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Summary: Electric Eye...In The Sky...Feel My Stare...Always There!!!
Review: The only thing better than this Judas Priest DVD is seeing them live...The BBC TV Performances were just something you have to see simple as that there are no words to describe how good they are...Last but not least, if you ever look up the word 'PAINKILLER' in the dictionary...there should be a caption stating see: Judas Priest!...this is HEAVY METAL...
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Summary: One Word " AWESOME!!! "...
Review: This DVD is simply AWESOME!!!...If you are a true Priest fan then this is a MUST buy for your collection!...There is no better of a guitar duo than Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing...The Spiney leads and raging power chords are synchronized to perfection...Rob Halford's voice is impeccable!...There is no BS about the videography...It's a LIVE concert at it's best!...
It desreves more than 5 stars!...You will NOT be disappointed!...
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Summary: Get A Lot For Your Money!
Review: This has every Judas Pirest Video and almost the whole Judas Priest Live VHS filmed in 1986. Plus it has extra concert footage from the mid 70's and early 80's, Including songs like Rocka Rolla. I bought this for only 11.99 and it was well worth it for the length. The only down fall is some of the early Judas Priest Music videos were cheesey. However, the live footage more than makes up for it!
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Summary: Unbelievable!!!
Review: This is the best concert/video DVD Iv'e ever seen! It includes over 19 concert tracks from Priest's glory days in 1987, plus many music videos like the absolutely hilarious 'Breaking the Law'. The concert is the best part, though. It's just unbelievable. It was shot on their 1987 'Fuel For Life' tour, in Dallas, TX. Everybody plays well, and it just captures the feeling of seeing Priest live. It also includes some TV performances, like the one of 'Take on the World' on Top of The Pops. There is a story to that performance. It seems the Osmonds were also going to perform, and when they saw Halford cracking his whip, they refused, saying that they didn't like it. Get this DVD, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Judas F'n PRIEST!!
Review: This nearly 3 hour dvd features the 1986 concert as it's centerpiece, framed by videos we've seen and maybe some we haven't seen. Can there really be such a thing as a "never before seen" t.v. performance? I mean, it was on t.v. at some time, so someone must have watched it, right? And there was an audience in the studio when they performed, so they saw it, right? One thing's for sure: at the very least, many of these have not been seen in America before.
All the videos from the "Fuel For Life" compilation video are here (plus 3 others that came later), so we know what to expect there. The "Priest...Live" concert from Dallas in 1986 we've all probably seen as well, and there's nothing extra to report on that, either. All the patented Judas Priest post-production studio trickery and ridiculously flamboyant editting gimmicks (i.e. cutting to a pyro explosion where you KNOW there wasn't one in the real show) are still there. You either like it or you don't. Personally, I would have preferred to see the Memphis show from the Vengeance Tour instead of the frilly perms and Bon Jovi-style outfits, but that's just me.The real treats are the vintage BBC performances. Some of them were hinted at in the "Metal Works" video, but not played in their entirety. Here, they are complete. "Rocka Rolla" and "Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver" are present and technically uncut; the performance is uneditted, but the band itself trimmed down "Dreamer Deceiver" by eliminating a verse or two, obviously due to time constraints from the BBC.
"Take on the World" (with a lightly-bearded Rob Halford) is performed live and not lip-synched, but unfortunately "Evening Star", "Living After Midnight" and "United" are. Even so, it's great to see these shows, as some were not included or even hinted at in the "Metal Works" documentary. They're great examples of Rob's ever changing look, as he has a different appearance in each one, even performances from the same period.
All in all, I wish there were more of these vintage performances, but we're getting quite a lot of goodies on this disc overall. Besides the choice of concert, my only other gripe is the absence of the "Parental Guidance" video. Why do they continue to keep kicking that under the rug? The Turbo era was not my favorite Priest era, but that was a great video.
I wouldn't say the quality looks any better than it was originally on each item, but it is certainly not worse. The vintage shows actually look to have the best visual quality of the bunch, to be honest, since they have been sealed up for so long and unused.
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Summary: Judas F'n PRIEST!!
Review: This nearly 3 hour dvd features the 1986 concert as it's centerpiece, framed by videos we've seen and maybe some we haven't seen. Can there really be such a thing as a "never before seen" t.v. performance? I mean, it was on t.v. at some time, so someone must have watched it, right? And there was an audience in the studio when they performed, so they saw it, right? One thing's for sure: at the very least, many of these have not been seen in America before.
All the videos from the "Fuel For Life" compilation video are here (plus 3 others that came later), so we know what to expect there. The "Priest...Live" concert from Dallas in 1986 we've all probably seen as well, and there's nothing extra to report on that, either. All the patented Judas Priest post-production studio trickery and ridiculously flamboyant editting gimmicks (i.e. cutting to a pyro explosion where you KNOW there wasn't one in the real show) are still there. You either like it or you don't. Personally, I would have preferred to see the Memphis show from the Vengeance Tour instead of the frilly perms and Bon Jovi-style outfits, but that's just me. The real treats are the vintage BBC performances. Some of them were hinted at in the "Metal Works" video, but not played in their entirety. Here, they are complete. "Rocka Rolla" and "Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver" are present and technically uncut; the performance is uneditted, but the band itself trimmed down "Dreamer Deceiver" by eliminating a verse or two, obviously due to time constraints from the BBC.
"Take on the World" (with a lightly-bearded Rob Halford) is performed live and not lip-synched, but unfortunately "Evening Star", "Living After Midnight" and "United" are. Even so, it's great to see these shows, as some were not included or even hinted at in the "Metal Works" documentary. They're great examples of Rob's ever changing look, as he has a different appearance in each one, even performances from the same period.
All in all, I wish there were more of these vintage performances, but we're getting quite a lot of goodies on this disc overall. Besides the choice of concert, my only other gripe is the absence of the "Parental Guidance" video. Why do they continue to keep kicking that under the rug? The Turbo era was not my favorite Priest era, but that was a great video.
I wouldn't say the quality looks any better than it was originally on each item, but it is certainly not worse. The vintage shows actually look to have the best visual quality of the bunch, to be honest, since they have been sealed up for so long and unused.
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Summary: Could use some of the Ripper (Owens) Years, but...
Review: trivia time, fellow metalheads. I just finished watching the "Touch of Evil" video on the DVD. Is one of the tent revivalists portrayed in that video Joe Bob Briggs from TNT's Monstervision? Enquiring minds want to know!
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Summary: Judas Priest: Electric Eye
Review: WOW! Awesome! Buy it! Can't get much better than this!
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Summary: Priest...Priest...Priest!!!!
Review: Yes the boys are back ready to cash in on a reunion tour ala KISS, Black Sabbath, Twisted Sister, etc. But hey this is a great price for a DVD stuffed to the max with Halford material. Thank goodness they released this. My Priest...Live video and Judas Priest Hot Rockin' video collection (both on VHS) have been long worn out. It's nice to see this stuff on DVD. The disc is split into three sections. 1. The promo videos. Classic is the word. From Living after Midnight with fans playing cardboard guitars to the jiggling bum of the Turbo Lover, these are moments in Priest history that everyone knows and remembers with fondness. Who can forget 'living after midnight' tuned into Headbanger's Ball to watch that dude's head blow off during 'Another thing Coming'? 2. The Priest...Live show. Highly polished, somewhat dated, but it's 100% Judas Priest. Rob has long lost his British accent by now from too many years living in Arizona. 3. The BBC clips. Ever see Spinal Tap? Remember their footage from the sixties 'Listen to the Flower People'? This will give you an idea of where that came from. Rob has long flowing Janis Joplin hair, Glenn is wearing a ridiculously large white hat and looks like he should be playing with T-Rex. This is a hoot. I'm glad Priest paid homage to their past. Sure they look ridiculous, but Priest had to start somewhere. They still rocked. For a complete Judas Priest Halford era. You cannot go wrong. You get a lot for such a cheap price. Thanks Priest, see you on tour in Florida.
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