Sade - Life Promise Pride Love
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Actor: Amanda Pays, SadeBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 55 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony
Movie Reviews of Sade - Life Promise Pride Love
Movie Review: Life Promise Pride Love Deluxe
Summary: 5 Stars
Sade not only makes beautiful music, she's able to bring them to life in her videos. I usually wouldn't bother getting a dvd of an artist's videos (well maybe Aaliyah or Janet), but Sade is an exception. The videos featured on Life Promise Pride Love (a combination of the titles of Sade's first four albums) fit to a T with the lyrics and are illustrated quite beautifully with various locations and lots of color and style.
Your Love is King opens the set with Sade singing along and a few shots of her bandmates playing their instruments in the background. You can tell Sade wasn't completely comfortable in front of the camera since she's a bit stiff, but gorgeous as always. Smooth Operator spoofs the gangster movies of the 30s and 40s with Sade playing an undercover spy who must seduce a bad guy in order to capture him. Hang on to Your Love tells the tale of a man in a casino who's faced with being a good family man or caving into his gambling addiction. Sade and the guys are featured as well as a few "shady" folks in the background.
The black and white colored Never As Good As The First Time finds Sade riding a black stallion across a desert in the middle of nowhere with some shots of old men playing cards, two boys playing a game, and an old woman putting her laundry out on the line in a small village. It might sound boring, but it's far from it. Trust me. The Sweetest Taboo and Is It a Crime go hand in hand. The former has Sade and the band grooving to the music with flashbacks of Ms. Adu spending time with a love interest. Apparently things went wrong between them since the latter video is made up of said love interest reflecting back on the good times as well as what he did to drive her away. He takes a cab to the abandoned building Sade's singing in in order to win her back. Does he succeed? You'll have to watch to find out.
A Mexican village is the setting for Paradise. Sade, sporting simple clothes and a cowboy hat, dances across the village with a little orphan girl late at night. Despite the rumors, the girl is not played by Sade's daughter Ila, who was born 8 years after the filming of the video. Anyway, it's pretty sweet with the village's inhabitants dancing to the song and just having fun. Nothing Can Come Between Us is another B&W video simply featuring Sade and the boys performing the song with backup vocalist Leroy Osbourne busting a move or two towards the end. Sade and the guys get a chance to run around and be silly on the streets of Vegas in Turn My Back on You. Love is Stronger Than Pride is simply stunning with Sade walking along the beach in a gorgeous red dress.
No Ordinary Love depicts Sade as a mermaid who ventures from her underwater home to land where her human lover resides. The image of Sade running through the streets in a wedding gown is memorable and a bit depressing since it's obvious their relationship won't work. In Cherish the Day, Sade plays a guitar and sings on top of a NYC skyscraper, while her bandmates and everyday people vibe below her. Peaceful and inspiring.
Kiss of Life is the best of the Love Deluxe videos imo. There are so many explosive colors while Sade waits for her lover in a Miami hotel room. She sings seductively while under the sheets of the bed and sitting against a rainy window. Love the last few moments of her slow dancing with her man. The last of the B&W videos, Feel No Pain is set in the Arizona desert. Wrapped only in a gauzy sheet, Sade wanders the barren wasteland in confusion and despair. It's an amazing clip.
Last but not least is the special treat: By Your Side. The sets are reminiscent of the fairy tales of the Grimm Brothers, they're so surreal and magical. Sade walks through a magical forest, dances with an older couple in snow, and grooves down a lushly green hill with a white rose in her hand.
There is no video here that I skip. Whether she's singing in an abandoned building, on the beach, or in the desert, Sade remains elegant and a joy to watch. One side note, I would have really liked a "behind the scenes" section of the making of at least some of the videos. Just a little something extra. Kick back and enjoy, guys!
Your Love is King - 1985 (Directed by Jack Semmens)
Smooth Operator - 1985 (Directed by Julian Temple)
Hang on to Your Love - 1985 (Directed by Brian Ward)
Never as Good as the First Time - 1986 (Directed by Brian Ward)
Sweetest Taboo - 1985 (Directed by Brian Ward)
Is it a Crime - 1986 (Directed by Brian Ward)
Paradise - 1988 (Directed by Alex McDowell)
Nothing Can Come Between Us - 1988 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
Turn My Back on You - 1989 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
Love is Stronger Than Pride - 1988 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
No Ordinary Love - 1992 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
Cherish The Day - 1993 (Directed by Albert Watson)
Kiss of Life - 1993 (Directed by Albert Watson)
Feel No Pain - 1992 (Directed by Albert Watson)
By Your Side - 2000 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
Summary of Sade - Life Promise Pride Love
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