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AC/DC - Family Jewels Actor: AC/DC Number of Items: 2 Format: Color Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Sony Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-03-29 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 71 Average rating: 4.5 "ACDC ROCKS!!" You see some original footage from when they first started,a must have for any ACDC fan!! I absolutely loved it!! "Get it" If you like AC/DC, this is a must have. The quality varies, which should be expected given the "pre-MTV" timing of many of the clips. Even the the "MTV" videos provide little production or theatrics beyond the stage performance that they know best, but you get what you expect, and it is fun to watch the band progress from teens to 40s without losing focus on either subject matter or delivery. "Bon good/Brian not..." After Back in Black, AC/DC don't mean much to me. They became more plodding and reliant on Mrs Slocum-like malapropisms and Benny Hill double-entendres. Nonetheless, the Bon Scott-era AC/DC is probably one of the 5 best bands of the late 70s (better than Kiss for example) and the first disc of this collection is wall-to-wall rock'n'roll magic. The video of Long Way to the Top is a trip down memory lane for all Melbournians (I'm sitting 200 metres from where Bon played his bagpipe solo as I type) and the songs are incredibly strong and surprisingly timeless (it's not like AC/DC are respected for their composing!). Highway to Hell has one of the top 3 riffs of all time and the Jailbreak video inspired the purchase of thousands of felon pyjamas amongst late 70s Australian pre-adolescents. The clip for You Shook Me All Night Long (their best post-Bon song) is a crap 1986 soft-porn effort - the original was shot in the same session as the clips for Noise Pollution and Hells Bells, so this collection is not to be considered an historical document. The Australian (rental) version had no extras and the ones on here sound interesting although they are probably clips from 70s Australian pop show Countdown (as are a few of the early clips in the main collection). Ignoring the 2nd disc, the collection is a good mix of artfully cheeky clips that don't stray too far from straight forward rockin' performance set-ups, combined with "live" TV performances which show what a great band they were. BTW - you need to see the Australian ABC documentary series "Long Way to the Top" to see an AC/DC interview in London from 1976 - Bon Scott's denim cut-offs have to be seen to be believed and could make them gay icons. "mixed bag...read on for missing clips!" First off I want to say that this is in fact a really REALLY nice release. It was about time we got a quality release from this great band. But, there are problems: 1) The most annoying clip of balls clicking and that power chord before every clip, WHY! Pure Torture.... 2) Garbage clips when they could have put great stuff. I didnt need to have the fly on the wall video. They package it like I'm getting something great, what you get is hardly any AC/DC and a really bad conceptual piece with a bunch of no name actors dancing around, and the most screen time goes to a completely unlikeable guy playing a reporter/photographer. Press the skip button repeatedly.... 3) I like video promo clips, I love actual live performances, I HATE LIP SYNCHED TV APPEARENCES, there are just too many, but I can tolerate the 1975 Baby Please Dont Go, but the HIGH VOLTAGE clip is so obviously from the same concert as the SHOW Business clip, yet I'm watching a live performance with the studio version playing, it's killing me....SKIP! 4) Instead of the FLy on The Wall and Clipped videos, couldnt we have the complete Glascow 1978 video, with the complete Bad Boy Boogie? Or how about the Awesome "Rock Goes to College" concert, also from 1978 with a great rendition of Problem Child? 5) Where are the great Brian Johnson video clips of "Put The Finger On You" "For Those About To Rock" and "Back In Black" From the Hartford, CT 12/81 concert? Instead we get the truely awful Heatseeker and Thats the way I Want My Rock And Roll.... Where is "Guns For Hire" from the Flick of the Switch sessions? The Best? How about the SHOW BUSINESS clip with a solo featuring MALCOLM YOUNG! Ok, and the scorching live version of LETS GET IT UP when Brian still had his Geordie pipes! For years I've had a clip of ac/dc playing Baby Please dont go live from 1976 on vhs. It has angus yelling at the crowd to get loud and bon interupts with "Why Didnt I Think Of That?" That would have been a great addition to this set. Also the scandinavian interview segment where Bon and Angus talk about the early releases would have been nice. Inject The Venom, Snowballed and Evil Walks are the most under rated AC/DC songs ever! "Ac/Dc Family Gewels DVD Kicks Ass!!!!" You want Ac/dc with Bon & Brian? This is all you need!