Shawn Colvin - Polaroids - Video Collection
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Actor: Shawn ColvinBrand: Sony Music
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony
Movie Reviews of Shawn Colvin - Polaroids - Video Collection
Movie Review: Shawn Colvin's music videos and television appearances
Summary: 5 Stars
I was initially surprised that there is two hours worth of material on "Shaw Colvin - Polaroids: A Video Collection" because I could not believe Colvin had made that made music videos. But while there are indeed ten music videos on this collection the rest of the DVD is filled with video from television appearances, which I am especially appreciative of since I saw Colvin performing last month and have a decided preference for listing to her live just playing one of the two acoustic guitars she takes with her on the road than listen to what comes out of the studio.
In terms of the chronologically arranged music videos we have "Steady On" and a literal but mysterious shot in black & white "Diamond in the Rough" from 1990, "Round of Blues" where you get to see her first husband and hear her sister's big plans for the video from 1992, a rather dark video version where they decided Colvin wearing just an open vest to show off her bellybutton was a good thing of "I Don't Know Why" from 1993 (there is a better one to come on this DVD), Greg Brown';s "One Cool Remove" as a duet with Mary Chapin Carpenter and "Every Little Thing (She) Does Is Magic," which apparently has a visit from Tinkerbelle from 1994, and then a small gap to her success with the "Few Small Repairs" album and the most professional and arty looking of the videos which were shot for "Get Out of This House" in 1996 with Colvin playing electric guitar with her band, "You and the Mona Lisa" and, of course, "Sunny Came Home" from 1997. That last one is the "Fire Version," which was not allowed to be shown on television because in the wake of that Beavis & Butthead controversy with children doing what cartoon characters did MTV was into a strict "fire bad" policy. Then we go back to 1990 and Colvin singing the duet "Lost Soul" with Bruce Hornsby. Colvin provides a limited amount of audio commentary, which basically consists of what she remembers at the start of each track rather than talking throughout. So there are ample opportunities for you to decide if like Shawn Colvin more with her short hair dark or blonde (dark) or with acoustic or electric guitar (acoustic).
From a 1997 edition of "Sessions at West 54th" Colvin sings "Kill the Messenger" and "The Fact About Jimmy," does an interview segment with Jody Denberg of KGSR Radio, then finishes with "Sunny Came Home" and "Diamond in the Rough." Then we get to Colvin's third appearance on "Austin City Limits" from March 15, 2001. The show begins with "Anywhere You Go" and "Bonefields," before we get to my favorite track on the DVD, which is Colvin on guitar and Alison Krauss singing harmony and playing piano on "Down the Avalanche," which just reminds me why this is probably my favorite Shawn Colvin song. This is followed by "Bound to You," and the downside here is that just as you are getting into the performance it is over, so that we miss "Road to Ensenda" with Lyle Lovett, "The Great Divide" with Bruce Hornsby,"One Small Year," another version of "Sunny Came Home," and then everybody showing up for "Diamond in the Rough" at the end. But I suppose eventually the whole thing will be available on DVD since that is apparently the industry trend.
The DVD ends with an appearance from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" where Colvin sings "Love Came Down at Christmas" with everybody dressed up in their pajamas like they had just come down on Christmas morning. As Colvin says on the commentary track they must love her a lot to dress up like that on Jay Leno before she goes on to disparage the performance, apparently her first after the birth of her daughter ("It is the spirit that counts," she wryly observes). The DVD ends with an alternate version music video of "I Don't Know Why" from 1993 that Colvin prefers. So, on balance, fans of Colvin will have to be pleased with what they find here, although I think most will agree the performances outshine the music videos.
Summary of Shawn Colvin - Polaroids - Video Collection
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