Product Details

• Actors: Rolling Stones
• Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Music Video Enterprises
• Run Time: 130.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E9M56O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,987 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Rolling Stones emerged in the summer of 1963 as the so-called ¿bad boys¿ antidote to the Beatles, a characterization that became one of the foundations of modern rock 'n' roll. In the 25 years that followed, the Stones have succeeded in outraging, mystifying, confusing yet always inspiring their fans. 25 X 5: The Continuing Adventures of The Rolling Stones is the first time that the Stones have gone on camera to tell their own story. Over two hours of devastatingly frank narratives by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, and Ron Wood are underscored by rare interview segments with Brian Jones and Mick Taylor, and rare and never-before-seen archival film, video, and newsreel footage.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything in Their Own Words, May 7, 2007

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' Groovin' guy "music historian" - See all my reviews

This review is from: 25 X 5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (VHS Tape)

From the beginning with Ian Stewart and Brian Jones and the brilliance of their early work , to the time Mick Taylor replaced Jones and thereafter on Wood.

It ca be appreciated as for their early days and for the footage of Brian Jones.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious history of the Stones, April 20, 2006

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James A. Webb "joe6pak" (Redmond WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 X 5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (VHS Tape)

If you want a rollicking good time with the Stones, this is your best bet. Fantastic footage of early concerts where the crowds go absolutely wild and girls leap on-stage. Lots of interviews, observations from the bad boys about their drug busts and crazy lives. Plus some whole songs, not just excerpts. No phony "analysis" from outsiders. This is a great way to spend your evening. When's the DVD out?

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Already dated, yet necessary, February 15, 2006

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Natasha Conn (Las Cruces, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 25 X 5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (VHS Tape)

This documentary was made in 1989, just as the Stones were reemerging from squabbling to become the moneyhoarding juggernaut they'll probably still be after their grandchildren are dead. Talking head clips are interspersed with news footage, the film gaining momentum as the band mature from whiteboy blues copyists to Dark Gods of Rock. '89-era Jagger bears a terrible haircut, as do suprisingly many of his late sixties Ed Sullivan appearances, but his recollections are mildly candid and thoughtful, which for prim Mick is like the Ricky Lake show. Keith, from meeting Muddy Waters to stealing Brian Jones' girlfriend, offers wonderful barroom frankness, Charlie is still the modern Buster Keaton of drummers (look for his 'hanging out' comment near the end), while Bill Wyman is luckily caught before his retirement two years later. Coverage of the eighties runs too long and is superfluous anyway since the band was running on fumes by then, but you'll want to watch and rewatch the section from 1968-'72,as exciting as the albums they were then making, when not even a soulless beast like Led Zeppelin could prevent them from being 'the world's greatest rock n'roll band.'