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Summary: Trash
Review: This is nothing but trash. An insult to the mighty Van Halen, like all the bands that have copied them over the years they are now being exploited by documentary makers now. In any case, if the early years are so important why haven't Warner Brothers done this already? Van Halen haven't released a record since the nineties and their crappy VH3 was the worst selling record ever. A word for the makers; Who is interested in watching a DVD made up of photos, (repeated over and over again), alien background music, interviews that are edited to f*** and live coverage which lasts only seconds? They claim to be real fans, but the people being interviewed are literally unheard of, the Gene Simmons interview is barely audible and the museum is just plain sad. So my rating is trash - Keep your hard earned cash in your pocket.
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Summary: This is a GREAT STORY - not a concert
Review: I agree with the last review- I too don't understand the scathing reviews, it's almost like they are being planted by someone who doesn't want to see this sold to the fans. This isn't a concert, it's a great story told in an entertaining way by many people who were there. If you are at all interested in how the Van Halen brothers hooked up first with Mark Stone (he is interviewed in this DVD), then with the awesome David Lee Roth, then with Michael Anthony, then you will like this DVD
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Summary: All Right You Sinners, Swing!
Review: I'm sorry. I've been a HUGE Van Halen fan for 23 years and I don't understand the negative reviews.Sure, there's no band music or authorization, but this DVD is REALLY entertaining! I've just watched it for the second time, and to be quite honest, I can't wait to watch it again! Definitely worth the money. Hey, it's Van Halen. It's all good!
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Summary: dont waste our time release the us festival 1983 show.
Review: dont waste your time with this one .
an insult to all vanhalen fans.
please hurry up and release u.s festival 1983 on dvd.
then w,ell all be happy .,,,, triumph did fantastic.
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Summary: It's no good!
Review: What's all the hype? This DVD is crap. Don't waste your money, it's a rip off.
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Summary: Great DVD
Review: I thought this DVD was wonderful. It was a breath of fresh air to see Van Halen without the spin. Most of the time we are stuck being force fed an overproduced filtered history of bands by VH-1 or MTV productions. This is the first DVD I have watched that provides you with first hand knowledge by people who helped make Van Halen the blockbuster band they once were. The interviews were with individuals involved in the production of the fantastic shows and live performances. We did not have to hear any spin from some reporter who only provides you with half the story. I think the DVD was great and I would highly recommend it to any fan of Van Halen.
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Summary: This is so sad.....
Review: This could have been a great dvd. But, some how they screwed it up. Where is the music? Where are the interviews with Eddie, Alex, Dave and Mike? Everytime Ed is about to jam on his guitar, the scene is cut. Whats wrong with that picture? This could have been a great dvd. Im a huge VH fan, and have been ever since VH 1 came out. They should have a dvd with old concert footage, and mayby even old live videos, like Unchained, Dance The Night Away, and other live videos that us VH fans have been waiting for all these years. A major dissapointment for sure....
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Summary: van horrible
Review: do not waste your hard earned money on this! no van halen music, mostly still shots and every now and then youll hear edward or alex giving an interview through a tape recorder HORRIBLE
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Summary: Another perspective
Review: The Van Halen early years are probably most important to people between the ages of say 30 to 55, and if you want to sit down and watch this DVD and talk about VH with somebody who doesn't know anything about them, you can't. Reasons being that the alien background music and the lack of proper live material makes it kind of bizaar. Though, without the rookie in the room, the makers have put together something quite interesting and, a lot of hard work has gone into this. Looking at the outside of the making of this DVD. Nothing has been said in these reviews about the arguments between Roth and VH after the split. The arguments about the 'best of' CD between Hagar and Roth and the various court cases that have been reported over the years. Eddie Van Halen as described in this DVD is a genius and he inspired so so many players. When reports came in about his throat cancer came though, I was really upset. It is because of this guy I wanted to play guitar and I will always regard him as the Hendrix of our time. The only negative review I have for is towards the official VH camp. If only they could forgot about money for a change and just let a documentary like this be compiled. At the moment the VH Camp is selfish, just like Sammy Hagar and his blatent avoidance of songs from the early albums whenever they were live after the split. The people that are looking for these type of documentaries are the fans that bought the records back in the late 70's, early 80's. If the VH Camp gave just a little bit of backing, then who knows, the rookie who has never heard the VH early material might, just might, buy all the VH early stuff all over again. Now, that's money "WB". I'm giving this 5 Stars cause it's a fair attempt. One last point with reference to some past reviews. It is a fair point that many of the negative reviews are similar, though the same can be said about the 'excellent' reviews that seem to follow them in succession. The same hand? Maybe for both types of review. Obviously a war going on here. Whatever, support should be given to the makers for this venture because it is an important piece of rock/metal history, and the final product isn't as bad as some reviewers make out.
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Summary: Only worth the bin.
Review: This shoddy DVD should have been released under an unofficial banner so that the fans could avoid it. It's misleading. How can anybody say this is well worth the money for christs sake, when there is so so much missing? There is only one word for it and that's crap.
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