AC/DC - Family Jewels
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Movie Reviews of AC/DC - Family Jewels
Movie Review: ESSENTIAL video collection even if not the full overview.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great collection of songs and videos by a great band.
I'll take it backwards:
The second DVD covers from "Back in Black" to "Razor's Edge" in 1991. The "Back in Black" footage is not the black and white live footage most of us have seen but color footage where they're on a stage. Other than the "Flick of the Switch" promos, the others were from "Who Made Who", "Fly On The Wall" (which is kept in its original mini-movie storyline), and "Clipped" videos, now being released on DVD.
Why "Big Gun" from "Last Action Hero" didn't make it, I don't know considering Sony put the soundtrack out. No videos from "Ballbreaker" and "Stiff Upper Lip" made it on here (although I think SUL has the videos as CD extras) because of them being signed to another label. Hopefully if they do a CD retrospective they will allow some of those songs on there. Even though there are pieces missing, the songs people know and love ("Back in Black" gets 5 cuts) are here.
The audio quality is great, although anyone looking to hear it in Surround will be disappointed.
The first DVD is what makes this worth the purchase because a lot of people have never seen Bon Scott as the lead singer, and this is as up close as you can get. The dynamic between Angus and Bon comes off as being harmonic than competitive. You see a charismatic frontman that knows how to have fun with the crowd.
I think that what will surprise a lot of people are the promo videos like "Let There Be Rock", "Jailbreak", and the lifted from the Stones' back of the truck "It's a Long Way To The Top", all done years before MTV existed.
Just be forewarned that the audio quality on the live clips on the first DVD are not that great, but the video footage and frantic energy of the band more than makes up for it.
This is a great legacy if AC/DC never plays a note again.
Other than the missing songs, the other thing that bothered me were how the DVDs were packed, where the discs are touching.. It might be worth putting them in different packaging if you're going to play this one more than a few times.
Final comment: Let There Be Rock needs to be out on DVD, and the Australian versions of the Bon Scott era AC/DC should be released in the US as most of them are radically different.
Movie Review: Long live Bon Scott!
Summary: 5 Stars
Disc two - very good, enough said. Let's face it, the biggest reason to get this DVD is Disc One to see the brilliant Bon Scott in all his glory. The greatest singer and frontman ever! I'm not here to knock Brian Johnson who is a straight up bloke, but it was Bon who had laid the seeds for AC/DC's explosion of success with Back in Black. Bon, who bust his ass touring relentlessly with the band in the late 70s. Bon, who gave us the greatest lyrics and the best songs. Bon, who brought out the best in Angus' guitar playing. AC/DC are still great, but they were never greater than when Bon was out front.
The cheesiness of some of the earliest footage is precisely wheat makes it so endearing. Here was a band having great fun! That twinkle in Bon's eye is still shining bright through all those early classics! I can't give this DVD set anything less than 5 stars with so much Bon material on one disc, but where oh where, were the back stage/interviews with the band from the early days?!!!
At the risk of infuriating Brian Johnson fans, let me say that there was and still is (in my opinion) only ever one man who should have replaced Bon Scott. Fellow Aussie, Angry Anderson from Rose Tattoo. Brian's voice is totally shot at this point whereas Angry still sounds fantastic and what charisma he still has on stage! Don't know who I'm talking about, you young kids?! Well, let's put it this way, if you like hard rock n' roll drenched with blues then go pick up a copy of Rose Tattoo's first two CDs "Rock n Roll Outlaw" and "Assault and Battery" ...and you will see exactly what I'm talking about. I saw the Tatts reunited, now in their 50s, a few years ago and Angry looks and sounds just amazing.
Angus and Malcolm should call Angry up and make a new album, the way Bon would have approved of! Better that than produce another surefire money-making but 'safe' album with Brian which will sell more on the basis of past glory than present. You can't fire Brian after all his years of service to the band, so how about a one-off album and tour "AC/DC featuring Angry Anderson" concept. Throw in a few classic Tatts songs into the live set list. It would be just fantastic!
Angus and Malcolm - please??!!
Movie Review: From Official Website, ACDCrocks.com!
Summary: 5 Stars
AC/DC FAMILY JEWELS DVD - IN STORES MARCH 29th!
Seeing AC/DC on television has always been a rare occurance. After all, this was the band that tried to "blow up your video" during the height of MTV's late-'80's boom. Television appearances and promotional music videos have always been a necessary evil to this band of no-nonsense rockers. But when they did grace the airwaves it was like a bolt of lightning - their energy and spirit transforming a typically staged video into something magical and larger-than-life.
Here, for the first time, is the definitive history of AC/DC on video. DVD 1 starts with their breakthrough performance of "Baby Please Don't Go" on Australian television, through early promo clips, their rare turn on 70's mainstay The Midnight Special and ends with the Spanish television performance taped just ten days before singer Bon Scott's death. DVD 2 traces the classic 80's and 90's videos and includes - for the first time on DVD - the home video titles Fly On The Wall, Who Made Who and Clipped. Family Jewels is indeed a rare glimpse of this giant band on the small screen.
Tracklisting is as follows:
DVD 1
Baby Please Don't Go
Show Business
High Voltage
It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)
T.N.T.
Jailbreak
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Dog Eat Dog
Let There Be Rock
Rock 'N' Roll Damnation
Sin City
Riff Raff
Fling Thing/ Rocker
Whole Lotta Rosie
Shot Down In Flames
Walk All Over You
Touch Too Much
If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
Girls Got Rhythm
Highway To Hel
DVD 2
Hells Bells
Back In Black
What Do You Do For Money Honey
Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Polluction
Let's Get It Up
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
Flick Of The Switch
Nervous Shakedown
Fly On The Wall
Danger
Sink The Pink
Stand Up
Shake Your Foundations
Who Made Who
You Shook Me All Night Long
Heatseeker
That's The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll
Thunderstruck
Moneytalks
Are You Ready
Approx. running time 2 & 1/2 hours
Movie Review: A definitive view of a great rock band
Summary: 5 Stars
I buy a lot of dvd's from a lot of rock bands,and I do admit that I have every VHS and dvd of AC/DC that is out there. I even have a copy of Dave Evans singing "Can I Sit Next To You Girl" on VHS with the band. He was the infamous first singer before Bon Scott. No it does not have every song from the band, but what it does have is the best overview of any band I have ever seen on dvd. DVD One has everything you could want to hear from Bon Scott. It's full of energy. It also shows you how this band matured from their early days in 1975 all the way to Bon's death only 10 days before. DVD Two shows how this band remained popular even after Bon's tragedy with a sound which can only be AC/DC. Brian Johnson was awesome when he started with this band and my mouth just dropped open during the songs from "The Flick of the Switch" album. It also shows unfortunetly how this band did succumb to the video age by the mid-80's with their concept video "Fly on the Wall." But what would this dvd be without showing all the clips which AC/DC made? Even that video has an entertaining value. Also the video's from "Who Made Who"and "Clipped are in this package. From beginning to end is how I watched it. And I found it to be a blast to watch. I did wish "The Jack" was on it, but this dvd did more than what any fan could ask for by presenting forty songs at a cheap price.
Don't worry fans about whether or not the movie "Let There Be Rock" will be out on dvd. It's just a hunch, but you just need to be patient. Not one clip showed a scene from that movie. Which gives me an inclination that it can only be coming around the corner. The song "Walk All Over You" from the movie would of made sense to put in this package, but I have a hunch we will see that song along with the whole perfomance they did in Paris on dvd.
Overall this dvd is a must buy not only for die-hard fans, but for any one with an interest in AC/DC. Unlike the box set "Bonfire," a fan with an interest will not be scared by the pricetag. They'll end up buying this dvd and might possibly end up becoming a bigger fan. Especially when they see Bon Scott singing. Sayanora for now and "FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK WE SALUTE YOU!"
Movie Review: "Family Jewels" = The Most Comprehensive, Compilation, Performance & Video, 2 Disc DVD By ACDC!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the most comprehensive, performance & video,compilation double disc dvd by ACDC, and a "must" for any ACDC or Hard Rock fan. Disc 1 contains performances & videos from the Bon Scott era of ACDC, and disc 2 covers performances & videos,from the Brian Johnson era of ACDC. These performances were taken from various venus, and settings. All of the performances are great, but I really, really enjoyed the Bon Scott "era" performances, some of them are really funny.
The total approximate running time is 2 1/2 hours.
The performances/videos are as follows:
Disc 1: The Bon Scott Era:
1.Baby Please Don't Go
2.Show Business
3.High Voltage
4.It's a Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock & Roll (Simply Outstanding!!!)
5.T.N.T.
6.Jailbreak
7.Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
8.Dog Eat Dog
9.Let There Be Rock (An Outstanding Music Video - It has Bon Scott as a Priest or Minister behind a pulpit, wearing a robe, singing this classic song, also Angus is wearing a "Halo".
10.Rock & Roll Damnation
11.Sin City
12.Riff Raff
13.Fling Thing/Rocker
14.Whole Lotta Rosie
15.Shot Down in Flames
16.Wall all over You
17.Touch Too Much
18.If You Want Blood (You've Got It!!!)
19.Girls Got Rhythym
20.Highway to Hell
Disc 2: The Brian Johnson Era:
1.Hells Bells
2.Back in Black
3.What Do You Do For Money Honey
4.Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
5.Let's Get it Up
6.For Those about to Rock (We Salute You)
7.Flick of the Switch
8.Nervous Shakedown
9.Fly on the Wall
10.Danger
11.Sink the Pink
12.Stand Up
13.Shake Your Foundations
14.Who Made Who
15.You Shook Me All Night Long
16.Heatseeker
17.That's the way I Wanna Rock N Roll
18.Thunderstruck
19.Money Talks
20.Are You Ready.