AC/DC: Live At Donington
In August of 1991, AC/DC headlined their third "Monsters Of Rock" festival at Castle Donington. One for the ages, the two hour set is loaded with classics and awesome visuals including firing cannons, the hells bell and a giant inflatable Rosie.
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- Cast：
- Angus Young , Malcolm Young , Brian Johnson , Cliff Williams , Chris Slade
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Waste of time
i must have seen a different film!!
Best movie ever!
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
This is good snapshot of the band in that era, but definitely not the best example of ACDC live.It's entertaining and the band still had plenty of energy, with Brian becoming more of a stage performer - later on of course he became even more comfortable up there.Slade was a fine drummer but regularly played the songs too fast, spoiling the stomping feel somewhat.On that tour Angus deviated strangely to a more distorted sound which was not typical of his previous sound. Subsequently the twin guitars are not quite the classic sound which you can hear on Youtube before or after this era. Brian sounds great, even though his voice sounded quite churned up and ragged in that era, it suited the raw power of the music, and in reality it was his last tour as a real balls-out power singer, though he has certainly showed flashes of that here and there in each tour since. His best live work and quality of voice can be found in the 80s stuff - there's no shame in admitting that.Overall it's great stuff, but the most representative Brian-eras are with Rudd on drums. It's a '7' by their standards but an '8' or '9' compared to what else is out there.
AC/DC: Live at Donington (1992) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Hard rocking concert from AC/DC features all their hits as twenty-six cameras pick up all the action in 35mm. This group has released countless concerts over the years and even the bootleg market has quite a bit of footage out there but I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a better show than this. The original release and current DVD/CD contain a great mix and some wonderful visuals that put the viewer right in the center of the concert. Angus Young steals the show with his frantic guitar playing proving that he's one of the most underrated out there. Brian Johnson's lead vocals are incredibly strong and among the best work in his career. The highlights for me are the underrated "Money Talks" and a really hard hitting "You Shook Me All Night Long". The standard classics like "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell" and "For Those About to Rock" also sound terrific. AC/DC fans are certainly going to eat this up but even non-fans will probably enjoy it as long as they're into classic rock.
When you saw the huge crowd, screaming down below the stage, you knew this was gonna be a good show! They rocked long and hard, getting better all the time. AC/DC are the best, but this is showing them in their true colours. A great DVD to get and the tracks on the CD are even better. Just get this, you'll be impressed and rocked.Even though I had to watch this with only half the volume up, it was one of the best live concerts on DVD I've ever seen, apart from Placebo in Paris of course,.I definitely recommend to any AC/DC fan or any lover of heavy metal music, I will give this *****/*****
I've had the DVD for awhile and watched it several times on a 46" screen, and it was great. Now, I have a 70" Sony and with the accompanying Bose system, it's as if I were at Donington. The live version of "High Voltage" is one of the truly underrated hard rock songs of all time. "Hells Bells," "Thunderstruck," "Highway to Hell" are awesome.The movie shows how dynamic Brian Johnson's voice was in 1991.Angus puts on a great show, and Chris Slade's drum work is as good as it gets. This should be a must for any AC DC fan.
