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The 80's encapsuled on one DVD
if one was to ask a DVD creator "can you make me a one hour DVD that symbolizes the 1980's", what you'd get would be similar to this. Madonna's Immaculate Collection video collection, originally released on VHS in 1990 to coincide with the release of the CD of the same title, and on DVD in the summer of 1999. <
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>Madonna was without a doubt the biggest artist on MTV for quite some time, and here are twelve reasons why: <
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>1. Lucky Star - this is the uncut extended version that differs slightly from the single edit version that got so much MTV airplay in the fall of 1984. Plain and but sexy, with a young Madonna strutting her stuff with two backup dancers. <
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>2. Borderline - the song that brought her to the top 10 for the "very first time". An innocent youthful Madonna as a rising model whose boyfriend feels left behind. One of the first times most of America saw her. <
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>3. Like A Virgin - Madonna in Paris on a gondola, with a tiger-man following her. One of her most played videos (it was #10 on MTV's MTV 500 countdown back in 1997) <
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>4. Material Girl - An icon is born, basing itself on a classic Marilyn Monroe film sequence, Madonna became pop's ultimate sex symbol, nice storyline too where Keith Carradine is a producer who falls for her. <
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>5. Papa Don't Preach - fast forward a year, new haircut, less makeup, nowhere as much jewelry. Madonna as a young woman who finds out she's pregnant and tells her father (Danny Aiello) <
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>6. Open Your Heart - one of my favorite Madonna clips, where she works as a dancer at a sex club, while a young boy admirer watches from a distance, is he her brother? her son? what?!?! whatever, the video was still fun <
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>7. La Isla Bonita - Madonna is a lonely, religious woman who has a "other half" who likes to dance and party. Be on the lookout for a really young Benicio del Toro in the video <
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>8. Like A Prayer - she does it!! Madonna officially makes a video that truly proves she is a video icon. It's one of those videos that words can't describe because it has to be seen to be understood, and it is great. <
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>9. Express Yourself - Madonna is sexy again, this time based on the classic Metropolis, a very daring and shocking video for its time even though as the years have passed, it's rather tame <
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>10. Cherish - one of the weakest videos of the set, but a nice return to somewhat innocence after the last two groundbreakers, Madonna meets Splash. <
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>11. Oh Father - the most autobiographical video she'd done up to this point. As someone who has lost my mother, I understand how Madonna feels with this song and video, a true work of art. <
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>12. Vogue - easily the ultimate dance track of Madonna's career, a wonderfully stylish black and white video filmed during rehearsals for the Blond Ambition tour <
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>Bonus - Vogue (1990 Video Music Awards) - another classic performance, I remember watching this as it aired. Madonna set in the 1800's. <
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>Hopefully one of these days, a video collection will come along that is complete and supplants both this and "Video Collection 1993-1999", but until that time comes, this is what you should buy, along with 93-99. Other great collections to check out if you're a fan of this era include Cyndi Lauper's "Twelve Deadly Cyns", Janet Jackson's "Design Of A Decade", Eurythmics' "Greatest Hits", Olivia Newton-John's "Video Gold 1" and "Video Gold 2", Prince's "The Hits Collection" and Michael Jackson's "HIStory On Film Vol. 1". Along with "Video Collection 1993-1999" by Madonna, which covers the 90's.

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Great, but lacking somewhat
First and foremost, the idea of DVD technology is to take advantage of the considerable space. With the amount of early Madonna videos around, this DVD should have included them. While what's on offer are fantastic, it is not really worth the money for only 13 videos. Missing videos (which we all know and love) include: <
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>That is seven videos that would have made this a nice collection of 20 songs, instead of only 13. Do we really need two versions of "Vogue" when we could have perhaps got one of the above? <
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>Overall, a good DVD ... but not great, simply because it misses so much.

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SWEET JESUS!!!!!!!
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>Oh yeah. If you've grown up completley in love with Madonna, (Not so much the music, but the VIXEN) glued to these videos whenever they came on and thinking unnatural thoughts, then you are bound to love this DVD. All the videos from the early years are certainly sure to please. Thats not to say that Madonna isn't still hotter than ice in ALL of her videos, but these are the ones I watched when I was little. I truly enjoy this DVD, and unlike pop chicks of today, which may be hot, Madonnas music was always alright to listen to. She has a very cool voice, and well written songs. She is a bad -ass! And will be the sexiest chick around for ever to come.