Olivia Newton-John - Video Gold 1

Starring:Olivia Newton-John
Studio: Geffen Records
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Olivia Newton-John: Video Gold 1 kicks off its anthology of 19 music videos with three shorts spun from Newton-John's 1979 Totally Hot album. "Deeper Than the Night," "A Little More Love," and "Totally Hot," all directed by Alan Metter, are buoyant mini-productions. The first two are anchored by scenes of Newton-John singing in the studio and posing for publicity shots, the last video more playful as the smashing blonde turns heads on the street and dances with a hunky fellow cast as a shutterbug. The next 13 shorts, amazingly, were originally included on the video collection Physical; 10 of those are tied to tracks on Newton-John's 1981 album of the same name. (Among the other three is a post-Grease take on Newton-John's hit from that movie, "Hopelessly Devoted to You." Unfortunately, it doesn't work as a sincere performance by a mature woman, as presented here. It's hard not to hear the song, instead, as intended: A schoolgirl's sigh from a nostalgic comedy.)

Of the Physical-based (the album, that is) material, the famous video of the same name still looks clever, with Newton-John playing a sleek, aerobics devotee inspiring a lot of chubby men to exercise by jumping on them, talking into their ears, etc. A surreal streak runs through a few shorts, especially "Recovery," in which the singer rides a horse through a desert, encounters a cage full of men in tuxedoes (what a warm shoot that must have been), and wanders through a painting. The final three performances, all live and all from the Olivia in Concert video, feature some of Newton-John's best material, including the country-flavored hits "Let Me Be There" and "If You Love Me, Let Me Know." --Tom Keogh
Description
1. Deeper Than The Night

2. A Little More Love - (Version I)

3. Totally Hot

4. Landslide

5. Magic

6. Physical

7. Carried Away

8. A Little More Love - (Version II)

9. Recovery

10. The Promise (The Dolphin Song)

11. Love Make Me Strong

12. Stranger's Touch

13. Make A Move On Me

14. Falling

15. Silvery Rain

16. Hopelessly Devoted To You

17. Let Me Be There (Live)

18. Please Mr. Please (Live)

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Olivia Newton-John: Video Gold 1 kicks off its anthology of 19 music videos with three shorts spun from Newton-John's 1979 Totally Hot album. "Deeper Than the Night," "A Little More Love," and "Totally Hot," all directed by Alan Metter, are buoyant mini-productions. The first two are anchored by scenes of Newton-John singing in the studio and posing for publicity shots, the last video more playful as the smashing blonde turns heads on the street and dances with a hunky fellow cast as a shutterbug. The next 13 shorts, amazingly, were originally included on the video collection Physical; 10 of those are tied to tracks on Newton-John's 1981 album of the same name. (Among the other three is a post-Grease take on Newton-John's hit from that movie, "Hopelessly Devoted to You." Unfortunately, it doesn't work as a sincere performance by a mature woman, as presented here. It's hard not to hear the song, instead, as intended: A schoolgirl's sigh from a nostalgic comedy.)

Of the Physical-based (the album, that is) material, the famous video of the same name still looks clever, with Newton-John playing a sleek, aerobics devotee inspiring a lot of chubby men to exercise by jumping on them, talking into their ears, etc. A surreal streak runs through a few shorts, especially "Recovery," in which the singer rides a horse through a desert, encounters a cage full of men in tuxedoes (what a warm shoot that must have been), and wanders through a painting. The final three performances, all live and all from the Olivia in Concert video, feature some of Newton-John's best material, including the country-flavored hits "Let Me Be There" and "If You Love Me, Let Me Know." --Tom Keogh

Description

1. Deeper Than The Night

2. A Little More Love - (Version I)

3. Totally Hot

4. Landslide

5. Magic

6. Physical

7. Carried Away

8. A Little More Love - (Version II)

9. Recovery

10. The Promise (The Dolphin Song)

11. Love Make Me Strong

12. Stranger's Touch

13. Make A Move On Me

14. Falling

15. Silvery Rain

16. Hopelessly Devoted To You

17. Let Me Be There (Live)

18. Please Mr. Please (Live)

19. If You Love Me, Let Me Know (Live)

Customer Reviews:

Great DVD.......2006-12-01

This DVD brought back great memories of Olivia's big hits. If you're a fan of Olivia, you will love this DVD!

If You Love Livvy, Skip Most of This Collection and Go Straight to Volume 2........2006-05-13

Out of 19 video tracks on Volume 1, I can only recommend the first three from Livvy's Totally Hot album and the last 3 live cuts of her early 70s hits. In the middle are too many disappointments from her Physical album, one I have never been the least bit tempted to buy and, upon hearing some of the tracks I didn't know on this collection, am glad I didn't. Most of those songs and videos are quite boring, but what I really dislike is the sameness of all the Brian Grant directed videos in which she's got the worst hairstyle and wardrobe of her career. That nightclub setup only works well once for "Stranger's Touch" which, otherwise, is another bland Physical track. "Silvery Rain," as well as a disappointing version of "Hopelessly Devoted to You," is by far the worst video on the DVD. What's going on there, the fallout of a nuclear war?

Without argument, everything from Totally Hot works very well, and that's the Livvy most fans prefer to see and hear and, while it's nice to get a rare glimpse of ex-hubby Matt Lattanzi in "Landslide," there just isn't enough here for anyone who's not an avid Livvy fan to maintain their interest for long. If you only get one, get Volume 2 which is far superior to this one.

Olivia, I'd go STRAIGHT for you! :).......2006-04-17

You GO, DIVA!! I missed these videos, soooo COOL!! Deeper Than The Night, I think my favorite Olivia song of all-time... so young, so beautiful!! And even hotter now... check-out Video Gold 2 - just as incredible... ROCK ON, Olivia!!

Gold Stars from Heaven.......2006-03-14

What can I say.. except that Olivia Newton-John has done it again. Superbly done!

Rarities interesting, rest has been seen before.......2006-02-25

The promotional videos from "Totally Hot" are fun to watch, especially if you're a fan of ONJ circa 1978-79. In my opinion this is when she looked her best - and she definitely is totally hot in the album cover photo session. Even though she's trying to look sexy, and does, the warmth of her personality is still evident. Unfortunately, the rest of the DVD is from the "Physical" video collection and the 1982 concert, both of which have been available on VHS for years (and the concert clips look like they were transferred directly *from* the VHS version, no digital enhancement, no nothing!) Video Gold 2 is definitely better as it contains more rarities, even if the majority of the songs are post-prime ONJ - although _Soul Kiss_ still sounds great.

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