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 Product Description: The Osmonds celebrated their historic 50th anniversary with a sold out reunion show in Las Vegas. This landmark performance featured all seven performing Osmonds - Alan Wayne Merrill Jay Donny Marie and Jimmy.Deluxe Edition Includes:15 tracks not shown on the PBS Special.Extra Bonus scenes from the PBS taping.Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/LIVE PERFORMANCES UPC: 795041772190 Manufacturer No: COZ17721 Amazon.com: A whole generation of Americans grew up with the Osmond family, an exceptionally musical family of six brothers and one sister that has enjoyed success in the music industry for over 50 years. In this live reunion concert, dubbed "a celebration of looking back," Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Marie, and Jimmy Osmond perform some of their most popular hits onstage at The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas. The siblings sing in varying performing configurations including the five original Osmond Brothers, the seven Osmonds, and the duo Donny and Marie. Hits like "One Bad Apple," "Puppy Love," "Paper Roses," and the rock sensation "Crazy Horses" are delivered with feeling and are enthusiastically received by the multi-age audience. The Osmonds have matured over 50 years and their passion for music, innate musicality, rich harmonies, and devotion to one another as siblings are as strong as ever. Interspersed throughout the concert performance is interview footage with Andy Williams and all of the individual Osmonds as well as clips from various historical Osmond performances and interviews. The interviews touch upon everything from the Osmond children's start on The Andy Williams Show in the early 1960's to Donny's and Marie's roles as hosts of Donny and Marie from 1976-1979, the Osmond clan's involvement in virtually every aspect of the music business over the years, and the frenzied "Osmondmania" that swept through America and England in the 1970's. The extra "Thank God for Kids" track by Marie Osmond is especially moving and features a rare appearance by the eldest Osmond brothers Virl and Tom. --Tami Horiuchi Customer Reviews: Rating:  Date: 2008-07-08 False advertising ...this is not a Concert..it's a hodge podge So many of the song performances are mere samples of their work..no complete version of "yo-yo" or "one bad apple"..Donny and Marie go through an all too brisk "medley" of songs they sang together.Why does Marie sing "The Sound Of Music" in its entirety then feature a mere clip of her midway through her monster hit "Paper Roses". A great Osmonds performance of "Let Me In'' is also painfully short.
It's a good DVD that could have been so much better ..and at the risk of sounding cold, why did they feature time with those two brothers who never performed in the group??? I expected a complete Osmonds Concert show with hit songs played in their 3 minute glory and not a "Cliff Notes" presentation of some the most important songs. Rating:  Date: 2008-06-13 Don't Listen To The Liars Several of the reviews for this DVD contain out and out lies about the concert. Almost all the songs are the complete, full length versions. There are two medleys- Marie's Hits and Donny & Marie's hits. Those are indeed just partial songs-and yes for some unknown reason they cut "One Bad Apple" off to go to an interview. That was disappointing but doesn't really take away from the set as a whole. It is absolutely WONDERFUL and worth every penny! Rating:  Date: 2008-06-08 Great DVD I really enjoyed watching this dvd of the Osmonds 50th anniversery concert on this dvd Rating:  Date: 2008-06-04 Great Memories I saw this on PBS and had to have a copy. It's a great ride down memory lane. The only part I didn't like was Donnie and Marie's segment singing their old songs, they did it as a medley so only a short piece of each song was sung. But overall, it was great! Rating:  Date: 2008-06-02 The Osmonds 50th Live in Las Vegas Reunion Concert I purchased two, one for myself and one for my daughter. We have enjoyed watching this DVD very much. The music is great, sound great and the entire DVD was great entertainment. I would buy it again in a heartbeat. |