"In Your Eyes" was one of the DVD's highlights if for no other reason but that it stuck a spike deep into the heart of her past as it - and the whole DVD - declared: "Ballads are blasé, bloated and banished."

However, "Secret / I Take You Home" was more surprising. Before I realized it, "MC K. Min" was halfway through a rap chorus that ... amazingly, she pulled off without a hitch or a wince - in a Debbie Harry " And you try to run but he's got a gun " style. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it.

It's a walk on the wild side of Kylie-groove. For a small package, it's got a lot inside.

It's not all great. An over-produced documentary follows directly from the concert, and you get the usual, "How did we get here timeline." The press conference moments of the doc are the best parts, when you hear how Kylie Minogue sounds naturally, and you can see the polished - and experienced - way she has of dealing with publicity.

I watched the three music videos that come with the DVD first, before watching the concert or anything else: "Slow," Red-Blooded Woman" and "Chocolate"

"Slow" shows Kylie Minogue by a large pool on a towel surrounded by tanning, oiled men. Lying prone, sunbathing, it evokes the daydreaming and slowed-down, skin-baking experience common at any resort pool.

The "Slow" video starts with a man diving from the high board into a pool before climbing out and stepping out and into the testosterone crowd. The diving shot mirrors the Barcelona Olympic pool dives that looked like they were soaring 1,000 feet above the earth; and we find out later that's exactly where it was filmed.

Ballerinas dancing on a black hat is the image that lingered from "Chocolate," all while Kylie holds a large coral red rose low in both hands. All three music videos are artistic and languorous, with "Chocolate" especially so; think of the power of dark, high-cocoa Godiva.

I have heard women moan at the anticipated pleasure - just the same way as Kylie does here.

The videos are more sensual and suggestive than the songs themselves, especially and not surprisingly on "Red-Blooded Woman." With the audience at the concert it's a less intimate experience — and that's a good thing because during the videos it was warm for a while where I was sitting.

Americans may most remember Kylie Minogue in 2001, acting as the Green Fairy in Moulin Rouge. People can think she's just another pretty face. But, though I'm sure she wishes it was for any other reason, her breast cancer has made the back of some people's minds twinge as they remember cultural sightings of Kylie Minogue. If they are elsewhere in the world, the memories are not too far back.

It's been a trip. (See "My History with Kylie" article).

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