Madonna : Celebration: The Video Collection (2009)
 2 DVD collection features 47 videos, including unedited and never before seen footage of 'Justify My Love' along with 18 Madonna videos to be released on a 2 disc DVD compilation for the very first time including 'Into The Groove' and 'Give It 2 Me' as well as the just completed video of Madonna's new single 'Celebration.' For Immediate Release - August 26, 2009 - (Burbank, California) - Warner Bros. Records has confirmed the final track listing for Madonna's upcoming "Celebration" CD - The "Ultimate" Compilation - and "Celebration the Video Collection DVD" - both scheduled to be released on September 28/29th. The songs which were selected by Madonna and her fans have all been exquisitely remastered. "Celebration" will be available as a two-CD set as well as a single CD. Madonna has been the reigning Queen of Pop for 26 years (her debut album "Madonna" came out in the summer of '83) and Warner Bros. Records has decided to release this 2 disc DVD set, aptly titled "Celebration" in conjunction with Madonna's greatest hits CD by the same title. It's hard to believe that the most successful female entertainer in the entire world who has had more music-videos in rotation on MTV than any other artist only has 2 other video compilations (1990's "The Immaculate Collection" and the considerably less in your face, "The Video Collection 93:99" that came out at the end of the 20th century.) "Celebration" is a much needed shot of dance, entertainment and fun for both Madonna's gaggle of fans and for the casual listener of popular dance.
"Papa Don Preach" video was very controversial for its time (because to some it polarized teen pregnancy, while others felt that she was not giving "modern" girls of the '80s the right to choose) MTV did not ban it. Instead, the music-video peaked at #1 all over the world and became Madonna's very first video single. In 1989 with the release of "Like a Prayer" Madonna almost got her long overdue wish. Although it was not banned in the US (MTV showed it every hour and every day for more than 3 consecutive months), it was banned on state-run Italian TV. Her next video, "Express Yourself" was at the time the most expensive short form ever produced. In this musical film we can see Madonna crawling on a floor, making love to a factory worker, pouring a white viscous liquid over her shoulder and watching a group of half naked men fight for her affections. However she didn't get her first banned video until the following year with "Justify My Love." For "Justify My Love" Madonna booked up an entire floor at Parisian hotel to host a lavish sex orgy on film. Nothing was off limits, taboo, too risky or too vivid for the imagination. When the video was banned Madonna got Warner Video to release it onto home-video, making it the most successful video single in the entire history of the world while simultaneously making shop-lifters out of 10 year-olds all over the world who wanted to sneak a peak at this racy video. On the night of the premiere of "Erotica" MTV showed an entire block of Madonna videos, complete with trivia and news about her upcoming record and book of se'xXx'ual fantasies.
Some Song List: | 1. | Burning Up | | | 2. | Lucky Star | | | 3. | Borderline | | | 4. | Like A Virgin | | | 5. | Material Girl | | | 6. | Crazy For You | | | 7. | Into The Groove | | | 8. | Live To Tell | | | 9. | Papa Don't Preach | | | 10. | True Blue | | | 11. | Open Your Heart | | | 12. | La Isla Bonita | | | 13. | Who's That Girl | | | 14. | Like A Prayer | | | 15. | Express Yourself | | | 16. | Cherish | | | 17. | Vogue | | | 18. | Justify My Love | | | 19. | Erotica | | | 20. | Deeper and Deeper | | | 21. | Rain | | | 22. | I'll Remember | | | 23. | Secret | |
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