shania

Tyler McLeod, Calgary Sun, Jun 4, 1998

Yeah, seeing Shania Twain live would be nice. But can it compete with her videos? It's difficult to see her belly button from Row 68. A round-up of those oft-played clips featuring that oh-so-oft-shown navel:

* You Lay a Whole Lot Of Love On Me: Sappy ballad, Montreal scenery and Twain with shockingly large hair. It provides only a glimpse of her midriff before some schmuck covers her up with his coat. 1 (out of five)

* Dance With The One Who Brought You: Sean Penn directed this '93 clip. Memorable only for Twain flirting with Charles Durning. 1.5

* What Made You Say That: Obviously shot in Miami, it seems like a Paula Abdul video, but it's still fun. She frolics on the beach with a half-naked hunk. There are 13 glorious belly-button shots. 5

* Any Man Of Mine: We counted 50 belly-button flashes. Still the definitive Twain video since storming CMT in 1995, has her on a cattle drive in chaps, wandering the bedroom in a towel, surveying the barn in a black evening gown and taking a bubble bath. Twain shimmies, shakes, and makes the Earth quake. 5

* Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?: The men dining in the Longhorn Coffee Shop are a case for The X-Files. Twain slithers from one lap to the other and none of them pays any notice. She even table-dances with no takers. Bizarre. The guitar covers her midriff in all but three shots. 3

* The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You): Dreamy clip of Twain in angelic poses and outfits. What do the pyramids have to do the song? Who cares -- six belly-button glimpses and Twain on horseback. 4

* (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!: Twain's rock video. Slo-mo dancers a la Smells Like Teen Spirit, annoying Fame-wannabes and a boring set. The good news? There are 53 belly-button glimpses. 2

* You Win My Love: Call it "Go, Speed Racer, A-Go-Go." Twain, in leather, cruises around a go-cart track. She shows off her "classy little chassis" and does cartwheels. Eleven belly buttons. 3

* No One Needs To Know: Back on the front porch. We finally get to see her band, but little of her midriff. A belly button is only visible in the last shot. 3

* Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore): The clip turns from a Harlequin romance to movie of the week when (as if!) some schmuck walks out on a maternal Twain. 2

* God Bless The Child: An insultingly glossy video for what is purported to be a serious song. She struts and prances in fronts of a gospel choir like a preacher. 1

* Love Gets Me Every Time: Twain enters a room filled with outfits. And she wears them all, taking the time eat a banana and roll around on the floor. 2

* Don't Be Stupid: It ain't stupid to combine two hot tickets, Shania Twain and Riverdance, into one video. Twain gets jiggy with a group of Celtic artists in what appears to be a flood zone. 3.5

* You're Still The One: Shania sells seashells by the seashore. Apparently Twain has been shipwrecked in a Brut commercial and the only torso we see belongs to a hunk. It's the most beefcake in a Twain vid since What Made You Say That? 1.5


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