Madonna: The Girlie Show

Madonna was on the outs in the US when this was recorded. This show was filmed in Australia as part of her Girlie Show world tour. She was experiencing a backlash due to the Erotica album and Sex book. This is a great show, and I am disappointed that it didn’t come to Los Angeles — in fact, the tour was mostly out of the US. This show has great music, inventive staging and exciting choreography. It is a must for Madonna fanatics. Grade: A

the girlie show is one of madonna's most under-rated tour and projects that she has done. the execution was flawless. the dancing and choreography and dancers with their own stories and routines also culminate in one of the most glamorous tour in world history. the tour also has a free, easy feeling that is easily transcending her most relaxed, laid back and even comedic performance. she wanted to be ironic and funny and push boundaries. she wanted the world to take note of the explicit nature of the work and say a collective, "screw you". she shows new sides and dimensions of herself in this tour, and that is amazing for someone who has had a reasonably long career as a superstar at this point. madonna works hard, and she really took this tour to a new high level of extreme for the medium of the live show. madonna has reinvented the stage performance and has had more influence on modern concert tours in the pop genre for over 30 years!! yes, that is 30 years!!! unheard-of. madonna is limited in her vocal ability, but she more than makes up for it by being a trooper and giving the best show that she is physically able to give. that is not something that you read in every review you hear about an artist on tour.

The Girlie Show is one of Madonna's best efforts. The Show is set during her Erotica period and most of the songs are from that album. Madonna has a great time performing, although The Girlie Show is not as produced as her Sticky and Sweet tour. My picks for the five best songs are 1. The Beast Within. 2. Justify My Love. 3. Erotica. 4. Deeper and Deeper. 5. Vogue. Madonna was still very much in your face with her sexuality at the time of this tour and shows in the song selections. The only bad parts of the DVD are the fact that it has only Dolby Sound and No DTS track the Dolby sound is weak, and for some reason the show is full screen instead of letterbox. If you are a Madonna fan this is a DVD for your collection. The price is hard to beat as well.

Technical stuff: For anyone worried that this DVD might be a region 2 DVD (as it appears in the photo), it is not. It's a region 1 DVD that will totally play in your DVD player. (If you're in North America and/or have a region-free DVD player.) It's from a third-party reseller (fulfilled by Amazon) and it came quickly and in perfect condition! So get out your dancin' shoes, pop this sucker in your player, and get ready for some awesome Erotica-era Madonna goodness.

Excellent concert

Arrived quick and DVD is fine. Plastic DVD holders in the case were busted so disc bounces around in the case. Otherwise no problem. Fantastic concert - I think one of her best !

Although the recording was done many years back in Australia, I was surprised that they had such excellent recording quality. Almost every piece of musical equipment was well captured and presented. The sound of the audience also provides to the mood of the occasion. Choreography was excellent. Video picture was surprisingly clear to the minor details such as a drop of sweat running down Madonna's face I do strongly recommend it!

This was a good purchase. No regrets on this purchase. I recommend this product and business to anyone.

The Girlie Show Live From Down Under è stato registrato 19 novembre 1993 a Sydney in Australia, spettacolo molto bello. Molte canzoni sono dell'album Erotica il tour è per promuovere questo album che considero uno dei migliori di Madonna, all'inizio sotto valutato dalla critica ma poi gli fu dato il giusto merito. Da WIKIPEDIA:"Alcune critiche odierne considerano l'album Erotica come uno dei più coraggiosi e migliori di Madonna per la sua originalità e per l'arditezza dei temi trattati, nonché uno dei più sperimentali". Frase che condivido in pieno. Quando lo ascoltai di nuovo dopo molti anni dissi che era eccezionale. Lo spettacolo è molto bello, registrato in 4:3 da guardare in questo formato per evitare di perdere parte dello spettacolo con gli zoom automatici dei televisori 16:9. La qualità video è ottima per il formato DVD e la cosa particolare è che il DVD è di tipo DVD-10 cioè ha l'incisione sui due lati, il video è sempre uguale ma a seconda del lato, viene riprodotto l'audio in Dolby Digital 5.1 oppure in Linear PCM Stereo (quello dei per CD intenderci). Altra cosa che mi è piaciuta molto è la presenza dei sottottitoli in inglese, non solo per il parlato ma anche per seguire i testi delle canzoni. Due ore di spettacolo molto bello, ballerini e ballerine fantastici. Peccato che all'epoca non si registrasse ancora in 16:9 e full HD, sarebbe stato ancora più coinvolgente, tagliare questo filmato 4:3 in 16:9 non renderebbe per niente. Le inquadrature piene e strette su Madonna e ballerini, una volta tagliate sopra e sotto verrebbero rovinate. Nessun libretto e nessun contenuto speciale. Due ore di spettacolo e musica che passano velocemente.

The Girlie Show, ist für mich das beste Konzert was Madonna jemals gemacht hat. Sehr abwechslungsreich... Hat damit auch Marlene Dietrich ein Denkmal geschaffen. Einziger Kritik, ist halt nur DVD Qualitet.. Kein HD und leider Blu-Ray giebt es nicht.

Super ! Très satisfait

A brilliant and slick visualisation of her 1993 tour. Lots of costume changes, all the hits and it's very entertaining from start to finish, never a dull moment. Her live singing isn't up to much though, sometimes sounding very flat.

Item just as described. Thanks!