I am not what you call a Shania fan, but I will admit to liking some of her more ‘poppy’ efforts. This collection covers all her major promotional videos for her hits (and believe me she’s had a few) from her first album up to her mega selling ‘Come On Over’ release. The first videos show a pretty country gal with a lovely voice. Her music is pure country and western at this point and to be honest I am bored solid after the first four tracks. ‘Any Man Of Mine’ and some sloppy numbers by pass me in a haze and I hate the dreadful ‘You Win My Love’ which has Shania go karting around a track and waving a flag in a studio. ‘Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under’ is also pure C&W and the video is a tragic waste of 4 minutes. She just wonders around a greasy Joes café in a posh frock and sings to all the men. ‘If You’re Not In It For Love (I’m Outta Here)’ is a catchy tune but again it’s a bad video. Shania has obviously discovered stylists and her over glossed lips and shiny hair are well in evidence, as are a bunch of extras who are all singing along with her and fighting for the limelight. Yes. Very original I’m sure. The one C&W tune I do like is ‘No-one Needs To Know’. A simple little sing along without any gloss. The video is set in a tornado path for some reason but Shania’s hair doesn’t move an inch!
‘The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You) Is a dull overlong ballad which was filmed in a sort of desert scene with sheiks and mysterious horseman running around everywhere. Shania meanwhile wanders about with a scarf. Some of the more recent hits such as ‘You’re Still The One’ is filmed at dusk in a moody setting, no story theme attached just a showcase for Shania’s face. Nice song though.
‘Love Gets Me Everytime’ seemed to have been filmed when she was having some photos taken and there are a few little gems where she is in her slippers without a hint of make up and a crummy old dressing gown. Other then that the video is just a lump of cheese.
The big ones are here ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ and ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’. Both very professional and very different from the cute little country girl with the scrubbed face in her first videos. In ‘Impress’ she is dressed in a leopard print outfit while wandering through the desert turning down lifts with various men who don’t impress her much. She is SO overmade up you can barely recognise her.
In ‘Man!’ she spoofs the Robert Palmer video for ‘Addicted To Love’ with the girls on guitars replaced by men. Shania herself is in a sexy little short skirt, mans shirt type thing and pouts a lot at the camera as she disrobes the various layers. Don’t worry her modesty is protected, she only goes so far. After all this is Shania! This is probably the best video of the bunch for me.
‘Don’t Be Stupid’ is just plain weird. Riverdancers and fiddlers (with Shania) doing their stuff underneath a load of water sprinklers. This is the second video where she has got soaked in the name of her art. The other one was a ballad about some chaps heart not being at home anymore.
One of the most beautiful videos is ‘From This Moment On’ where she is all dressed up in an Indian sari. She looks stunning. It was filmed in a hotel corridor would you believe but the best bit is at the end when she tries a door to a locked room and pulls the handle off! I don’t think this was in the script but good on them for leaving it in.
During the glossy videos there are a couple of songs where she has been filmed live, ‘Come On Over’ and ‘Honey I’m Home’. The girl can sing that’s for sure. The final live piece was ‘We’re Gonna Rock This Country’ which she must have performed at some stadium before a baseball match or something. The crowd looked a bit bored.
In all this is a pretty wonderful collection for a fan. I was glad I had a chance to take a look but I don’t want to repeat the experience. It’s all a little too sweet and sickly for me.
Score Board: For fans only 7/10
‘The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You) Is a dull overlong ballad which was filmed in a sort of desert scene with sheiks and mysterious horseman running around everywhere. Shania meanwhile wanders about with a scarf. Some of the more recent hits such as ‘You’re Still The One’ is filmed at dusk in a moody setting, no story theme attached just a showcase for Shania’s face. Nice song though.
‘Love Gets Me Everytime’ seemed to have been filmed when she was having some photos taken and there are a few little gems where she is in her slippers without a hint of make up and a crummy old dressing gown. Other then that the video is just a lump of cheese.
The big ones are here ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ and ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’. Both very professional and very different from the cute little country girl with the scrubbed face in her first videos. In ‘Impress’ she is dressed in a leopard print outfit while wandering through the desert turning down lifts with various men who don’t impress her much. She is SO overmade up you can barely recognise her.
In ‘Man!’ she spoofs the Robert Palmer video for ‘Addicted To Love’ with the girls on guitars replaced by men. Shania herself is in a sexy little short skirt, mans shirt type thing and pouts a lot at the camera as she disrobes the various layers. Don’t worry her modesty is protected, she only goes so far. After all this is Shania! This is probably the best video of the bunch for me.
‘Don’t Be Stupid’ is just plain weird. Riverdancers and fiddlers (with Shania) doing their stuff underneath a load of water sprinklers. This is the second video where she has got soaked in the name of her art. The other one was a ballad about some chaps heart not being at home anymore.
One of the most beautiful videos is ‘From This Moment On’ where she is all dressed up in an Indian sari. She looks stunning. It was filmed in a hotel corridor would you believe but the best bit is at the end when she tries a door to a locked room and pulls the handle off! I don’t think this was in the script but good on them for leaving it in.
During the glossy videos there are a couple of songs where she has been filmed live, ‘Come On Over’ and ‘Honey I’m Home’. The girl can sing that’s for sure. The final live piece was ‘We’re Gonna Rock This Country’ which she must have performed at some stadium before a baseball match or something. The crowd looked a bit bored.
In all this is a pretty wonderful collection for a fan. I was glad I had a chance to take a look but I don’t want to repeat the experience. It’s all a little too sweet and sickly for me.
Score Board: For fans only 7/10
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