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Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Videos

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This video compiles all of their best videos over the years and puts them on one 75 minute tape so you don't have to got through the trouble of watching mtv everyday trying to tape them which would be impossible. This is a great video. Every GNR Fan must have it. END

First off, this DVD is a great collection of pretty much all of the Guns'n'Roses videos I remember watching on MTV (and "The Garden"...which I don't remember ever seeing, but whatever). The videos are as amazing now as they were when I was a kid. "You Could Be Mine" is the only video missing, which I imagine is because it had clips from Terminator 2, and there was probably something about rights. Anyway, the only really disappointing thing about this collection (which it seems is everyone's peeve with this DVD) is that there are absolutely NO extras on this disc. No commentaries, no making-of featurettes, not even a still gallery. Kinda sparse, if you ask me, but you can't argue with Guns 'n' Roses.

Dear GunsN'Roses fans, I exchanged this DVD and the 2nd copy had the same problem as the first. The audio has these high and low points. The volume on a few of the videos went from the volume I had my television set on, then it went down to a lower volume on it's own, then back up. It's a shame because I would really like to have these videos on DVD, however I will be returning this 2nd copy and demanding a full refund. If you bought a copy of this DVD and the audio isn't messed up, hang onto it because you're lucky. I did notice after the fact that there are some other reviews from people that had the same problem with their copy. So buy at your own risk.(...): Exchanged once again because refund was refused. Same problem with 3rd copy. DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU HAVE A SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM!! Save yourself the trouble, time and money.

Oh we remember it well, the day 'Appetite for Destruction' was released. Everyone everywhere thought Guns n Roses would be long lasting like Aerosmith or the Rolling Stones. We can only look back now and laugh (or cry). For a band that had so much potential, everything went wrong. They were possibly the last band that had a shot of having a thirty year career. This DVD shows all the videos this band made during their all too brief existance.

The problem is, the videos are in chronological order. Is this a bad thing? For Guns n Roses it is. When a band releases a debut album that they can never live up to, and you see rotating band members, and Axl getting sillier and weirder, the interest in this collection wanes as the songs go on.

The first three, Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child O' Mine, and Paradise City show the classic lineup, the best the band ever had to offer. Then we get Patience. An accustic number that Guns released to appease fans that were anxiously waiting for 'Appetite II". Well from here on out we get the Illusion videos. New drummer (what is he like 50 years old?), new guitar player, keyboardist (who the hell are these people?) Anyway, for what it's worth, you can watch a band explode onto the rock scene and then go out with a whimper.

I am, and always will be, a monster fan of Guns N' Roses. As a 16 year old listening to "Appetite For Destruction" in 1987, I thought the sky was the limit for this band. They were young and talented, and I was convinced they would become one of the greatest acts in rock n' roll history, and not just the hard rock genre. To me, Axl Rose was the next John Lennon. He seemed to possess it all- a unique voice, exceptional songwriting skills , and a captivating stage presence. Unfortunately, he and the other band members never lived up to the promise of "Appetite For Destruction"- internal tension, drug use, and the increasingly egotistical behavior of Rose ultimately resulted in a complete implosion of the original lineup. These days, only Rose remains, and there has not been a new Guns N' Roses album in more than ten years,as fans of the original GN'R find it difficult to refer to Rose's new lineup as Guns N' Roses.

The "Welcome To The Videos" collection has been available on VHS since 1998, but finally hit DVD in 2003. The best videos are from the early, "Appetite" era- watching "Welcome To The Jungle" brought me all the way back to 1987, at least temporarily. Back then, the band was hungry, living the true "sex, drugs, and rock n' roll" lifestyle. Guns N' Roses took over MTV in the spring of 1988 with the video for "Sweet Child O' Mine", which catapulted the band into mainstream America, and both the single and the "Appetite" LP to number one on the charts. GN'R closed out the 80's with clips for "Paradise City" and "Patience", and as the 90's approached, GN'R seemed ready to lay claim as one of the great rock bands of all time.

The two "Use Your Illusion" albums, released in September 1991, spawned nine videos, including "You Could Be Mine" which does not appear in this collection, likely because it contained several clips from the film "Terminator 2". The videos for "Don't Cry", the epic "November Rain", and "Estranged" attempt to form some kind of three part story. None of them make complete sense, but "Rain" is gorgeous to look at. Prominently featured in the clip is model Stephanie Seymour, Axl Rose's then-girlfriend. However, these videos and the others from the "Illusion" albums reflect the changes occurring within the band; two original members were gone by then, and the once ferocious intensity which carried Guns N' Roses to the top in 1988 was slowly but steadily in decline. Videos for "The Garden", "Dead Horse", and "Garden Of Eden" are all throwaways, without any memorable images. None of those songs were released as singles, so why were there videos for them? Worst of all is the band's final video effort, "Since I Don't Have You", from "The Spaghetti Incident". Featuring actor Gary Oldman as the devil, the video presents the band members frolicking on a beach with women, while Rose is tied up and gagged for some reason. It essentially completes the band's downfall- no longer hungry, GN'R were now rich and uninspired, a trend which still carries on as fans continue to wait for Rose to release "Chinese Democracy", complete with new band members, delayed since 1999. This video collection garners four out of five stars from me, based on the strength of Guns N' Roses early videos and "November Rain". I'll always love the music of Guns N' Roses, but definitely not all the videos.

It's about time that G N' R put in a DVD appearance with this 13 track video compilation (and the 2 Use Your Illusion live DVDs). That's the good news. The bad news is that this release is the exact same as the VHS that came out in 1998. Why is that a bad thing? The VHS was missing the "You Could Be Mine" video (and had no extras such as the other material from the 3 Making The F@*!ing Videos [1993/94] VHS tapes). The more things change (format), the more things stay the same (content). This DVD could easily have been a 5 star affair. Instead, it'll have to do for those of us wishing for a G N' R fix while waiting for Axl to drop Chinese Democracy (if ever).

This DVD is a must buy product for all the Guns N' Roses fans out there... It has 13 good quality music videos, from "Welcome To The Jungle" to "Since I Don't Have You"

It's AWESOME!!

I liked this DVD cuz being a 14 year old Guns N' Roses head I had never seen any of these music videos before & i was entertained with good satisfaction. These videos are gnarly and all, they make you wanna be a rock star (Paradise City kills it man) Yeah well I didn't pay for it since I found It in at Sam's Club for $10, i just convinced my aunt. Lucky me. Anyways if you really love Guns N'Roses or you've never seen any of these videos then I guess its worth it. But dont be expecting more then music videos. I wasn't expecting more then music videos so I guess thats why I liked it so much. You get what you see...End Of Story.

Good Guns N' Roses Tape No hype in between the videos all full-length videos.

This film gets 4 stars, because the producer for some stupid reason it didn't feature the guns N' Roses videos to "Civil War", "It's So Easy", "Welcome To The Jungle (Live Version)", And "You Could be mine" These are great songs that deserve to be on this tape and the live videos to "You Could Be Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle (Live ver.)" Kick ass and should be on this tape with out any question.

It's awesome for a 98 DVD but I'd like to see a revised edition w/ surround mix