Melissa s Best Songs! - For the Melissa Etheridge fan, this is the ultimate collection since it contains all of Melissa s hits from her past albums.A must have for all Melissa s fans...even the sequence of the songs is greatly planned so that you feel that you are at a concert, letting Melissa s performance aspire you!
Melissa Etheridge - An American Treasure - Melissa continues to evolve as an American icon of music as she allows her spirit to soar now that she has been embraced in the strong yet tender arms of her soul mate, has overcome breast cancer, and has allowed herself to look back at her illustrious career.Her articulate and intimate explanation on the DVD of the songs she chose as her greatest hits portrays her passion for not only music, but humanity as well. Her profound need to communicate with each of us enables her songs to resonate - both her music and her lyrics - because they are honest, well crafted and sincere.Melissa Etheridge is an American treasure. I hope we will be blessed with her insight, joy, creative genius and skill for many years to come. The wonderful combination of music, videos and interviews with Melissa will bring you back to this CD and DVD many many times.I hope Melissa will consider naming her next CD Thrive,... because I truly believe she will personally thrive now that she has heard the voice of her soul.
Rarities on DVD - Worth The Extra Money - I am THRILLED that ME included Rarities on the DVD. She includes the Music Videos from back in the day...Similar Features, 1989 and Like the Way I do, 88. A pre blonde Melissa really brought me back to the first time I saw her live. There is also some live videos from 90 - 00.
Great Compilation, First Time Video Release - There are plenty of women in music finally getting recognized for how great they are, and in my opinion, Melissa is the best of the best.Sorry, Sheryl. Yeah, I said it. (Sheryl lovers will enjoy saying my review didn t help, but like I care.)Well, ok, to the product. This is the only place you can find a collection of her videos. She s never released them on VHS or DVD, so this is only place you can get them. She finally put out two live concerts over the past few years, but the videos are something the fans have been wanting for a long time, and I love that they are included with the deluxe set, rather than a stand alone DVD. If you aren t familiar with her earlier work, I won t be able to explain to you how great it is in a review. Like The Way I Do, the single that launched her career with a live performance at the Grammy s is worth the price alone. The live version is actually on a collection of Grammy s Greatest Moments on CD, it was that good. Of course, I believe she keeps on getting better, so I was a bit disappointed that not many songs from Breakdown or Skin were included on the CD. Melissa herself has said that Breakdown was an album that was kind of all over the place, and that s why people didn t really react to it that well, but I have to disagree. My life is often all over the place, and that is my favorite album, so I m bummed about that. Again, I also liked Skin a lot, and I thought The Different should have been on here. Of course, we have new material on here, too. Her covers of Tom Petty s Refugee and Janis Piece of My Heart are great. I think the whole world saw her other greatest Grammy performance just recently, where she preformed with Joss Stone (poor chick, although she was very good, I felt sorry for her because she was just totally overshadowed) so of course we had to have a version on here. (And hey Melissa, should you ever read this, a big Thank You. My father got a great boost to his spirits from that performance. He was diagnosed with a different form of cancer soon before that, and he rattled on excitedly about how cool he thought it was and wanted hear all of your stuff from my collection. Pretty neat, I thought.) Considering the above, the last of the new songs, This Is Not Goodbye and I Run For Life were a bit difficult to listen to without crying, but I m greatful for them nonetheless.Again, a great hearty thanks to Melissa for an amazing catalog of great music, and inspiration to boot.
Deluxe Edition - Melissa Etheridge is an artist I have enjoying listening to and getting to know over the years. She is very out there with her personal life and I admire her for that. It doesn t hurt that the girl can rock! Initially I bought the original version of this collection. I thought it was long overdue for a compilation of her hits up to now. Initially I was disapointed with it. Only 12 hits and then 5 unreleased/new songs. I still feel that some songs should be represented here. Notically absent are Breathe , Your Little Secret, All American Girl, Nowhere To Go, I Will Never Be The Same, etc. She could have easily done a 2 CD greatest hits collection. Either way, it is what it is. The Deluxe Edition is definately worth shelling out extra cash for. You get an intimate interview with Melissa where she explains her choice for including the songs she did, and why others were not included. The interview is very enjoyable to watch with clips of concert footage and stories behind the songs. None of the songs from her SKIN album were included she said because it was a really personal album for her. The unreleased and new tracks are stunning. The DVD also includes a lot of music videos and live performances. My favorite is the video for I Want To Come Over which includes a cameo by Gweneth Paltrow. A must have for true fans!