Of course, there are only three of them – Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard - but it’s still a remarkable achievement that they’re still very much together after almost 50 years of rock, blues, and boogie on the road and in the studio. ZZ TOP a/k/a “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas,” lay undisputed claim to being the longest running major rock band with original personnel intact and, in 2004, the Texas trio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is a collection worthy of inspection from many standpoints, but remember, "ease up on the potato salad and bear down on the meat!" (Translation: even without the hot girlzz, hot carzz and spinnin' guitarzz, the music itself is great.ZZ TOP returns to the Maier Foundation Performance Hall at the Clay Center on Tuesday, October 8 th at 7:30PM for a special 50 th Anniversary performance! This collection is a great time capsule, even for people who don't remember the songs/videos/era first hand my young teenage nephew, who wasn't familiar with the band or its music pronounced the videos "cool" at first glance. It wasn't just the fact that we were watching fellow Texans, it wasn't just the perfect hotrod being driven by gorgeous leggy girls, it was the MUSIC! It was different from anything else we were seeing or hearing on MTV-the closest we had up to that point was the occasional Rolling Stones video. The first time any of us saw ZZ Top's "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video was life-changing. I remember when, in the early 1980's, we (my friends and I) would watch anything that was remotely related to music videos. I've even gone so far as to pay $40 for an import CD, just because it has one song on it that I don't have-and I've done that twice! But in spite of all this, I CAN be an unbiased reviewer of the boyzz' various efforts (musical or otherwise). I even have some bootleg live CDs and DVDs (shh-don't tell anybody!). Gibbons has appeared on with other bands/artists. I have the albums, etc of the music the individual members made with bands prior to forming ZZ Top (the Moving Sidewalks, American Blues, the Warlocks) and I've gathered up all the oddball CDs that Billy F. I have every song, single, album and collection they've ever released. OK-I'll admit it I'm one of the biggest ZZ Top Fanzz on earth. If you like the good solid rock music that is ZZ Top, and "High concept videos" as purported by the copy on the DVD case, then go out and rent or buy this wonderful collection of videos. Why? Because we the fans liked them, and were clamouring to bring them back :-) Most of the videos themselves are all typical story book stuff, save for the space-ship/space-station oriented ones, and "TV Dinners." There's nothing deep about them, but the messages, however familiar, are welcome all the same. Jackson from MTV (one of the original VJays) was made specifically to get the three models back into the ZZ top videos. "Give it Up" was decent enough hearkening back to the original ZZ top video formula, ditto with "Sleeping Bag," which, if I recall J.J. I'm not sure what the concept was behind "TV Dinners," but it failed to register with me. The first three on this collection ("Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man," and "Legs") are my favorites. With unnaturally enhanced breasts, and facial features that look like they've been chiseled, they look like freaks of nature: They're just not attractive, just like the rest of the women who've had similar work. The models used in the final videos on this disk ("Viva Las Vegas" and "Burger Man") just aren't up to snuff. Surgery that, in my opinion, only worsens a person's appearance. The original three models are three of the hottest women ever put into visual media, and I say that without any shame because it's true :-) With so many constructed faces and modified bodies on today's so-called "models" it's a rarity to find any female model who hasn't committed mind, body and soul to cosmetic surgery. The three original models in the first ZZ top videos are the epitome of a kind of natural sexiness that's been lost in our day and age. Truth be told I think a couple of the models in the early ZZ top videos were Playboy Playmates, so the saying loses some weight, but that doesn't detract from the fact that their beauty was, in fact, natural. In our day and age of push-button smut this DVD reminds me of a time when the adage of ".it's better to conceal than to reveal." still held some merit.
The only reason I bought this DVD was to see three of the hottest women ever put onto film.
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