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The Ricky Martin Video Collection [VHS]

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This collection will be GREAT for a relatively new fan, but may be a disappointment for someone who was hoping to see some of his older work from previous albums like Vuelve, A Medio Vivir, and Me Amaras. The collection has both the English and Spanish versions of "Livin' La Vida Loca" and "She's All I Ever Had/Bella", and they are of course the SAME video with just the different songs -- perhaps they could have used the space in the collection more efficiently with some of Ricky's other older videos.

The picture quality on the DVD is excellent, and it does contain a great "interview" with Ricky -- actually it is his Video Press Kit that was released with the English album this Spring -- and the videos for "Vuelve," "La Bomba," and "Maria" are fabulous and likely new to a lot of the USA, plus there is the fabulous Grammy performance which took the USA by storm in February -- arguably the most significant performance in his career.

Ricky Martin's greatest talent is his effervescent showmanship, which he pours out to his audience with all his heart; I'd like to see a camera set in front of him, and just let him "do his thing", without the fancy camera shots, the endless edits, and the plethora of writhing babes that occupy most of the screen time. The video of "La Vida Loca" is the worst offender for this, which if you totaled up the time Ricky was on screen, it would probably be a lot less than what the wiggling dames get.

I also prefer him singing Spanish, and luckily we get 6 videos in Spanish in this collection. Total running time is 40 minutes.

The videos are:

"Livin' La Vida Loca" (English), Ricky's super hit.

"She's All I Ever Had" (English), this ballad has some nice special effects, with a dramatic, changing sky.

"La Bomba" (Spanish), this is probably the best track musically, and by far my favorite track in this collection. It's got a terrific rhythm, piano and brass arrangement, and it's Ricky at his very best.

"Perdido Sin Ti" (Spanish), a ballad with terrific b&w imagery, taken right out of Wim Wenders' film "Wings of Desire".

"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Spanish)

"Vuelve" (Spanish), filmed in what must be a Frank Lloyd Wright house, the architecture is fabulous, and the beauty of this ballad is that it's 100% Ricky, no babes.

"Maria" (Spanish), this is a fun, up-beat video, with Ricky looking young and very cute, filmed in what looks like Barcelona.

"Bella" (Spanish), the Spanish version of "She's All I Ever Had".

"The Cup of Life" (English), Ricky wows them at the Grammys. this is the live performance of the official 1998 World Cup song.

I was so amazed to see this hunk move in front of me. It was the closest and most intimate time that I have ever spent with Ricky. I am sure that any Ricky fan or non Ricky fan will enjoy.

This is #1. BUY IT

I purchased this video for the Grammy Awards performance and was more than pleasantly surprised. I loved "La Bomba" so much that I ran out and purchased "Veulve". I tend to enjoy the faster, more dancable tunes but he surely can sing a ballad in Spanish. It definitely was money well spent!

I thought this video collection wouldn't live up to my expectations, but it surpassed them by far. This video collection is so great, I love to see Ricky dancing and singing his little heart out. I also liked to see some of the hispanic culture they showed from time to time in Puerto Rico. I'am trying to learn Spanish right now, so I really enjoyed the Spanish version of his songs, I would like to see more of his videos to some of my more favorite songs. This video collection was superb!

I loved this video. I am not the biggest Ricky Martin fan, but I do enjoy his music. What I especially liked is that they have the Grammy performance on the video!

This of course is a great collection to have if you're a RM fan. The only disappointment is it does not contain ALL of Ricky's videos, maybe his earlier ones were produced under a different label (?) Anyhow, Ricky is gorgeous and fun to watch and his music is soulful and inspiring! I love it!

To all you Ricky fans, this is a must have video. I bought it just after seeing his concert live in person and I am totally in love with him. Perdido Sin Ti and Vuelve are extremely well done. I had never seen those videos before. All the videos show how much karma he has! Buy this one right now!

This is a fabulous collection of Ricky Martin's best videos. It's a must-have for all Ricky fans! And you can't beat the look on the crowd's faces during his Grammy performance: magic-in-the-making! WEPA!

Ricky Martin is unique in today's music biz, where there's so much predilection to weirdness, grunge and perversion. Martin himself is clean, clear-eyed and obviously happy basking in the sensual aspects of life, and both he and his music display a healthy, joyous attitude toward life. It is particularly good to have here his Grammy Award Show performance of "The Cup of Life", where he works the audience into a frenzy with his uninhibited persona. Martin will never win honors as a great vocalist (he needs to train his voice to better handle the wide range he tackles), but as they say, "the kid has something."