates Madonna can sing & harmonise.
SEGMENT2: 70s DISCO. This part of the show is a partayyyy sequence with a totally blinding version of Express Yourself, moving into the feather boa dance routine of Deeper & Deeper, before slowing down a bit for Why's It So Hard & then In This Life, which has Madonna alone on the steps singing about lost friends. Bless.
SEGMENT3: WHAT IS GOING ON? SECTION: Madonna does Like A Virgin as Marlent Deitrich, dressed up as a man flirts outrageously with dancing girls on Bye Bye Baby & then proceeds into the most unexpected live! song ever - I'm Going Bananas. Nuts.
THE HITS: We then move into a wondrous rendtion of La Isla Bonita, spanish dancing et al & then a Military version of Holiday, which gets the audience livened up & Madonna genuinely appears to be enjoying herself & smiling without force.The traditional expression save the best for last is true here. The encores are two very different sounds & images. Madonna goes to Ascot Horse Racing is the theme of Justify My Love, a very decadent type of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with eloquent top hats, tails & lavish dresses (which is more 1920s than 1780s). Madonna's outfit is a combination of man-woman. The song is sultry & one I would never have imagined to be done live. It livens up at the end with the dancers all performing a hand-clapping routine. Bonkers. The showstopper is again a song I was not expecting, yet one of my faves. A totally reworked version of Everybody which breaks into Dance To The Music & then becomes all funky. It is euphoric & the total climax to the show IMHO. Add to this a secret clown who turns out to be Madonna & you have the impression that depsite the lack of greater hits like Papa Don't Preach/Open Your Heart, etc that Madonna does want to entertain her crowd & moreover interact with them. She does so well, or at least as warmly as I've ever seen her. Bad press asides, the sheer content of the show alone is enough to remind fans why they attended the show (& there are A LOT at this show - & she played 4 nights at this cricket ground as well as performing in other Australian cities!!!!) & why Madonna is one of the best at her game
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Summary: Ciao Italia is Better?! What-evah!!
Review: The Girlie Show is a masterpiece! Obviously sck236 didn't get the irony of the "Like A Virgin" segment. She had already been the bride in 1984, now she was playing the groom! She was gender-bending, which is what this concert was mostly based on. It's wonderful, for those of you who haven't seen it. Sure, she sings more classics on Ciao Italia, but that concert gets boring as you get further into it and it's sooo dated! The Girlie Show is a must have for any pop concert fan in general. The costumes are magnificent and the sets are colorful and beautiful. Buy it!
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Summary: madonnas best show ever
Review: i wasent a madonna fan but this is her best show ever.as a dancer and a choreografer it influanced my work for a very long time.
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Summary: Ciao Italia is Better!!!
Review: I have no CD of Madonna. But I watched her live concerts in LD format 10 years ago. And I've watched the LDs - Italy Concert and Tokyo concert- more than a hundred times.
When I could managed to have DVD hometheatre system, I decided to buy a concert DVD of Madonna first. As I'd already had "Ciao Italia", I bought "The Girlie Show", the latest concert of her.
But it was not as active as "Ciao Italia". And remixed versions of my favorite songs were bad. Especially, "LIke a Virgin" is the WORST remixed version. I didn't know that song was the "Like a Virgin" even until it finished. But audio quality of "the girlie show" is good.
If you ask me,however, I recommend the Italy Concert,"Ciao Italia".
I am not good at English. hhheheh
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Summary: Its live
Review: Yes if you like Madonna add this video to your collection.
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Summary: Dull, boring and disappointing concert
Review: I consider myself highly appreciative of Madonna -- her singing, dancing, acting, her intelligence and innovation, etc. But this production featured only occasional memorable performances. Madonna does not look good in short, blond hair -- but she looks much worse doing performances in men's clothes, chiffon wigs and top hats! The choreography was not very special. The rendition of "Like a Virgin" was completely innovative -- and completely throw-away. As another reviewer stated, much of this video needed the fast-forward button. I cannot understand why so many people liked this production. I not only will never watch it a second time, I won't even keep it in my collection. Yes, "Truth or Dare" is MUCH better!
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Summary: She has done much better
Review: I love Madonna, and am thrilled to see her tour, but i hope it is nothing like this performance. I was actually bored and had to fast forward. I wanted to get the image of her in this show out of my head so i had to watch truth or dare again and everything was okay. MORAL OF THE STORY: buy it cause it's madonna, but don't get your hopes up
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Summary: Spectacular production!
Review: This has got to be one of if not the best concert EVER staged in history. Madonna puts on an elaborate production like no other. This is not your typical pop concert but it holds you attention like nothing else. You will be glued to your television every time you watch it. After viewing this concert I must say that the U.S. really got jipped on this tour. The tour only visited three U.S. cities. You must buy this DVD! It is a great way to sike yourself up for her tour this summer! NOT FOR CHILDREN! THIS CONCERT IS FOR ADULTS! IT WAS THE TOUR FOR MADONNA'S "EROTICA" ALBUM, AND "SEX" BOOK!
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